Lawmakers hint at major changes to school funding
Oregon lawmakers upset about persistently poor education outcomes for many students voted against several of Gov. Tina Kotek’s new appointments to the commission that determines the resources needed to create a system of high quality schools.
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Second Street apartments appealed to planning commission
City approval of a 72-unit apartment complex on Second Street has been appealed to the McMinnville Planning Commission. Downtown residents Alexa and Bryce McClain filed an appeal of the Historic Landmarks ...
Council to finalize budget, get update on rec center plan
McMinnville City Council will finalize the budget and advance other major projects Tuesday; with an update on the planned recreation bond and launch of a transportation plan update. The city’s $137,484,517 ...
Owners remodel Sheridan historic buildings to be downtown centerpieces
Construction is again underway at the Heider and Huntley buildings in downtown Sheridan, which were recently purchased by Stefon Orloff of Better Oregon Homes Mike Covalt, the previous owner of the century-old ...
Trail group drops LUBA appeal
Friends of the Yamhelas Westsider Trail will no longer appeal the Yamhill County decision to remove the project from long-range planning documents, citing another measure headed to the November ballot. In ...
Sheridan gets help from neighbors at Hometown Days
Editors Note: Hometown Days in organized by the Hometown Days Committee and is supported by the West Valley Rotary and not Sheridan Revitalization Movement. Non-profits from across ...
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
Grizzlies baseball star praises family, community for strength to battle adversity
When Cameron Hyder entered the ranks of McMinnville High School baseball, he was not projected to become the player he was during the Grizzlies’ most recent spring season. Hyder shined as an athlete. ...
Tiger girls basketball 'in a good place' with incoming freshman
There is a consensus opinion from opposing coaches facing the Yamhill Carlton girls basketball team during summer league: they’re going to be fun to watch. Despite being down in games and fairly ...
Pirates, Tigers using basketball offseason to reinforce leadership skills, toughness on the court
County rivalries take on a different form in the summer. The mood is more playful, but the competition is just as heated. Such was the case last week when Dayton High School hosted the boys’ basketball ...
Fueling the future: Warriors measuring success by 'getting better every day' of summer basketball league
The ability to play freely was one of the major contributors to success for Amity’s girls’ basketball championships over the last two seasons. A few years of defeat while falling short also ...
Miersma, Lomeli represent Warriors in All-Star showcase
A throng of elite class 2A, 3A and 4A basketball players assembled at the Warrior gymnasium and Amity High School on June 12-13. For two days, seniors who took the winter by storm donned their school’s ...
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
