Pioneer Portraits - August 10, 2017

Ten Years Ago

August 16, 2007

Grain prices have been ratcheting up each day, jumping 15¢ on Tuesday, August 14, said J.E. McCaw, local manager of Northwest Grain Growers, as harvest operations in the Touchet Valley and surrounding area begin to curtail activities. Soft white wheat closed Tuesday at an all-time record high of $6.47, McCaw said.

Sparks from an electrical tool are suspected as the cause of a fire which destroyed a pleasure boat and caused minor burns to the boat owner’s hands and arms last Thursday. Casey paul, no age available, 810 Walnut, Waitsburg, was believed to be working i...