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Trail removal gets first reading

... County Board of Commissioners held the first reading of an ordinance that will officially remove the Yamhelas Westsider trail from county planning documents at its meeting Thursday. The board voted in January ...

Commissioners to vote on trail findings

... Yamhill Board of Commissioners added an item to its Thursday meeting making official the removal of the Yamhelas Westsider Trail from county planning documents. The board will vote on an ordinance eliminating the ...

 
Letters to the Editor: Feb. 20, 2026

... people were deported without oppressive tactics. On another subject, to those who think the proposed Yamhelas Westsider Trail may someday become a light rail line, that’s just stupidity. TriMet has not expressed ...

Neighbors appeal farmland partition

... self-enrichment.” Del Boca Vista is based in Newberg. Also at the meeting: n While the board voted to remove the Yamhelas Westsider trail from the county’s Transportation System Plan last week, the topic is on this week’s ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register## At last week’s Yamhill County Board of Commissioners meeting, residents wait for their turn to comment on the Yamhelas Westsider Trail. Speakers were evenly split over whether to keep or remove the trail from future county plans. This week, commissioners voted 2-1 to remove it.

 
Board axes Westsider Trail from county plan

The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 Thursday to remove the Yamhelas Westsider Trail project from future plans. In opposition, Commissioner Bubba King argued 80% of people ...

 
Letters to the Editor: Jan. 30, 2026

... Freeman McMinnville   Our land I’ve noticed, at the two hearings I’ve attended for the Yamhelas Westsider Trail, a total lack of communication between the sides. To my knowledge, there hasn’t ...
Wikimedia Commons##Whistle-stop shelter at the Buxton trailhead of the Banks-Vernonia State Trail.

 
Haley Cox: County fumbling precious recreational opportunity

What a complete mess Yamhill County has managed to make of the Yamhelas Westsider Trail issue.

 

County commissioners to reconvene on trail, hear Newberg church appeal

The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners are scheduled to issue a ruling on the future of the Yamhelas Westsider trail Thursday and hold an appeal hearing over a request to open a church in rural Newberg. The ...

Trail decision delayed another week

Yamhill County residents on both sides of the Yamhelas-Westsider trail debate must wait another week to learn if the project will be removed from future county ...

Commissioners to decide trail’s fate

... expected for Thursday’s Yamhill County Board of Commissioners meeting, when the destiny of the Yamhelas Westsider trail will be decided. A board vote is the final step in removing the long-planned 15.25-mile ...

Letters to the Editor: Jan. 16, 2026

... Get the felon out of the White House! Ann Helm Lafayette   Protect the trail The proposed Yamhelas Westsider Trail will be a one-of-a-kind asset for Yamhill County citizens. Fortunately, its location ...

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 ...
##The originally proposed $115 million rec center pictured above was scaled down to $72.5 million facility in the final bond measure, which failed by 30 votes.

 
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 ...
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