Ballots arriving in the mail soon for Mac, Amity residents
Voters in the city of McMinnville and in the Amity Fire Districts will receive ballots later this week for the Nov. 4 election. McMinnville voters will consider the city’s Measure 36-7, which would ...
Changes proposed for dangerous intersection
McMinnville city staff will present 10 recommended changes to an intersection where a pedestrian was struck and killed earlier this year when city council convenes for its regular meeting Tuesday. Staff ...
Recently hired airport leader discusses upcoming changes, possibilities for facility
New McMinnville Municipal Airport Administrator John Paskell met with the city’s economic think tank committee Wednesday to discuss ongoing transition at the facility and future plans to improve ...
Supporters of rec bond hold first town meeting
The push from supporters to pass a proposed $98.5 million Culture, Parks and Recreation bond is underway, following a town hall Monday night hosted by a community political action committee. Approximately ...
Grand jury indicts restaurateur on 12 counts in child porn case
McMinnville restaurateur Paul Brenton Bachand, 50, has been indicted on a dozen felony counts of encouraging child sexual abuse and one count of encouraging sexual assault of an animal.
Mac fire to be reimbursed $144k for Palisades wildfire assistance
The McMinnville Fire District will receive approximately $144,000 in reimbursement for its assistance with the Palisades wildfires earlier this year, Chief Reed Godfrey reported at Thursday’s board ...
MFD debuts command center for air show
Supervision of the Oregon International Air Show went smoothly last weekend, thanks in part to a new centralized command center for first responders and event staff. McMinnville Fire District entered ...
PAC to host town hall on rec bond
The community Political Action Committee supporting a $98.5 million bond measure to build a new rec center and update city facilities will hold a town hall forum on the measure at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6. The ...
ODOT to upgrade ramps, bicycle routes on state-owned roads in McMinnville
Early next year the Oregon Department of Transportation will begin work on a $23 million project to improve accessibility on state-owned roads in McMinnville. Last week, McMinnville city council approved ...
Mac to stay the course with state legislative requests
McMinnville’s lobbying efforts will stay the course on state funding asks and promote the same projects in the 2026 short session that failed to move forward earlier this year. At a work session ...
Date changed for rec bond town hall
The Community, Parks, and Recreation Political Action Committee has changed the date of a community forum on the upcoming $98.5 million parks and recreation bond measure. The event originally planned ...
A policy of giving back
Former Hagan Hamilton owners, workers celebrate new remodel with old stories
Mac board interviews three applicants for vacant seat
McMinnville School Board interviewed three applicants Monday for the vacancy created by the resignation of Doris Towery. Towery, who was elected in May 2023, resigned halfway through her four-year term ...
Public split over Peralta online comments
McMinnville City Council President Sal Peralta apologized at Tuesday’s meeting for “insensitive” online comments made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination; but welcomed debate ...
City of Mac out $7,500 over erroneous check to contractor
A clerical error cost the city of McMinnville $7,500. On Tuesday, the city council unanimously approved a settlement agreement to resolve a dispute over approximately $181,000 in payments related to construction ...
