Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Gaudy Gals on Main is back to remind us that "Some 'junk' can be good 'Junque,' and it's sometimes fun to be 'Gaudy''" Kim Bruzas (right) and her sister Lori Sharp Davis have brought back their unique shop to the Waitsburg Town Hall, 121 Main St. on Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m....
DAYTON — The Port of Columbia County Executive Director Jennie Dickinson received a Government Service Agency email on February 25, terminating the building lease between the port and the Columbia County Farm Service Agency, effective August 31. The FSA houses the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The NRCS offers programs that support conservation work in agriculture, timber, and pasture lands. For example, Dickinson said her family utilized an NRCS cost-share program for pre...
WAITSBURG — Mayor Marty Dunn called a special meeting of the Waitsburg City Council for March 6, 2025. The purpose of the meeting was to review and vote on three bids submitted for the purchase of the old city hall building at 147 Main Street. The council accepted the bid from Delbert and Cindy Steinhorst, past Waitsburg residents f who made an offer of $150,000. The offer is for the city hall building and a second vacant lot property on 6th Street the city has for sale. The second property is an oddly shaped, 1.15-acre lot on East 6th Street....
DAYTON — Columbia County Park and Recreation Pool District board met for their regular monthly meeting at 5 p.m. on February 27 at the Dayton Fire Station. Board members Diane McKinley, Lisa Naylor, Terri Hessler, and Katie Leid were present. Friends of the Pool Chairperson Fred Crow and Cole Massey, the district’s website designer, were also in attendance.In February, the board applied for a Washington State legislative grant for $250,000 and expect to hear if it is awarded in May. The money will come from Washington State Capital Budget fun...
WAITSBURG — “Captain America: Brave New World” stars Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson, the new Captain America. Mackie previously played The Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe until his character became Captain America after Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) retired. After meeting with the newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, played by Harrison Ford in his MCU debut, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must foil a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.” Captain America: Br...
WALLA WALLA — Jefferson Park Pond is now stocked with rainbow trout, and the Lyons Ferry and Tucannon Fish Hatcheries will continue to stock the pond throughout the spring season. Fishing at Jefferson Park Pond is governed by Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife rules and regulations. Jefferson Park Pond is open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers, and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card. Adults can help bait a hook and remove fish from the hook but cannot fish, cast, or hold the pole for a...
WALLA WALLA – John Deere designates platinum, gold, silver, and bronze rankings to schools participating in its TECH Program. Walla Walla Community College’s John Deere program has been awarded the platinum, the highest level, for its outstanding work in 2024. The recognition is reserved for programs that go above and beyond in key areas such as instructor development, advisory board engagement, enrollment, retention, facilities, processes, scholarships, and safety. It is a meaningful achievement for Program Director Matthew Bishop, who too...
WALLA WALLA - Waitsburg School District will host Whitman College for a Family Science Night on Thursday, March 6, in the Preston Hall gym. Whitman brings science nights to students and families in the fall and spring at different schools throughout the valley; this was the first time it was held in Waitsburg. The event provided an interactive evening of science geared towards K-5 students and their families. Preston Hall was filled with parents watching their children get excited about science...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School track season begins on Saturday, March 15, at a jamboree at Walla Walla High School. The jamboree will not include 200m, 400m, or relays. Running and field events begin at noon. Coaches Dan Nechodom and Hunter Wallace have thirteen athletes ready to compete in their first season meet against College Place, DeSales, Kennewick, and Walla Walla athletes. "We are trying to get them off to a good start with lots of fundamental movements and core strengthening," said...
Fifteen Years Ago March 11, 2010 If Waitsburg had royalty, Bettie Lloyd Chase would be queen. A descendant of one of the original pioneer families, she is the go-to person for any questions having to do with the history of the town – much of which she herself has helped preserve. In fine weather, she reigns from a seat on her porch, granting passersby a congenial greeting or a wave. Other times, she's bound to make an appearance at the round table of the Waitsburg Hardware & Mercantile, hands r...
WALLA WALLA - Carrie Hendrix, musican, luthier, inventor, photographer, and educator is one of the ten Waitsburg artists exhibiting in the "Straight Outta Waitsburg" exhibit at the collective gallery. Hendrix will bring her inventive camera obscuras to the collective for its 'Sundays at the Gallery" on March 16 between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. This is a chance for artists and photographers to learn her techniques to create pinhole camera images with a digital camera. Hendrix invites the public to...
