Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Trevor Corbin and Caitlyn Potts, owners of Wolfling Coffee, welcomed Waitsburg City Council Member Jillian Henze during the shop's test run on Saturday, November 22. The doors officially open on Thanksgiving Day, between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Start your day of family, friends, and cooking with a great coffee and house-made baked goods....
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg secondary students and staff meet in the Cage before each day before school begins. It is an opportunity for Secondary Principal Joe Wirtzberger and his staff to foster a positive environment and help students smoothly transition to the classroom after the morning bell. Wirtzberger makes the daily announcements, followed by faculty and student shout-outs. A teacher starts the week by giving a shout-out to a student. That student will give a shout-out to someone the...
DAYTON — The Dayton School Board held its regular meeting on November 19, 2025. Superintendent Jeremy Wheatley, Board Chair Jeffrey McCowen, and board members Pat Davidson, Grant Griffin, and Ryan Paulson were present in the school library. Aneesha Dieu joined via Zoom. The board approved the consent agenda, including Shannon McMillen as a volunteer HS Girls Basketball coach and accepted a $1,000 donation from Puget Sound Energy for warm winter clothing. Lucy Trump gave the ASB report, covering homecoming week activities, including the dance a...
“A Christmas Carol” & “Elf” DAYTON — Come and kick off the holiday season at the theater. There are two weekends left to catch the 2025 Fall Production of “A Christmas Carol” at the Liberty Theater. Tickets for the remaining dates, between November 29-December 6, are still available. “A Christmas Carol” combines the beloved story by Charles Dickens, published in 1843, and the short story “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, published in 1905. The reimagined play and lyrics were written by co-directors Mike Ferrians and Brenda Henderson. The...
WAITSBURG - After Black Friday comes Small Business Saturday, and on Nov. 29, Waitsburg's Main Street shops will be ready. Start with smooth coffee and fresh baked goods at Wolfling Coffee, 206 Main Street. The new shop will be open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will host the first of four Saturday Markets before Christmas. The Press Room, 137 Main, will be offering Press Paper Wrap sets, a chance to pull letterpress gift tags, and a private wrapping area for holiday treasures and gifting secrets....
Letter to the Editor To the citizens of our beautiful Dayton, I’d like the opportunity as your elected Mayor to address a few situations and clarify some things that have recently been floating around the different channels of information we have at our fingertips. Some folks prefer the newspaper, some prefer the internet, and others utilize good old-fashioned face-to-face conversation. Some things recently have made “headlines” on social media, spreading false information about the City’s Public Works Director, Ryan Paulson. He has only been h...
Whoopemup Hollow Café and The Bobcat Room at Hotel Hardware are teaming up to celebrate Dayton's Annual Christmas Kickoff Festival on Friday, Nov 28. Val will be serving her infamous Gumbo with Christmas Cocktails from The Bobcat Room. Food is served from 5 p.m. until it sells out. Bar closes at 10pm. 21+ only. Text to pre-order Gumbo at 509-386-2448....
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School winter sports began on Monday, November 17. The girls' and boys' basketball, cheer, and wrestling teams are looking forward to a good season. The Lady Cardinals have two returning starters, Cheri Mathews and Olivia Kiefel. Teammates are vying for playing time to fill the spots left by Alyssa Hollingsworth, Jessica Lambert, Morgan Lindsey, and Kadence Tiner, who graduated last year. Girl's Basketball Coaches Kira Waggoner and Hunter Wallace have three freshmen,...
Waitsburg staff members, Brenda Henderson, Elizabeth Jagelski and Stephanie Hinchliffe are joined by Waitsburg students and Waitsburg High School alumni in the delightful musical, "The Christmas Story", playing at the Dayton Liberty Theater. Get your ticket before the last show on December 6. Photo above: (l-r) – Waitsburg 7th grader Oliver Harvey, teacher Elizabeth Jagelski, freshman Roz Harvey, 7th grader Owen Harvey, Junior Sasha Collins, 5th grader Sawyer Harvey, WHS alumni and teacher S...
Fifteen Years Ago November 18, 2010 [photo caption] McKayla Bickelhaupt gets ready to spike the ball as the Bulldogs battle the Darrington Loggers during the state playoffs at Yakima SunDome Friday. Twenty-Five Years Ago November 23, 2000 Justin and Laverne Mayberry received word this week that Michelle Jansen, daughter of Mike and Kathy Mayberry Jansen of Crawfordsville, Indiana, will go to Reno, Nevada for the Nationals in cross country the 9th of December. Michelle's team placed third in...
Air Hockey comes to Waitsburg's new Ice (not ice) Skating Rink. The new attraction was "hockey player" approved by PocketiNet representative, Nate Ewers, who generously agreed to take a test spin or two. "I am from Maine, and this makes a Maine guy happy," he said of the experience. The synthetic ice rink will be officially opened during Hometown Christmas on Saturday, December 6, with a ribbon-cutting at noon and skating from 1 to 7 p.m. Fun for all ages, skates are provided at the...
DAYTON- The Dayton Memorial Library hosted speakers from the Washington Department of Ecology's Nuclear Waste Program on November 7 and 15. Community Outreach and Environmental Education Specialist Sarah Williams, and Communication Manager Ryan Miller presented the department's progress on clean-up efforts at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. From 1945 to 1988, plutonium production at Hanford resulted in more than 400 billion gallons of contaminated liquid waste. That waste was stored in undergro...
