Spirit Mountain Casino extends closure
Spirit Mountain Casino has extended its closure due to the coronavirus pandemic through Wednesday, April 8. Tribal Council Chair Cheryle Kennedy, Casino General Manager Stan Dillon and other officials ...
Spirit Mountain Casino extends closure
The Spirit Mountain Casino has extended its closure due to the coronavirus pandemic from Wednesday, April. 1, to Thursday, April 9, Grand Ronde Tribal officials have announced. The ...
Sheridan woman wants to help supply seniors
Sally Whitlinger of Sheridan worries that Yamhill County’s most vulnerable people need help finding supplies. Seniors and people with limited mobility or compromised immune systems may be confined ...
Willamina Council votes for state of emergency
The Willamina City Council moved a special meeting to Tina Miller Park, next door to city hall, Tuesday afternoon. The council passed a resolution declaring a state of emergency as a result of the coronavirus ...
Grand Ronde Tribe declares state of emergency
For the first time since restoration in 1983, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde have declared a state of emergency because of the coronavirus outbreak. A resolution was passed by Tribal Council Wednesday, ...
Spirit Mountain Casino closing until April 1
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde has closed Spirit Mountain Casino through April 1 in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
The gaming facility has more than 2 million visitors annually and is one of the region’s most popular attractions. It closed late Wednesday, two days after Oregon Gov. Kate Brown ordered the rest of the state to cancel gatherings of more than 25 people for at least a month, and closed all bars and restaurants, except for takeout.
Sheridan declares state of emergency; city departments close
The Sheridan City Council declared a state of emergency at its regular meeting Monday night due to the coronavirus outbreak. City Attorney Walt Gowell drew up the document earlier in the day, which went ...
Carlton ODOT meeting canceled
Carlton has canceled its city council meeting about road projects planned by the Oregon Department of Transportation. The special meeting had been scheduled for Tuesday, March 17. It was canceled due ...
Sheridan school board will meet in cafeteria
The Sheridan School Board will discuss the search for a new superintendent when it meets this week in the high school cafeteria, a move meant to allow more social spacing because of the coronavirus outbreak. The ...
Sheridan couple finally walks off Grand Princess
Sheridan City Manager Frank Sheridan and his wife, Rhoda, are being quarantined at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, about 14 miles north of downtown San Diego, after finally getting off the Grand Princess ...
Yamhill County schools offer take-home meals during closure
With Oregon schools closing for a two-week spring break — twice as long as usual, due to concerns about coronavirus — some districts will continue to offer meals for students. McMinnville ...
Fluke joins the Willamina staff as interim high school principal
Jami Fluke, who resigned last year as principal of Dayton High School, has assumed her new post as interim principal at Willamina High School. Fluke replaces longtime principal Tim France — who ...
Sheridan city manager, wife, waiting to disembark ship
Sheridan City Manager Frank Sheridan and his wife, Rhoda, remained aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship Thursday morning, days after it docked at the Port of Oakland with more than 20 passengers sickened ...
Willamina park to honor vets
Willamina has designated Garden Spot Park at the west end of Main Street as a memorial park. Across from Coyote Joe’s Restaurant, the park is home to a popular arm wrestling competition held during ...
