Carlton News

Visit the grand opening of Alexana Winery Tasting Room at 11 a.m. Friday at 116 W Main St.

What's new in the Northern Willamette Valley: The words "green" and "weak" aren't exactly how most winemakers want their offerings described, but that's how some reviews dismissed Oregon's 2007 pinot noirs.

Joe and Eve Della Valle regularily cruise up and down the streets of Carlton, picking up any trash items they encounter on the way.

Grapes ready for picking at Carlo and Julian Winery in Carlton. On tap next week is the 27th Wine Country Thanksgiving in the Willamette Valley.

By AMY MASON DOAN Special to The Oregonian November is the perfect time for a wine country getaway.

The first of many - Kindergarten student Hailey Garber receives a nasal injection Monday morning from RN Linda Schilling at Joan Austin Elementary School.

Fat clusters of pinot noir grapes recently came off the vines at Youngberg Hill Vineyards & Inn in McMinnville.

Celebrate the fourth annual "La Paulee de Carlton" from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Scott Paul Wines, 128 S Pine St.

About 60 people turned out for a three-hour meeting Wednesday night about whether to keep the local police department or enter a contract with the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office, which would station deputies in the city.

A fire at an apartment complex in McMinnville left nearly a dozen occupants displaced on Halloween night.

Blake Sitton, charged with the murder of his father, Yamhill-Carlton School Board Chair Rodney Sitton, displayed no emotion Thursday when he was formally indicted by a grand jury on one count each of murder, first-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and unlawful use of a weapon.

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. Police said Thursday they have evidence to prove a Carlton man shot his father to death.

A 24-year-old man accused of murdering his father, a Yamhill Carlton School Board Chairman, first told authorities that his father shot himself while cleaning his gun, court documents show.

The chairman of the Yamhill-Carlton School Board died from a gunshot wound to the head, and his son has been charged with murder, the authorities said Wednesday.

A son has been arrested for what first was reported as an accidental shooting of his father.

Pinot noir grapes from Ken Wright's Abbott Claim Vineyard are sorted. Exhausted after two days of harvesting grapes, Dan Warnshuis of Utopia Wine still managed a big smile when he arrived at Carlton's Horse Radish Cheese and Wine Bar on a late September Saturday evening.

Sample wine during Jazz Night from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at Anne Amie Vineyards, 6580 NE Mineral Springs Road in Carlton.

A beautiful dahlia late in the blooming season at Alpen Gardens. Driving north out of Carlton on Sunday after a weekend of wining and dining, I chanced on a colorful spot in Yamhill County, just south of the Washington County line.

Chemeketa Community College started its fall term Monday in a flurry of activity.

Chris Stubbs, here in the studio of her new Carlton home, is co-chair for the Watercolor Society of Oregon's fall show in McMinnville.