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Love INC works with churches to find help for people in need

Love In the Name of Christ, or Love INC, now has a second office in Yamhill County, ensuring that people all over the county can find “transformational help,” according to ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##Departing City Manager Jeff Towery wraps up some work at his desk at McMinnville City Hall. Towery is frequently sporting Green Bay Packers gear, a team he has been a fan of since they won the Super Bowl in 1967. Towery’s father banned rooting for “big city” teams like his native state’s Chicago Bears, so Towery chose Green Bay. “I picked a winning team, and then the Packers went 28 years without being in the playoffs and I stuck with them,” he said. “So I don’t feel like a bandwagon fan because there was a lot of lean time between the time Bart Starr left and the time Brett Favre came.”

 
Towery reflects on time as Mac's fourth city manager

... longest tenure as a city manager. He previously spent time working in Coos Bay, Cottage Grove, Lane County and Springfield, and in similar roles across the country in Auburn, New York. He is Mac’s fourth ...

Real estate office break-in suspect remains in custody

... for June 16. Caster took to social media to thank the McMinnville Police Department and the Yamhill County Sheriff following the episode. “The guy got into the crawl space, made a huge mess and barricaded ...

Newberg man sentenced for menacing, again

A Newberg man will serve 60 days in the Yamhill County Jail following conviction on two counts of menacing and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon. Mars ...

Four MHS students involved in crash, one killed

... help,” Ferrua said. Employees also are being referred to their contracted health line or to Yamhill County Youth and Family Services, which offers a walk-in counseling service; call 503-434-7462 for information. ...

Planners approve West Wind extension

A subdivision just outside McMinnville city limits was approved to add 14 lots by the Yamhill County Planning Commission last week, despite opinions from the Department of Land Conservation and Development ...
Emily Bonsant/News-Register##Lafayette Mayor Hilary Malcomson and Sgt. Andrew McMahon moderated a youth safety town hall on Thursday, July 10, at the Lafayette Fire Station to address community concerns about youth behavior and crime.

 
Deputies share concerns at youth safety town hall

... community. The town hall was at the Lafayette Fire Station and moderated by Mayor Hilary Malcomson and Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Andrew McMahon. All three Lafayette deputies attended and answered questions ...

Arrests & Citations: July 14, 2025

Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Ronald Gordon Griffin Jr., 42, McMinnville, July 8, parole violation; booked ...
Oregon Department of Forestry##The Oregon Emerald Ash Borer Map shows in red areas confirmed findings of the invasive beetle (pictured below) that kills ash trees, within the Oregon Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine Area — comprised of Washington, Yamhill, Marion, and Clackamas counties. There has been one case confirmed of the species in Yamhill County (between Yamhill and Gaston), with many suspected yet unconfirmed.

 
Green Menace: Signs of emerald ash borer found around Yamhill County

... and Clackamas counties — ODF has reported over 100 cases of adult beetle presence in Washington County and roughly twenty cases combined in Marion and Clackamas counties, according to the organization’s ...

Food drive helping to restock pantry

... food drive to restock the Hope on the Hill food pantry. The pantry is one of the busiest in Yamhill County, according to board member Kassandra Van Dyke. It serves 60 to 90 families a week; families can receive ...
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Along the Street: ER director selected as finalist for Mercy Award

... booths at community events.   Preserve, Nines golf course going strong McMinnville and Yamhill County “opened their arms to us” when Josh and Lillian Kay became owners of the former Bayou Golf ...
Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##Josh Gordon of Evasion Brewing, left, shares a laugh as he talks about the Yamhill County Beer Passport with Mark and Jennifer Angelus of McMinnville, at the Oregon Brews & BBQ.

 
Barrel Roll: Celebrating both high and low marks

... of good news in June. It earned People’s Choice at Oregon Brews and BBQ festival at the Yamhill County Fairgrounds, for its Casual Deliciousness, a 4.6 ABV blond ale brewed with blood orange and agave. Evasion ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Paetton Risseeuw, Tandalyn McKenna and Grace Terbush — friends from Willamina High School — share a laugh from the back of Paetton’s mom’s Jeep before the movie begins Saturday night at the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center. Risseeuw and McKenna graduated in May, while Terbush is heading into her junior year.

 
Photos: Makeshift drive-in

Yamhill County Historical Museum hosts shows "Footloose" at outdoor movie night.

Yamhill Carlton shoots way to top 40 in clay target nationals

... Beaver River Central High School out of New York, with a team score of 494. Nicholas Coppage (Queen Annes County High School, MD) and Brianna Helsene (South Prairie High School, ND) were the respective winners in ...
Zoe Brewer poses for a photo after a wrestling practice session at the WHS wrestling room. Rusty Rae/News-Register

 
Brewer, Sauceda represent Oregon at National Duals

... Maryland, North Dakota, South Carolina, Kentucky and Arizona, going 8-2 for the weekend. Another Yamhill County wrestler representing Oregon was Dayton’s Aliyah Sauceda (170) who went 5-1 in the duals. After ...
News-Register file photo##(July 11, 1965) Skateboarders like young Rich Lewis will have a real job in trying to impress the judges of the Turkey-Rama Skateboard contest to be held July 17. Judges Roger lshizu and Willie Chang, both of Hawaii, are expert surfboarders and will have a sharp eye out for mistakes.

 
Memory Lane/Vintage NR: July 11, 2025

A look back at Yamhill County news 10 years ago - The former owners of the Riteway Meat Company, Jeffrey Payne and his wife, ...
Oregon Historical Society Research Library##Tektronix’s plant at Sunset Highway and Barnes Road in 1954.

 
Steve Duin: Exodus of major corporations leaving barren wake in Oregon

You might think Don Vollum would have made peace by now with the slow vanishing of Oregon-based corporations.

Then came the March announcement that the new owners of Tektronix would move the headquarters of Oregon’s legendary technology company from its Beaverton campus to Raleigh, N.C.

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Rich Pruitt enjoys making his yard a place for wildlife, especially birds – and the birds help out by planting things such as the large sunflowers that are a focal point in front of his home. Pruitt is retired from Patton Middle School, where he taught sixth grade. The McMinnville Garden Club chose his front garden at 927 N.E. 18th St. as its Yard of the Month for July. The yard features a variety of flowers and foliage, most of which are perennials.

 
Stopping By/Yard of the Month: Working with nature

... blooms — a striking collaboration between man and bird. Pruitt, who also attended the Yamhill County Master Gardener course years ago, is a retired sixth-grade teacher. He moved to Oregon from Arizona ...

Jeb Bladine: Tragic Texas flooding delivers universal lesson

... been gathering for Fourth of July festivities … the widespread deaths and destruction in Kerr County and beyond. Kerr County is a longtime Texas flash flood epicenter, with reports dating back to 1900, ...

Woodburn man to enter plea in shooting case

... firearm, related to an early-morning March 27 shooting in Grand Ronde. Flores has remained in Yamhill County custody on $750,000 bail. Additional charges include first-degree assault with a firearm, second-degree ...
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