Driver gets pair of DUIIs

NEWBERG — A Newberg man has logged two drunk driving arrests in just 2 1/2 weeks, and both led to the filing of numerous other charges as well.

County timber revenue down, but harvest better than some

Yamhill County’s harvested timber acres in 2009 was less than a seventh of what it was 30 years ago. But unlike the rest of the state, the county has actually seen an slight increase in harvest and production in the past two years, according to recent reports from the Oregon Department of Forestry.

Getting a sense of football season in the air

It’s probably only a hint of what you consider football weather, but I’m eager to experience Friday night in Gresham when McMinnville visits Barlow to open the season. At the scheduled 7 p.m. kickoff, it won’t quite be down into the low 60s, the forecast baseline for the day, but I’m certain it will be much cooler than in Baton Rouge, where I spent the past 11 football seasons.It’s probably only a hint of what you consider football weather, but I’m eager to experience Friday night in Gresham when McMinnville visits Barlow to open the season. At the scheduled 7 p.m. kickoff, it won’t quite be down into the low 60s, the forecast baseline for the day, but I’m certain it will be much cooler than in Baton Rouge, where I spent the past 11 football seasons.

One year after league title, Y-C volleyball rebuilding with fresh faces

The Yamhill-Carlton volleyball team may have turned from being league front-runners to underdogs, but as far as the Tigers are concerned, those are just labels. “People just aren’t expecting us to rebuild this quickly, and I’m excited after just one week,” said Y-C coach Julie McGraw, starting her 11th year heading the program. “It’s a new group of faces, and they’re hungry. ... Our team was so used to winning the last couple years.”

Painting the town

CARLTON — When city workers discovered a rainbow of graffiti inside the public pool building and on...

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