DAYTON – The Port of Columbia Commissioners held their regular meeting at 5 p.m. on November 11, 2025, at the port’s conference room. Mike Spring attended in person, and Johnny Watts joined the meeting on Zoom. Chair Seth Bryan did not participate, and Spring led the meeting. Also present were Executive Director Jennie Dickinson and Economic Development Coordinator Shane Laib. Spring and Watts handled administrative tasks, including reviewing the monthly budget and approving vouchers. Spring was selected to provide the digital signature for...
PENDLETON—Christmas tree permits are now available at Forest offices, several local businesses, and online by searching “Umatilla National Forest Tree Permits” at www.recreation.gov. Christmas tree permits purchased online must be printed to be valid and can only be used on Umatilla National Forest lands. Christmas tree permits cost $5 each and are limited to one per household. An additional $2.50 fee is charged for permits purchased online. Christmas tree permits are also available at Umatilla National Forest offices and local busin...
DAYTON — He saw the past, present, and future, and you can too. The live performance of “A Christmas Carol” opened last weekend at The Liberty Theater. The show runs through Dec. 6, and tickets are still available at libertytheater.org. The reviews are in with one audience member saying, “fantastic production that will transport you to a bygone era, the attention to detail is incredible, and the whole cast and crew should be proud.” While another said, “absolutely amazing play for those who haven’t seen it.” This year’s production is a r...
OLYMPIA — As families gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, it’s important to keep fire safety in mind to ensure a safe and joyful holiday. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Thanksgiving Day has the highest number of home-cooking fire incidents nationwide, and residential fires are approximately three times more likely to occur on this day than on any other day of the year. The Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office offers the following fire safety tips: • Watch what you cook: Keep a close eye on cooking food and never l...
My friend Brooklynn Smith and I wanted to make a cute video with the northern lights. We used her phone to record, and mine to light the scene with its flashlight. She set her camera to the Long Exposure/night mode for 30 seconds. We exported the video to TikTok to edit, speeding it up and adding the still photo at the end. We chose a soundtrack featuring an Alan Watts quote for the final product. It has gotten almost 20,000 views on Instagram....
Jack M. McCaw, age 98, was welcomed into the Heavenly Choir on November 15, 2025, joining his beloved “redhead,” Laurette. He was born on March 31, 1927, in Walla Walla, Washington, to Jay M. and Katherine Holling McCaw. (He always joked that his mother didn’t want him to be an “April Fool,” so made sure he was a day early.) He grew up on the family farm near Prescott, along with his sister, Kathleen. He was valedictorian of the Prescott High School class of 1945, but his mother had to accept...
WAITSBURG — Waitsburg High School’s National Honor Society (NHS) members have been busy this month organizing a community blood drive and a food drive competition between the primary and secondary students. Working with the American Red Cross, NHS members Hope Adkins, Sarah Daves, Sara Wilson, Karissa Potts, and Bea Karl assisted at the blood drive on November 13. One single blood donation can help save more than one life. The students thanked the 17 blood donors, including six first-time donors who gave blood. The next blood drive at the sch...
This big cat was caught on a reader's trail cam this last weekend. Luckily, cougar attacks on humans are rare. In Washington state, there have been two fatal cougar attacks and approximately 20 other recorded encounters that resulted in human injury in the last 100 years....
WAITSURG - The Waitsburg Middle School's boys' basketball team lost to DeSales on Wednesday, November 12, in Waitsburg. The inexperienced B-squad team lost to a group of experienced Irish players 52-11. Highlights include Andre Navarrette, who hit a 3-point shot in the second quarter. Emerson Kiefel ended the game with four points, Abel Creeley and Myles Frasco scored two points each. The A-squad team had a good first quarter and only trailed by one, 11-10, against the Irish. At halftime, the...
Fifteen Years Ago November 18, 2010 Waitsburg resident Claudia C. Abel will open Claudia's Therapeutic Massage in the Waitsburg Business Center in December. Abel, a licensed massage therapist with over 10 years of experience, is the first business owner to take up residence at the new business center. She will be available Monday through Friday by appointment. Twenty-Five Years Ago November 16, 2000 [Photo Caption] Stacy Beckman, left, and Val Woodworth show their six-by-six trophy racks, the...
DAYTON — It’s showtime as “A Christmas Carol” opens this weekend. This year’s production is a true family affair with 15 sets of family members participating as cast, crew, directors, and musicians. There are husbands and wives, parents and kids, cousins. Two families are complete with both parents and all their children on stage. This adds to the story in “A Christmas Carol,” which shows how a family can persevere through struggle and hardship to come together in the ultimate gift of love....
WAITSBURG — On Tuesday, November 4, Waitsburg’s public works staff and a contracted crew encountered issues while working on the city’s waterline. The city was working on two leaks, one on the corner of Coppei and Preston Avenues. The repairs were on the same circulating line, and City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe stated that once certain valves were shut off, it created pressure zones, resulting in additional head pressure. At least one valve on the circulating water line failed due to age. The city first heard from the Waitsburg Schoo...
