Linfield commencement ceremony set May 29
Linfield University will graduate more than 330 students, including 60 nursing students, on Sunday, May 29, its first traditional in-person commencement ceremony since 2019. Students from the ...
Along the Street: Alpine Cleaners participates in aid to Ukraine
Alpine Cleaners in McMinnville and other members of the Oregon Dry Cleaners Association have donated $5,000 to Mercy Corps to be used for humanitarian aid in the Ukraine crisis. The dry cleaning ...
Yamhill dairy ambassador vies for title
Hanna VanDeWalle, who has represented the dairy industry this year as Yamhill-Polk Counties Dairy Princess Ambassador, will compete Saturday for the state title. VanDeWalle, 20, grew up in Carlton ...
Chef over the moon about her new takeout restaurant
Selene’s Kitchen — named for Greek moon goddess — offers salads, soups and sandwiches to-go Kathy Messervy, who owns the new Selene’s Kitchen in downtown McMinnville, fell ...
Turkey Rama returns in July
Turkey Rama will return Friday and Saturday, July 8 and 9, with food and vendor booths, family activities, music and other entertainment, according to the McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce. “We ...
Bishop to visit Mac church
The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon will visit St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in McMinnville to lead worship services Sunday, May 29. Bishop Diana Akiyama will lead the Holy Eucharist ...
Flights of fancy
Chase Estep likes to travel the world looking for birds, all while sitting in his living room, turning over cards and rolling dice. He “travels” by playing the solo version of “Bandada,” ...
Man of Steel
Corey Fong teaches art at Bethlehem High School in Delmar, New York, an Albany suburb, 150 miles north of New York City. On a Tuesday morning earlier this month, Fong boarded a plane in Albany, ...
Salinas, Erickson to face off
Democrat Andrea Salinas of Lake Oswego and Republican Mike Erickson of Lake Oswego will face off in November for the new U.S. House District 6 seat. Both candidates won their primaries in Tuesday’s ...
Former Sheridan FCI staffer pleads guilty to bribery, contraband smuggling
This case was investigated by the FBI with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It is
being prosecuted by Ethan Knight and Katherine Rykken, Assistant U.S. Attorneys for the
District of Orego
Starrett increases lead; Johnston, Wytoski headed to runoff; Amity, Dayton, Sheridan money measures passing
County election results are available online at Count_CumulativeReport (yamhill.or.us). Statewide election results are available at Oregon Secretary of State (oregonvotes.gov) Starrett ...
Chainsaw attacker convicted
A Salem man, who used a chainsaw to cut into the driver’s side of a vehicle with two people inside in a March 2022 incident, was found guilty by a Yamhill County jury of one count each of ...
School board awards construction contract
The Willamina School Board awarded the middle school construction contract to Scholten Construction Inc. of Willamina on a unanimous vote at this month’s meeting. The project will add six ...
Operation Generation holds fundraiser dinner
Operation Generation, a housing complex for families and senior residents, holds a kickoff fundraiser 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 20, at Praise Church, 8930 N.E. Third St. Tickets for the dinner ...
