Scott Unger/News-Register##A Recology truck navigates narrow Southwest Emily Drive Wednesday. The road is planned to be extended 75-feet into a cul-de-sac to provide an exit for several new plots. Neighbors say parking and traffic are already issues.

Neighbors say subdivision will add to traffic, parking woes

A decision on a subdivision plan for Southwest Cypress Lane was delayed at the request of neighbors, who cited issues with parking and traffic on the plan that would extend nearby Emily Drive. Applicant ...

Mac council makes Garvin permanent city manager

McMinnville City Council ironed out the final details of a full-time contract for City Manager Adam Garvin Tuesday. Garvin will make $198,120 annually as the city’s chief executive, where he has ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Emma Putnam, 10, of McMinnville browses the children’s section at the McMinnville Public Library while holding books from the “Babymouse” graphic novel series and Lemony Snicket. “It’s kinda like the ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ series, but it’s about a mouse and it’s a girl,” she said of “Babymouse.” “It always ends with something going wrong and ending up ridiculous, and it’s really funny. Because it’s like, you love reading about all the bad things that happen. They’re just so good.”

What's Yamhill County reading?

March is National Reading Month, and the News-Register wondered, what is Yamhill County reading? After contacting every library in the county, from the bustling Newberg-Dundee shelves to the quaint one-room ...

Mac council agrees to spend $1.2 million in CET revenues

McMinnville City Council agreed Tuesday to begin distributing $1.2 million in Construction Excise Tax revenues this fall; giving developers, builders and affordable housing providers a pool of money to ...

Applications for Mac council seat due Friday

Friday, March 27, is the final day for Ward 3 residents to apply for the vacant McMinnville City Council position. The successful candidate will fill the vacancy created when former Councilor Jessica ...

Grizzly robotics team raising money for national event

Chronobreak, the McMinnville High School robotics team that won state, is raising money to attend a national competition. Chronobreak won the Sustain Award — for promoting science, technology, engineering ...

City sticks to code, requires sidewalks for MIP property

A disagreement with a long-time city of McMinnville partner led to a “tough night” for staff and planning commissioners last week. McMinnville Industrial Promotions appealed the city’s ...

Garvin contract goes to a vote

The McMinnville City Council will vote on a long-term contract for interim City Manager Adam Garvin and discuss what to do with $1.2 million in construction tax proceeds when it convenes Tuesday night ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Rae Collins focuses on design and event consulting as well as selling unique and whimsical items in her new shop, Artistry. The shop is part of the Apollo Art Collective, a space that also houses other creatives at 415 N.E. Third St.

Downtown ‘micro studio’ offers design consulting, merchandise

Just as a yellow throw pillow makes a statement in a gray and white living room, the collections of items and ideas in the new Artistry shop catch the eyes of passersby. Opened by recent McMinnville transplants ...

Mac lobbying efforts continue to pay off

The city of McMinnville is a signature away from receiving another $1.5 million from its lobbying efforts, which would bring the total received to $7.7 million since 2022. “That’s a fairly ...

$2M in ARPA projects nearing completion

As part of the update on American Rescue Plan Act funds, Finance Director Katie Henry provided insights into ongoing projects that will mostly be completed by the end of the year. The city has $2,068,929 ...

Image: Meridian##The McMinnville City Council approved the purchase of eight mobile barricades like the one pictured to block streets during large events.

Council agrees to fix storm line, buy barricades with ARPA funds

McMinnville City Council agreed Wednesday to spend about half its remaining $1 million in federal Covid relief funding on a leaking pipe and police barricades. Consensus wasn’t reached on the remaining ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Lesley Anderson, sitting next to the window in her business, Cascade Movement Center, talks about her love of nature and how exercise, yoga and being outdoors help not only with physical wellness, but also with emotional well-being.

Stopping By: Movement for healing

Edited to correct a typo in the spelling of the word "meditation" -- "What pulled me out was meditation and yoga, which I could do anywhere," Anderson said.   ------ Strength training, yoga, meditation ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Serendipity owner Becky Simpson decorates an Easter egg tree that marks one of the holes at the Sweet Spot miniature golf pop-up in the 1882 buildings on Galloway Street between Third and Fourth in downtown McMinnville. The course, decorated with oversized ice cream cones and sweet treats, opens at 4 p.m. today and continues daily through March 29 as something for families to do during spring break. In addition to mini golf, the attraction offers ice cream, loaded popcorn and other treats for purchase.

Temporary downtown putt-putt course opens Friday for spring break

To give families something unique to do during spring break, Serendipity Ice Cream will host a miniature golf attraction in downtown McMinnville. Becky Simpson, who owns Serendipity with her husband, ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##McMinnville Mayor Kim Morris, left, and Lafayette Mayor Hilary Malcomson, center, join Superintendent Kourtney Ferrua in supervising the monkey bars at Wascher Elementary School Wednesday morning as part of the We Care About Kids initiative. Evelyn Cortes Hernandez makes her way across as Yahilin Chacon Fabela waits her turn.

Community leaders showing up for area youth

“Show me how it’s done,” Lafayette Mayor Hilary Malcomson told a Wascher Elementary student preparing to traverse the monkey bars Wednesday morning. “I can see those muscles.” Malcomson ...

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