Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Duke had a short stay at the Blue Mountain Humane Society before joining his new family on the farm. Equal parts handsome and goofy, Duke's family raves about him, saying he is the "awesome farm dog" and a "blessing for the family." His hobbies include overseeing day-to-day farm chores, camping, and hanging out with his girl, Katie. Have a pet who deserves recognition? Send a photo and information to beka@waitsburgtimes.com to be featured in the Pets of the Valley series....
In a “normal” year, a candlelit Christmas Eve service would have been held indoors. This year, Pastor Matthew Wyatt and Pastor Stan Hughes shared their Christmas message from a makeshift pulpit at the Waits Mill site. They were joined, in person, by a handful of community members while many more tuned in to the live stream from their homes. Immediately following the pastors’ messages, those in attendance gathered with their families to release sky lanterns, some with messages written on them....
WASHINGTON—The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is accepting grant applications for volunteer projects that benefit the state’s fish and wildlife resources and the public’s enjoyment of them. WDFW estimates having approximately $867,000 available for grants, funded through the state’s Aquatic Land Enhancement Account (ALEA), for projects occurring between July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2023. (Applicants should note that the ALEA program may see its funding impacted by budget reductions due to decreased state revenues resulti...
Season’s Greetings! I hope this winter is keeping you and yours healthy and happy, and that you are still getting out to enjoy Washington’s outdoors. 2020 has been a year like no other. Here at WDFW, we’re trying to focus on our mission to preserve, protect, and perpetuate the state’s fish, wildlife and ecosystems and provide sustainable opportunities despite the destabilizing influence of a global pandemic. We’ve appreciated your support as we collectively navigate this hopefully once-in-a-century crisis. This year we set a long-term...
The season for the Bluewood Ski Resort opened strong, and is still holding, according to Kim Clark, General Manager. It was partly cloudy and 30 degrees on Sunday afternoon with 5 inches of new snow and 36 inches at the base....
Daily case numbers in Walla Walla County 12/29, Tuesday – 44 12/28, Monday –73 12/24-26, Thursday-Saturday – 92 12/27, Sunday – 20 Hospitalized as of 12/29 – 16 Cumulative Confirmed Cases by Community of Residence: Dixie: 15 Prescott: 63 Waitsburg: 54 Walla Walla: 2679 Current Cases Columbia County Active cases: 8 Pending Tests: 2 Recovered Cases 76 Deaths 4 Total Tests 1812...
As January 1st looms ahead on our calendars, some are finalizing plans for New Year’s Resolutions. I saw a TikTok video where they went back to last year’s resolutions and just adjusted them for the current times. Last year: Put myself out there more This year: Go outside Others are finding that after 2020, just surviving 2021 will be a tall enough order. They’re both right. Though The Times is a weekly paper, we resolve to bring more news as it unfolds. We’ll achieve this goal by leaning...
DAYTON—Washington State Arts Council (ArtsWa) recently awarded a $5,000 support grant to the Touchet Valley Arts Council (TVAC) owner, and operator of Dayton’s historic Liberty Theater. ArtsWA, in collaboration with the Washington State Department of Commerce, made the CARES relief funding available to Washington State arts and cultural organizations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The review panel consisting of ArtsWA staff, ArtsWA commissioners, and community members evaluated applications based on financial need, arts and cultural pro...
Congratulations to the 2020 Festival of Trees winners! First prize: Blush Salon People’s Choice: The Burger Hut Waitsburg FFA would like to thank all of their participants for decorating trees and sharing the holiday cheer with Main Street Waitsburg. Trees will be up through the remainder of the holiday....
WALLA WALLA—The Blue Mountain Land Trust is thrilled to announce The Blues V, the next volume of The Blues collection of photo books. The Blues V edition features dramatic landscapes of the John Day River Basin by Bill Rodgers and Burien photographer Mark Hussein. This volume contains 30 images of mountains, canyons, rivers, prairies, and the stunning John Day Formation. The photo book is available to preorder at www.bmlt.org and will be shipping in late-January, just in time for V...
WALLA WALLA— On Nov. 19, a cohort of 15 participants graduated from Mercy Corps Northwest’s Micro-Business Assistance (MBA) Program, which offers support for entrepreneurs looking to start or grow a small business. The MBA program has now served 50 entrepreneurs in Walla Walla and has disbursed a total of $200,000 in grants over the last two years. The program is available to business owners and entrepreneurs in Walla Walla and Columbia Counties and the City of Milton Freewater. It provides grants, loans, and education to new and existing bus...
OLYMPIA—The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges awarded nearly $5 million in federal CARES Act dollars to community and technical colleges across the state as they work to restore workforce-related programs affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The one-time grants come from the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds provided by the CARES Act. Workforce programs, in which 48% of the community and technical college system’s approximately 356,000 students were enrolled in the 2019-20 school year, were signi...
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on Dec. 10, 2020, a preliminary plan for distributing COVID-19 vaccinations it will implement once the Food and Drug Administration issues an emergency use authorization for a vaccine. VA has worked in close coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Operation Warp Speed to plan for COVID-19 vaccination of VA staff and Veterans. VA will first provide vaccinations to front-line VA health care workers and Veterans residing in long-term care units i...
