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Commissioners to consider fate of trail Jan. 22
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners will vote on the future of the Yamhelas Westsider trail at a public hearing scheduled for Jan 22.
The board will decide whether to remove the ...
2025: The year in review
... found roost. There was the sliver-thin defeat of the city of McMinnville parks bond, along with the Yamhelas Westsider Trail concept receiving new impetus. Meanwhile, major McMinnville development projects are ...
All signs point to another year of trail controversy
... drawing high public interest going into 2026. County leaders are planning to eliminate the expansive Yamhelas Westsider Trail from the county Transportation System Plan; commissioners have overturned the long-time ...
Clerk gives trail petitions green light
... Yamhill County Clerk.
Trails PAC member Matt Dolphin submitted petitions titled “Protect the Yamhelas Westsider Trail” and “Protect County Recreation and Trail Corridor Lands,” with the ...
PAC awaits ruling on trail ballot petition
... find out Christmas Eve if they are getting what they want — petitions designed to preserve the Yamhelas Westsider trail approved by County Clerk Keri Hinton.
Trails PAC member Matt Dolphin told the News-Register ...
Staff recommends cuts to improve county’s reserves
... sitting through a contentious Planning Commission hearing earlier this month over the removal of the Yamhelas Westsider trail from the county’s transportation plan.
Starrett said she was impressed with staff’s ...
Letters to the Editor: Dec. 12, 2025
... Hamilton
McMinnville
Inside job
The Yamhill County Planning Commission’s Dec. 4 hearing on the Yamhelas Westsider Trail was a waste of time. It quickly became obvious these “public servants” had ...
PAC starts process for ballot petition to retain trail land
The same day as the planning commission hearing, the Yamhelas Westsider Trail political action committee filed a prospective initiative petition with the Yamhill ...
Planners vote to remove trail from TSP
Following four and a half hours of testimony from supporters and opponents of the Yamhelas Westsider trail, the Yamhill County Planning Commission took less than 10 minutes to deliberate Thursday ...
Letters to the Editor: Dec. 5, 2025
... region grows, more of our neighbors live in apartment complexes or homes built on very small lots. The Yamhelas Westsider Trail would provide an opportunity for individuals and families to enjoy an affordable outing. ...
End of the road? A look at a decade-plus of planning and controversy of the Yamhelas Westsider Trail
Yamhill County has been involved with a potential trail stretching from McMinnville to Gaston for 13 years, but the idea dates to the 1990s.
Yamhelas trail goes to Planning Commission
Yamhill County residents will have the first of two opportunities to testify on the future of the Yamhelas Westsider trail Thursday, when the planning commission convenes to discuss removing it from a list of ...
Letters to the Editor: Nov. 26, 2025
... be found in Yamhill County.
I’ve also talked to mothers and fathers who have asked me when the Yamhelas Westsider Trail will be completed because they want to teach their kids the basics of riding a bike ...
Letters to the Editor: Nov. 21, 2025
Yes on Yamhelas Trail
I am now a senior rider, after decades of being a cyclist for both recreation and transportation ...
Janice Allen: Citizen support critical for footbridge project
Attention nature lovers: Please attend an open house Wednesday, Nov. 19, to show your support for a walking bridge across the creek at Ewing Young Park.
Letters to the Editor: Nov. 14, 2025
... to save our democracy. Thank you so very much.
Ann Reid
McMinnville
Stay the course
The Yamhelas Westsider Trail, a 17-mile foot and bike trail over a long-shuttered Union Pacific rail line, would ...
County sets public hearing for trail
... County Planning Commission will hold a hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, on whether to remove the Yamhelas Westsider trail from future plans.
In October, the board of commissioners directed staff draft a repeal ...
Commissioners opt to postpone letter to governor after sparring over versions
... continued to hear from residents concerned about the impending planning commission vote to remove the Yamhelas Westsider trail from a list of county projects, with two letters submitted and a public comment.
During ...
