News & Features
Board axes trail, urges residents to move on to other projects
The Yamhill Board of Commissioners officially removed the Yamhelas Westsider trail from future county plans Thursday. Two-thirds of the board advised the community to move on from the controversial planned ...
Car thief pleads guilty, says he’s ‘ready to be done’
“I’ve been doing this for far too long. I’m ready to be done,” said Keith Edwin Becker, 37, of Amity during his Tuesday, March 17, plea hearing. Becker will be sentenced on April ...
Council agrees to fix storm line, buy barricades with ARPA funds
McMinnville City Council agreed Wednesday to spend about half its remaining $1 million in federal Covid relief funding on a leaking pipe and police barricades. Consensus wasn’t reached on the remaining ...
Eluding suspect crashes into MSD property
An early Thursday morning high-speed chase through McMinnville ended after a McMinnville man crashed into a fence next to the McMinnville School District Learning Resource Center. Just before 3:20 a.m. ...
Stopping By: Movement for healing
Strength training, yoga and immersing yourself in nature are good not only for the body, but also for the mind and emotions, according to Lesley Rama Densmore Anderson, a personal trainer and yoga instructor ...
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's Jackson Vaughan recounts familial ties to university, town while reaching career milestone
In 25 seasons as Linfield’s head softball coach, Jackson Vaughan has done more winning than nearly anyone in the sport. On top of helping Linfield football qualify for the NCAA Division III playoffs ...
Mac Baseball: Brummitt blanks Lancers through four, Woodward proves wise beyond his years in 12-2 victory
For the second straight year, McMinnville’s varsity baseball team has opened its season in dominating fashion. In 2025, the Grizzlies downed 6A Mt. Hood Conference Reynolds 19-2 on the road, and ...
Wildcat Roundup: Baseball sweeps Pacific; tennis earns victories at Willamette; golf perfect in Salem
Baseball Leading into a three-game set with NCAA Division III No. 1, the Wildcats baseball club (12-4, 7-2) found its first Northwest Conference sweep as they took a trio of contests from Pacific University ...
Mac Softball: Bears bash Warriors in 20-1 opening day rout
Near-perfect weather and a still breeze crept over the Baker Street fields on Wednesday afternoon, but even if 20-mile-per-hour wind gusts blew in from the west, it wouldn’t have been enough to keep ...
Mac Basketball: Summers becomes fourth straight Grizzlies POY
McMinnville’s girls basketball season was full of growth, but one constant as the team clawed through league play to earn itself a playoff berth was Brooklynn Summers. The 6-foot-1 senior forward ...
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 ...
