Wascher principal receives top state honor
LAFAYETTE — Kourtney Ferrua, in her sixth year as principal of Wascher Elementary School in Lafayette, on Friday was named Oregon Elementary School Principal of the Year. The Oregon Elementary Principals ...
Wascher leader named Oregon elementary principal of the year
LAFAYETTE -- Kourtney Ferrua, who is in her sixth year as principal of Wascher Elementary School in Lafayette, Friday was named Oregon Elementary School Principal of the Year. Wascher and McMinnville ...
Friends reach settlement with Abbey Road B&B
Owners of Abbey Road Farms, who have been seeking to expand an existing bed and breakfast, have reached a settlement with the Friends of Yamhill County resulting in a smaller expansion than they hoped ...
Water & Light signs Lafayette agreement
McMinnville Water & Light and the city of Lafayette have signed an agreement allowing the city to purchase water for up to 21 years, once the necessary infrastructure is in place. By then, they ...
Books become 'windows' and 'mirrors' for student readers
LAFAYETTE — No one in Erin Combs’ fifth-grade class at Wascher Elementary has attended a school that’s set up once in awhile, outdoors, by a visiting teacher. But a book called “Armando ...
Planners approve Abbey Road B&B expansion
Yamhill County planning commissioners on Thursday approved the expansion of an Abbey Road Farms bed and breakfast, on a split vote. Testimony on the application was taken last month. Dissenting commissioners ...
Lafayette leaders ask students about park
Patton Middle School students from Lafayette told their city’s leaders they want trampolines, tether balls and tire swings in the city’s new park, located at 14th and Bridge streets. They suggested ...
Abbey Road Farm B&B hearing set back two weeks
A hearing on an application by Abbey Road Farm to expand its bed and breakfast operation has been rescheduled for7 p.m. Feb. 21 in room 32 of the county courthouse. County planning commission ...
Children’s author offers tools to manage bullying
LAFAYETTE -- If someone picks on you, don’t bully them back, children’s author Trudy Ludwig told Wascher School students last week. Instead, she taught them, use some tools to disarm the person ...
Two package theft suspects charged
Two package theft suspects have been charged by the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office with theft. They were identified as Jeffrey Michael Blickenstaff, 49, of Lafayette, and Samuel Cloyd Ice, ...
Prince's owner seeks help for service dog
Service dog a ‘trooper’ through amputation, chemotherapy treatments Prince, a 10-year-old rottweiler, has always been there for his disabled owner, Rich Choate. Now Prince’s life is ...
Explaining math
LAFAYETTE — For fifth-graders at Wascher Elementary School, math isn’t just about addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It’s about words, too — sentences that explain ...
Lafayette man charged with rape
LAFAYETTE — A Lafayette man was arraigned Wednesday in Yamhill County Circuit Court on charges that allege he had sexual contact with his victim who was incapable of consent by reason of physical ...
17-year-old Lafayette boy killed in tractor/car crash
LAFAYETTE - A 17-year-old Lafayette boy was killed Tuesday morning just south of Lafayette, at the intersection of Highway 99W and Mineral Springs Road, in a crash involving a John Deere tractor and a ...
Carlton resident allegedly burglarizes Trappist Abbey
A Carlton transient was arrested Tuesday in connection with a burglary and theft at Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey, 9000 block of N.E. Abbey Road, north of Lafayette. Brent Adam Cordie, 25, was ...
