Yes, Salem
Statesman-Journal covered (with 4-inch story bylined by its entertainment
reporter) a McMinnville band in its Sunday edition 7/29/2018.
Headline calls
it a "local" band. So, does the Salem S-J consider McMinnville local?
Covering
McMinnville is an exception rather than rule for the Gannett-owned S-J.
A case in point
is sports. The S-J covers Amity and Dayton High Schools (both in Yamhill
County) sports, but not McMinnville (also in Yamhill County) sports. However, as this is written, the S-J has
whittled down its already tiny sports staff. So, maybe coverage of Amity and
Dayton sports will be out the window starting with the 2018-2019 school year?
Stay tuned.
If you want
good coverage of McMinnville for news and sports, it's in the McMinnville (also
known as "Yamhill Valley") News-Register. It's not in the Salem S-J.