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Baker Leads Valley Teams
RICHLAND - - Ba d weather has dampened the spirits of Touchet Valley high school golfers in the last few weeks. " It has been difficult for us to get any consistent practice," said Dayton/WP head... Full story
Big Circus Comes To Dayton June 30
DAYTON - The rumors you've heard around town this spring are true. The circus is coming to Dayton! Carson & Barnes Circus, a family-owned and operated enterprise started in 1937, will pitch its 144-by...
Bulldogs Fall To Indians
DAYTON - The Bulldogs came out as the underdogs in three games this past week, losing to Tekoa-Oakesdale- Rosalia in two games on Saturday and just barely missing a lead against Touchet on Tuesday aft...
Dayton Splits Against TOR
DAYTON - The Lady Bulldogs had their first loss of the season in double league match ups against Tekoa-Oakesdale-Rosalia at home on Saturday. The split game, with a 6-8 loss in game one and a 15-11 victory in game two, puts the softball team at 5-1... Full story
Hermanns Could Face Years In Prison
WALLA WALLA - Waitsburg resident Adam Hermanns could face many years in prison based on new and existing charges brought against the 23-year-old man in Walla Walla County this month. Hermanns, who was charged mid-April with three felonies that...
Dayton Cut & Wrap Expands Business
DAYTON - Dayton business owners Jim and Connie Westergreen have big news for small ranchers in Columbia and Walla Walla counties. The couple will soon expand their meat processing operations to...
Dayton Takes Lead At Golf Scramble
DAYTON - Dayton and Tri-Cities Prep were scheduled for an 18-hole match at the Touchet Valley Golf Course in Dayton last Friday, but both teams were missing so many golfers the coaches decided to mix things up and put the kids into teams and play a... Full story
Bulldogs Lose Fight With DeSales Irish On Saturday
WALLA WALLA - If Dayton's success last week against Tri-Cities Prep represented the perfect baseball games, Saturday's double- header defeat at the hands of the Irish in Walla Walla was a mirror oppos... Full story
Lady Bulldogs Steal Two Irish Victories
WALLA WALLA - Winter continues to hold Southeast Washington in its grasp, with snow flurries and hail bombarding the Touchet Valley early this week, but the rain held off and the sun peeked through...
All Aboard!
DAYTON - Creativity and determination has carried the Port of Columbia through several years of planning the Blue Mountain Station, and a little cold weather and rain couldn't keep them from...
Helford Passes Liberty Theater Torch
DAYTON - Managing a small, nonprofit theater is not an everyday kind of job. One of Reid Helford's fondest, early memories when he first started as manager of the Liberty Theater in downtown Dayton... Full story
Waitsburg Junior Joins City Council
WAITSBURG - Members of the Waitsburg community want their city government to be more connected to its youth. In fact, former city councilor Bart Baxter made youth and community his platform during may...
Bulldogs Take Home Two League Wins Against TCP
PASCO - The Bulldogs were thrilled Tuesday night after winning their first league games of the season during a double-header against Tri-Cities Prep. Cold and rainy conditions have postponed many games for Dayton this spring. Tuesday's games in... Full story
Golfers Swing Into More Action
WALLA WALLA - Dayton and Waitsburg golfers tried their luck Tuesday afternoon at the Veterans Memorial Golf Course in Walla Walla. The boys played 18 holes on this par 72 course. Dayton placed...
Chess & Checkers Aces Win Big
WAITSBURG - Nine years ago the teachers at Waitsburg Elementary were faced with a dilemma. What could they do with the children who wanted to play games indoors instead of going outside for recess in...
Grant Boosts Playground Project
DAYTON - The Downtown Dayton Playground Project received a boon this past week in the form of a $3,500 grant from the Pacific Power Foundation. Grant funds will be used to help purchase a...
Hermanns Charged
WALLA WALLA - Waitsburg resident Adam Hermanns, who was arrested on April 5 after a three-hour hunt for him in the Walla Walla area, was formally charged with three felonies in Walla Walla County Superior Court last Wednesday. Hermanns was charged wi...
Blue Mountain Station 101
DAYTON - It's a bird! It's a plane! Nohellip;it's "the world's first destination eco-food processing park." That's how Port of Columbia Manager Jennie Dickinson and consultants Dennis Miller and Gary...
Drawing The Line At DHS
More than half the student body at Dayton High School has pledged this spring to steer clear of alcohol, and close to 60 adults in the community have promised not to provide alcohol to minors. "It's...
Weather Helps Valley Golfers
DAYTON - The weather finally cooperated for Touchet Valley's high school golfers last week. The Dayton and WP teams hosted Tri-Cities Prep, DeSales and Liberty Christian golfers here at the Touchet Valley Golf Course last Friday for the third match...
Bulldogs Sidelined By Weather
DAYTON - The Bulldogs are chomping at the bit. Cold, soggy weather has kept the Dayton baseball and softball teams indoors for most of the season so far. Both teams had planned to play double-headers against Pomeroy on Tuesday, but those matches had... Full story
Dixie Braves Starbuck In Half-Pint Hoops
STARBUCK - Just after lunch on Friday afternoon, the two schools met in their final contest of the academic year. Tensions were high among the almost fifty kids and their teachers and parents, who... Full story
Lady Bulldogs Red Hot, Baseball Team Improving
TOUCHET - The Lady Bulldogs softball team is running hot this season. They've played two nonleague games and won both. They are now 2-0. On Tuesday afternoon, they beat the Touchet Indians in two games: 6-1 and 7-2 . "We had solid pitching in both ga...
Theft Suspect Charged
DAYTON - A man accused of being responsible for several break-ins and thefts in the Dayton area last November pleaded not guilty last week to all charges filed against him in Columbia County Superior Court. Ronald Alan Rutledge escaped from Whitman...
Dayton, WP Join For State-Caliber Golfing
DAYTON - Golf is a whole different ball game for fall and winter sports players like Dayton senior Dain Henderson and freshman Kale Sunderland, both fresh off the basketball court. ""It's a chance to work on my own," Henderson said. "Whatever I put...
