Charge dismissed against Carlton store clerk

A charge of first-degree aggravated theft, a Class B felony, has been temporarily dismissed against a former clerk at Carlton’s Main Street Market & Deli, according to Carlton Police Chief Kevin ...

YC to graduate 53 June 12

Yamhill Carlton High School will graduate 53 students from Yamhill, Carlton and the surrounding area on Sunday, June 12. Commencement will start at 5 p.m. at the football stadium. Graduating seniors will ...

Carlton police continue seat belt enforcement

In October 2021, Carlton Police Department received a seat belt enforcement grant from Oregon Impact and Oregon Department of Transportation. This grant provides funding for high visibility enforcement ...

Walk in Park distributes funds

The Walk in the Park Foundation distributed $25,000 to nine Carlton and Yamhill charitable organizations at a ceremony Friday, May 27. In addition, it recognized three graduating Yamhill-Carlton High ...

Along the Street: Oregon Air Show committed to McMinnville

The Oregon International Air Show will continue shows in both McMinnville and Hillsboro, show organizers said. The show, originally held only in Hillsboro, hosted its first event at the McMinnville Airport ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Charles Weigant, Siri Nordstrom, Kylie Warner and teacher Jordan Slavish work on their rocketry team’s wiring and engine parts in their classroom at Yamhill Carlton High School. The team is preparing for a trip to a NASA competition in Alabama in late April.

Flight Crew: Y-C rocketry team invited to NASA competition in Alabama

How does launching a rocket affect the brains of humans riding inside? Yamhill Carlton High School rocketry students are addressing that question by sending a simulated brain nearly 4,000 feet into the ...

Feds indict grass seed grower on wire fraud

Gregory McCarthy, owner of Ground Zero Seeds, a Yamhill grass seed production and wholesale company, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. McCarthy ...

‘You probably want to hang on,’ then the pickup rolled, killing one

Jacob Doctor had three passengers with him in the Dodge Ram pickup he was driving last Saturday morning when he turned off Northeast Meadow Lake Road and onto Northwest Panther Creek Road west of Carlton, ...

Yamhill OKs new subdivision

Despite hearing numerous concerns about impacts to Yamhill’s water system, the city council on Wednesday overturned the city planning commission’s decision, paving the way for 57 new houses ...

Driver arrested after teen killed in rural crash

A Lafayette teenager was killed and a Carlton man was arrested as the result of a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning about seven miles west of Carlton on Northwest Panther Creek Road. Zakery ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Yamhill County Commissioner Mary Starrett looks on as parents and students protest mask mandates Wednesday in Yamhill. The Yamhill Carlton School District says it will make masks optional when the state gives it a choice on March 31.

YC families hold protest on masks

Drivers of trucks, farm equipment and passenger vehicles honked and waved as they passed a crowd of parents and children protesting mask mandates in downtown Yamhill Wednesday afternoon. Between honks, ...

Kristof ruled ineligible to run for governor

The prolonged Nick Kristof candidacy question has been settled, and the Yamhill Democrat will be kept off the ballot for governor. No prolonged fight is planned against Thursday’s Oregon Supreme ...

Districts receive $1.9 million in Common School Fund money

Yamhill County public schools will receive almost $1.9 million from the Common School Fund in 2022, according to the State Land Board. Across the state, 197 school districts will share $64.2 million ...

Marcus Larson/News-Register##Panther Creek Bridge on Hill Road north of McMinnville is one of several bridges on the list for repair. The county plans to focus on rebuilding several badly degraded roads and replacing and repairing several bridges over the next year.

County eyes road, bridge upgrades

After hiring a company last year to review the condition of the county’s roads and bridges and come up with a five-year plan to maintain its current rating of 76 on the Pavement Condition Index, ...

Yamhill council to meet Wednesday

Yamhill City Council will discuss a proposed ordinance regulating camping on city property when it meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, in council chambers adjacent to city hall. The council also will honor ...

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