Judge authorizes trustee appointment in Falls Event Center
A Utah federal judge has authorized the U.S. Trustee in a bankruptcy proceeding of the Falls Event Center to appoint a trustee to oversee management of the bankruptcy case. Judge Kimball Mosier, despite ...
Landfill decision passes one year mark
Tuesday, Nov. 13, the state Supreme Court reached the one-year mark for its hearing on Riverbend Landfill’s expansion process. Rulings are released on Thursdays, but Thursday passed, with no decision ...
Garbage rates could go up 10.47 percent
Garbage rates could increase by 10.47 percent next year if the McMinnville City Council grants the request of local garbage hauler Recology. Carl Peters, general manager for Recology Western Oregon, ...
School board to meet Monday
McMinnville School Board members will discuss policies, the budget calendar and out-of-state travel at their meeting Monday night. The public session will start at 7:30 p.m. in the district office, 800 ...
Broker sees local housing market leveling off
Randy McCreith, the principal broker for Bella Casa Real Estate Group, started in McMinnville in March of 2007. It was bad timing to say the least. Just eight months later, executives at Lehman Brothers ...
Crunched: Mortgage out of reach of many homeowners
One-third of McMinnville homeowners don’t make enough money to meet their mortgage payments without putting themselves and their families in financial hardship. The numbers are worse for local renters, ...
County commissions report on child welfare improvements
Yamhill County Commissioners have approved paying a Dayton contractor $30,000 to create a report detailing how the county can better support foster children, their biological families and foster families. “The ...
Linfield offers pet-friendly dorm
Starting next fall, Linfield College will offer students a chance to bring their pets to school with them. Linfield will become the only Oregon school, and one of a few in the nation, to offer a pet-friendly ...
Along the Street: Hazelnut harvest falls short
Oregon hazelnut growers were anticipating a record-high crop in 2018 — until, that is, they harvested the crop. The Capital Press reported this week the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service ...
Willamina board addresses threat
WILLAMINA - Two parents expressed concern to the Willamina School Board Tuesday night about the handling of a threat-related incident that occurred late last week. One of the parents, Andrea Balthaser, ...
Down the river, back in time
Avid fossil hunter Mike Full showed a picture of his dream cruise to the McMinnville City Club Tuesday: A boat gliding down the Yamhill River toward two bull mammoths facing off, tusks gleaming in the ...
Local firefighting effort assists California crews
Dundee Fire Chief John Stock is about 500 miles from the death and destruction that swept through the community of Paradise in Northern California. It’s a town of about 27,000 people, 90 miles north ...
Judge doesn't take kindly to plea arrangement
Judge Cynthia Easterday made it clear to Yamhill County Deputy District Attorney Stephanie Harmon and Dr. Blair Tudor’s Portland attorney, Douglas Stamm, that she was troubled with the plea agreement ...
Geary wins council seat after Ruden drops out
Zack Geary ran somewhat unopposed for northwest McMinnville’s Ward 2 city council seat, but 1,451 people still voted for incumbent Alan Ruden, who dropped out of the race Sept. 20. Geary, vice-chair ...
