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Celebrate With Your Hometown!
WAITSBURG - When you mix turkey bingo, a dash of Christmas shopping, a visit with Santa Claus and a lighted parade you get Waitsburg's favorite way to ring in the holiday season. The annual Hometown...
Districts Make Changes To School Lunch
WAITSBURG - At the beginning of this school year, school staff members began hearing complaints that students weren't eat- ing enough to feel full and energized after lunch. Now, some local schools are stepping up to accommodate kids and prevent...
Historic Plaza Needs Buyer To Continue Town Legacy
WAITSBURG - Robbie and Mari- lyn Johnson hope the person who buys the Plaza Theatre from them will bring it to life for the community. The couple put the mission-style theater on the market recently...
Adams Selected To Fair Court
WAITSBURG - A lifelong dream has come true for Waits- burg High School student Beka Adams. Ever since she was a little girl, Adams said she dreamed of being part of the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier...
Society Gets Grant For New Exhibit
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Historical So- ciety recently received a $1,000 grant to make some major headway on a new exhibit at the Wilson- Phillips House. Jeff Broom, the presi- dent of the group, said the Blue Mountain Community Foundation gave the...
Leos Want 500 Pounds Of Food
WAITSBURG - The Leos Club at Waitsburg High School is hoping you'll clean out your cup- boards, do an extra grocery run or write a check to help meet its goal of collecting 500 pounds of food on...
Heart BEAT About Needs & Good Deeds
WAITSBURG - It has been estimated that as much as 80 percent of childhood learning is done with the eyes, according to the Opto- metric Physicians of Wash- ington. When a child's vision is not...
It’s Dozier, Talbott On Top
Hewitt Tops Nettles For Senate Dozier Beats Blackman For Commissioner Talbott Edges Out Bensel For Commissioner WAITSBURG - Mike Talbott edged out a narrow victory over Tom Bensel for Columbia County...
WP Men’s Varsity Team Is Off To State
CLARKSTON - WP's varsity men's team is off to state! Coach Joanna Lanning said she was thrilled all seven of her varsity men competed together for the first time at the 1B/2B District 7/9 Cross...
Levee Far From Acceptable
WAITSBURG - The pub- lic works crew for the City of Waitsburg is almost done with a two-year project to remove vegetation from the city's Touchet River levee that would hold back high water and hopefu...
Waitsburg Kids Raise Money For D.C. Trip
WAITSBURG - Cans for a penny drive and other fundraisers are popping up around Waitsburg for the Preston Hall students who are trying to pay their way to Washington, D.C. Teacher Maddie Martin said right now she has three kids and three adults who...
What A Sweet Sound
WALLA WALLA - When about 20 women take the stage in harmony the sound sure is sweet. The Blue Mountain Chorus Sweet Adelines have been hitting the high and low notes since 1975 and have several...
Club A Haven For Bookworms
PRESCOTT - The Prescott Public Library is offering up a way for community members to make friends and get noses in good books with its second year of book club. Book club will meet once a month, for...
WP Runners Deal, Adams On Top
PENDLETON - Two WP cross country athletes came out on top last Saturday and placed first in a large meet in Pendleton, Ore. Both Seth Deal, a senior on the varsity men's team, and Emily Adams, an...
Council Raises Tax To Benefit Pool
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg City Council last Wednesday night voted to raise a tax levied when property in the city is sold to raise about $10,000 to help operate the city pool. A public hearing was...
Proposal Cuts Coverage By 38%
WAITSBURG - The most recent contract proposal the Waitsburg City Council took a look at last Wednesday reduces the amount the city is paying the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office cur- rently by 36 p...
Burn Ban Upsets Farmers
WAITSBURG - An un- usual governor-mandated burn ban in all counties followed by a spurt of wet, windy weather has frustrated local farmers who are afraid they won't get their seed in the ground before the cold weather sets in. Both Walla Walla and Co...
Dogs Edge Cards In Fierce Match
WAITSBURG - Both WP and Dayton showed up on Kison Court ready to play last Tuesday night, but Dayton had more en- ergy and took the win in four sets, 25-23, 25-27, 25-17, 25-17. The Lady Cardinals...
Food Bank Needs Donations
WAITSBURG - As cold weather sets in, more fami- lies struggle to make ends meet and more families are turning up needing extra food at the Waitsburg Resource Center. Pastor Bret Moser of the...
Fire Burns 1,200 Acres
PRESCOTT - A four- alarm brush fire south of Prescott burned about 1,200 to 1,400 acres the evening of Oct. 2, officials say. District 7 Fire Chief Tim Mayberry said the fire start- ed about 7 p.m. and crews were on scene until about 10:30 p.m. The...
Adams Wins Middle School Race
RICHLAND - WP run- ners kept up with the pack last Saturday in Richland at an invitational against 60 middle school and high school teams full of tough competition. The highlight of the day for WP cross country coach Joanna Lanning was seeing middle...
Cards Wear Out Against Jags
WAITSBURG - The WP volleyball team fell to WWVA in three sets last Tuesday night in Dayton. The Knights proved too much for the Cardinals, despite an early rush of energy and a solid second set. The...
Crittenden Is New WP Basketball Coach
WAITSBURG - Ta- vis Crittenden, who has coached youth basketball in the Walla Walla area, has been selected as the new WP head men's basketball coach. The previous coach, TJ Scott, resigned last...
School Board Member Appointed
PRESCOTT - The Prescott School Board last week appointed a new school board member for area no. 4, Ada Gonzalez- Hernandez. "We look forward to working with Ada as she joins the Prescott School Board representing Director District no. 4," Super-...
Sheriff Suggests Specifics, Resource Officer
PRESCOTT - The Walla Walla County Sher- iff John Turner visited the Prescott City Coun- cil meeting last Monday night with ideas to improve the specifics in the city's law enforcement contract as...
