Vintage News-Register
Click scrolling arrows on side of pictures to pause slideshow. Chronicling life in the Yamhill Valley through the generations with the newspaper archives. Vintage galleries are printed each Friday ...
Stopping by: One step at a time
If Ruth Mendes da Costa were to wear every medal she’s brought home from half-marathons, 10Ks and 5Ks, she wouldn’t be able to stand upright or take a step — the hardware would ...
Soroptimists honor four local women
Soroptimist International of McMinnville marked Women’s History Month by awarding scholarships to four local residents enrolled in studies that will help them improve their lives and the ...
Farm Fest, plowing contest return to heritage center
Farm Fest 2019 runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center Museum, 11275 S.W. Durham Lane, McMinnville. The festival features the largest plowing competition ...
Rohse: What happened to the unsung oxen?
History suggests that we Americans never thanked oxen for all they have done for our country. Those patient, plodding animals pulled wagons thousands of miles along the Oregon Trail — but what happened ...
Offbeat Oregon: Shyster lawyer planned to steal man’s land by shanghaiing him
In the late 1880s, in the wilds of southwest Washington near the mouth of the Cedar River, a “stump rancher” named Peter Norris developed a more-than-professional interest in the wife ...
Carlson: The best breeds for senior dog lovers
When you turn 70, which I did last summer, you have to admit that not only are your youthful years in the rearview mirror, but they are receding so far, so fast, that they have become a distant memory. Happy ...
Stopping by: Scaling down
On a certain scale, Jim Dunk is a land baron. His McMinnville yard is large enough to hold the equivalent of miles of railroad track, a mining operation and many associated buildings. There’s ...
Patton play to raise money for Holocaust education
Patton Middle School students will present a play about the Holocaust, “And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank,” Thursday through Sunday, March 14 to 17. Shows ...
'She Kills Monsters' to open at Linfield
“She Kills Monsters,” a coming-of-age comedy/fantasy play by Qui Nguyen, will open Wednesday, March 13, at the Linfield College theater. The college theater is marking its 99th season ...
Offbeat Oregon: Lives of old-time country doctors anything but boring
One of the most colorful and rewarding occupations in human history was that of a country doctor in the first half of the 20th century. By about 1900, breakthroughs in medical science had put ...
Amity Daffodil Festival returns
The News-Register staff Amity Daffodil Festival slated Saturday AMITY -- Daffodil blooms, plants, art and other flower-related items will be featured Saturday, March 16, at Amity's annual Daffodil Festival. The ...
Terroir accepts registration
The News-Register staff Terroir registration open Registration is open for Terroir, the Yamhill County creative writing festival. The day of presentations by writing professionals and workshops is scheduled ...
West Valley will show off talent
West Valley will show off talent SHERIDAN — The Sheridan Rotary Club will host a West Valley’s Got Talent production at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at the Monroe Event Center, 121 S.W. ...
Rohse: Opponents put the squeeze on corsets
One era of conflict in centuries past could well have been known as the War of the Corset. Certainly, many combatants were involved: religious groups, feminists, doctors, corset makers, wearers of corsets ...
