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Touchet Valley News

BRIEFS

PRESTON AVENUE CHIMNEY FIRE WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Fire Department responded to a call of a chimney fire Sunday evening about 7 p.m. that was under control with the aid of eight to 10 firefighters in less than 20 minutes, according to firefighters who were on the scene. More...

PIONEER PORTRAITS

Ten Years Ago February 28, 2002 The annual caucus for the city of Waitsburg, sponsored by Commercial Club, will be held at Ye Towne Hall on Tuesday, March 5. While visiting friends in Salt Lake City, Jim and Liv Leid of Waitsburg, saw Austrian Fritz Strobl win the gold medal in the Olympic men’s downhill. More...

ENGAGED

The parents of Caris Cole and Cody Lynch of Waitsburg announce an engagement. The bride is the daughter of Ken and Elizabeth Cole of Waitsburg. She graduated from Waitsburg High School in 2009 and she has been attending Walla Walla Community College. More...

Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
Discovering Our Regional Foods & Wine Pairings

After writing about heirloom seed collectors in last week’s column, a reader of Wine and Country Living asked for a little more information. So, I did some research and found a most-educated group of growers and protectors of organic seed in the Northwest region. More...

Glasby Arrested After Two-State Car Chase

DAYTON – Dayton resident Skyler Glasby, 23, is being held in Umatilla County after being arrested following a 20-minute car chase with police over state lines into Oregon on Feb. 17. Glasby, a passenger in the car, was found hiding in a trash can after fleeing with the other three occupants after the car crashed into an apple orchard in Umatilla County. More...

HONOR ROLL
Preston Hall

8th grade:4.0Morgan Breland3.25 or BetterCoe RichardsDevon WattsElizabeth JohnsonKatherine BryantLaShayla WilliamsRachel GradwohlShandre Dallolio7th grade: More...

Burglary Suspect Pleads
Dennison Says He’s Not Guilty Of Burglaries, Attempted Burglaries

DAYTON – Glenn Dennison, arrested last week for attempted burglary and burglary of four Dayton businesses Feb. 11, plead not guilty last Thursday to his charges. Dennison is charged with burglary in the second degree, attempted burglary, theft in the third degree, malicious mischief and criminal trespass. More...

CROPS

Wheat prices are in a period in lacking a story of its own powerful enough to push the market into new patterns, although with the spring weather season upon us, the market will be more interesting. More...

Sales Tax Increase To Appear On Ballot

WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg City Council last week passed an ordinance that created a transportation benefit district and also passed a resolution to put a sales tax increase to benefit this new district on the April Special Election ballot. More...

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New Confession Emerges In Vanzandt Case

DAYTON – Judge William Acey decided last Thursday that despite a full confession from a third party to a burglary of a Dayton home in which knives and guns were taken, Eric Vanzandt, the man charged with the crime, should still be held in Columbia County Jail because of other assault and malicious mischief charges. More...

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