Yamhill Council to meet
YAMHILL — City councilors will discuss an agreement for building official services when they meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, in council chambers, adjacent to Yamhill City Hall. The council ...
Second Winds Community Band to perform
The Second Winds Community Band is scheduled to perform a circus-themed concert Sunday at the McMinnville Community Center. The free program will start at 3 p.m. Tax-deductible donations will be accepted ...
Rural McMinnville crash kills one
A 2013 McMinnville High School graduate, Parker Berndt Wold, 20, was killed early Monday morning in a single vehicle rollover crash in the 15000 block of Northwest Baker Creek Road. Wold ...
Mac school board to meet
The McMinnville School Board will discuss student fees and early graduation requests when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 11, at the district office, 1500 N.E. Baker St. An executive session for discussion ...
Women Build Week draws lots of volunteers
Erika Silva usually spends her work days behind a cash register at Lowe’s on Southwest Booth Bend Road. Although she sells building supplies for a living, she never really had much personal experience ...
State, tribe weigh in on flag issue
UPDATE: Tuesday night's Willamina School board meeting, starting at 7, will be held in the cafeteria and not in the library. - - - WILLAMINA — A pair of state Department of Education officials ...
Sargent to lead the troops at YCAP
Jeff Sargent of McMinnville, acting executive director of the Oregon Federal Executive Board in Portland, has been hired to succeed Lee Means as the executive director of the Yamhill Community Action Partnership. Means ...
Pursuit ends at police station
A car chase ended Monday afternoon at one of the best places possible for McMinnville police — the parking lot of their downtown station. The driver was identified as Joe Kennes Hill Jr., 66, of ...
Bald Mountain scrubbed by volunteers
SHERIDAN — The Bald Mountain/Sheridan Peak area, about 14 miles northwest of Sheridan, is looking noticeably cleaner. Thanks goes out to work put in last Saturday by more than 100 citizen volunteers, ...
Downtown website a blast from the past
Ever since William T. Newby platted McMinnville in 1855, change has been a constant in its historic downtown core. A new website is being created to the local web development firm LVSYS, working ...
Evergreen Vintage settlement terms detailed
The Evergreen Aviation Museum will pay $50,000 a month in rent on its aviation and theater buildings, under terms of a settlement outlined in court documents, for a total of $600,000 a year. That represents ...
Along the Street: Culture group accepting grant applications
The Yamhill County Cultural Coalition is now accepting 2016 grant applications for projects and programs related to local arts, culture and history. Application forms were recently posted on the group’s ...
Linfield plans 'Music for 18 Musicians'
The Linfield College Department of Music will present Steve Reich’s “Music for 18 Musicians” on Sunday, May 10. The program will start at 4 p.m. in the Delkin Recital Hall, located in ...
Mac plans to cut grade school class sizes
McMinnville elementary schools will have smaller classes next year under a spending unveiled Wednesday night by Superintendent Maryalice Russell. She proposes using reserve funds to reduce average class ...
McMinnville unveils city 2015-16 budget
As the economy has begun to improve,both locally and nationally, the city of McMinnville is looking to loosen its belt just a bit. That is reflected in a proposed 2015-16 budget up for comment during a ...
