Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School Alumni Association held its annual WHSAA Banquet & Celebration over the Memorial Day weekend....
WALLA WALLA-On May 16, 2022, Jeff Strickler announced his campaign for State Representative Position 1 in the 16th Legislative District as a Democrat. A resident of Walla Walla since 2010, Strickler came to the area because of his connections to Eastern Washington and a desire to raise his family in a rural, small-town setting. "I'm running for office because we need advocates in Olympia who share our values and will focus on issues versus divisive, partisan politics," Strickler said. "The...
Lillian Ray Dixon, a 15-year-old female, was last seen on Friday December 3, 2021 at Lewiston High School. According to posts made on social media, Dixon's family believes she is with Jonathon Wayne Bowles, a 36-year-old male, who has lived in Waitsburg, Prescott and Pomeroy throughout his life. Bowles is a registered sex offender with warrants for his arrest out of Garfield County, WA. Bowles and Dixon are believed to be in the Walla Walla or Columbia County area. Bowles' vehicle was abandoned...
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DAYTON--Kelley Wolther, of Wolther Family Farm, has leased the garden at the Blue Mountain Station from the Port of Columbia. The Wolther family has been selling produce from the farm garden, on the South Touchet River, for the past few years, and they were looking to expand. "This was a good opportunity," she said. Wolther plans to sell fruit and vegetables, and she will have eggs for sale at the Co-op in about a month. She is also planning to offer $20 farm to fridge produce baskets with...
There are four ways to get to Dayton, WA from Waitsburg: Highway 12, the Rose Gulch detour, the Hogeye route, and this one via Weinhard Road. Each route has its own unique picturesque sections. Wish I'd been there when those two poplar trees in the distance were still gold with their fall foliage-it would have been a perfect highlight and splash of color. Next time....
Robert “RC” McNicol has been working on the dream of opening his own liqueur business for four years now. He served as Active Duty in the U.S. Air Force and worked construction alongside his father, Robert, to raise the funds for Cedar Rain Spirits. A native of Portland, OR, McNicol moved to Walla Walla as a sophomore and graduated with Walla Walla High School’s class of 2011. McNicol joins Rusty Figgins of XO Alambic and Mike Collins of Bard & Bee Meadery in the Blue Mountain Station compl...
A cowboy silhouette appears to be taking in the devastating scene of a house fire that destroyed the home of Joe and Kandis Cush at 740 S. 4th Street in Dayton in the wee hours of Monday morning. "The home is a total loss but everyone got out safely," said Columbia County Fire Marshal Clint Atteberry who said the official cause of the fire was a wood stove. Donation boxes and accounts for the family of three are in the process of being set up throughout Dayton. More information on family needs...
Ten Years Ago January 15, 2009 One of Waitsburg’s community meeting spots, Ye Towne Hall, 121 Main, remains closed while the board of Directors works with its insurance carrier to assess the extent of damage to the structure. Snow loads that accumulated on the roof in December caused a slight buckling of the ceiling The facility is the regular meeting place for the Waitsburg City Council, Waitsburg Commercial Club, Meals on Wheels, American Legion, and other community events. A warming trend after a few weeks of cold and snowy weather caused lo...
Editor's Note: The Times would like to welcome Waitsburg resident and sports enthusiast, Eric Umphrey, as our new sports writer. Eric was out of town this week, but will be covering local sports beginning with our next issue. He will also share occasional thoughts and insights on sports items of general interest beyond the Burg. On January 22nd the results of baseballs 2019 Hall of Fame vote will be announced. Of interest to Mariners fans is whether Edgar Martinez will have the necessary 75% of...
WAITSBURG-Times owner and publisher Ken Graham has sold the newspaper to Waitsburg resident Lane Gwinn. The sale was effective Jan. 1. Gwinn is also owner of the 10 Ton Press art studio on Waitsburg's Main Street, as well as the building that houses the studio and 10 Ton Coffee. "I know Lane is committed to maintaining strong news coverage in Waitsburg and throughout the Touchet Valley," Graham said. "I'm confident The Times will be in good hands for years to come." Gwinn becomes the ninth...
Members of the Penpals FFA group from Waitsbrg (dressed in white shirts) showed pigs at the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days over the weekend....
Ten Years Ago-September11, 2018 Why a person would undertake the training, discipline, and dedication to enter a race which will take over 16 hours to complete and involving a 2.4 mile swim, bicycling 112 miles, and running a full marathon of 26.2 miles, is a question Waitsburg High grad Tammy (Otterson) Wood and her husband, Scott, get asked regularly. Scott and Tammy have been doing triathlons about 10 years. Among triathletes, the ultimate is to do an ironman, she said. “It’s a goal that takes a few years to arrive at." Over 45,000 mar...
