County commissioners deny neighbors’ winery appeal
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners has unanimously denied a recent appeal of the Planning Commission’s approval of a new winery tasting room east of Amity. On Thursday March 23 the board ...
Bloom town: Daffodil Festival makes a big splash in Amity
The Amity Daffodil Festival, as it turns out, was the perfect place for B.J. B-Hickerson to show and sell her wood work. The perfect place, too, for B-Hickerson to spend her Saturday. The one-day Downtown ...
Hour of the flower: Daffodil Festival blooms again in Amity Saturday
Spring arrived Monday, March 20, and daffodils will be in full bloom Saturday, March 25, when Amity hosts its annual Daffodil Festival. A display of numerous daffodil varieties will be available for viewing ...
Amity embarks on city administrator search
The city of Amity will pay the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments $9,360 for city administrator recruitment services. A contract was approved by the city council at the Wednesday, March 1, meeting. ...
Interim Amity city manager hire approved
The Amity City Council approved hiring former Dundee City Manager Rob Daykin as the interim City Administrator at Wednesday night’s meeting. Michael Thomas has resigned the Amity position, effective ...
Amity administrator a Montana city manager finalist
Outgoing Amity City Administrator Michael Thomas interviewed for the city manager’s position in Helena, Montana, last week, as one of three finalists for the job. Thomas, a finalist for the Astoria ...
Amity City Administrator Montana city manager finalist
Outgoing Amity City Administrator Michael Thomas interviewed for the city manager’s position in Helena, Montana this week, as one of three finalists for the job. Thomas, a finalist for the Astoria ...
Community meetings will focus on a new Amity Library
Deb Conrad, president of Amity’s Friends of the Library, can’t wait for the day when the doors to a new facility open to the public. She said the current 30-by-45-square-foot building, located ...
Machete attack suspect indicted
Peter Huber has been indicted by a Yamhill County Grand Jury on charges that include second-degree attempted murder in connection with the alleged Friday, Feb. 3, machete attack on his brother. The 33-year-old ...
Eola Hills provides a case study for demands over diminishing water
Yamhill County has three groundwater limited areas, two abutting in the Eola Hills outside Amity, and one on Chehalem Mountain, and homeowners have long argued that other parts of the county are reaching ...
Local history, current crisis both expose difficulties surrounding water use, distribution
In 2021, Yamhill County Planning Commission Chair Dan Armstrong told the News-Register that water is one of the top concerns brought to the planning commission. “It seems like everything that comes ...
Amity man charged with attempted murder in alleged machete attack
An Amity man, Peter Darius Huber, 33, who allegedly attacked his brother with a machete early on the morning of Friday, Feb. 3, has been charged with one count each of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree ...
Alleged machete assault suspect located in Portland
UPDATE Friday evening: The suspect and vehicle have been located in Portland. ---------------------------- The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office is searching for an Amity man who allegedly ...
Sheriff's office takes two Salem residents into custody
Two Salem residents were arrested by Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office deputies in Amity Monday, Jan. 16, one on the high school grounds and the other in the nearby rural area of Hopewell. As a result ...
