
As school district dials up cell phone enforcement, Mac High students mostly accepting of restrictions
Students weren’t exactly pleased when McMinnville High School leaders announced last fall they were cracking down on the cell phone policy: Phones must be put away during classes, but are allowed ...
News & Features
Offbeat Oregon: Lewis and Clark blazed trail with heavy-metal laxatives
As Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery made its way across the continent to Oregon, the men (and woman) of the party probably weren’t thinking much about their place in history. So they weren’t ...
Letter to Readers: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ provides timeless themes, great melodies
Tevye, to God: “I know, I know: we are the chosen people. But once in a while, can’t you choose someone else?” The ironic humor in lines such as this from “Fiddler on the Roof” ...
Arrests & Citations: Feb. 7, 2025
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Christopher Daniel Anderson, 37, Portland, Feb. 3, Multnomah County hold; booked into the Yamhill County Jail without bail. Joel L. Phillips, 32, Sheridan, Feb. ...
Stopping By: Healing with needles, Chinese techniques
Acupuncturist Shana Levin knows what many of her patients are feeling: they just want the pain to stop. She felt that way herself after being injured in a car wreck; she also suffered ongoing pain from ...
Mac council trims services in parks plan
McMinnville City Council adopted elements of a parks plan into the city’s comprehensive plan last week, replacing a former plan and reducing service goals to meet realistic expectations. Council ...
Providence reaches tentative agreement with striking nurses
Providence Health & Services nurses and other health care professionals at its eight Oregon hospitals have reached tentative agreements with the company that could end the strike that started Jan. 10.
As school district dials up cell phone enforcement, Mac High students mostly accepting of restrictions
Students weren’t exactly pleased when McMinnville High School leaders announced last fall they were cracking down on the cell phone policy: Phones must be put away during classes, but are allowed ...
County board members spar as King challenges current limit on commissioners’ expense accounts
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners agreed to more transparency when it comes to board discretionary spending Thursday, but didn’t agree on a $1,500 annual cap for expenses. Commissioner Mary ...
Longtime Dayton ag teacher MItch Coleman retires
Mitch Coleman, a fixture in agriculture and FFA programs at Dayton’s high school and junior high for 35 years, was honored Jan. 30 on his retirement from the classroom. “I’ll still get ...
Wrongful death suit filed after 2023 plane crash in Newberg
On Jan. 13 in Multnomah County a wrongful death suit was filed regarding a 20-year-old who died in a plan crash in Newberg in 2023. In October 2023, Barrett Bevacqua of Hillsboro, died in a plane crash ...
Mac’s Fackler Construction sued by Polk fire department
The Polk County Rural Fire Protection District is seeking $2.6 million in damages from McMinnville-based general contractor Fackler Construction over issues with the construction of three fire stations. In ...
Photo Gallery: Fire district expansion
McMinnville Fire District added a new facility in late 2024 at 3850 S.E. Three Mile Lane in southeast McMinnville, and move-in is underway.
Dayton water order lifted after major leak found
The city of Dayton ended its three-week water curtailment order Tuesday, as reservoirs have returned to normal levels. Public works had identified a service line leaking an estimated 100 to 200 gallons ...
As immigration detentions loom, sheriff stresses that local authorities are not involved with feds’ efforts
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been seen throughout the nation arresting and detaining illegal immigrants, many of whom have criminal records in the U.S., following President Donald Trump’s ...
Cornelius man indicted on domestic abuse counts against Carlton woman
Christopher Michael Herr, 44, of Cornelius, was indicted on Jan. 30 for multiple felonies stemming for a Jan. 26 incident. Herr was indicted on burglary in the first degree, assault in the fourth-degree ...
Longtime dry cleaner closes doors
After 45 years in business, Alpine Dry Cleaners has closed. It was one of the last three dry cleaners in McMinnville, which had five when Jack and Doreen Wright opened the business in 1980. The number ...
Quirk of the Week: There is Balm in Gilead, and there was such a street in Mac
For good reason, McMinnville residents love their street trees. Then there are tree streets. Where Quirk comes in is the proliferation of concrete sidewalk stamps marking past tree-named streets, and ...
Shelter shut, First Baptist Church stays busy providing meals, other services
McMinnville First Baptist Church leaders called it a “dream” to see the new AnyDoor Place Navigation Center open last month, but the church remains busy with outreach efforts despite no longer ...
County considers wastewater crackdown
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners will vote on changes to the septic code Thursday in order to crack down on properties unlawfully discharging wastewater. Yamhill County Sanitation is requesting ...
Bernards to close popular farmstand in March
Bernards Farm, which recently marked the 100th anniversary of the eye-catching big white barn that holds its produce stand, will close as of March 9, owners Marvin and Georgia Bernards said. They took ...
Sports
Rauch and Mac take second at Tualatin Invite; Grizzly boys maul Liberty in dual
McMinnville boys wrestling took second at the Tualatin Invite on Jan. 25 with 240 points, behind fellow 6A Grant Pass with 292 points. McMinnville sophomore Trent Rauch placed second at 120 pounds, winning ...
