Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - The Walla Walla County Sheriff's Department has announced a change of plans for former Waitsburg resident Jason Lujan, a level-three sex offender. In October, detective Cristal Harris reported that Lujan would be released from police custody in November and would be returning to live in Waitsburg. The sher- iff's department organized a community meeting in Waitsburg last month to educate residents about sex offender notifications. However, Lujan's release was put off because of an order for protection placed upon him. Harris said...
DAYTON - Dayton school officials will ask voters to approve a one-year, $250,000 maintenance and operations levy in February. Community response during a public workshop on the levy two weeks ago was mostly supportive, Superintendent Doug Johnson told the school board last Wednesday. Members of the board agreed. "What I heard from people was just that we be as specific as we can about how we're going to spend the money," said board member Marchand Hovrud. Her concern was that the proposed levy not hurt community members already under financial...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg City Council agreed last Wednesday to put back on the agenda the BMX track proposal for a parcel of city-owned land on the edge of town. All but one of the five council members said they did not object to Mayor Walt Gobel's request to discuss the proposal at the council's next meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 19, after track proponents used the public comment session to ask for a full hearing. Orville Branson was the only one who did not want the item back before the...
