Derby Days brings out Yamhill’s community spirit as residents gather for races and more
Community members and visitors — many of them former residents who returned just for Yamhill Derby Days — packed Beulah Park Saturday, July 18, to play bingo, browse booths, watch traditional ...
Lucky Duck features Hayward team
Revel Meat Company’s Jimmy Serlin cooked up the name “Lucky Duck” for the new shop he, his wife, Hayward chef Kari Shaughnessy, and Hayward hospitality director Jules Bandy just opened ...
Fair expected to be biggest yet
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners received an update Thursday on what is expected to be one of the bigger county fairs in history. “We are busting at the seams, the barns are going ...
YFPD dissolves Flying M substation
The Yamhill Fire Protective District has dissolved the Flying M substation following the June board meeting. Equipment will be removed from the substation on Aug. 1. The future of the substation had ...
Utopia for bees: Volunteers create Carlton garden for pollinators
Bees hover over bright yellow and purple flowers in Carlton’s new pollinator garden, a tiny but busy space in the center of the community. Residents voted at the recent Fun Days festival ...
Derby Days: frogs, races and fun
Yamhill’s annual festival, Derby Days, will return Friday and Saturday, July 17-18, with all the usual fun and frogs. A frog jumping contest is one of the highlights of the festival, which is built ...
Yamhill Fire responds to clover field fire
In the late afternoon of Monday, July 6, the Yamhill Fire Protection District responded to a fire that burned approximately 1.5 acres of cut clover. “The fire is believed to have originated from ...
The voice of Fun Days
Surrounded by Fun Days activities, parade announcer David Blanchard may have been having the most fun of all. Blanchard, a Carlton resident since 1974, looks forward to repeating his role every June. ...
4th of July celebrations around the county
In honor of the 250th Independence Day celebration, events across the county are aiming to be bigger and better. Willamina's annual Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration will be graced with an Air ...
Carlton celebrates Fun Days
Carlton Fun Days will include a variety of activities Friday and Saturday, June 26-27, from booths and a beer garden in the park to a parade and plenty of music. The traditional festival will be held ...
Tiger grads launch into next chapter with a fresh outlook
Whether with the delicacy of a butterfly or the ferocity of a rocket, each member of Yamhill Carlton’s graduating Class of 2026 was sent into the world with a unique perspective on life. The ominous-looking ...
Area high schools plan graduation ceremonies
Dayton High School Dayton High School will graduate its Class of 2026 at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 6, on the football field. Valedictorians are Joshua E. McCarthy, Sydney J. Hall and Amos David Rodriguez. ...
Sheridan students to receive free lenses
Faulconer-Chapman K-8 students can receive free vision services and corrective lenses on Friday, June 5. “This Vision Clinic is a long-time project for the Sheridan Care Team,” Sheridan School ...
Carlton workers honored for service
The Carlton Police Department honored a pair of city staff members last month for helping a senior resident avoid being a victim of exploitation. Morgan Shelton and Julie Brandão, who work in city ...
Carlton to draft new leash law
After discussing dogs and a potential dog park for an hour, Carlton City Council members on Tuesday asked the city to draft a rule requiring canines to be leashed at all times in public spaces throughout ...
