Commissioners balk at approving contract for DEI leadership class
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners delayed voting on a $13,000 contract for leadership training classes for Health and Human Services management Thursday over concerns about a particular class and ...
Yamhill fire board seeks OSP inquiry into July break-in
Yamhill Fire Protection District board voted unanimously on Monday, Sept. 9 to ask Oregon State Police to conduct an investigation over what has been termed a break-in to the fire chief’s office ...
More schools open after Labor Day
Students in several Yamhill County school districts will see new programs, and in one case nearly completed new facilities, when they return to classes Tuesday, Sept. 3. Amity, Dayton, Sheridan and Yamhill ...
Yamhill Fire board postpones meeting
Yamhill Fire District board of directors met Tuesday as scheduled — for three minutes. About 50 people attended the meeting at the fire hall, moved to the ground-floor vehicle bays, but the district ...
Carlton man arrested for assault, slashing tires
Carlton police arrested a Forest Grove man on charges that he assaulted a woman and later slashed her vehicle’s tires. Christopher Michael Herr, 44, was arrested Sunday in the 500 block of North ...
Members of Yamhill Fire District board may face recall
At Tuesday’s Yamhill Fire District meeting, a citizen group led by Lauren Randolph of rural Yamhill will present a long list of violations of law and district policy against three members of the ...
Cities update one another on projects at annual dinner
Communities around Yamhill County are continuing to work on infrastructure projects and apply for grants to support more improvements. Representatives of each city described recent projects at the quarterly ...
Interim chief appointed to embattled fire district
Divisions within the volunteer ranks are being acknowledged by Joe Moore, newly appointed interim chief of the conflict-ridden Yamhill Fire Protection District. Moore, initially appointed as interim two ...
Gas station plan draws objections in Carlton
About 20 Carlton residents attended the city’s planning commission meeting Monday to address an issue that wasn’t on the agenda: the idea that a developer wants to build a gas station next ...
Music festival raises funds for Make-a-Wish
Carlton Music for Hope will feature four musicians and bands along with a storyteller on Saturday, Aug. 17. The free festival will take place in Ladd Park in downtown Carlton. Donations will be accepted ...
Gas station proposed in Carlton, but no application yet
A property owner is considering applying for planning permission to build a gas station on the east edge of Carlton. City Manager Shannon Beaucaire said the owner of property at 714 E. Main St. had a ...
Yamhill Fire District awarded grants to upgrade radio system
The Yamhill Fire Protection District, (YFPD), has been awarded two federal grants through the State Homeland Security Grant Program. For the federal fiscal year 2022, the District was awarded a grant ...
Yamhill chooses slate of candidates
About three dozen Yamhill residents gathered Wednesday to choose a slate of candidates to represent the city in the Nov. 5 election. They chose Shea Corrigan, now a city council member, to run for mayor ...
Police urge child identification
Carlton Police Department will give out 500 inkless child identification kits in a collaborative effort to protect children with National Night Out organization the National Child ID Program, and grant ...
Cities plan National Night Out events for Aug. 6
Yamhill County law enforcement agencies and other first responders will host several National Night Out events on Tuesday, Aug. 6. National Night Out is a nationwide crime prevention effort to bring community ...
