YCAP hires interim executive director
John Larsen, who serves on the board of Yamhill Community Action Partnership, was named the organization’s interim executive director June 26 in the wake of the resignation of Jeff Sargent. Sargent ...
Willamina adopts schools' budget
WILLAMINA - The Willamina School Board approved a 2018-19 budget of $19,955,253 Monday night. Budget modifications that were made included increasing the beginning fund balance in the amount of $214,000 ...
Lafayette to enforce Level 1 water limits
LAFAYETTE — Starting Thursday, Lafayette plans to implement precautionary Level 1 water restrictions. It will limit outside watering to odd or even days, based on addresses. The city hopes to avoid ...
Code enforcement could become more civil
People with junk cars and overgrown weeds will no longer deal with police officers or appear before judges if the McMinnville City Council approves a plan to transfer code enforcement to the planning department. Code ...
Woman dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound
An unidentified 57-year-old McMinnville woman died Wednesday afternoon of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at Motel 6, 2065 S.W. Highway 99W, according to McMinnville police. Capt. Tim Symons gave this ...
Amity council moves on public safety fee
AMITY — A public safety fee ordinance underwent a first reading by the Amity City Council Wednesday night. The dollar rate is anticipated to be adopted at the August council meeting. The rate the ...
Motorcyclist injured in crash
A motorcyclist was injured late Tuesday night when he collided with a passenger vehicle on Northeast Baker Street north of 15th Street, according to McMinnville police. Capt. Tim Symons gave this account: About ...
Dayton encourages water conservation
DAYTON — May was one of the driest months on record, and June not much different. That factor worries officials in Dayton, where water use had to be restricted last summer, following the declaration ...
Dayton closes footbridge
DAYTON — The city has closed the footbridge that leads across the Yamhill River on the north edge of town. City officials said they closed the 540-foot, wooden bridge to all traffic for safety reasons ...
Along the Street: Knitting business for sale, or will close
Susan Wilcox sent an email to customers this month announcing her store, the Oregon Knitting Company, would close by the end of summer unless she can sell the business. By Wednesday, it appeared the latter ...
Dayton council to meet Tuesday
DAYTON — City council members will consider the development code, building reserve fund and a cost-of-living adjustment for staff when they meet Monday, July 2. The public session will begin at 6:30 ...
Commissioners approve new housing rules
Yamhill County Commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved a county ordinance regulating tiny houses in urban growth boundaries. The ordinance, approved by the planning commission earlier this month ...
West Valley board chair hints at recall effort
WILLAMINA — A series of contentious West Valley Fire District Board meetings continued last Thursday with several heated exchanges of words. A letter Chair Rick Mishler sent to the Sheridan Fire ...
Yamhill resident struck by hit-and-run motorist
YAMHILL — The Yamhill Police Department continues to investigate the Friday, June 8 hit-and-run incident in which Yamhill resident Ben Unger was seriously injured. Unger was struck shortly after ...
