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07/11/2025

Two weeks ago, we celebrated all the local organizations on this year’s “Best of Mac & Yamhill County” contest. What a fun night! Thank you again to Lum's GMC for opening your showroom and hosting this event.

Did you know that you could be a winner, too? Pick up a copy of the “Best of Mac & Yamhill Valley” special publication, available around the valley at local businesses or online at www.newsregister.com and complete the scavenger hunt. Details on page 44.

Submit your answers by July 31, 2025. (Yes, we extended the deadline!) One entry per household, please. See the publication for the full list of rules.

07/07/2025

Members of the McMinnville Downtown Association made a great showing in this years 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗰 & 𝗬𝗮𝗺𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 contest. Today, I had the pleasure of delivering the certificates to a few of the winners who were unable to attend our celebration at Lum's GMC the last week in June. Walking down Third Street was a great way to spend a beautiful Monday morning in July!

Congratulations to all the winners in the downtown area! First Federal • Golden Valley Brewery - McMinnville • Harvest Fresh Grocery & Deli • hopscotch toys • Los Molcajetes Mexican Restaurant • Macy & Son Funeral Home and Cremation Services • McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce • Pizza Capo • Primisys Computers • R. Stuart & Co. Winery and Wine Bar • Shoemates Footwear and Repair • The Bindery Event Space • 3rd Street Flats • Two Dogs Taphouse • WildWood Cafe

06/15/2025

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Firefighters from throughout Yamhill County fought for almost 12 hours to extinguish a three-alarm blaze that destroyed a house, numerous pallets stacked nearby and wildland ...

06/14/2025

Firefighters from throughout Yamhill County fought for almost 12 hours to extinguish a three-alarm blaze that destroyed a house, numerous pallets stacked nearby and wildland on Old McMinnville Highway, southwest of Carlton.
It was called in as a wildland fire at 7:58 p.m. Friday, June 13. It quickly went to three alarms because of the structures, parked vehicles and flammable materials involved, Carlton Fire Chief Tim Jech said.

Firefighters from throughout Yamhill County fought for almost 12 hours to extinguish a three-alarm blaze that destroyed a house, numerous pallets stacked nearby and wildland ...

05/30/2025

Don’t miss out! The 2025 Best of Mac & The Yamhill Valley Final Round of voting ends at noon on Sunday, June 1, 2025.

Show the love for your favorite local businesses by placing your vote for them. (Some races are really close!)

Vote here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BWBDHWS

Winners will be announced in our annual "Best of Mac" magazine, available in the Friday, June 27th edition of the News-Register.

Be sure to join the Scavenger Hunt inside the magazine to be included in the drawing for a $1000 Shopping Spree!

05/27/2025

The nominees are counted and the 2025 Best of Mac & The Yamhill Valley Final Round of voting is open. Vote for your favorite local businesses here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BWBDHWS

Look for our annual "Best of Mac" magazine in the Friday, June 27th edition of the News-Register, and join the Scavenger Hunt inside the magazine to be included in the drawing for a $1000 Shopping Spree!

05/20/2025

Nominate your favorite locals businesses in dozens of categories for this year's Best of Mac & the Yamhill Valley contest.

Click here to participate in the Nomination Round: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YLBG7LG

02/24/2025

Thanks to a new partnership agreement, students and employees at Linfield University are now able to access free subscriptions to Yamhill County’s News-Register.

Students can sign up for their free continuing subscription online through the newly created Linfield student subscription page – newsregister.com/linfieldstudents. The digital subscription includes 24/7 access to NewsRegister.com and early access to three weekly e-editions. Each school year, students will be eligible to renew their subscription while enrolled as a current student.

“We’re excited about the opportunity to help expand connectivity between Linfield and the McMinnville/Yamhill County community,” said Jeb Bladine, News-Register publisher. “That connectivity is a long and important tradition, and ‘meeting’ on pages of the local newspaper is a good way to help sustain our common appreciation for what Linfield University and the local community mean to each other.”

Linfield employees are eligible for a free 90-day trial to NewsRegister.com, granting them access to paid subscriber benefits. Faculty and staff can activate their account on the Linfield employee subscription page at www.newsregister.com/linfieldstaff.

This partnership is not the first between Linfield University and the News-Register. The organizations have previously collaborated on various special events, internships and community initiatives. Recently, this included Linfield’s NW Media Fest and a showing of “For the Record” with the Oregon Public Information Partnership.

In addition to the News-Register, Linfield students have free access to other major publications through the Linfield Libraries. Among these are The Oregonian, The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

11/05/2024

Dorothy Losli, one of about 25 community members who work elections for the Clerk, recalled asking then-clerk Charles Stern how he made sure everything was done honestly. “You have good people,” he told her.

Dorothy confirms her coworkers today fall into that category, as does the current clerk, Keri Hinton.

“You won’t find better,” she said. “I’m very confident in our county.”

More than two dozen election workers make sure every mail-in ballot is picked up, verified and counted, so the results accurately reflect the will of Yamhill County voters. The ...

10/31/2024

The funding to rehabilitate 24 units of agricultural worker housing at Villa del Sol apartments in east McMinnville comes from the USDA’s Off-Farm Labor Housing Program and was part of an $18 million allocation for nine projects across five states. The award to Community Home Builders was the only allocation in Oregon.

McMinnville nonprofit Community Home Builders has been awarded nearly $1 million in federal grant funds to rehabilitate 24 units of agricultural worker housing at Villa ...

10/31/2024

Looking for some more, or some new, places to trick-or-treat this afternoon? Check out this N-R's list here, which includes where to celebrate Dia de los Mu***os throughout the weekend.

Costumed children and their parents, many in matching costumes, will fill Third Street Thursday afternoon as McMinnville celebrates Halloween. Here is an updated list ...

10/29/2024

The Housing Authority of Yamhill County currently has approximately 2,000 people on a waiting list for Section 8 vouchers.

The 175-unit Status Village will cut into the need of housing for low income families. The development will feature 61 one-bedroom units, 84 two-bedroom units and 30 three-bedroom units and will have 20 dedicated units for members of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, which contributed $7 million in grant funding.

Construction on the 175-unit Stratus Village affordable housing complex is underway in McMinnville and project partners came together last week to celebrate a groundbreaking ...