Mac boys fall just short against Forest Grove, Glencoe
The McMinnville boys team lost back-to-back heartbreakers against Forest Grove and Glencoe, but had some impressive play from senior forward Tyler Franks that adds an important dimension to the team. Head ...
Mac girls stay perfect in league play, face Century tonight
The Grizzly girls (11-5, 4-0) came back from a five-point halftime deficit last Friday night to take down the Forest Grove Vikings (10-7, 2-2), 57-48. “(Forest Grove) were hitting threes off some ...
Tuning, Allen, Y-C take first at Dayton Girls Night
Aliyah Sauceda (170) led the Dayton Pirates at their home girls tournament on Thursday, Jan. 23. Sauceda defeated Sarah Harris of Taft in round one. The match was long-fought with Sauceda winning by pin ...
Sheridan girls get season sweep of Dayton ; Pirate boys end four-game skid
Senior guard Chloe Ayala led the Sheridan Spartans (8-7, 4-5) with 14 points, and sank a three-pointer buzzer beater in a nail-biter 49-42 victory against the Dayton Pirates (8-10, 4-6) on Monday in league ...
Willamina boys win at Golden Yam tournament, five Bulldogs
Willamina boys wrestling won five weight classes and had eight wrestlers in the finals for a team victory at the Blake’s Battle: The Golden Yam tournament at Yamhill-Carlton High School on Jan. 25 Taking ...
Amity boys hold on as Dayton loses its rhythm
Amity High School’s boys’ basketball team topped its county and conference rival Dayton on the Pirates’ court Wednesday night, 55-47. Dayton nearly tied the score late in the game after ...
Grizzly basketball teams get sweep at Newberg
McMinnville’s Kane Sullivan left the Newberg gym baskets clean Tuesday night, cleaning the glass throughout the game toward an 11-point, 13-rebound double-double to help the Grizzlies (6-8, 1-1) ...
Burns-Rider, Tromblay, Johnson inducted into Amity HOF
Warrior and Amity hometown pride was in the forefront of the Amity High School Hall of Fame induction on Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Michelbook Country Club in McMinnville. Amity alumni and athletes Syndie ...
Mac boys take seventh at Oregon Wrestling Classic Duals
On Friday, Jan. 18, McMinnville won the 6A Pool B bracket, going undefeated at 3-0, and advanced to the championship bracket. The Grizzlies defeated Mountainside of the Metro league 45-30 and South Medford ...
Trammel wins for Spartans at Nick Lutz
Joseph Trammel (285) won the heavyweight championship for the Sheridan Spartans at the Nick Lutz Invite at Siuslaw High School in Florence on Saturday, Jan. 18. Trammel entered the tournament as the No. ...
Sheridan, Y-C boys claim first league victories
Spartan boys basketball (5-9, 1-7) kenneled the Willamina Bulldogs (0-15, 0-8) on Wednesday and claimed their first league victory winning 71-55. The Spartans fell to league opponent Santiam Christian ...
Sauceda wins 170 weight-class for Pirates at Nick Lutz
Aliyah Sauceda (170) won the championship match for the Dayton Pirates at the Nick Lutz Girls Invite at Siuslaw High School in Florence on Saturday, Jan. 17. The junior won her fifth first place finish ...
Big game experience: Y-C girls battle through tough second quarter, fall to Banks 67-50
The vibes were good Tuesday night at the Tiger Dome after one quarter, as the Yamhill-Carlton girls basketball team held a 14-12 lead over Banks. But Murphy’s Law went into full effect for ...
Schmidt takes second for Dayton at Knappa Bash
Joe Schmidt took second for the Dayton Pirates Jan. 11 at the Knappa Winter Bash wrestling tournament hosted by 4A Astoria. The Pirates claimed eighth place out of 19 teams with eight boys scoring a total ...
Brewer takes first at Lady Dragon Tournament
Zoe Brewer (105), Emma Brunner (155) and Sadie Risseeuw (170) won all their matches for Willamina at the Lady Dragon Dual at Dallas Jan. 10. As a team Willamina tied for 12th with Tillamook, Woodburn ...
Amity still ranked No. 1, look to squash Jefferson
Amity girls basketball (14-0, 6-0), continues their dominant season run, ranked not only as the No. 1 team in 3A PacWest league, but the No. 1-ranked 3A team in Oregon. The Warriors, the 2024 3A state ...
Dayton boys No. 1 PacWest, need to knock down Taft
Pirate boys basketball has a 6-0 record in the 3A PacWest league and 10-4 overall. Since New Year’s they have defeated league opponents Santiam Christian (73-49 on Jan. 7), Willamina (78-40, Jan. ...
Grizzlies open league tonight at Sherwood
After losing the four of its first five games to start the season, the McMinnville girls basketball team has won six of seven to build momentum into the first Pacific Conference game tonight at Sherwood. Coach ...
Mac girls swim to first conference dual meet win
McMinnville swim coach Jason Hafner used last week’s dual meet against Liberty as a chance to have place swimmers in events where they do not often compete. “It gives them a little break from ...