Mac school district planning for in-person and distance learning
McMinnville and Lafayette students are expected to return to school in September using a combination of in-person and distance-learning classes or a comprehensive distance program. Most parents ...
Lafayette to buy Mac water
A new water transmission line between McMinnville and Lafayette, a project decades in the making, is expected to be operational by the end of the month. Water & Light’s board of directors, led ...
‘Beauty destroyed’: Vandals wreak havoc at Lafayette Masonic Cemetery
Johnny Edwards, caretaker and sexton at the Lafayette and McMinnville Masonic cemeteries, said he’s been “traipsing around headstones” since he was in his early 20s. He simply enjoys ...
Mayors, council seats up for election in November
Voters in cities around Yamhill County will elect council members and, in most cases, mayors in the Nov. 3 general election. Candidates can start filing in McMinnville, Newberg and most other cities this ...
Lafayette planners review 238-lot subdivision
The Lafayette Planning Commission will consider a request Thursday for annexation of 40 acres into the city, part of a 60-acre site on which a developer wants to build a 238-lot subdivision. Twenty of ...
Lafayette, Dayton offer mutual aid to businesses, residents
The cities of Dayton and Lafayette are offering local residents the opportunity to help themselves while supporting local businesses through utility relief programs. In Dayton, residents may turn in up ...
Oregon announces first presumptive case of coronavirus
Oregon anounced its first presumptive case of novel coronavirus Friday evening. An adult resident of Washington County experienced symptoms of COVID-19 beginning Feb. 19, and a sample was collected ...
Wasco County death investigation continues
THE DALLES — The investigation into the deaths last month of Lafayette residents Deon Patterson, 47, and Brian Paulsen, 48, continues. Wasco County District Attorney Eric Nisley said investigators ...
Tickets still available for home tour
Five local homes will be decorated to the nines for the 31st annual Wine Country Holiday Home Tour, a fundraiser for Soroptimist International of McMinnville. The tour will run from noon to 4 pm. Sunday, ...
Driver tries to elude officers in two stolen cars
A Lafayette man was arrested Tuesday on multiple charges, including recklessly endangering others, after leading police on a lengthy, high-speed chase in two different stolen vehicles. Bradley Ryan Rutherford, ...
Lafayette seeking contractor to install water pipe
LAFAYETTE — The city of Lafayette is seeking bids for a contractor to build an intertie between Lafayette and McMinnville, for water deliveries. Bids are due by 4 p.m. December 17, and a pre-bid ...
Lafayette woman's death called 'suspicious'
THE DALLES -- Authorities are considering the death of Deon Louise Patterson "suspicious" as they continue to investigate the case of two Lafayette residents found dead in a travel trailer here Nov. 12. Patterson, ...
Two Lafayette residents found dead in Wasco County
THE DALLES — Lafayette residents Deon Louise Patterson, 47, and Brian Thomas Paulsen, 48, of Lafayette were found dead Tuesday in a travel trailer on a road outside The Dalles, located about 80 miles ...
Fire destroys Lafayette home, trailers
LAFAYETTE — An early Monday morning fire destroyed a Lafayette home in addition to a motorhome, tent trailer and travel trailer that were all parked within close proximity of the residence. The ...
