Two DUII-reported crashes investigated
The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office responded to two DUII-related motor vehicle crashes Thursday, Sept. 15. The county’s Multi-Agency Traffic Team gave this account of a 7:45 p.m. two-vehicle ...
Willamina seeks new code enforcement officer
The city of Willamina is recruiting a new community support and code enforcement officer after Derek Trombla left the position to join the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Police Department. Trombla ...
Willamina school makes vice-principal change
Derek Barnett moves from Amity; school board names CTE for the late Steve Bobb
West Valley powers back up
Mobile ‘relief center’ provides power, water, cooling space to residents in need
Fire heavily damages Willamina structure
A fire that was reported shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday heavily damaged a 42-by-24-foot two-story metal-sided shop at 216 S.E. Main St. in Willamina. It was located next to a home that did not sustain ...
Bulldogs get best of Spartans in non-league volleyball action
Coming off an impressive league win against Amity on Tuesday, the Sheridan Spartans volleyball team looked to be in control early against neighboring town rival Willamina on Wednesday night. Sheridan ...
Willamina schools close; relief center available in Sheridan
With public safety power shutoffs looming, the Willamina School District closed its campus Friday, Sept. 9. That night’s scheduled football game between rivals Sheridan and Willamina was moved to ...
Sheridan will continue homeless discussion
People want services for those in true need of help in lifting them out of their situation. That is the essence of what the Sheridan City Council and city staff heard from residents who attended ...
Grand Ronde Tribe names Willamette Falls site
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde has named its 23-acre site near Willamette Falls in Oregon City Tumwata Village. “As a name, Tumwata Village represents the Grand Ronde Tribe’s ...
It's an Anderson family affair in Willamina
Willamina School District Superintendent Carrie Zimbrick’s characterization of Kasey Anderson was quick and succinct. “She’s a dynamo.” The district had only one teaching position ...
Willamina girl, 15, holds out hope for a new heart
Rhiann Stierle gave birth to a daughter, Travesia “Tra” Gomez, on Sept. 5, 2006, at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. Three days later, baby Tra lay in an operating room at the North Portland ...
Students returning to school; look at those smiling faces
Smiling children and adults will return to classes in most Yamhill County school districts Tuesday, Sept. 6. By then, Willamina students will have already been back to school for a week, as their ...
Sheridan town hall will focus on homelessness
The city of Sheridan will host a town hall that will focus on homelessness at 6:30 p.m. tonight in the Sheridan High School gymnasium. “There are new rules and legislative changes that are going ...
Grand Ronde Tribe hosts Contest Powwow
More than $22,000 in dancing prize money will be sought when the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde hosts its Contest Powwow today, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 19-21, on the uyxat Powwow Grounds, located ...
