BALLOTS DUE TODAY: Voters to decide school board seats, McMinnville fire district merger
Updated 5/16/23 Ballots for the May election are due by 8 p.m. today, May 16. If mailed, they must be postmarked by today's date, and must arrive at the Yamhill County Elections Division within seven ...
McMinnville's UFO Festival in full flight
A flying saucer that may have you reassessing whether UFOs are real will be featured in this year’s UFO parade, along with an assortment of other vehicles and creatures, from buses and golf carts ...
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
County holds emergency session on fire district
Update 10:55 a.m. Wednesday: Yamhill County Commissioners today held an emergency meeting to discuss their response to a measure on the upcoming May ballot, to form a new McMinnville fire district. The ...
Dancing, family activities planned for Children's Day
Dancing, family activities and book, game and toy giveaways are planned. Saturday, April 29, for El Día de los Niños, or Children’s Day. Sponsored by the McMinnville Public Library, ...
Denial of Gwendolyn project appears likely
Updated 4/21/23 McMinnville City Council is leaning toward denying the Gwendolyn Hotel project after two days of appeal hearings, though the current 4-3 split on the dais could change before an official ...
Man shot in McMinnville; suspect sought
Updated 4/18/23 A 36-year-old McMinnville man was the victim of a single gunshot wound shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday in the 200 block of South Baker Street, according to McMinnville Police. The victim ...
Students gain broader sense of future at Dayton career fair
Camilo Medina visited numerous information booths at the Dayton Junior High/High School career fair Friday, including those hosted by Chemeketa Community College and the Wings & Waves Water Park. “They ...
Stopping By: ‘The Lonely Chef’ finds the right recipe
Chef Matt Zangara once prepared breakfast for members of Congress — a job that wasn’t quite as glamorous as it may sound. While working for a catering company in Virginia, just across ...
Arrests & Citations: April 7, 2023
YAMHILL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Devin Michael Abrams-Bunn, 28, Amity, March 29, Marion County hold; booked into the Yamhill County Jail without bail. Benino Aranda Ayala, 45, McMinnville, ...
Former Mac broker draws prison term
A former McMinnville securities broker, 65-year-old James Millegan, was sentenced to 51 months in prison — four years and three months — for evading payment of more than $2.5 million ...
In brief: Mac Reads has summertime start
Mac Reads, the popular community reading program, will feature a nonfiction book about climate change later this year. The program has started in late winter or early spring in the past, concluding in ...
In brief: Saturday egg hunts, Easter service, alpaca show, more
No trouble finding an egg hunt Saturday Easter egg hunts are scheduled throughout the county on Saturday, April 8. Below is a review of a previous list, with one new event added: Amity: 10 a.m., Amity ...
MacHub welcomes eBay in a focus on re-commerce
MacHub was the center of attention Monday as officials from the online company eBay came to McMinnville for a close look at the nonprofit’s success story. Almost a dozen eBay directors, vice presidents ...
Sheridan man killed in Clackamas County
A Sheridan man was hit and killed by a vehicle early on the morning of Saturday, April 1, according to the Oregon State Police. He was identified as Christopher Wendell Niiranen, 55. Law enforcement ...
