The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

WAITSBURG – 2013 has already delivered an early heat wave, a late hard freeze, a mostly dry spring and a week long deluge to start the summer. For most residents of Columbia and Walla Walla C... Full story

WAITSBURG – A childhood’s worth of memo- ries floods back for Kay Baker as she peruses the photos and memorabilia that she and friend Mary Phillips set up two weeks ago as part of the Huntsville his...

WAITSBURG - Thirty local teenagers will be head­ing off to Young Life and Wyldlife camps starting this week, and long-time Young Life volunteer leaders Jeff and Lori Bartlow will be along for what...

WAITSBURG - At five minutes 'til noon here this July 4, a small cadre of servicemen advanced with Old Glory and service flags to an agreed upon rendezvous point- the intersection of Main Street and...

I had just filled up the tires on the used mountain bike I bought at auction, and climbed aboard for my maiden voyage on its frame. Visions of zipping along my country road with the wind sweeping...

DAYTON - Sixty- plus aspiring golfers aged 7- 17 took to the links last Wednesday through Tuesday at Touchet Valley Golf Course to learn golf basics from a professional- club pro Max Reinland of Veter... Full story

DAYTON - Dayton turned a one-match lead over Waitsburg on Friday into a rout by the end of Saturday and cruised to a 28 ½ to 23 ½ victory Sunday in claiming its third straight Ryder Cup championship....

DAYTON - Kids up and down the Touchet Valley will have the chance to improve their golf swings for free next week, as Touchet Valley Golf Club in Dayton holds its annual free junior golf lessons June...

WAITSBURG - Two massive miscues cost Waits­burg Elite a shot at the Wash­ington Football League fi­nals, and ended their season here Saturday versus Spo­kane, 37-31. Second-seeded Waitsburg dom... Full story

CAMP WOOTEN - The snow is gone, and eastern Washington's closest desig­nated Environmental Learn­ing Center in the state parks system is open for business for the 2013 season. Camp Wooten, located a... Full story

DAYTON - Chalk up another accolade for one of Dayton's most decorated denizen of the hardwoods. All-league-every-sport star McKayla Bickelhaupt capped her senior basketball season by being selected...

WAITSBURG - Waits­burg Prescott track and field head coach Jeff Bartlow might want to apply for the position of UPS driver, be­cause with this year's large turnout of about 40 male and female a... Full story

PRESCOTT - Waits­burg Prescott didn't cap the season the way it wished to last year, earning an early exit with losses to Adna and Warden on the opening day of the 2B state soft­ball tournament in Y...

PRESCOTT - Waits­burg Prescott coach Dustin Snedigar sails into his fourth season at the helm of the Tiger baseball program with plentiful pitching but little varsity experience on his 2013 roster. Lo... Full story

WAITSBURG - Waits­burg Prescott's year-long Achilles' heel has been free throw shooting. Blessed with depth at forward, and experience, quickness, and shooting ability at guard, the Cards expected...

My last two columns certainly g e n e r ­ated some feedback. I was hop­ing to hear more from students during a substitute teaching assign­ment I had scheduled in Dayton last Thursday. Alas, I was unab...

WAITSBURG - Dayton kept its play-off hopes alive with a sound beating of Waitsburg-Prescott Friday on the Cardinals home court. The Bulldogs bolted to a 9-point lead in the first stan­za and never...

PASCO - Waitsburg- Prescott nearly overcame a 16-point third quarter deficit to pull off a road win against league foe Tri-Cities Prep here Saturday. Sadly, the Cardinals run ran out of gas late, and... Full story

PASCO - Waitsburg- Prescott's girls dominated the Tri-Cities Prep Jag­uars in nearly all aspects of their game Saturday in Pasco-steals, rebounds, field goal attempts, and free throw tries. The one...

Last week I wrote about how Day­ton’s kids— especially boys— aren’t turn­ing out in numbers for sports compared to years past. I also noted that the lack of turnout had noth­ing to do with school siz...

DAYTON - Dayton's girls claimed victory over Walla Walla Valley Acade- my, Saturday-the sandwich game between crushing defeats to DeSales, Friday, and Lewiston JV, Tuesday. The Lady Bulldogs beat...

DAYTON - It took an extra four minutes to finish, but the Dayton boys claimed some consolation after a disastrous road weekend by beating the Lewiston JV in overtime Tuesday, 39-34, in their final... Full story