Middle-schoolers will look for answers in low gravity

A team of Patton Middle School students is one of 60 in the nation selected to build and send an experiment high into the upper atmosphere, where gravity, air pressure and temperature are lower. The “Space ...

Commentary

Every day, timely commentary becomes more difficult as new issues and events multiply at unprecedented rates. This week helps prove that point. Consider a few local meetings on Thursday — all past ...

Substance use continues to negatively impact individuals and families throughout the Yamhill County community.

A decade ago, a famous and successful investor told me that “integrity lowers the cost of capital.” We were talking about Donald Trump at the time, and this Wall Street wizard was explaining why then-candidate Trump had so much trouble borrowing money from domestic capital markets.

Archie Griffin is a former professional football running back and the only two-time winner of the Heisman Trophy (1974-1975). At 5 feet, 9 inches tall and 189 pounds, he wasn’t exceptionally big.

They can be seen on certain roadsides: small homemade structures big enough for perhaps two people to sit down and wait for a bus. Seen on Hillside Drive a few miles north of Newberg is an unusual example ...

Editorials

Palindrome’s $80.5 million proposal for redevelopment of Alpine Avenue’s former RB Rubber site stood out for one clear reason: It was the most audacious and ambitious of the eight submissions. ...

Celebrated English playwright William Shakespeare coined the oft-quoted phrase, “All’s well that ends well,” to serve as the name of a play he wrote and produced in 1623. And even then, ...

Yamhill County — where public park development has not been a high priority — has park projects drawing high public interest going into 2026. County leaders are planning to eliminate the expansive ...

Resolution and reverberation offer different ways to define 2025 in Yamhill County. As we look at Yamhill County’s year past and year ahead, local issues often either bookended or leapfrogged: many ...

It’s been a long time coming, but a sitting Oregon governor finally conceded earlier this month, at Oregon’s annual Oregon Leadership Summit, that business leaders have a point when they complain ...

Letters

The News-Register welcomes written opinions about issues of public interest and about the content of this newspaper. Letters from non-local writers are accepted only if they focus on local issues. This ...

Building bridges I was surprised to learn from the News-Register that at the last city council meeting, Councilor Chris Chenoweth criticized Unidos Bridging Community, saying “an organization that ...

Poor example I attended the city council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 13, to learn if the City was going to respond to recent ICE activity, and if so, what the response would consist of. It was clear there ...

Follow the money We are watching the biggest wealth transfer in history. Wealth that is moving from ordinary Americans to the richest people on Earth. Our middle class is the last repository of wealth ...

No moral compass I can understand how a person of Christian faith would be encouraged by this president’s remarks during the lighting of the national Christmas tree. Even though I am not affiliated ...

News & Features

Trail decision delayed another week

Yamhill County residents on both sides of the Yamhelas-Westsider trail debate must wait another week to learn if the project will be removed from future county plans. Following approximately two hours ...

YCSO deputy honored with Valor Award for going ‘above and beyond the call’

Yamhill County Sheriff Deputy Alex Grant was recognized last month for his actions in the line of duty when he responded alone to an active knifing at the Valley’s Edge RV Park outside Sheridan on ...

Middle-schoolers will look for answers in low gravity

Stopping by: Music brings joy, friendships

Mac High musicians eager to perform at fundraiser

Lum’s purchases Chevrolet dealership

Lum’s GMC finalized a deal this week to purchase Armstrong Chevrolet and announced plans to expand its operations at 830 Highway 99W in McMinnville. The company announced the deal Tuesday and said ...

Chamber to move to its own building

The McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce will move into its own building at 12th and Baker streets this spring — the first time in the organization’s 111 year history it has owned, rather than ...

John Linder plans run for commissioner seat

McMinnville financial professional John Linder announced Thursday his intension to run for Yamhill County Commissioner Position 1. Linder has filed a candidate committee with the Oregon Secretary of State’s ...

Merkley addresses McMinnville constituents

During a town hall in McMinnville Thursday, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) said he is worried about the potential loss of our democratic republic to authoritarian control — something he never ...

