News & Features
Dayton students’ spring plant sale combines science, business and art
Dayton High School students planted and germinated seeds, tended tiny seedlings and repotted them in a variety of ways for their annual “Garden Shed” spring sale. After assisting customers ...
Homeowners sue Sheridan over 2025 landslide
The city of Sheridan is being sued by residents Bradley and Madonna Blackwell for $827,067 alleging property damage associated with an August 2025 runoff and December 2025 landslide and flood at the water ...
Dayton passes budget, cuts library position
The Dayton Library will experience more closures starting July 1, following the city budget committee’s decision Monday to eliminate the position of library assistant Treva Gentry. “We believe ...
Quirk of the Week: ‘No two shelters are the same’
Quirk has focused in the past on small roadside shelters including, recently, the tall one-person shelter on Hillside Drive near Newberg. Since then, shack examples have emerged in explorations in other ...
Along the Street: Mac farmers market opens Thursday
The McMinnville Farmers Market will open Thursday, May 21, with early season produce such as leafy greens, plant starts and other items like cheese, bread and mushrooms. The market, located on Cowls Street ...
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
Gallery: Back where it began
Jordan Harlow completed his first season as Linfield University’s baseball head coach as the Wildcats earned second place in the Northwest Conference Tournament. As a first-year head coach, Harlow ...
Amity flag football suffers heartbreak in Hillsboro
The dreams of an Amity Warriors w a triple crown — winning a third state championship this scholastic athletics season — were dashed Saturday when questionable calls and competition got the ...
Mac Baseball: Vining shuts down Sherwood, K's five to complete Grizzlies' series victory
The last three outs of a baseball game are the hardest to get, but Karson Vining made it look easy on Friday. He made the rest of his complete game, two-hit shutout against No. 10-ranked Sherwood look ...
Linfield Softball: Catball wins regionals in dominant fashion
Across 15 innings of play, the Wildcats scored 42 runs and plated baserunners in all but two innings against opponents during the NCAA Division III regionals at Del Smith Stadium. As a result, No. 5-ranked ...
Mac Boys Tennis: Bills, Haught earn first state appearance with third-place finish at districts
Having already secured a bid to the state tournament with a Pacific Conference semifinal appearance, McMinnville’s No. 1 doubles team of Ewtai Bills and Brady Haught could have taken it easy on Saturday. ...
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 ...
