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.

Grapes, nuts and docs pump up local economy

Yamhill County’s unemployment rate took an almost imperceptible dip in July, inching down from 10.4 percent to 10.3.

Tourism group becomes Travel Yamhill Valley

The Yamhill Valley Visitors Association has reinvented itself as Travel Yamhill Valley, the first step of many suggested in a 34-page marketing plan designed for implementation over a two-year period.

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Pilots spurn Evergreen wage freeze

Evergreen International Airlines flight crews have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed labor agreement brokered by the National Mediation Board.

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Does it get any better? Does it get any better? As you will read on these pages, it could be better. There could be more people in Yamhill County who could afford to eat at La Rambla, for example. There could be more people with jobs, with lives not torn apart by this economy.