Love in a small town: ‘Almost, Maine’

Gallery Theater will present “Almost, Maine,” a play about a magical night in a small town, Jan. 30 to Feb. 15. Shows will start at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. An opening ...

Mac city council meetings will move to Wednesdays starting in March

McMinnville City Council plans to move its regular meetings to Wednesdays starting March 1. Interim City Manager Adam Garvin recommended the change last week as part of continuing operational changes. ...

Kotek eyes McMinnville project

Gov. Tina Kotek’s office has offered support and potential funding for McMinnville’s major projects through its Regional Solutions program. Program Coordinator Beth Wytoski, who lives in Dayton, ...

Residents can weigh in on SW Area Plan

The city of McMinnville is hosting a community open house on the Southwest Area Plan from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Kent Taylor Civic Hall, 200 N.E. Second St. The city is developing an ...

Ski & Ride to benefit cancer service nonprofits

Winter sports enthusiasts can spend two days on the mountain while helping two local nonprofits during the Ski & Ride events, March 7 and 8. “Our goal with Ski & Ride is to create an event ...

Arrests & Citations: Jan. 23, 2026

Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Joseph Lee Ebensteiner, 51, Willamina, Jan. 15, parole violation; booked into the Yamhill County Jail without bail. Michael Charles Zweigart, 52, Newberg, Jan. 17, ...

Fundraiser will help school programs

Tickets are still available for the third-annual “A Work of Heart” wine pairing dinner and auction to benefit McMinnville school programs. The nonprofit McMinnville Education Foundation sponsors ...

Registration open for Amity art tour

The Amity Art Collective Tour has issued a call for artists to show work and meet patrons during its second annual event, May 15-17. Organizers hope to add to the 14 open studios and 25 local artists ...

Aldeguer pleads guilty to sex abuse charges

On Tuesday, Jan. 20, Anthony “Tony” Gray Aldeguer, 67, previously of Amity, was in court related to his 43rd arrest cycle — facing 27 charges involving rape, assault, kidnapping, manufacturing ...

EMPWR sign application draws skepticism

EMPWR Nutrition Group wants to place a 300-square-foot digital sign on its expanded headquarters on Booth Bend Road, but the McMinnville Planning Commission was skeptical at last week’s hearing, ...

County board approves energy efficiency financing tool

Yamhill County businesses will soon have a new financing tool to pay for renewable energy improvements to their buildings. The Board of Commissioners agreed to adopt the Commercial Property-Assessed Clean ...

Mac walkout draws protesters against ICE, President Trump

Cheers, chants and honks from some passing cars and trucks characterized the McMinnville segment of a nationwide “walkout” on Tuesday, the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s ...

Sports

Mac Girls Basketball: Grizzlies click on all cylinders, Summers records double-double in win over Newberg

McMinnville High School’s gymnasium was rocking with frenetic energy on Tuesday night. It carried into the Grizzlies locker room, where Head Coach Sean Coste was met with a wave of euphoric cheers ...

Ski & Ride to benefit cancer service nonprofits

Winter sports enthusiasts can spend two days on the mountain while helping two local nonprofits during the Ski & Ride events, March 7 and 8. “Our goal with Ski & Ride is to create an event ...

Mac Boys Basketball: Tigers spoil Grizzlies' Mac Madness fun

The No. 37-ranked Grizzlies (5-8, 0-2) are in limbo after dropping their second Pacific Conference league game of the season. On Tuesday, while the McMinnville High School gymnasium was dressed up with ...

Mac club swimmers set club, individual records at Washington Open

With more than 1,000 swimmers packed into the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center like sardines, achieving goals could have seemed like a daunting task. The facility’s Olympic-sized swimming ...

Wildcat Roundup: Basketball teams change history in Tacoma; swimming returns from winter hiatus; Ensrud takes first in 197 at Evergreen Open

Womens Basketball Linfield’s womens basketball team (13-2,6-0) ended a 9-game slide against the University of Puget Sound (12-3, 5-1) on Friday, defeating the Loggers for the first time since Jan. ...

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