Fire crews respond to West Valley wildland blaze
The Sheridan/Southwest Polk/West Valley fire districts responded to a two-alarm wildland fire in the 7000 block of Ridgeway Road, off Highway 22 in Polk County, about 3 p.m. Tuesday. It ...
Southwest Polk Fire District receives grant
The Spirit Mountain Community Fund has awarded a $21,950 grant to the Southwestern Polk Fire District. The district will use the money to upgrade extrication equipment used to remove victims involved ...
Willamina Fourth back on
Willamina's Old-fashioned Fourth of July will return this year. Organizers had decided in the spring to cancel the event again this year, as they did due to the pandemic in 2020. But with fewer restrictions ...
As much pomp as circumstances allow
Yamhill County high schools will hold their graduations in the next two weeks. The ceremonies, which were drastically altered in 2020 because of the pandemic, will look much more like normal this year ...
Challengers win election to McMinnville School Board
Challengers Jason Bizon and Abbie Warmbier won seats on the McMinnville School Board Tuesday night, according to unofficial election results released by the Yamhill County Clerk’s Office. Bizon, ...
Boards hear from ‘Save Our School’
A "Save Our School" presentation and discussion related to the building lease and the process for closing the school will be on the agenda when the Sheridan Japanese School Board meets at 6 p.m. ...
Fire districts to sell old Rickreall Station
The Sheridan/Southwestern Polk/West Valley Fire District Board voted to sell the Rickreall Station at this month’s meeting held at the Sheridan Main Station. The station is located east of Dallas ...
Willamina school superintendent vote requires a re-do
When the Willamina School Board voted to award Superintendent Carrie Zimbrick a three-year contract extension Monday night, it also violated Oregon’s public meeting laws. The district properly noticed ...
Baer appointed new Sheridan mayor
City Council President Aaron Baer was appointed Sheridan mayor at Monday night’s work session. Baer was elected to the council in 2016 and again this year. He previously served on the Sheridan ...
Baer appointed Sheridan Mayor
City Councilor Aaron Baer was appointed Sheridan Mayor at Monday night’s council work session. He succeeds Harry Cooley, who announced his resignation at the Monday, April 19 regular meeting, effective ...
Sheridan council stalls fire district consolidation
The Sheridan City Council quickly extinguished any possibility the Sheridan and Southwestern Polk fire districts will become District 22 by year’s end. The council opted at this month’s regular ...
Sheridan, Willamina back in classroom after outbreak
Sheridan High School students returned to in-person learning Monday, while all Willamina students were back in their classrooms today following COVID-19 outbreaks in the West Valley. Three Willamina High ...
Sheridan mayor resigns
Council to talk succession at its May 4 meeting Sheridan Mayor Harry Cooley announced his resignation at Monday night’s city council meeting. He will step down Friday, April 30, in the midst ...
Nine occupants escape Sheridan fire
Nine residents safely escaped a Sheridan two-alarm house fire in the 900 block of East Main Main Street - area of Cherry Hill Road and Main - late Tuesday morning. Sheridan/Southwestern Polk/West ...
