Employees union endorses King for commission post
The Yamhill County Employee Association’s executive board has announced that it is endorsing David “Bubba” King for Yamhill County commissioner. YCEA, an affiliate of the American Federation ...
Along the Street: Kristof Wines make debut in McMinnville
Kristof Wines debuted Friday at Pike Road Wines on Third Street, with fellow vintners and wine industry supporters, as well as Yamhill Carlton High School classmates of Nick Kristof turning up. Kristof ...
Amity School District waives all student fees
Metal shop? Art class? No charge. Play on a sports team? No fee. Amity School District has eliminated all classroom, activities and athletic fees for the next four years. In a move to alleviate financial ...
Calendar of Quirk: This week, a freewheeling collection of Quirk from around McMinnville
Six short items and one long, for this all-McMinnville grab bag of Quirk goodies. May 6 Yellow bike sculpture, set in concrete, at the entrance to Thompson Park in southeast McMinnville, with plaque honoring ...
Arrests down, issues remain at camping areas
Fights with machetes, stolen garbage cans and people passed out in the street were some of the calls McMinnville police responded to in popular unhoused camping areas in April, according to a report from ...
Yamhill celebrates Beverly Cleary Day
The “Run! Rock! Read!” event in Yamhill kicks off Yamhill’s fifth annual Beverly Cleary Literacy Celebration on Saturday, May 11, held in honor of the beloved children’s book author ...
Construction projects transform Amity schools
At Amity School District, the theory of school construction is giving way to the practical realities. The school’s north parking lot has become a work zone as the first of two floors of a new middle ...
Blaze destroys century-old barn
Twenty-nine Amity Fire District firefighters responded, among 80 total personnel, to a fire that destroyed a barn in Perrydale on Friday night. Amity fire chief Ian Yocum said the 8:30 p.m. fire was phoned ...
'Like home': Mezcal owners create grandmother-inspired Abuela’s Nuestra Cocina
Jimmy Fernandez really loved his mother-in-law’s mole, the complex Mexican sauce made with nuts, chocolate, chiles and spices. He kept asking for the recipe, and she kept telling him, gently but ...
Ballots arriving this week
Ballots for the May 21 primary election have been mailed and should be arriving soon if they haven’t already. Voters’ pamphlets were mailed earlier. Ballots are due by 8 p.m. Tuesday, May ...
Commissioners to hold hearing on new wireless Verizon tower
Yamhill County commissioners will hold a public hearing Thursday on a site design review for a new wireless communications tower Verizon Wireless wants to install on Westside Road outside of McMinnville. Commissioners ...
Photo Gallery: Amity's May Day tradition
The 99th annual May Day celebration, held Friday, May 3, combined pageantry and frivolity in the Amity High School spring tradition.
Fire displaces McMinnville family of six
Twenty firefighters with the McMinnville Fire District responded to a house fire Sunday morning about 5:45 a.m. on McDonald Lane between 27th Street and Highway 99W. Fire damage was mostly isolated to ...
Court Records: May 6, 2024
CIVIL FILINGS LVNV Funding vs. Susan Snook: Granted $2,248.28 judgment. Discover Bank vs. Timothy Murray: Granted $4,218.56 judgment. National Collegiate Student Loan Trust: Shanda Butcher and Elena ...
Owners of former rubber plant cited by EPA
Former Ultimate RB parent company Carlisle Construction has agreed to pay approximately $24,000 in fines to the Environmental Protection Agency for violating the Clean Water Act. The former rubber facility ...
