Wineries Assocation joins in landfill challenge
The Willamette Valley Wineries Association has joined the Stop the Dump Coalition and local farmer Ramsey McPhillips in filing notice of intent to appeal Yamhill County’s recent approval of a Riverbend ...
Horse slaying solved; owner cited
The owner of a horse found shot to death April 22, about 14 miles northwest of Sheridan on Bald Mountain, has been cited by the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office. Mark D. Ellis, 53, of Whiteson, identified ...
Fire damages Willamina structure
WILLAMINA — A vacant two-story structure at 390 W. Main St. sustained between $10,000 and $15,000 in damage as the result of a fire Monday afternoon. West Valley Fire District personnel responded ...
Flag supporters challenge Willamina board
WILLAMINA — Reyn Leno, who chairs the governing council of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, told the Willamina School Board he was disappointed and more than a little angry over the board’s ...
Commissioners tout state of the county
NEWBERG — In a State of the County presentation to a joint session of the Newberg City Club and Chehalem Valley Chamber of Commerce, the three Yamhill County commissioners painted a highly positive ...
Carlton waives alcohol rule for Crush
CARLTON — City councilors agreed to buy a new tractor and new park play equipment, and to sell a city lot, during their Monday night business meeting. Then, on a 5-2 vote, they approved a one-day ...
Community Connect Event links people with services
People looking for food, housing, employment and other programs can find local resources from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, May 15, at Yamhill County’s seventh-annual Community Connect Event. It will be ...
Y-C moving forward with school bond
YAMHILL — Buoyed by results from a recent voter survey, the Yamhill-Carlton School Board agreed Monday the district needs to prepare a bond issue in time for the May 2016 ballot. It would fund renovation, ...
Homeless ranks swell at co-op
The homeless population at McMinnville Cooperative Ministries has been running 8 to 12 of late — more than it was prior to removal of a tent encampment under order by the city. However, it’s ...
Mac committee approves budget
The budget committee approved the city of McMinnville’s proposed $101 million 2015-2016 budget during a three-hour meeting Wednesday night. It also approved a budget for the city’s urban renewal ...
Knight moves
Yamhill isn’t known as a particularly rowdy community, but a fight breaks out almost every Thursday night. Locals can practically set their watches by it. A crowd of fighters starts to gather at ...
Rebecca Geist: Keeping kids safe
Most of us worry about our children’s behavior at some point. We wonder whether moodiness or angry responses to our questions are normal adolescence or something deeper. While it may be an important ...
Police respond to Grandhaven shooter threat; students fine
McMinnville police responded about 1:40 p.m. Wednesday to Grandhaven Elementary School after an adult female called the school and threatened to shoot students. "She said she was going ...
Willamina board makes no decision on flag issue
WILLAMINA - The Willamina School board took public comment but made no decision Tuesday night related to a previous request by Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde member Angie Fasana to ...
Tampering call allegedly placed from jail
The suspect in a sexual and physical assault case filed last month has been indicted by a Yamhill County Grand Jury on a new charge of tampering with a witness — his alleged victim in the original ...
