Willamina waives school district planning fees
Last week, the Willamina City Council waived $250,000 in planning fees that were set to be charged to the school district for facility improvements. Councilors also agreed to review the fee schedule ...
Willamina enters agreement to revamp municipal code
Willamina will update its municipal code to ensure new ordinances are included and the document is current with state law. The city code was last revised in 2008. Since then, Willamina has passed ...
Sheridan council consider repurposing grant
The Sheridan City Council will discuss repurposing a Community Development Block Grant at the 7 p.m., Feb. 17 regular meeting. The million-dollar grant was originally intended to replace the sewer ...
Willamina SD seeks review of construction fee
The Willamina City Council on Tuesday will consider an appeal from the Willamina School District’s regarding construction fees for building improvements during. The school district is requesting ...
Sheridan vacant council seat
Liz Hodgins resigned from the Sheridan City Council on Jan. 20, citing health reasons. “After considerable thought, I have decided to resign, effective immediately, from the Sheridan City Council ...
Sheridan to keep counting FCI population
At a work session Monday, Feb. 2, the Sheridan City Council favored continuing to count Federal Correction Institute inmates as part of the city’s population, despite it affecting small city grant ...
Sheridan seeks help from state for repairs to main water line damaged in landslide
The city of Sheridan is petitioning the state for disaster funding after its main water line was damaged by a landslide in December. In the early morning of Dec. 19, after nearly 10 inches of rain in ...
Faulconer-Chapman students get up-close look at fish life cycle
Third grade students at Faulconer-Chapman School are getting up close and personal learning about fish life cycles with eggs hatching in a classroom. As part of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ...
Sheridan looks to save the bees
The Sheridan City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday, Jan. 20, to prohibit the use of chemicals harmful to pollinations at city parks, landscaping and rights of way. Last fall, councilors reevaluated ...
Willamina council splits over floodplain approach
The Willamina City Council was divided at its Tuesday, Jan. 13, meeting over state and federal land use amendments including the FEMA’s Pre-Implementation Compliance Measures related to floodplain ...
Resolution limiting pesticides goes before Sheridan council
The use of certain pesticides in city parks, landscaping and the right of way will be under the microscope at the 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, Sheridan City Council meeting. In the fall of 2025, councilors ...
Sheridan city council in favor of food carts
The Sheridan Planning Commission is tasked with creating standards for food carts following a vote by city councilors during a Monday, Jan. 6, meeting.The council previously discussed adding a food cart ...
Sheridan council votes to change meeting time
The Sheridan City Council meeting will start an hour earlier at 6 p.m., beginning this month. At the Dec. 15, regular council meeting, the dais voted 5-1 to amend the city code to allow for meeting earlier ...
Heavy rains lead to sewer overflows
High rain levels caused sewer overflows and mechanical failures in several cities across Yamhill County including McMinnville, Amity and Willamina. McMinnville had a sewer overflow from 3:10 a.m. to 10:10 ...
