Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - Federal, state and local law enforcement officials on Monday seized 2,000 marijuana plants with a street value of $3 million from a grow in the upper Tucannon River drainage in the Umatilla National Forest after they arrested a suspect at a nearby location last week. Santiago Orozco-Contreras, 41, a Mexican national with a last known address in the Tri-Cities, was booked into Columbia County jail on Thursday on suspicion of possession of a firearm and of manufacturing marijuana. The arrest was made in the same general area of the...
Dayton's Liberty Theater is bringi ng Buck, an award-winning documentary, to its screen this Friday. The film follows real-life " horse whisperer" Buck Brannaman on his life journey from an abusive childhood to his extraordinary approach to horses. Regular evening shows are at 7:30 on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday with 3:00 matinees on Saturday and Sunday. On Thursday, July 28, the theater will host a special Evening with Buck. Brannaman, who will be in town for a horse clinic at the Dayton Fairgrounds, will speak to the audience...
Projected ending stocks for 2011/12, at 670 million bushels, are down 191 million bushels from 2010/11 as supplies decrease more than use. Total wheat supplies for 2011/12 are projected down 217 million bushels because of both smaller carry- in stocks and production from 2010/11. Total projected uses are down 26 million bushels from 2010/11. Total production is projected at 2,106 million bushels, down 102 million bushels from 2010/11. Winter Wheat Production Estimates by Class Hard red winter (HRW) production is forecast to be 791 million... Full story
DAYTON - Susan Hosticka always wanted to do a "bee beard" to prove the hard-working insects are really quite gentle and harmless despite their reputation to the contrary. Late last month, during a field day for the state's beekeepers association at Washington State University, she finally had her Fear Factor moment when 4,000 bees crawled and buzzed around her shoulders, neck and head. "Not a single sting," said the co-owner of Octopus Garden Honey on South Touchet Road near Dayton. "It kind of...
PRESCOTT - Last summer, a Canadian bicycle rider making her way across the country stopped in Waitsburg. Being from the wheat belt in the flat-as-a-pancake province of Saskatchewan, she remarked on the pitch of the wheat fields in the hills around the Touchet Valley. "Our farmers wouldn't know what to do with that," she said about the challenge of cultivating such steep terrain. Growing wheat in the rolling Palouse has never been easy. There's not enough rainfall for an annual crop on higher...
WAITSBURG - With prices on the high side, now is a good time to be a wheat or dry pea farmer in the Touchet Valley. And while unseasonably cool, wet weather is causing a few problems for wheat farmers, that isn't the case for those with fields planted with peas. Recent cool weather has slowed down the wheat maturation process, pushing back the start of harvest by 10 days to two weeks, McGregor agronomist Matt Weber said. "It has caused some of the wheat to dry slower and to fall down in some... Full story
July 11 Trespass Complaint. Report of verbal abuse, belligerent behavior and reckless driving on South "D" Street, Prescott. July 12 Rescue. Rescue reported on Forest Road 64 at Tiger Canyon. July 13 Arrest: DUI, firearms violation after report of impaired driver in possession of firearm urinating in public near Waitsburg Library on Main Street, Waitsburg. July 15 Threats. Report of threats being made on West First Street, Prescott. Stray Animal. Report of cow loose on Patit Road, animal contained, Dayton. Suspicion. Report of suspicious...
Donald ( Donnie) Richardson of Waitsburg, Wash., passed away July 5th at Booker Nursing Home in Dayton, Wash., and cremation has taken place. Don was born in Bozeman, Mont., on July 31, 1928 to James Jacob Richardson and Martha Elizabeth Neville Richa rdson. He attended Richland Grade School and graduated from Park County High School in Livingston, Mont., in 1947. On October 25, 1947 he married Betty Lou Cox and they were divorced in 1975. They had four children: Thomas, Leslie, Deborah, and... Full story
I t keeps our wheels rolling through town. It keeps rain water from flooding our streets. It keeps drinking water coming to our homes. It rarely makes headlines. Yet a decent infrastructure is one of the most important assets for small towns and we believe the governments of Waitsburg and Dayton are doing an excellent job keeping our communities' roads, sewer, water and so on in shape despite tough economic times. The Dayton City Council recently approved some $120,000 worth of projects, including the reconstruction of the Second to Third...
Harvest may not quite be underway yet for most farmers in the Touchet Valley, but it should get started soon. This week, we're devoting our edition to harvest with our annual salute to the growers in our area. It hasn't been an easy year leading up to this moment with rust and unusually cool spring weather. More recently, many farmers found portions of their crop flattened by heavy rainfall from a thunder storm. That, and the heavier stalks may slow cutting and make the tiring harvest even more tedious. Yet world prices for wheat are good and...
WAI T SBURG - This latest column in our series, appearing just before we actually open the Coppei Coffee Co shop for business, is a little bit like taking the wrapping off a Christmas present. Last week, the crew from Northstar Construction started taking some of the old aggregate siding off the front of what we've been calling the "Mock" building, the one that will function as the coffee shop's main entrance and has the espresso bar. This is the last phase of the project. Ninety-five percent of...
DAYTON - Jitters may be closed, but the Underwoods remain on Main. Scott and Yara Underwood, who started Jitters more than a year ago, closed the coffee shop at the end of May citing an overload of work for their young family. But the household still needed a place to relocate their PC Solutions operations, which had been in the back of the building, so they got the store front that's popularly known as the "Snowflake" building. "This is the first space we've set up exactly how we wanted," said... Full story
DAYTON - The Times based in Waitsburg has been qualified to bid on the contracts to publish legal notices for Columbia County and the City of Dayton. The newspaper based in Waitsburg and circulated throughout the Touchet Valley can now also publish legal notices for private law firms that run probate notices, foreclosure sales or other legal notices. Attorneys with these matters for publication are encouraged to call the Times for rate information and other details: 509-337-6631, publisher Imbert Matthee said. Columbia County Superior Court Jud... Full story
WAITSBURG - The Travel Section of the Seattle Times has selected the roads in the Waitsburg-Dayton area as one of the best five routes in the state for riding or driving. In a piece called "Five Roads To Nowhere: The Best Of Washington's Boonies," guide book author Mike McQuaide selected " the roly-poly Dr. Seuss-esque hills surrounding charming Waitsburg and Dayton in the southeast corner of the state" as one of his favorite paddling and wheeling loops. The others include Bad- ger Mountain-Waterville northeast of Wenatchee; Tanasket-Oroville n...
