Shorter weeks for Sheridan students this year
Sheridan School District students will move to a four-day week this year, joining Amity on the shortened instructional schedule. The first day of school in Sheridan is Tuesday, Sept. 5. Students ...
Willamina superintendent search will begin soon
Carrie Zimbrick began her final year as the Willamina School District superintendent this month. She told the school board at the Monday, July 10, meeting that it needs to get “ahead of the ...
Willamina council points to safety hazards at railroad crossing
The Willamina City Council stressed at the Tuesday, July 11, meeting that it wants citizens to reach out to highway and rail authorities to stress the importance of making significant repairs to ...
Sheridan woman charged with hit-and-run
A McMinnville woman alleges Connie Christian Savage “floored it,” striking her with her car and sending her tumbling over the vehicle at the intersection of Bridge and Main streets ...
Amity, Willamina athletes to Junior Olympic Meet
More than a dozen Amity athletes and four Willamina athletes placed and advanced to the 2023 National USA Track and Field Junior Olympics Meet in Eugene after stellar performances at the Regional 16 USATF ...
Tribal museum celebrates LGBTQ heritage, wisdom
The rights of trans people, a topic of rising and emotional debate in 2023 United States, is shown as a timeless human truth in a new exhibit at Chachalu Cultural Center in Grand Ronde. “My Father’s ...
Informant reports second person solicited in murders-for-hire plot
A Sheridan resident, 79-year-old George Gebrayel, who allegedly solicited the murders of four people, including a Yamhill County employee, will remain in jail while his case is pending. Presiding ...
Ahead of the pack: Cruz's work pays off with stellar junior campaign
Jose Cruz began his track career with a simple goal: Stay in shape for soccer. It made sense, after all. Running track, specifically long distance events, would help Cruz keep his conditioning in a proper ...
Clay has its day on the Fourth in Willamina
Brigid Warren, a 10-year-old from Sheridan, was manipulating molding clay to form a small bowl she called a pinch pot. A pinch pot is something she said she knew how to make, and the East Creek ...
Willamina logging show leadership change won't slow the show down
A change in leadership isn't something that's going to have a significant impact on the logging show at this year's Willamina Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration. By the end of the day, the show ...
Willamina plans sizzling, bang-up Fourth of July
Fireworks will illuminate the sky over Willamina and the West Valley at dusk when the community’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration draws to a close. In the hours leading up to Tuesday’s ...
Legacy Learning: Grand Ronde Tribal children were really diggin' a week at camp
Satara Blanchard was one happy camper on the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde grounds last week. The 13-year-old wasn’t alone either, as a group of tribal boys and girls were enjoying ...
Champion: Willamina's Hughes moving up after successful career
The accolades speak for themselves. Willamina’s Hallee Hughes had already amassed five district titles and three state titles across javelin, discus and shot put, dominating 3A competition throughout ...
Willamina Mud Drag Results
WILLAMINA -- A total of 81 vehicles competed in Saturday’s Willamina Mud Drags and Boggs. A total of 65 trucks raced in the main events, with 17 of them later also racing in four different Powder ...
Informant leads YCSO to alleged murder plot
The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office used a confidential reliable informant source to build a case against a Sheridan man it arrested on two counts each of conspiracy to commit murder and ...
