News & Features
Hope on Hill food bank loses freezer to fire
Hope on the Hill Food Bank, one of the largest in the area, lost a commercial freezer to an electrical fire Thursday, Sept. 3, and now is scrambling to keep its supplies cold. The food bank, located ...
Football Roundup: Grizzlies never trail in opener, beat Beaverton 34-22
McMinnville 34 Beaverton 22 The Grizzlies (1-0) opened the season on the right foot on Friday at Wortman Stadium, coming away with an opening-night victory against the Beavers (0-2) in which they led ...
Hydrant dispute decision coming soon
While discussing the latest proposed compromise with the McMinnville Fire District over hydrant use Wednesday, McMinnville Water & Light commissioners were cautioned not to get into the heart of the ...
Updated: Police seek info about downtown shooting
[Updated 9/4] McMinnville Police Capt. Scott Fessler told the News-Register Friday that the investigation into the downtown shooting continues as detectives work to identify all people ...
Zoning rules for transportation facilities headed back to planning commission
A years-long discussion of rules regarding transportation facilities in Yamhill County is headed back to where it started following the board of commissioners’ latest discussion. Draft rules making ...
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
Football Roundup: Grizzlies never trail in opener, beat Beaverton 34-22
McMinnville 34 Beaverton 22 The Grizzlies (1-0) opened the season on the right foot on Friday at Wortman Stadium, coming away with an opening-night victory against the Beavers (0-2) in which they led ...
Mac Girls Soccer: Baker scores twice, team tallies four goals in final 20 minutes to stun South Medford
McMinnville’s varsity girls opened their season to the tune of a 4-0 victory over South Medford on Monday afternoon after a five-hour bus ride and 90-degree heat threatened to steal their energy. Both ...
Mac Boys Soccer: Grizzly duo notch multi-goal performances to stifle Foxes, 5-2, in season opener
McMinnville junior Jonathan Espinoza Flores was laser-focused on Tuesday in the lead-up to the Grizzlies’ season opener against 5A Silverton. Kickoff couldn’t come soon enough for the quick ...
Mac Volleyball: Grizzlies taken for rough ride in first game
The McMinnville gymnasium was buzzing with the life of a new volleyball season on Tuesday as the Grizzlies opened their schedule with a matchup against the 6A Roosevelt Roughriders of the Portland Interscholastic ...
Linfield Football: Wildcats look to break hex against UW-Oshkosh in season opener
Two years ago, Head Coach Joseph Smith led the Wildcats into Oshkosh, Wisconsin, fresh off a 2023 campaign that left Linfield just shy of a playoff berth. The game was a rock fight, the lead changed hands ...
Features
Tim Nesbitt: Are we letting Oregon's initiative process become a playground for political weirdness?
By TIM NESBITT When Initiative Petition 28 failed to qualify for Oregon’s November ballot last week, my first reaction was relief. IP 28 would have banned all hunting and fishing and most ranching ...
What in the Yamhill: Dayton’s Joel Palmer
This week we turn to Dayton and one of its founders, Joel Palmer. Palmer was born in 1810 while his New Yorker parents were on a trip to Canada. In 1845, he headed west on the wagon train to see if the ...
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 ...
