News & Features
Work on Yamhill County’s new headquarters expected to be completed by summer
The second floor of the new Yamhill County Government Services Building is completely occupied, and final renovations are expected to wrap up by June. The county purchased the former Oregon Mutual Insurance ...
New law could mean less money for tourism groups
In its 2025-26 budget, McMinnville projected about $2.1 million in transient lodging tax (TLT) revenue, with about $1.5 million funding the city’s destination marketing organization, Visit McMinnville. Starting ...
Third Street project moves ahead despite concerns over ‘federalizing’
McMinnville City Council signed off on a state agency overseeing the next phase of the Third Street Development project Tuesday, despite concerns from staff and councilors over the project becoming “federalized.” The ...
County board delays second trail reading
An appendectomy delayed for another week the removal of the Yamhelas Westsider Trail from future Yamhill County plans. Board of Commissioners Chair Kit Johnston was absent from Thursday’s meeting ...
New store welcomes Charlie, other customers
Charlie and his family went shopping at the new Tractor Supply store in McMinnville Wednesday afternoon. Staff members cheerily welcomed them through the sliding glass doors, Charlie the Nigerian Dwarf ...
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
State Champs: Amity athletes reach end of an era, send three-time champion seniors out on highest note
Less than 24 hours after winning the program’s second championship, the Amity girls’ basketball team arrived home, greeted by blaring sirens from the Amity Fire Department and crowds of proud ...
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 Girls Basketball: Grizzlies hold heads high after playoff elimination
McMinnville’s girls basketball team ended its season in a constant fight on Wednesday, March 4, when they travelled to face the No. 12 Sheldon Irish in round one of the 6A Girls Basketball State ...
BC Harley ushering in VTwin classes at Woodburn
McMinnville’s Baker Creek Harley Racing team is opening pathways for Harley lovers of all walks of life to join in the fun that is motorcycle drag racing. On Saturday, April 18, BC Harley, Timber ...
Youth mock track meet and fundraiser hosted by Amity senior athlete
A track and field clinic and mock meet for kids from first to eighth grade is scheduled for Sunday, March 29, at the Amity High School track. Amity High School senior Jaxson Howard is organizing the event ...
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 ...