DAYTON – Santa, superspreader of joy, was spotted driving down Main Street in Dayton over the weekend. It's rumored that he has a long list of deliveries come Christmas Eve, he is going to need extra cookies to keep up. Don't forget to leave the reindeer a carrot or two!...
WASHINGTON—The Cities of Dayton, Waitsburg, Walla Walla and College Place are jointly developing a regional housing action plan funded through a Dept. of Commerce grant. As part of the outreach for the Regional Housing Action Plan the public is invited to participate in a survey. The survey opens this week and will run through Dec. 28. A link to the survey is at https://tinyurl.com/ycw3ugl6...
DAYTON-The Dayton branch of HomeStreet Bank has donated $3,000 to The Club for operating expenses. Branch Manager Judi Pilcher presented a check to The Club's Board of Directors President, Dan Butler. Pilcher is also a member of The Club's Board of Directors and has been a strident, longtime supporter of The Club's programs....
DAYTON—The Columbia County Conservation District held a virtual public meeting on December 16 and will continue to accept public comment regarding the Tucannon Habitat Restoration and Conceptual Restoration Plan. Restoration opportunities identified in the plan’s assessment represent the most effective restoration actions, based on current scientific data, to restore geomorphic and ecological processes to the extent possible within the Tucannon River and its floodplain. Other needs and interests in the basin represent constraints on opp...
WALLA WALLA—The Downtown Walla Walla Foundation (DWWF) is eliminating its business memberships beginning in 2021. These memberships, which historically have cost downtown businesses $195 and whose proceeds contribute approximately 1/16th of the Foundation’s annual budget, will be replaced with a Friends of Downtown Walla Walla fundraising model instead. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the DWWF has eliminated paywalls for area businesses to have a listing on their site. “The Downtown Walla Walla Foundation has considered it our purpo...
WAITSBURG—The Frank Bramlett Range was busy this weekend, as the Waitsburg Gun Club hosted a Meat Shoot. All participants went home with either three pounds of bacon or an applewood-smoked ham. Twenty-one trap shooters and twenty-nine rifle shooters competed in various shooting competitions. The following shooters received high scores: Trap Tristian S. (Waitsburg) – 45 Terry S. (Touchet) – 45 Pat O. (Othello) – 42 Timothy D. (Waitsburg)– 41 Alan H. (Walla Walla) – 38 .22 Rifle (shooting NRL regulation targets with a course of fire) Pat O. (Oth...
Waitsburg High School Seniors Teagen Larsen and Koby Harris were nominated by Waitsburg High School staff for the Walla Walla Exchange Club Scholarship program. On Monday, December 7, the high schoolers joined a Zoom conference call and read essays to all attendees. Both Larsen and Harris are now eligible to compete for the Youth of the Year award and a $1,000 scholarship....
WALLA WALLA—With an annexation application period approaching, the city of Walla Walla’s Development Services Department would like to remind residents of recent updates to the annexation process. The annexation application periods are Jan. 1-31 and Sept. 1-30, as adopted by City Council in Ord. 2019-38. The annexation application fee is $1,600. Applications are available on the department’s website, https://tinyurl.com/y6f2785d. Those who wish to annex into the city of Walla Walla must be contiguous with existing city limit boundaries and m...
WALLA WALLA—Four new 8-foot by 8-foot murals have been placed in front of the Land Title Plaza, 33 E. Main, Coffee Perk, 4 S. First Ave, the Macy’s building on 58 E. Main St, and at TMACS, 80 N. Colville St. The idea was a community-led initiative originating with business owner Staci Wanicheck, who wanted to add extra cheer to downtown through local art. Wanicheck contacted Annette Bergevin, General Manager and Founding Partner of Bergevin Lane Vineyards, whose daughter Jaden Bergevin offered to paint the mural now displayed outside TMA...
COLUMBIA COUNTY—A public hearing has been scheduled by the Columbia County Board of Commissioners to hear comments on the adoption of the 2021 budgets for the Columbia County flood control district. A copy of the proposed budgets will be placed on file with the county auditor, where it will be available for public inspection. Final approval of the budget is pending this hearing. The meeting will be held on Monday, December 21, 2020, at 11:15 a.m. at the commissioners’ office at 311 E. Main St., Dayton, WA....
DAYTON— On Tuesday of this week, Columbia County Public Health Administrator, Martha Lanman, confirmed two more deaths in men over the age of fifty. This brings the total to four, including a death reported earlier in November and one in July. There were fifteen positive cases and one test awaiting results on Tuesday morning. Forty-seven people have recovered from COVID-19 since March. Dayton School District Superintendent Guy Strot posted on the District website over the weekend that Dayton Schools would need to stay in remote learning for t...
WALLA WALLA—Walla Walla County health officials were notified that two local men, one in his 50s and one in his 70s, as well as three local women in their 70s that had tested positive for COVID-19, have passed away. “We offer our heartfelt condolence to friends and families during this difficult time,” said Kara Breymeyer, DCH Preventative Services Division Manager. Case overview as of 12/08/2020 @ 5 p.m. New cases for the day: 41 Confirmed Cases: 2,497 Recovered: 2,154 Deaths: 27 Active: 355 Home Isolation: 341 Hospitalized: 14 Walla Walla...
