Theater will begin reopening
Gallery Theater, McMinnville's community theater, will reopen this month for its first indoor show since the coronavirus pandemic began — pending state regulations about gatherings and the risk of ...
Writing contest celebration planned
The News-Register staff Writing contest celebration planned The Paper Gardens literary contest will celebrate winners with a virtual event Thursday, May 13. The celebration will include remarks from ...
McMinnville School Board to meet Monday
The News-Register staff School board to meet Monday McMinnville School Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 10. The public session will be held via Zoom. The board also will hold an executive ...
Mac council hears housing strategy Tuesday
A resolution adopting McMinnville’s new City Center Housing Strategy – more than two years in the making – will be considered Tuesday by the identical governing bodies of McMinnville ...
‘LET THEIR IMAGINATIONS RUN’
Education has been a focus of the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum since it was conceived in the early 1990s by the late Michael King Smith and his father, Evergreen Aviation founder Del Smith. Now, ...
Baer appointed new Sheridan mayor
City Council President Aaron Baer was appointed Sheridan mayor at Monday night’s work session. Baer was elected to the council in 2016 and again this year. He previously served on the Sheridan ...
Firefighters lauded for saving flags during creamery blaze
Mariah Brooks and her mother, Jennifer Tehama, were having lunch at McMinnville’s Sandwich Express on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 20, when a three-alarm, multi-million dollar fire burned ...
Along the Street: Taxes due May 17
Many people breathed a sigh of relief when Tax Day was postponed in April. Now they need to take a deep breath and get to work on finishing their tax forms, because taxes are due Monday, May 17. Tax Day ...
‘I can climb things!’
Children swarmed Carlton’s newest playground as soon as it officially opened in mid-April. “It’s good!” said Faye Westendorf, 4 1/2, who wore her favorite fairy dress for ...
Haugeberg responds to complaint
A February 2020 report by an anonymous Linfield alumna outlines what she described as inappropriate behavior, including comments made, and a hug, at the hands of David Haugeberg, a McMinnville attorney ...
State COVID case counts down slightly after weeks of increases
Oregon saw mixed results in its tracking of COVID-19 last week. The Oregon Health Authority reported that the percentage of people testing positive increased from 6% to 6.8%, but there was a slight ...
Funds from Rescue Act boost county’s budget
Yamhill County’s budget is about 2% smaller this year than last under current projections, but it will grow substantially once it adds in the $20.77 million it expects to receive from the American ...
BLUE SKIES AHEAD FOR EVERGREEN?
After two decades of flying high but being buffeted by plenty of turbulence, the Evergreen museum is ready to take off on a smooth trip to a promising future. Bill Stoller’s McMinnville ...
Additional groups call for change at Linfield
Faculty decry graduation day removal of signs supporting fired professor By Kirby Neumann-Rea Of the News-Register Renewed calls for the resignation of president Dr. Miles Davis and Board of Trustees ...
Rep. Nearman charged in breach at state Capitol
By ANDREW SELSKYOf The Associated Press SALEM — Prosecutors leveled two criminal charges Friday against a Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives who let far-right rioters into ...
