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Lafayette planners limit council plans for flagpole at Veterans Park
The Lafayette Planning Commission ruled that size does matter when it reduced a proposed flagpole at Veterans Park to 50 feet. Inspired by patriotism and a bigger-is-better attitude, the Lafayette ...
Mac housing committee explores land trusts
McMinnville’s Affordable Housing Committee on Wednesday discussed how the city can use community land trusts (CLT) to provide more affordable housing, agreeing to invite a nonprofit that operates ...
Quirk of the Week: Nuts about Anthony
Third Street seems to be nuts about Anthony the squirrel. Squirrels may have their detractors, but you’ll find few on Third Street, at least when it comes to Anthony. Anthony, a lively Western ...
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 ...
Landscape panel considers how to handle trees hit by bronze birch borer
A citizen complaint about trees killed by the bronze birch borer beetle led to a discussion by the McMinnville Landscape Review Committee last week on the city’s role in dead tree removal and keeping ...
Commissioners on break during move
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners is taking a one-week summer break from holding a formal meeting as construction crews put the final touches on its new chambers. The board is in the middle of ...
Amity man sentenced to 28 months for child luring
A Lincoln County jury found Richard Brotherton, 63, of Amity, guilty of luring a minor on July 1. On Monday, July 20, he was sentenced to 28 months with the Oregon Department of Corrections. On March ...
Despite concerns, planners approve downtown development and rezone NE land to R-4
Members of the McMinnville Planning Commission sympathized with opposition arguments regarding two land use approvals but had the same message for both: Nothing we can do about it. The commission unanimously ...
New Third Street shop features work by emerging artists
Yūgen Art Dig, a new type of art shop in McMinnville, opened last week in time for the McMinnville Art Festival. Yūgen is based on a Japanese style of art shop in which customers browse through a selection ...
Newberg old fashioned festival this weekend
Newberg will celebrate its annual Old Fashioned Festival Thursday, July 23, through Sunday, July 26, in Memorial Park and other venues throughout the city. With the theme “Then and Now,” the ...
St. James to mark 150 years
St. James Catholic Church will mark its 150th anniversary with a party on Saturday, July 25. The parish was formed in 1876, the same year that McMinnville became a city. For many years, it was based in ...
Court Records: July 22, 2026
CIVIL FILINGS Karen Roberts vs. Lindsay N. Easter and William Charles Easter: Granted $36,495.00 judgment. Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Marissa K. Sauceda and Raul T. Soto: Granted $21,211.78 judgment. Ford ...
Sheridan makes settlement offer to buy property
The Sheridan City Council unanimously approved a settlement offer to purchase the Blackwell property located just below the water treatment plant. In December 2025, a landslide at the Sheridan Water Treatment ...
Along the Street: Open-air vintage market features 100-plus vendors
Downtown McMinnville will be filled with vintage items of all varieties Saturday, July 25, during the first Vintage in the Valley festival. More than 100 dealers, both local and from places as far away ...
Sheridan to buy Blackwell property to settle lawsuit
The city of Sheridan plans to purchase property owned by Brad and Madonna Blackwell to settle current litigation and potential future liability issues related to flood damage. City councilors are scheduled ...
Federal judge to decide future of Oregon's new recycling law
A federal judge will determine by the end of August the future of Oregon’s nascent statewide recycling modernization law, meant to require product manufacturers and distributors to cover some of the packaging disposal costs Oregonians currently pay via municipal and specialty waste fees.
Specialty hot dogs on the menu at El Jefe’s
A new set of dogs is on the menu at El Jefe’s Dogs, a food stand now open in the Lowe’s parking lot, 1250 S.W. Booth Bend Road, McMinnville. Amador Hernandez and his wife, Nikole Lefkowitz, ...
Acuff gets 48 months for weapons charges
Jess Bradley Acuff, 53, of Sheridan was sentenced last week to 48 months with the Department of Corrections related to an arsenal of illegal weapons recovered at Acuff Storage. On April 13, 2025, Yamhill ...
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 ...
What in the Yamhill: The ABCs of McMinnville
To the observant eye or longtime local, the fact that McMinnville’s main north-to-south running streets in the city’s oldest section are in alphabetical order may not come as a shock. The ...
