Three injured in Highway 18 crash
Three people were injured Thursday afternoon in a crash on the Booth Bend Road overpass at the south end of McMinnville. Troopers from the Oregon State Police gave this account: Bethany Faye Brown, 20, ...
Mac Farmers Market opens May 12
Yamhill County farmers will haul out their fresh produce Thursday afternoon for the official opening of the McMinnville Downtown Association’s Farmers Market. If it seems a little early, you are ...
Settlement reached in World Fuel suit
A three-year-long lawsuit by World Fuel Inc. against the late Del Smith, his airline empire and most of its subsidiary companies has finally been settled. An order of dismissal was issued May 5 in Yamhill ...
Gunshot ruled self-inflicted
LAFAYETTE — A Dayton man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday morning at Terry Park. Yamhill County Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Ray identified him as John Alan Orr, 72. The park is bordered ...
Author schedules local events
Renowned Oregon journalist Floyd McKay will be staging local readings from his newly released political memoir, “Reporting the Oregon Story: How Activists and Visionaries Transformed a State,” ...
Student's project reflects his technology studies
One morning, Linfield College student Joseph Montano thought about how handy it would be if he could check his e-mail and update his social media accounts while showering and shaving. Instead of dragging ...
Budget $9.7 million in Willamina
WILLAMINA — The Willamina School District’s proposed 2016-17 general fund budget runs $9.7 million, up $690,000 from this year. The budget committee held its second meeting of the year Monday ...
Linfield student contacts family
Owen Woods, who had been missing since April 17, contacted his family Sunday. Now that he has checked in, he is no longer considered a missing person, McMinnville police said. Woods, 22, had last been ...
Students show off their art work
St. James students showed off their geography projects, paintings and sculpture Tuesday at the private school’s annual State and Art Fair. Each fifth-grader reported on a state he or she had been ...
Suspect flushed from river
A McMinnville man wanted for violating his probation led McMinnville police on a Wednesday morning foot chase culminating into a plunge into the South Yamhill River. After being pulled from the ...
Budget talks set in Dayton
DAYTON — The Dayton School District Budget Committee is slated to hear this year’s budget message at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, in the district board room, 780 Ferry St. After delivering ...
School board to meet
The McMinnville School Board will discuss student fees and out-of-state travel when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 9, at the district office, 1500 N.E. Baker St. A public hearing will precede the session ...
Neighbors press landfill odor complaints
Officials from the Riverbend Landfill had their usual slide presentation prepared for a Tuesday night meeting on the landfill’s Title V Air Quality permit, issued through the state Department of ...
Ex-girlfriend forced to flee for her life
Joseph Gage’s ex-girlfriend had been staying at his rural McMinnville residence for a few days when she decided it was time to move out, according to court records. She believed her life was in danger. When ...
Homeward Bound open house
The board of directors of Homeward Bound Pets is inviting members of the general public to sit in on a board meeting set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, at J & W Carstar Collision Repair, located ...
