Newberg woman bilks 80-year-old out of more than $15,000
Kelly Emerson befriended her Newberg apartment complex neighbor, offering to clean, do laundry and check the mail. She was given a key to her neighbor’s unit and helped set up an online bank ...
County reports five deaths this week; six new cases this week at Linfield
Yamhill County reported five new deaths from COVID-19 this week, bringing the county to a total of 53 residents lost to the disease. As of Thursday, the county had reported 3,367 cases. Also this week, ...
Along the Street: Farmers Market offers prize for winning poster design
The McMinnville Downtown Association is seeking submissions of art for the 2021 Farmers Market poster. Designs will be used on the 11x17-inch poster for the market, which will run from noon to 6 p.m. ...
Newberg celebrates MLK Day
Dr. Carol Parker Walsh began her address with a simple request, directed at white people: “Raise your hand if you would be happy to be treated as this society in general treats people of color, marginalized ...
Newberg drug dealer sentenced; buyer died of an overdose
Newberg drug dealer Jared Davis sold the oxycodone pills that resulted in the overdose death of a 29-year-old mother of an infant, yet he can’t be held directly responsible under Oregon law, said Yamhill ...
Planning commission holds winery, timber hearings open
Yamhill County planners took testimony on two applications Jan. 7, but held the record open for both to allow participants more time to submit written testimony. In Sheridan, applicant Craig Fanshier ...
Teen charged in fatal crash
A 19-year-old from Newberg has been charged by the Marion County District Attorney’s office in connection with an August 7, 2020, fatal motor vehicle crash in South Salem. Tristan Goodwin faces ...
ODOT projects will disrupt traffic around Yamhill County
Three ODOT projects in and around McMinnville begin this week, resulting in some lane closures and delays at various points in the year. The Three Mile Lane Bridge is in poor condition and will be replaced ...
County planning commission to hold hearings Thursday
Yamhill County planning commissioners will hold two public hearings Thursday: one for a new winery on Worden Hill Road and the second for a change in farm use on Gopher Valley Road near Sheridan. Jared ...
Burglary targets food truck pod
Andrew Wegman arrived at his Newberg food truck, Hunnybeez, last Tuesday to find the windows smashed, the truck’s contents strewn about the floor, and the empty cash register destroyed. All six carts ...
Heroin user sentenced in building crash
A Corvallis man was under the influence of heroin when he drove into and heavily damaged Newberg’s ETS Laboratories building in early August, Circuit Court Judge Ladd Wiles said. Landre Andrews, ...
Newberg man indicted on sex abuse charges
Walter Eli Elston’s alleged victim said she was sexually abused by him over a period of years, dating from when she was 8. Elston, 49, of Newberg, has been indicted by a grand jury on two ...
Affordable housing to be discussed in Newberg sessions
The city of Newberg is holding two online discussions next week related to affordable housing in Newberg. The first, a public forum on “middle housing,” will be held from 6 to 8 o’clock ...
Miles of lights: Educator pours skill and creativity into Christmas display
Matt Ross has lost count how many LED bulbs are now part of his impressive Christmas display. He knows, though, how many feet of extension cords it takes to power all those lights and moving displays, ...
Outcomes the same after council recounts for Newberg, Lafayette
On Friday, the Yamhill County Clerk’s office finished its third recount of the November election results, but the figures did not change outcomes of close council races in Lafayette and Newberg. County ...
