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Arrests & Citations: April 24, 2026

Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Michael Allen Hoezee, 37, Newberg, April 17, criminal driving while suspended ...

Salmon protections could raise local power rates

... end.” Starting May 4, office staff will operate out of 340 N.E. Kirby St., the former home of Yamhill County Health and Human Services staff. Construction on the $25 million renovation is expected to conclude ...

Commissioners approve wastewater and bridge projects

The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners approved a staff request to apply for grant funding for a rural sewer project ...

 
Narrow nod to Johnston for county's Position 1

Who should serve the next four years in Position 1 on the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners is a tough call for us. Incumbent Kit Johnston has, during the last two years, ...

Letters to the Editor: April 24, 2026

... a gallon over states to the east, thanks to Oregon requirements, and need no more. Kit Johnston for county commissioner in Position 1 is an easy YES for me. His first term in office has shown he is a fiscal ...

Jeb Bladine: This week, too many stories, not enough space

... can be more compelling to politicians than newspaper editorials. Berschauer Comeback? Former Yamhill County Commissioner Lindsay Berschauer survived two recall efforts before losing in 2024 to Bubba King. But ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##A humorous sign describes what McMinnville Special Projects Manager Jody Christensen saw when she toured the Jandina neighborhood to take photos for Phase 1 of a Lower Income Neighborhood Accessibility project. “No one can go on those sidewalks,” Christensen told city councilors last week, “Not a bike. Not a person.”

 
Mac revamps priorities for legislative lobbying efforts

... Street. The city is negotiating with Guardian development team and partner Housing Authority of Yamhill County to build two large, four- and five-story apartment buildings. • Phase 1 of Highway 18 frontage ...

Sawyer, Johnson, others to be honored for distinguished service

Kaye Sawyer, founder of the Yamhill County Gospel Mission, and Jon Johnson, longtime local banker, will be honored as Woman and Man of the Year ...

JOY Youth Orchestra to perform in Newberg

... Youth Orchestra, comprised of students from schools in McMinnville, Newberg and other areas of Yamhill County, will perform at noon Saturday, April 25, at Newberg High School. Admission is free. The Junior Orchestra ...

County clerk to test vote tally system

Yamhill County Keri Hinton is scheduled to conduct a public certification test for logic and accuracy of the vote tally ...
## (April 22, 1981) Larry Bailey and Jill Duerfeldt, first graders in Shirley McDaniel’s class at Adams Elementary School, keep a watchful eye on a newly hatched chick. Of two batches of eggs obtained from local people, 19 have hatched; eight more are due today or tomorrow, Mrs. McDaniel said. “It’s a neat springtime project,” she added, “I think the children have learned a lot, and it’s always amazing to watch the process.”

 
Vintage N-R/Memory Lane: April 24, 2026

... “urban community” of Grand Ronde. The setting was an initial hearing before the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners. Polk County has already begun the approval process. Merilyn Reeves, president ...

 
Joyce Siegel 1936 - 2026

... 1970s and '80s in the McMinnville School District, and later worked in two wine tasting rooms in Yamhill County during a time when the Oregon wine industry was emerging as a global force.  She often shared her ...

Pittman dies after years of community service

... became an agent for the Oregon State University Extension program in Hood River before moving to Yamhill County in the early 1960s. A farmer, he was a board member and chairman for the Willamina School District for ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Sheridan resident Linda Harrell told the Sheridan City Council on April 20 that she has been concerned that on Saturdays the road becomes a “speedway.” The pavement has been patched several times, especially at the intersection of Southeast Clark, looking toward the Sheridan Senior Estates trailer park.

 
Sheridan Rd. resident seeks quick solution for speeders

... improvements planned for Sheridan Road next year, but speed bumps aren’t part of it.” Yamhill County Sheriff Sam Elliott and Undersheriff Brandon Bowdle attended the meeting to provide a crime statistics ...

Former Mac PD detective dies

... celebration of his life will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 17, in the Leslie Lewis Pavillion on the Yamhill County Fairgrounds. Ward grew up in Newberg and joined the Marines on Aug. 7, 1967, after graduating from ...
Starla Pointer/News-Register##Home visitors Hortensia Gonzalez, left, and Yesenia Lopez talk about their work with families of Head Start students. They visit four times a year to teach information about parenting and also help families of children up to 5 years old find the resources they need. The women and other home visitors attended a celebration of Home Visiting Appreciation Week Tuesday at The Grand.

 
Early learning hub celebrates home visitors

... started when her daughter, then 3, enrolled in the Head Start preschool program. She was new to Yamhill County and the country and didn’t know the adults who were caring for her child, she said, so she volunteered ...
Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##Poster pantheon lines Wildwood Hotel’s back hallway walls.

 
Quirk of the Week: Off-the-wall in Willamina

... It’s worth revisiting the horseshoe pit at Triangle Park on South Main, mentioned a few months ago in a county-wide tour of the sand-and-posts game locations. The city refurbished the pits last fall, and what’s ...

Trial scheduled for Mac woman charged in toddler’s death

... recklessly endangering another person. On Tuesday, April 21, at the trial readiness hearing, the Yamhill County District Attorney’s Office reported ready to proceed for trial, starting at 9 a.m. May 5. Defense ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##Dayton’s Pirates wave goodbye to a moon shot off the bat of Charly Upmeyer to walk-off their 11-0 win over Willamina/Sheridan on April 20.

 
3A Softball: Pirats playing with intention

... was checked. It was a purely clean game in every respect for the Pirates on Monday. Before multiple county contests were postponed due to weather, Dayton did everything Baumholtz expected from his squad. In ...
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