Yamhill News

Nationally renowned metal sculptor Walt Mendenhall chats with Regina Harwood of McMinnville during the Coastal Hills Art Tour.

A McMinnville man convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend in a fire in July 2008 faces a sentence of nearly 17 years in prison.

A new slab and slit machine allows the McMinnville company to produce bars that are high in particulates such as whole nuts.

A A The Newberg Planning Commission approved changes to the development code to promote affordable housing at its meeting Thursday, including lifting a ban on duplexes in R-1 residential zones.

You can visit Scott Paul Wines in Carlton or 162 other wineries this Thanksgiving weekend.

A A Waste Not of Yamhill County, the citizen's group opposed to the Riverbend Landfill expansion, will likely argue before the state Land Use Board of Appeals that the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners improperly granted the facility a statewide land use goal exemption.

President Barack Obama and Congress will soon make defining choices about health care and troops for Afghanistan.

A Cherry Grove man has been missing since Sunday, when he was last seen walking his dogs in the Lee Falls area of western Washington County, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

The Dayton Together Coalition sponsors free outdoor movies on Friday evenings in July and August.

At the conclusion of her two-day sentencing hearing in Yamhill County Circuit Court, Traci Remington told Judge Cal Tichenor that everything spiraled out of control one day in early October 2008, and it led her to fire a round from a Glock 9mm semi-automatic handgun at her husband during an argument.

Homeless people's shield against the H1N1 flu folds in at least two places - personal space and medical access - leaving Yamhill County's most vulnerable population even more so during the current epidemic.

Trees of giving bearing paper tags reading "basketball shoes," "baby doll" or "canned food" have become a tried and true symbol of the holiday season, offering shoppers the chance to shame Ebenezer Scrooge by delivering gifts to the Cratchits of the community.

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde will commemorate the completion of the $6.4 million Grand Ronde Road improvement project with a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony at 3 p.m. Monday, Nov.

Energy assistance is available for low-income Yamhill County households through YCAP , which is accepting applications for 2009-2010 LIHEAP payments.

When Yamhill County Information Systems Director Murray Paolo came under scrutiny last month for alleged on-the-job improprieties, he answered to the full board of commissioners.

St. Johns residents say Jon Herweck, a transient known in the area as "Rabbit," saved a Pomeranian dog from a house fire Oct.

Andrew James Webb, who escaped Aug. 19 while being returned to the Yamhill County Jail following a court appearance, was sentenced Monday in Multnomah County Circuit Court to 15 months in prison for assaulting a sheriff's deputy while in custody at the Justice Center in downtown Portland.

Blake Michael Sitton faced arraignment Thursday, accused of murdering his father, Yamhill-Carlton School Board Chairman Rodney Alan Sitton, in what was first reported Tuesday as an accidental shooting, according to police reports.

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

Shawn Bibb wasn't on meth, driven to pass counterfeit checks for his next drug fix.