News & Features
City moving forward with new Alpine site partner, affordable housing focus
The city of McMinnville will vote next week to continue the Alpine Avenue redevelopment project with former finalist development team Guardian, after first choice Palindrome withdrew from an agreement ...
Commissioners postpone rural B&B ruling
A more than three-year argument over a home occupation permit will take another week to resolve — at least at the county level. The Board of Commissioners requested more time to decide a case that ...
Scam targets county planning applicants
A recent scam targeting residents has been sending fake Yamhill County Planning Department emails and requesting permit fees be paid over wire transfer. The first reported incident was in November. A ...
Plans to house Blackhawks at airport developing
Black Hawk helicopters could soon be whirring out of McMinnville Municipal Airport. City staff informed Airport Commission members Tuesday that plans are proceeding for timber company Weyerhaeuser to ...
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
Linfield outwits Whitman, surrenders to Whitworth at home
Emotions ran wild over the weekend as Linfield mens basketball team (3-8, 1-2) split a pair of Northwest Conference matchups at home to Whitman College (6-7, 1-3) and Whitworth University (10-3, 4-0). The ...
Wildcats topple Pirates, conquer Blues
What makes the Wildcats roll is their connection to one another. Under head coach Casey Bunn-Wilson, Linfield’s womens basketball team (10-2, 2-0) has turned into a formidable foe in the Northwest ...
Busy weekend of wrestling produces 10 Yamhill County champions
Yamhill County was a wrestler’s paradise on Saturday, Jan. 10. Over 20 Oregon schools competed on the mat at either the Bob Bishop Invitational in Willamina or the Mike Henry Memorial duals in Dayton. Boys ...
Bird named to CSC Hall of Fame class of 2026
Linfield University’s Athletics Marketing and Events Coordinator, Kelly Bird, will join the College Sports Communicators Hall of Fame class of 2026 and be inducted on Monday, June 8, in ceremonies ...
Mac swimmers run roughshod over Liberty
In their final dual meet against Liberty High School before the Falcons transition to 5A, the Grizzlies’ swim teams dominated at the Shute Park Aquatic & Recreation Center in Hillsboro, ...
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 ...