DAYTON-The Touchet Valley Ladies Golf Club hosted their annual Nine Hole Invitational on Aug. 22 at the Touchet Valley Golf Course. Six golf clubs from the area attended the event: Walla Walla Country Club, La Grande Country Club, Meadow Springs Country Club (Kennewick), Buckskin Golf Club (Richland), Willow Creek Golf Club (Heppner, OR), Zintel Creek Country Club, Kennewick. Winners of the nine-hole scramble, with a team score of 35, were Carol Sohn, Meadow Springs; Cherie Hinchliff, Touchet...
WALLA WALLA—The 17th Annual Pond & Garden Tour on Saturday is a fundraising event benefiting Walla Walla Community Hospice. This is a self-guided tour of 10 unique and creative gardens in the Walla Walla Valley. Tickets for this event include entrance to all 10 gardens. Vendors selling garden art and products will be found at eight properties. Five properties will host local musicians and three properties will host working local artists. WSU Master Gardeners will be available for brief tutorials and information. Proceeds support the work and s...
DAYTON—After last week’s paper went to press, we received a slight revision to this year’s Dayton-Waitsburg volleyball schedule. The match at Liberty Christian, originally scheduled for Sept. 13 has been rescheduled for Oct. 15. The JV game starts at 5 p.m. and the varsity game starts at 6 p.m. In addition, a match was added to the schedule for Wednesday of this week at Weston-Athena....
Gary L. Wheeler, 76, of Libby, Montana, died on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at Brendan House in Kalispell after suffering a traumatic brain injury in September while feeding cattle on the family farm. He was born October 19, 1941 in Council, ID to LeRoy and Freida Wheeler. His family moved to Washington state within a few months of birth and eventually settled in Waitsburg where he developed a love of farming and animals. Gary graduated from Waitsburg High School in 1961. While in high school he...
Secondary Principal’s Report: -Teachers Garrett Leahy and Liv Leid shared about the new grade 7-8 Smarter Balance Assessment Class (SBAC) which was instituted to help students with scores on the Smarter Balance test. -Teacher Roseann Groom presented the new Attendance Matters program, organized to help prevent student absences and tardies. -A culture and climate survey will be posted on the district website for parents of high school parents to fill out to help with the school’s engagement review (formerly the accreditation review). -The six...
DAYTON – The Missoula Children's Theatre (MCT), the nation's largest touring children's theatre, has once again partnering with the Liberty Theater to bring a week-long summer camp to our community, and a fabulous play to the Liberty stage. MCT has been touring for more than 40 years, sending team members to nearly 1,200 communities from Montana to Japan. These teams arrive in towns with a set, lights, costumes, props and make-up; just about everything they need to put on a play. The one t...
TOUCHET VALLEY – The cities of Dayton, Waitsburg, and Walla Walla are all taking part in this year’s National Night Out (NNO) campaign on the evening of Tuesday, August 2. Last year’s NNO campaign involved citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, businesses, neighborhood organizations and local officials from over 15,000 communities from all 50 states. In all, over 37 million people participated in NNO in 2015. National Night Out is designed to heighten crime awareness, generate support for local anticrime efforts, strengthen neigh...
WAITSBURG – There's no need to worry about what's for dinner on Tuesday. Just head out to the Waitsburg athletic field and enjoy the free goodies provided as part of the country's National Night Out Celebration. Waitsburg will join in the festivities for the first time this year, and the athletic field will be alive with food and fun from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., that evening. Kids can learn how to make a proper 911 call and the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Department will be on hand with a patrol b...
WAITSBURG - The WP boys' basketball team fell behind early at home against Walla Walla Valley Academy Thursday night, and couldn't bounce back, losing 55-48. The Cardinals recovered Friday, however, as they took an easy win from Weston-McEwen, 53-34. On Thursday, the Knights jumped to a 14-6 first quarter lead, and then played fairly evenly with the Cards the rest of the way. For the game, Owen Lanning led WP scoring with 15 points, including a stellar 5 for 5 from the foul line. Kyle Gradwohl and Jacob Dunn each had eight points, including...
DAYTON - The Dayton Girls' basketball team suffered its first loss of the year Saturday night, at home against Desales, 46-38. The loss ended a 6-0 Lady 'Dogs win streak to open the season. That streak included a Tuesday win at home against Riverview, 34-30, and a 44-27 rout of Tri-Cities Prep in Pasco Friday. Dayton 34, Riverview 30 The Lady 'Dogs overcame cold shooting to hold on and beat Riverview on Dec. 16. After falling behind 9-6 at the end of the first quarter, Dayton came back to tie...
DAYTON - The Dayton boys' basketball team dropped three games last week, as their season got off to a tough start. On Dec. 6 at home, the Bulldogs lost to Garfield Palouse, 59-19. The 'Dogs traveled to St. John to play St. John-Endicott Friday night, and lost a close game, 45-36. Ian Smay had ten points and Andrew Mendoza added six, to lead Dayton's Scoring. On Saturday, the Bulldogs struggled against Liberty High in Spangle, losing 69- 19. Zach Waggoner led Bulldog Scorers with five points....
