‘Feed the People’ concert Saturday in Willamina

A concert Saturday will help “Feed the People,” part of initiative started in 2025 by the Wildwood Hotel restaurant and lounge in Willamina. The event will start at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April ...

Willamina prioritizes infrastructure, livability in annual review of goals

The Willamina City Council held a work session on March 31 to review previous and set new council goals. For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the council sought to finish the water intake and school water line, ...

Small towns developing food cart ordinances

As temperatures rise and residents shed their winter coats, local cities are looking to allow food carts and trucks to attract more business. The planning commissions in Lafayette, Sheridan and Willamina ...

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 ...

Sheridan to update parks plan

The Sheridan Parks and Recreation committee is tasked with updating the city’s parks development plan from 2014 and will review a draft copy with proposed amendments at the 6 p.m., Monday, March ...

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Easter egg hunts planned this weekend

The Easter bunny and its local helpers — members of service clubs, firefighters, churches, FFA members and others — will be busy Saturday, April 4.

 

Rachel Thompson/News-Register## tree will soon be planted to recognize Alvin and Wilma Nisly’s community service as part of the Sheridan City Hall’s new landscaping. The improvement is part of the city’s wider mission of becoming a pollinator paradise and home to native vegetation. Local permaculture farm Treedemption Gardens will plant and maintain the landscape for the first year.

Sheridan greenlights pollinator garden at city hall

Beautifying the grounds at Sheridan City Hall can be the next chapter of the West Valley town’s story of environmental protection, City Manager Preston Polasek told the city council on Monday, March ...

Pet owners report giardia in Sheridan

Last weekend several Sheridan residents reported their dogs have contracted giardia. The Center for Disease Control states the parasite can be in water, food, hands and other surfaces. When swallowed, ...

Willamina approves new council rules

The Willamina City Council approved updated council rules and code of conduct at the Tuesday, March 10, meeting. The new rules and procedures document was prepared in 2023, and council reviewed each chapter. ...

Willamina to maintain code enforcement status quo

During a March 3 special meeting, Willamina city councilors were persuaded to continue seeking a new code enforcement community support officer as advertised instead of assigning duties to the Yamhill ...

Sheridan stops advertising council vacancy

With zero applicants by the time they planned to interview candidates, Sheridan city councilors voted Monday, Feb. 2, to leave the vacant council position open but no longer pay to advertise the vacancy. In ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Costumed players gather around a candlelit table to compare clues during the Willamina Public Library’s “Immortal Murders” interactive murder mystery fundraiser Feb. 28. From left are Bridget Kiger of Sheridan as Natasha, Quinn Keller of Portland as Henrik, Katy Morrow of Sheridan as Bounty and Ann Gage of Ballston as Jessica.

Willamina Public Library invites guests to roleplay a fantastical murder mystery in annual fundraiser

Over the weekend, a fantastical world landed in the Willamina Public Library, transforming the aisles of bookshelves into a land of mystery and grounds to hunt for a murderer. To raise funds for Love ...

No bites for Sheridan council vacancy

After receiving no applications for a vacant seat by the Feb. 23 deadline, the Sheridan City Council must decide during its Monday, March 2, meeting how to proceed. In February, Liz Hodgins stepped down ...

Sheridan to seek change in state block grant use

Sheridan city councilors last week unanimously approved petitioning the state to allow a change in use of Community Block Grant funding for sewer pipe slipping instead of a replacement project. The million-dollar ...

County commissioners to vote on Wildwood music fest permit

The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners will shift from two weeks of public hearings on proposed churches to hear a permit request for a different kind of congregation Thursday. The board will hold ...

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