Oregon lawmakers wrap for 2026 session
For the first time in years, Oregon lawmakers in Salem’s newly-reopened Capitol streamed out of the chamber floors into the rotunda to cap the end of a short legislative session that had both Republicans and Democrats claiming victories.
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News & Features
McMinnville police, OSP respond to two suspicious items in four days
The Oregon State Police Explosives Unit was called to McMinnville on Thursday, March 5, and Sunday, March 8, to investigate suspicious items that were reported to the McMinnville Police Department. The ...
ODOT, city wrangle over standards
Different standards for designing roadways could affect the next phase of the Third Street Development Project. McMinnville City Council on Tuesday will vote on an intergovernmental agreement with the ...
When Yamhill County was ‘painted orange’
If you see an old, orange tractor in a field near McMinnville, it may have come from Miller Machinery and Farm Equipment. Formerly located at the intersection of Lafayette Avenue and Riverside Drive, ...
Lafayette residents to vote on pump station expense
The city of Lafayette will be able to address the first of several repairs to its wastewater management system thanks to $1.4 million in lottery bond funding approved in SB 5701 for the Canyon View Pump ...
Oregon lawmakers wrap for 2026 session
For the first time in years, Oregon lawmakers in Salem’s newly-reopened Capitol streamed out of the chamber floors into the rotunda to cap the end of a short legislative session that had both Republicans and Democrats claiming victories.
Local News
BALLOTS DUE TODAY: Voters to decide school board seats, McMinnville fire district merger
Updated 5/16/23 Ballots for the May election are due by 8 p.m. today, May 16. If mailed, they must be postmarked by today's date, and must arrive at the Yamhill County Elections Division within seven ...
DA Lynch comments on Appeals Court ruling
Following the April 2 Oregon Court of Appeals opinion of State v. Johnny Lee Widerman, the Yamhill County District Attorney’s Office is reviewing the opinion and any impacts to the office’s ...
Sewage discharged into Yamhill River
Approximately 50,000 gallons of partially treated sewage was discharged into the South Yamhill River Monday due to a control system failure at the McMinnville Water Reclamation Facility. At approximately ...
Child abuse intervention center works to raise awareness, funds
Juliette’s House, the Yamhill County child abuse intervention center, will host several activities to mark National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April — including a special blue marble treasure ...
Sports
Amity earns second straight 3A girls basketball state title with 47-44 victory over Vale
The moment Amity’s girls’ basketball team clinched a postseason berth, there was nothing else that mattered more than being the last ones standing on the mountain top in Coos Bay. When the ...
Mac's Campos exemplifies Grizzly spirit during final stint at state wrestling tournamnet
As a then-incoming high schooler who was tired of being cooped up in his house during the Covid pandemic, McMinnville’s Nelson Campos found wrestling as an outlet to let loose. He showed little ...
3A Girls Basketball All-League Awards: Adie Nisly named PacWest POTY
The No. 2-seeded Amity Warriors were crowned 3A State Champions at Marshfield High School in Coos Bay on Saturday against No. 1 Vale, and with them they carried six PacWest All-Conference ...
3A Boys Basketball All-League Awards: Nine named to conference teams
Amity’s boys basketball walked away from the season with the most PacWest honors of any local squad after finishing one game shy of a state playoff berth. Leading the Warriors was freshman Carter ...
3A Wrestling: Dayton's Sauceda repeats history
Pirate senior Aliyah Sauceda (170) made history again, claiming third at the 4A/3A/2A/1A OSAA Girls State Championship on Saturday, Feb. 28, to become Dayton’s first two-time state placer. The 170-pound ...
Features
Quirk of the Week: Roadside oddities, one writ larch, gather around Sheridan, Willamina
Quirk of the Week on Feb. 19 crept west from McMinnville, but this week takes us farther west still, along the highways and deep into the hills … No exploration of West Valley Quirk would be complete ...
Whatchamacolumn: Property tax summary provides feast of numbers
My occasional obsession with numbers is well fed every October by the annual Yamhill County property tax summary. And Yamhill County Assessor Derrick Wharff always contributes enough extra analysis to ...
Easter egg hunts planned Saturday
Get out your Easter baskets — and waterproof shoes — for Easter egg hunts in most Yamhill County cities this Saturday, April 8. Fire departments, service clubs and civic groups plan to hide ...
Stopping By: A creative place
It’s always the season for planting and growing at Incahoots, a business that thrives on change
Nostalgic comedy ‘Harvey’ opens March 31 at Gallery
Will audiences see the title character in “Harvey,” the nostalgic comedy that opens Friday, March 31, at Gallery Theater? Director Steve Cox won’t say. But he is betting theatergoers ...
