MacPAC recommended building a new free-standing library on the site of the current Aquatic Center and a 50-meter-long pool able to host large-scale swim meets.
The advisory committee is tasked with making ...
The historic landmarks committee will consider this week an application to demolish Mac Hall on Linfield University’s campus to site another science building.
The building, located at 900 S.E. Baker ...
The Legislature will hear testimony on redistricting for congressional and state-level legislative districts beginning next week. Hearings on Oregon’s 1st Congressional District, which includes ...
The McMinnville City Council will hold public hearings and a vote on proposed building and planning fee increases on Tuesday, March 9. The increases are necessary to fully recover the cost of services, ...
As a heavily tattooed person entered the courtroom, Yamhill County Circuit Judge John Collins thought, “He’s a little scary,” Collins shared in an anecdote before a virtual group.
“That’s ...
Public input is being sought for a project that could result in bike lanes on Highway 99W though McMinnville.
The Oregon Department of Transportation will host a question-and-answer session Thursday about ...
The affordable housing committee, which the city council codified from a task force into a committee earlier this week, is monitoring two Oregon House bills that if passed would provide $1.5 million to ...
Rogelio Gutierrez Martinez has witnessed many changes in the 13 years he’s owned Los Molcajetes, a Mexican restaurant on Third Street in downtown McMinnville, but nothing like the past year. Sales ...
The council approved a letter of support for a potential affordable housing development and listened to a presentation detailing how cities can navigate the impacts of climate change at its Tuesday meeting.
The ...
The Chehalem Parks and Recreation District (CPRD) is working toward a major addition to its Chehalem Heritage Trails project.
The Newberg-Dundee Bypass Trail would eventually run from Highway ...
The city of McMinnville is in the process of ensuring its zoning code complies with the recently approved rules for HB 2001, the “missing middle housing bill” passed in 2019 eliminating exclusive ...
When Chae Jordan Pak’s friends visit him in Portland, the conversation soon turns to McMinnville.
“After a few days, the first thing you say is, ‘Do you want to go check out wine country?’” ...
Rep. Mike Nearman spent much of his presentation to the Yamhill County Republican Women last Thursday listing what he considers flawed Democratic policies and ideologies; alleging Democats have “abortion-ified” ...
Mayor Scott Hill summarized some of the city’s achievements in a year defined by the pandemic and presented awards to four community members during his annual State of the City address.
“As ...
The McMinnville city council appointed members to its new diversity, equity and inclusion committee the same day it listened to a presentation on Oregon’s racist history and its connections to housing ...
In the weeks before the pandemic last February, Ginny Norris Blackson was captivated by author Layla Saad’s description of her book during an American Library Association conference — ...
MacPac last Thursday voted 14-1 to recommend a 63-acre site owned by Linfield University as the possible location for the city’s new recreation facility. But the details of Linfield’s ...
After a bad day at work, Noelle Amaya decided to scroll through job postings. On a whim, she applied for a role with the city of McMinnville.
When the city called for an interview a few weeks ...
Mary Stern, executive director of McMinnville Area Habitat for Humanity and a former county commissioner, will leave her role in April. She is returning to the east coast to be closer to her ...
The City of McMinnville’s urban growth boundary expansion plan received one objection at the state level before the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC).
Jennifer Redmond-Noble ...
