Most proposed initiatives won’t make next ballot
Oregonians proposed nearly 90 changes to state law or the Oregon Constitution for the November 2026 ballot, and a dozen of those petitions with priorities ranging from ending mail voting to enshrining civil rights for women and LGBTQ people in the state constitution cleared an initial hurdle.
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News & Features
EMPWR takes fight over big sign to LUBA
EMPWR Nutrition Group is continuing its pursuit of a large electronic sign for its Booth Bend Road headquarters, recently appealing a McMinnville City Council denial to the Land Use Board of Appeals. Earlier ...
Dundee neighbors dispute adjusted plans for home
A Yamhill County approval adjusting a planned home footprint in rural Dundee has been appealed by a group of neighbors, citing effects on local roads and their businesses. Applicant and future owner Andre ...
Along the Street: Nick’s announces suspended operations
Nick’s Italian Café announced last week it is closing until further notice. “We received a report indicating a significant safety hazard due to our hood vent being non-compliant and ...
Most proposed initiatives won’t make next ballot
Oregonians proposed nearly 90 changes to state law or the Oregon Constitution for the November 2026 ballot, and a dozen of those petitions with priorities ranging from ending mail voting to enshrining civil rights for women and LGBTQ people in the state constitution cleared an initial hurdle.
Natural Grocers store opens this week
Natural Grocers’ crews, both local and from other outlets, were busily stocking shelves in the new McMinnville store Monday in preparation for grand opening festivities this week. The 13,500-square-foot ...
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
Photo Gallery: Past versus present
McMinnville alumni took on current Grizzly varsity players on Wednesday for the first of what hopes to become an annual basketball game between the school’s past and future graduates. In front of ...
Upon Further Review: Covering history at Hayward
In my travels across the nation to view athletics for both work and pleasure, few cathedrals of sport have attracted my gaze more than historic Hayward Field. Growing up in a family whose lineage had ...
Grizzlies taking a page from Wildcats' playbook
Those in charge of McMinnville High School football are always trying to find ways to improve, and after losing more than a dozen seniors and all but one game in 2025, the Grizzlies are taking every opportunity ...
Mac's Carpenter, Amity's Howard reach record marks at Nike Outdoor Nationals
Two McMinnville school records and an overwhelming personal best marked some of the praiseworthy performances by Yamhill County athletes during the Nike Outdoor Nationals annual track and field invite ...
Youth softball players, coaches learn from Portland's professional team
Professional softball players and the youth athletes they’re inspiring met for the first time in Hillsboro last weekend. The newly-founded Portland Cascade of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League ...
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
