Rusty Rae/News-Register##New Dayton Superintendent Amy Fast talks with Dakotah Norwest during Kindergarten Camp in August. Fellow kindergartner Reagan Riddle is at right. Children were getting to know their new school as Fast was getting acquainted with the district.

New Dayton superintendent: Listening to students, and wearing many hats

As she prepares for her first school year as Dayton superintendent, Amy Fast has been meeting members of her staff and new community — among them, and maybe most important, the 5-year-olds ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Volunteer Evelyn Tushar sorts items donated to the Dayton Clothes Closet, a giveaway program with quarters in the Dayton First Baptist Church. People in Dayton and the surrounding area can shop once a month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.

Dayton food pantry aims to build new quarters

Volunteers who run the Dayton Community Food Pantry are more than two-thirds of the way toward their fundraising goal for a new building. Board members and other volunteers plan to build a separate ...

Dayton City Council meets Monday

Dayton City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, in the City Hall Annex, 408 Ferry St. Council members will consider a donation request for construction of Dayton Baptist Church’s food ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Salty Kettle’s Malachai, Aleiah, and Trever Barnes serve a sample of kettle corn to Caleb Bute of McMinnville on Saturday during Old-Timers Weekend at Dayton’s Courthouse Square Park. After sampling several flavors, Caleb decided on caramel.

Old-Timers Weekend a fine time in Dayton

‘Grease” was the word in Dayton over the weekend as community members celebrated the annual Old-Timers Weekend. The theme brought out numerous Pink Ladies, dressed in the same hue ...

'Grease' is the theme for Dayton celebration

“Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion … Grease is the way we are feeling,” the movie’s title song goes, providing a fitting theme for the 2023 Dayton Old Timers Weekend ...

Blood drives scheduled around county

Five local sites are hosting blood drive visits by the American Red Cross over the next two weeks. These are the venues: Friday, June 30: Willamette Valley Medical Center, 2700 S.E. Stratus Ave., ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Trae Wall approaches senior class advisor Beth Wytoski to receive the 2023 Dayton Boy of the Year award, given to a student who exemplified positive traits throughout the year. Josephine Shilhanek, seen to the left of Wytoski, was named Girl of the Year.

Dayton High’s ‘big kids’ get their diplomas

As Patrick Verdun gave the commencement address at Dayton’s commencement ceremony on Saturday, he wanted to share some tips with the graduating class, while also sprinkling in some humor. “Ten ...

Dayton seniors to graduate Saturday afternoon

Dayton High School will graduate its Class of 2023 at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 10, on the football field. Patrick Verdun, who taught members of the class but now works at Newberg High, will return to give ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Warren Lenox of Oak Grove works on installing the new ITM at Embold credit union just north of Safeway. Lenox, who does installation work at all the Embold sites, said the ITM allows customers to see and speak with a live teller, in addition to withdrawing funds as they can at ATMs. A ribbon cutting event will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, June 9, at the credit union office, 2668 Highway 99W, McMinnville.

Along the Street: Dayton gets state grant for revitalization

Dayton is one of 27 communities to receive 2023 Oregon Main Street Revitalization grants through Oregon Heritage, part of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Dayton will receive $200,000 to use ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Dayton city officials, engineers and community members kick off a project that will improve Dayton’s utility bridge, which carries water and sewer lines over the Yamhill River. The bridge has been closed to foot traffic for four years, but will reopen after a new steel center span is installed. Eventually, the approaches will be improved, as well.

Dayton will restore pedestrian access to Yamhill River bridge

For decades, Dayton High graduates, bridal parties and others have posed for photos on or beside the city’s utility bridge, which has carried pedestrians, as well as water and sewer lines, ...

News-Register File Photo##Anna Baumholtz was one of six Pirates with a hit in Dayton’s 6-4 loss to Valley Catholic.

Dayton bounced in Beaverton

BEAVERTON -- Dayton’s softball season came to an end on Wednesday, as the No. 9 Pirates fell to the No. 8 Valley Catholic Valiants 6-4 in Beaverton. The Valiants jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the ...

Warriors, Tigers, Pirates send several track athletes to state

The Amity Warriors, Dayton Pirates and Yamhill-Carlton Pirates will each send several runners to the 3A state championship meet in Eugene later this week. The Warriors also took home multiple season long ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Kenneth Laufman laughs as he talks about how a flying saucer ended up in his driveway in Dayton. He and his little green friend will be featured Saturday in McMinnville’s UFO parade, which starts at 3:30 p.m. downtown.

DIY UFO: Dayton man debuts handmade saucer in Saturday parade

Airplanes soar over Dayton as they descend toward the McMinnville Airport. So it’s conceivable that a flying saucer chose the same flight path and landed a bit short of the runways, on the ...

Sweeney leads for Dayton School Board seat

Pieper Sweeney is leading a three-way race for Position 5 on the Dayton School Board, according to results of Tuesday’s election issued by the Yamhill County Clerk’s Office. Sweeney has 291 ...

Updated numbers show McMinnville fire district measures passing; school board races being decided

Incumbents Vollmer and Partida leading in McMinnville School District races, along with Towery and Anderson for open seats

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