News & Features
Reports of ICE detainment activity Friday include arrest of 17-year-old Mac High student - Updated
[Update 11/22] Family of a Mac High student detained by ICE say he was released around 7 p.m. Friday evening. Cesar Jimenez, the brother of Mac High senior Christian Jiminez, said the family was ...
Vintage N-R/Memory Lane: Nov. 21, 2025
10 years ago -- The thought of sledding across the tundra of northern Sweden and Norway makes Nadine Lew Basile shiver with delight. The Carlton-area resident is one of a handful of Americans vying to ...
Landscapers boycotting Recology over new fee
A new Recology fee for yard waste has local landscape companies looking at alternative dump sites to avoid hundreds in additional weekly costs. On Oct. 1, Recology Organics implemented a $16 per yard ...
Show at fairgrounds focuses on metal art gifts
Metal art gifts, from small items to larger sculptures, will be for sale at the fourth-annual Metal Arts Gift Show on Saturday, Nov. 22. The show will last from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Yamhill County ...
Amity man captured by K-9, multiple cases referred to DA
Keith Edwin Becker, 36, of Amity faces additional charges of assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Becker had been a fugitive from the law since he failed to appear for sentencing on Oct. 23. At 8:15 ...
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
Team of destiny: Warriors praise Amity fandom after winning second championship of 2025
Not since the years 1999 and 2000 have two Amity High School athletic programs won state championships in the same calendar year. In the realm of varsity sports, the feat is not uncommon, but never unadmirable. When ...
Mac Soccer: Grizzlies combine for 19 All-League honors, Adam Howard and Isai Cuevas-George repeat with respective Coach and Player of the Year honors
Wortman Stadium was raucous this season for Grizzly soccer. Both of McMinnville’s varsity squads made the playoffs and impressed on the pitch, catching the attention of opposing players and coaches ...
3A/2A Football: District champion Dayton leads list of All-League recipients
The No. 4-ranked Dayton Pirates were unstoppable in the regular season this fall, going 9-0 overall and 7-0 in league play, before falling to No. 13 Douglas in the first round of the 3A State Championship ...
Valley Panthers learn lessons at rugby 7s tournament in Idaho; former players hit the turf for WOU and Gonzaga
As rugby continues gaining traction in Oregon and across the United States, local coach Christine Bader is hard at work to ensure no momentum is lost during the brief winter hiatus. Picking up where the ...
Wildcat Roundup: Women's basketball starts with dominant win; swimming, wrestling battle in weekend dual meets
Linfield’s women’s basketball team (1-0) started its season on Saturday, Nov. 15, with an 81-63 victory over the NAIA Northwest University Eagles at Ted Wilson Gymnasium. Junior guard Allie ...
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 ...
