The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

WAITSBURG – For those who are fa­miliar with Markeeta Little Wolf’s unique personal style, the way she views her garden should come as no surprise. “It’s like the way I dress,” she said dur­ing a...

WAITSBURG - Inspired by the metal work Dayton artist Yancey Yost did on the letters for the Times build­ing, Coppei Coffee owner Allison Bond had him make a sign for her shop next door. The shapely...

WAITSBURG – When it comes to equitation, Doug Phipps has just about seen it all. For some three decades, the smiley, wiry figure you may have seen around town in his broad hat, jeans and boots has tra...

When Gail Gwin was still a water color painter, her imagery was almost photorealistic. She would paint small granite rocks so perfectly defined you can almost hold them in your hand. In one...

DAYTON - Patricia Becker remem- bers the smell like it was yesterday. On an early fall morning three years ago, she went to her son's home to get it ready for his return from a week at the hospital...

DAYTON - Reactions to the unexpected departure of Columbia County Health Systems' CEO Dale Polla late last week were mixed. Less than a year on the job, Polla resigned on Thurs­day following a...

WAITSBURG - In a town like Waitsburg, the start of fire season has an unmistak- able sound. It's not the tone of the Main Street siren, it's the frequency. If composer Claude De- bussy was right...

DAYTON - If this year's National Night Out at the Dayton City Park sounds like business as usual, it's true for the most part. About 1,000 people, al­most half Dayton's popula­tion, are expected to t...

WAITSBURG - Megan Mor- rison found her prince long before she became a Princess. The member of the 2013 Waitsburg Court who hails from a household of few means, received 'Tex' as a gift three years...

WAITSBURG - In his recent "Crops" column, Waitsburg writer and mar- ket analyst Gary Hofer noted that concerns over ge- netically engineered wheat found in an Oregon field are receding into recent mem...

STARBUCK -Thanks to more than a dozen vol- unteers who rolled up their sleeves at Lyons Ferry Ma- rina Thursday, the project that gives wheelchair users waterfront access is one step closer to...

WAITSBURG - From a distance, the giant steel structure north of Highway 124 between Waitsburg and Prescott looks like just an- other ag building going up. Other than its unusual size, there's nothing...

WALLA WALLA - Beethoven's "Harp" is a feast for the ears and the eyes that elementary school kids in Dayton will soak up at the Columbia County Rural Library Friday as the annual Walla Walla Cham­ber...

YAKIMA - There are two ways to look at the outcome of the state soft­ball tournament for the WP Tigers: they went further than last year and ended up in the top 12, but they also traveled all the...

YAKIMA - It wasn't a championship game, but it felt like one. Up against the team that ended up winning the 2B title, the Dayton softball team's tenacity pushed the Saturday evening game against...

DAYTON - Hoping to shake off its rocky past, the Dayton Farmers Market opens this Saturday with more vendors, a longer sea­son and more marketing sup­port than ever before, orga­nizers said ea...

SPOKANE - If the Lady Bulldogs' last two games of the regionals tournament Saturday were a struggle, the first matchup against Colfax showed them at their best. The 9-6 victory over the other...

SPOKANE - While their home town celebrated 100 years of horse racing Sat­urday, the WP Tigers had a "real sport" celebration of their own 135 miles away. Fresh from wining the District 9 title in Wall...

WALLA WALLA - After their narrow 10-9 loss against district title winner WP Friday, the Lady Bulldogs could have hung their heads. They did come out a bit sluggish in the next game against Asotin and...

WALLA WALLA - If there was one moment that sparked the WP Lady Tigers' momentum Friday, it was Sam Moss' catch on the fence in the third inning that shielded them against a third Dayton home run and...

PASCO - After their Monday night tie-breaker win over St. John-Endicott/ LaCrosse-Washtucna 8-5, the Dayton Bulldogs seemed ready to take on TriCities Prep Tuesday but "shot themselves in the foot"...