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Friends’ pleasant hike turns into wilderness search, which found McMinnville man safe
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‘The worst three days’
Friends’ pleasant hike turns into wilderness search, which found McMinnville man safe
Knowledge is powerful: An informed and experienced Laverne Pitts takes lead at YCAP
On her first day of work in 2018, Laverne Pitts drove past a row of broken-down campers and groups of homeless congregated on Northeast Dustin Court and had one thought in her head: “I can change ...
K-9 spooked by thunder lost, then found
During Thursday’s morning storms a McMinnville Police Department K-9 left his residence in Newberg, near Northeast Parrett Mountain Road and Northeast Haugen Road, at around 6:30 a.m. The Yamhill ...
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
Mark of a leader: Mac softball catcher takes role of captain to another level in senior campaign
When a leadership role was bestowed upon Ava Fleischman during McMinnville High School’s spring softball season, the senior handled it with grace. Fleischman was just one of three seniors, ...
Carnahan breaks through, seniors learn lessons about leadership during wood bat tournament
Through broken bats and numb palms, the Mac-Willamette Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Varsity baseball team ended its summer season with more than a few splinters to chew on. After going 5-8 in ...
Mac JBO Senior Federal team wins championship after loss of friend, teammate
Four months of impassioned play through physical adversity and tragedy ended with seven of the best games that McMinnville’s Senior Federal JBO baseball team competed in all year. The talent from ...
Photo Gallery: End of summer
From July 10-13, the Mac-Willamette Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine varsity summer baseball team played host to seven other schools from the Pacific Northwest for the Mac Premier Wood Bat Tournament. ...
YC's new football coach hopes to create successful program, players, people
When Kaleb Gilgan began coaching high school football, it was a dream of his to coach in the 3A West Valley League. The conference has gone through several iterations, with ‘Special District’ ...
Features
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 ...
Stopping By: A creative place
It’s always the season for planting and growing at Incahoots, a business that thrives on change
