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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 ...
Letters to the Editor: Oct. 24, 2025
... stand to benefit greatly from their decisions — to cancel use of OUR right of way for the future Yamhelas Westsider Trail.
The flimsy argument that it might otherwise become light rail in the future is absurd. ...
Carlton Fire granted trail access, residents want the same
For the second time this month, the Yamhelas Westsider trail was the hot topic at the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners weekly meeting.
The ...
Scope of county headquarters renovation larger than planned
... section of county land formerly owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad that was planned to become the Yamhelas Westsider Trail.
The board will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, in room 32 of the courthouse; to ...
County looks to expand park access, give trail the ax
... eventually allow more public access and directed staff to repeal an ordinance and remove the controversial Yamhelas Westsider Trail from the county’s Transportation System Plan as a future project.
The actions ...
Letters to the Editor: Oct. 10, 2025
... Starrett and Kit Johnston know they aren’t fooling anyone with their Oct. 2 attempt to erase the Yamhelas Westsider Trail from the Transportation System Plan.
You will have a chance to go on record in support ...
County moves to eliminate trail from transportation projects list
A late agenda addition concerning the future of the Yamhelas Westsider Trail drew backlash from residents at Thursday’s Yamhill County Board of Commissioners ...
Letters to the Editor: Sept. 19, 2025
... 17-mile trail you referenced.
While individual board members may or may not personally support the Yamhelas Westsider Trail, it has never been part of the Yamhill County Parks system. The property has always ...
Jeb Bladine: Bringing it home with AI's database research
... to search all county orders and resolutions in those databases and report all those that refer to the Yamhelas Westsider Trail.
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Jeb Bladine is president and publisher of the News-Register.
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Letters to the Editor: Jan. 3, 2025
Clear the way
Since the Yamhelas Westsider Trail right of way is owned by the county, we ask the county to clear the brambles so county ...
Letters to the Editor: Oct. 18, 2024
... McMinnville.
Tracy Palmer
McMinnville
Not giving up
The last Land Use Board of Appeals decision on the Yamhelas Westsider Trail was sent to Yamhill County on Dec. 30, 2020.
In it, the board said: “We are not ...
Calendar of Quirk: Scattering Quirk, from downtown McMinnville north to Carlton and Yamhill
... repurposed window shutter, now with peeling green paint
Aug. 26 Some say the project is dead, yet several Yamhelas Westsider Trail bike racks are in use around Carlton. Of particular resonance is the metal rail engine ...
Letter to Readers: Veteran N-R reporter bids farewell, starts new chapter
... and recipes of your own.
With your help, I’ve shared information about Riverbend Landfill, the Yamhelas Westsider Trail fight, campaign finance inner workings, and the serious water issues facing Oregon.
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