McMinnville grad named to NYT's White House team
McMinnville native Jim Tankersley has been named to The New York Times’ seven-member White House team, the newspaper announced Monday. Tankersley, who joined The Times in 2017 as an economic ...
Storm damage closes two McMinnville parks
Damage caused by the Valentine’s weekend ice and snow storm has closed two McMinnville Parks. Galen McBee Airport Park, 375 S.E. Armory Way, off Highway 18, and Rotary Nature Preserve at Tice Woods, ...
McMinnville teachers, district reach agreement
McMinnville’s teachers’ union and the school district reached a tentative contract agreement this week after nearly a year of negotiations that included several sessions stretching long into ...
McMinnville begins work on missing middle housing requirements
The city of McMinnville is in the process of ensuring its zoning code complies with the recently approved rules for HB 2001, the “missing middle housing bill” passed in 2019 eliminating exclusive ...
Along the Street: Applied Physics expands to Hillsboro
McMinnville’s Applied Physics Technologies, Inc. has announced it will relocate its research and development team to Hillsboro. Seven staff members will make the move to a state-of-the-art research ...
Granary row taking shape
When Chae Jordan Pak’s friends visit him in Portland, the conversation soon turns to McMinnville. “After a few days, the first thing you say is, ‘Do you want to go check out wine country?’” ...
City issues guidance on tree, debris removal
With many damaged trees throughout McMinnville following last weekend’s snow and ice event, the city issued guidance this week about trimming and removing trees, and what the city Public ...
Goodbye, eucalyptus
Leslie and Gregg Rogers planted two blue eucalyptus saplings when they moved into their house on Cypress Street three decades ago. “Do you know how big those will get?” a passerby asked Leslie ...
Mayor looks back on 2020
Mayor Scott Hill summarized some of the city’s achievements in a year defined by the pandemic and presented awards to four community members during his annual State of the City address. “As ...
About 500 Mac W&L customers remain without power Sunday afternoon
McMinnville Water & Light has all major feeder lines in service, it informed customers Sunday afternoon. "Crews are now focused on tap lines (that feed smaller numbers of customers), and will ...
Back to school? Parents can choose hybrid or distance for elementary kids
McMinnville and Lafayette parents can choose whether to send their elementary-age children back to school buildings or continue with Comprehensive Distance Learning at home. The school district is making ...
Off to a gooey start
It may be freezing outside, but cheese is melting on grilled sandwiches all over Yamhill County. Diners eagerly started ordering Melt Down specials as the annual grilled cheese fundraiser for the county ...
Council appoints members to new diversity committee
The McMinnville city council appointed members to its new diversity, equity and inclusion committee the same day it listened to a presentation on Oregon’s racist history and its connections to housing ...
Rec center panel moves ahead with Linfield site
MacPac last Thursday voted 14-1 to recommend a 63-acre site owned by Linfield University as the possible location for the city’s new recreation facility. But the details of Linfield’s ...
Public affairs coordinator eager to connect residents with city
After a bad day at work, Noelle Amaya decided to scroll through job postings. On a whim, she applied for a role with the city of McMinnville. When the city called for an interview a few weeks ...
