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DAYTON - The Dayton football, volleyball and soccer players, along with cheerleaders, gathered with family and friends on November 20 for the Dayton High School Fall Sports Awards Ceremony. Dayton played 8-man footabll for the first time this year,...

WAITSBURG -- Waitsburg parents, athletes and coaches gathered in the WHS auditorium on Tuesday Nov. 18 to honor athletes in a Fall Sports Awards ceremony. The WP soccer team was not present and will hold an award ceremony at a later date. Coach Jeff...

SUMNER - The WP soccer team ended their season with a trip to the Division 2B state championship game here on Saturday. The Tigers fell, 1-0, to Mount Vernon Christian. On Friday, the Tigers beat Friday Harbor, 1-0, in the semifinal game. Ivan...

SPOKANE - The WP Tigers soccer team got a huge win Friday, beating St. George's, 2-0, in a state quarterfinals game. The Tigers travel to Sumner, Wash. this week to play Friday Harbor in their semifinals game Friday. A win would put them in the...

PRESCOTT - Preliminary results from the Nov. 4 General Election show the Prescott Pool Maintenance and Operations levy passing easily with 69.04% of Walla Walla and Columbia County voters approving the levy. A 60% super majority is required to...

DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs football team cancelled their scheduled trip to Touchet last week to play the Indians in eight-man football. They will forfeit the game. At the end of the previous game, a loss to Taholah at home, the squad had been...

WALLA WALLA - DeSales dropped the Lady Cards volleyball team in a three-set game on Oct. 30. The loss, 17-25, 11-25, 11-25, marks the end of the season for WP and gave the Irish a spot in the District 7/9 Regionals. Coach Angie Potts said the girls... Full story

WAITSBURG - WP's Junior Varsity football team Beat the Asotin Panthers' JV team 50-14 at home on Monday. The Cardinal JVers ended the season with a 2-2 record. "We had a number of games get cancelled and that was too bad," said WP football coach...

DAYTON - The Tahola Chitwhins traveled here from the Olympic Peninsula to take on Dayton Friday, in eightman football game. They were not disappointed. Tahola rolled up 50 points in the first half on the way to a lopsided 66-20 victory. The 0-8... Full story

WAITSBURG -- Council members present were: K.C. Kuykendall, Kevin House, Karl Newell and Mayor Walt Gobel. Debra Callahan and Marty Dunn were absent. --Sheriff John Turner gave a quarterly update noting that deputy hours are currently 403 above...

PENDLETON - Waitsburg Cross Country runners performed well at the Kyle Burnside Wildhorse Invite on Oct. 16. All five members of the boy's team set personal records and Emily Adams set a season record. "The course was an unknown to all but Emily,... Full story

WAITSBURG - The first big event at the Q's Wood-Fired Grill on Waitsburg's Main Street will also be the first event of its kind in the city. Waitsburg Cellars will host a winemaker dinner at The Q on Saturday, Oct. 25. The Q owners, Emry and Sandy...

WAITSBURG - Most voters in the Touchet Valley received their ballots in the mail on Friday for this year's general election. Campaigning in Walla Walla and Columbia Counties is winding down, as voters prepare to make their decisions. According to...

DAYTON - Goblins and witches and ghosts will descend on the Touchet Valley in about a week, but valley residents are ready. The following list will help all those costumed tykes (and their parents - costumed or not) plan their Halloween fun: Dayton... Full story

WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Lions Club invited the candidates for Walla Walla County Sheriff to a forum that was to be held during the club's regular meeting here Tuesday. It was cancelled, however, after challenger Tom Cooper told the club he was...

WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Resource Center (WRC) has come a long way from the dark and crowded food bank that once operated in the basement of the Presbyterian Church. The center, a cooperative ministry of the Waitsburg Christian, Presbyterian and... Full story

WAITSBURG -- The Waitsburg School District is making several changes this year, largely in response to parent and teacher input received at a number of work sessions held by the school board during the past school year. A new ¾-time teacher was... Full story

WAITSBURG - Primary election ballots have been mailed to voters in Walla Walla and Columbia Counties. The voting deadline is August 5. In Washington's "top-two" primary system, the top two vote-getters in each of the contested races will move on to... Full story

DAYTON - When the pledge period ended for Reggie Mace and Beth Rahn's Kickstarter project on July 7, a total of $11,532 had been pledged by 163 backers. That put them barely over their pledge goal of $11,111. Thus the campaign was successful and...

NEZ PERCE COUNTY, Ida. - The body of a Dayton woman missing for nearly a week was recovered Saturday along the Snake River here. She was presumed to have drowned. Sharon Matthews, 66, was last seen July 6 at Geneva Bar, on the Oregon side of the...

DAYTON - Frog Hollow Band, one of the northwest's favorite alternative country bands will perform a free concert Saturday night at the Columbia County Fairgrounds during Mule Mania. The show will run from 8 p.m. until midnight and will include...