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Kids Ring In Christmas With Music
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School Auditorium stage will be filled with bugs, pirates and elves Dec. 13. The Waitsburg Elementary School students will put on two Christmas concerts that night b...
Prescott Gets New Library
PRESCOTT - The Walla Walla County Rural Library District has purchased an $85,000 property from the Prescott School District to build a new home for the Prescott Library as part of an effort to revamp...
Burglars Hit Main Street
WAITSBURG - The re- cent Thanksgiving holiday appeared to have been the perfect timing for burglars to target locations on Main Street. Between Nov. 21 and Nov. 25, three burglaries and one attempted burglary were reported to the Walla Walla County S...
Prescott Is Top School Board
PRESCOTT - Prescott schools are on top! Not only was the school honored as a School of Distinction by the Wash- ington State School Directors' Association last month, but the Prescott School Board was named the top school board of the year for... Full story
Farmer Repurposes Retired Fire Engines
WAITSBURG - A true piece of Waitsburg history, the recently retired 1962 Ford Westland fire engine, will stay in the Waitsburg area. Waitsburg farmer Jerry Baker, age 58, purchased the old engine...
Parent Access To Be Addressed Dec. 12
WAITSBURG - Because of a lack of information and clarity in parent access laws at the state level, the Waitsburg School Board will wait until its next board meeting Dec. 12 to address the issue again. This school year, the stu- dents and staff... Full story
Big Turnout For Hometown Christmas
WAITSBURG - Waits- burg's Main Street came alive this weekend with Christmas carols in the air, children running about with bags of candy and happy parade goers enjoying light- ed floats. The fun...
Broetje Donates Apples To Food Banks All Year
PRESCOTT - As many individuals and families think about giving back to the needy during the holiday season, one local company does it year round. Broetje Orchards in Prescott helps provide fresh apple...
WP Tigers Celebrate Their Season
PRESCOTT - It was good to be a Tiger last week as the team celebrated its accomplishments at its annual soccer awards banquet. Prescott's Athletic Director Sue DeRuwe said she had the privilege this y...
A Place For Kids After School
WAITSBURG - Kathy Carpenter and her team at the Cardinal's Nest in Waitsburg make sure kids have a place to go after school where they can get homework help and do fun projects. Carpenter, the directo...
Were Dance Rights Violated?
WAITSBURG - Some par- ents believe their legal rights were violated when they were asked to leave the Homecoming dance last month because of new rules created by the Associated Student Body and staff members. The new rules were a collabo- ration to... Full story
Students Take Trip To Symphony
PRESCOTT - Prescott students experienced a musi- cal treat last Friday at a special performance of "Peter and the Wolf" by the Walla Walla Symphony at Cordiner Hall. The fourth and fifth graders... Full story
FFA Brings Cheer With Festival Of Trees
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg FFA has come up with a new way to spread Christmas cheer through the town. Students and FFA members Heidi Miller and Kim Hamann asked the Waitsburg City Council last Thursday whether it would a Festival of Trees event t... Full story
Budget Includes No Tax, Utility Hikes
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg City Council last Thursday took a look at a proposed budget for 2013 that doesn't include property tax or utility hikes and provides dedicated raises for city employees for the first time in four years. City Administrator...
Council Gets A Look At Proposed Cuts
PRESCOTT - Anticipating a drop in city revenues, City Clerk Jill Borup presented the Prescott City Council a proposed budget with cuts to several departments. Borup told the council recently that the city of Prescott is expected to receive about $5,0...
Prescott Bus Driver’s Bus Bags A Success
PRESCOTT - A new bus bag program in the Prescott School District is providing homework help to younger students as well as giving older students the chance to be role models. Sue DeRuwe, the...
Districts Grapple With Wrestling Issues
PRESCOTT - After the Prescott School Board approved allowing eighth graders to wres- tle on the WP varsity wrestling team, the WP Combine commit- tee denied the request so the high school team can grow and be- cause of budget concerns, school officia...
Annual Hunting Trip Is About Fellowship
WAITSBURG - For 66 years, Waits- burg's Ivan Keve, now 91, has been trekking into the local hills with family mem- bers and friends on elk hunting trips filled with brotherhood and fun. Keve's family... Full story
Luminaries To Brighten Main Steet Nov. 19
WAITSBURG - When Allison Bond and Bruce Donohue lit up Waitsburg's Main Street with paper bag luminaries last November, they didn't know their act of thanks for their new community would turn into an annual event. But, the lighting of the...
Waitsburg Veterans Thanked, Remembered
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School and Preston Hall students honored local veterans, past and present, in an intimate celebration in the school auditorium last Friday. As guests entered the auditor...
Burglaries Plague The Burg
WAITSBURG - Six residential burglaries have been reported in the Waits- burg area since the end of September and Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office officials say they're con- cerned because in some of the burglaries firearms have been stolen. The...
Council Reps Join Solid Waste Planning Team
PRESCOTT - The Prescott City Council last Monday hopped on board to help create a new sol- id waste plan for Walla Walla County by nominat- ing Councilmen Chuck Kimzey and Gene Alandi to the Solid Waste Advi- sory Committee. Melissa Warner, the...
WP Places 9th At State XC Meet
PASCO - The WP men's varsity cross country team walked away from the state competition last Saturday in ninth place overall and boasting a new personal record for E.J. Meserve. WP coach Joanna... Full story
Prescott School Bus Is Study Hall On Wheels
PRESCOTT - One of Prescott's school buses is about to be set up with Inter- net access as part of a pilot project to make it a study hall on wheels. Last Thursday at the Prescott School Board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Bill Jordan said one of the... Full story
Matley A Victim Of Ballot Error
PRESCOTT - Susan Matley, also known as Cimarron Sue in the community, says her "voting rights were compromised" when an error made at the Walla Walla County Au- ditor's Office meant she didn't receive a ballot for the upcoming election. "It was a...
