Dayton council to meet Monday
Dayton City Council will meet by Zoom Monday night to consider a liquor license renewal and citywide goals for 2021-22. The public session will start at 6:30 p.m. A link is available from the city website, ...

Stopping by: A new mission
Angel and Isabel Aguiar will be moving to a country they’ve never seen, where they know no one and where they will be working with people they’ve never met. But none of that worries them: ...
School board seats open in county
Candidates for school board seats around Yamhill County can file for election with the Yamhill County Clerk's Office. March 18 is the filing deadline for the May 18 election. School board positions that ...

Mourners gather outdoors to remember 'Monty' Fergus
Relatives and friends of Golden Maughn “Monty” Fergus gathered to say goodbye to him Jan. 22. Part of the funeral took place at the McMinnville Latter-day Saints church, where he and ...

Latino communities hit hard by COVID
Patricia Arroyo Marquez had been struggling to breathe for months. She also experienced body aches, splitting headaches and pain behind the eyes. The symptoms never occurred simultaneously, and she was ...
Districts around the county planning for school return
After months of working on a variety of plans for returning to in-person classes before the school year, then converting to comprehensive distance learning instead, Yamhill County school districts expect to finally begin reopening school buildings this month.

Dayton woman carries on husband's festive tradition
Leslie Overgard didn’t decorate her house on Main Street in Dayton in 2019. Her husband, Duane Overgard, had died suddenly that February at age 59. He had always loved decorating for Christmas, ...
Dayton COVID surge continues; county likely to remain at 'extreme risk'
Yamhill County, listed as one of 21 counties at “extreme risk,” because of the high rate of COVID-19 transmissions, added 109 new cases from Saturday to Monday. The county’s test ...

Wineries once again adapt to restrictions
Vineyards and wineries in the Willamette Valley have been forced into a series of adjustments in 2020, from responding to the decline of wine sales due to restaurant closures, to a harvest with complications ...

California fugitive located in Dayton
The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office took a California fugitive into custody Wednesday night in Dayton. He was identified as Sotero Jose Garcia Garcia, 51. He was located at the Country View ...

County approves rural broadband project
Over the next 12 to 18 months, every rural home in Yamhill County wanting adequate internet service should be able to have it. Yamhill County Commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved using $500,000 ...
County opens COVID relief grant for businesses, nonprofits, agencies
Yamhill County is offering grants to businesses and nonprofit organizations that support individuals and families "most affected by the emerging health, economic and social impacts of COVID-19." The ...

Who governs us: In Yamhill County, cities seek to broaden leadership
After a summer of protests and conversations prompted many residents of Yamhill County to reflect on race and equity in life and work, the fall election season poses an interesting question: Who governs ...

Defendant: drugs fueled attack on dog
Justin Lizak told a judge he was taking drugs and wasn’t in his right mind when he “intentionally and knowingly tortured” a dog named Sammy in Dayton in early March, according to court ...

22-year sentence in crash that killed three
A Salem woman was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison for causing a 2019 car crash south of Dayton that killed a Salem couple and a 4-year-old girl. Krista Ashley, 34, who was intoxicated when she ...