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Shutting the Library Will Solve Nothing
On a recent morning, in the interest of journalistic research, I typed the words “gender curious books for kids” into the Google search box on my phone. The first listing that came up was for a sit...
A Dozen Eventful Years
Around the beginning of 2007 I got the harebrained idea of starting a newspaper in Dayton. It was called Blue Mountain News and it came out approximately monthly. Though I always enjoyed writing, I...
Fairgrounds, Grandstands Discussions Top List of Waitsburg 2018 News Stories
WAITSBURG--How to move forward with the Waitsburg Fairgrounds, and particularly the grandstands facility, continued to be a major challenge for the Waitsburg City Council this year. A fairgrounds...
DW Girls Fall to St John-Endicott and College Place, SJ-E 55, DW 32
WAITSBURG—The Dayton-Waitsburg girls’ basketball team fell to St. John-Endicott in a home game in Waitsburg on Dec. 4, 55-32. DW also lost to College place in Waitsburg on Dec. 6, 64-26. Against SJ-...
DW Boys Fall to St. John-Endicott, 43-36 and College Place, 55-31
WAITSBURG—In a game in Waitsburg on Dec. 4, the Dayton-Waitsburg boys’ basketball team had a tough lost against St. John-Endicott in Waitsburg, falling 43-36. DW came out hot in the first qua...
Dayton Christmas Kickoff
Santa Claus arrived in Dayton Friday and set up shop at the Village Shoppes on Main Street. Here he joined a local family for a photo in the store's front window....
Mayor George Named Citizen of the Year
DAYTON-Dayton Mayor Craig George was given the Citizen of the Year award last week at the Dayton Chamber of Commerce's annual Awards Banquet. George, who is in his third term as mayor, was traveling,...
DW Falls to Soap Lake in Final Game, 34-14
WAITSBURG-The Dayton-Waitsburg football team played a crossover game against Soap Lake Friday in Waitsburg, and took a loss, 34-14. DW ended their season 2-8 overall and 2-5 in Eastern Washington Athl...
Undefeated TCP Buries DW, 63-0
PASCO—The Dayton-Waitsburg football team traveled to Pasco Friday to face undefeated Tri-Cities Prep. The outmatched DW team fell, 63-0, to the Eastern Washington Athletic Conference champions. TCP s...
DW Overrun by Columbia, 56-6
WAITSBURG—The Dayton-Waitsburg football team dug themselves an early hole against Columbia Burbank Friday night, and couldn’t climb out of it, losing the game, 56-6. After an early safety, CB sco...
DW Girls Fall to WWVA, Beat White Swan to End Regular Season
WALLA WALLA—The Dayton-Waitsburg volleyball team took on the number one team in the state, Walla Walla Valley Academy, on the road on Oct. 16 and fell in straight sets, 25-19, 25-13, 25-17. “This was...
DW Gets Big Win at Kittitas, 58-22
KITTITAS-The Dayton-Waitsburg football team made the long trip to Kittitas a success Friday night, crushing the home team, 58-22. After a tough first quarter in which they gave up two touchdowns, the...
DW Girls Top Kittitas in Four Sets
WAITSBURG—The Dayton-Waitsburg volleyball team has been no a roll the last two weeks, winning matches against Mabton, DeSales, Columbia, Kittitas and Liberty Christian. In Waitsburg on Saturday, DW c...
DW Falls to Liberty Christian, 30-12
RICHLAND—A shorthanded Dayton-Waitsburg football team traveled to Richland to play Liberty Christian on Friday, and took the loss, 30-12. DW was without its starting quarterback, Brayden Miller, who was suspended for one game after a flagrant p...
DW Drops Homecoming Game to Mabton, 28-8
DAYTON-The Dayton-Waitsburg football team jumped out to an early 6-0 lead against Mabton on Friday in their homecoming game here. But penalties again slowed DW down, as Mabton roared back and won...
DW Falls to Medical Lake, 44-0
MEDICAL LAKE, Wash.-The Dayton-Waitsburg football team fell flat Friday night here, taking a loss to Medical Lake, 44-0, in a non-league game. Sticking with their emphasis on running the ball, DW was...
DW Gets Big Win at White Swan, 38-6
WHITE SWAN-The Dayton-Waitsburg football team got its first win in over a year Friday night, swamping White Swan on the road, 38-6. The win came as coach Troy Larsen shuffled his offense, focusing...
DW Falls to DeSales, 34-8
DAYTON-The Dayton-Waitsburg football team hosted DeSales on Friday night, but couldn't overcome the Irish offense, or their own penalties, and took the loss, 34-8. DW was hit with 16 penalties in the...
Broughton Building Mural Gets Needed Restoration
DAYTON-The mural on the west side of the Broughton Land Co. has received a much-needed restoration, which included repair to the wall and repainting to brighten the mural images. Kennewick mural artis...
DW Falls to Columbia Burbank, 25-8
BURBANK—he Dayton-Waitsburg football team dropped its first game of the season Friday night on the road at Columbia-Burbank, 25-8 The Coyotes scored touchdowns in the first and second quarters to take a 13-0 lead going into the half. But the DW defen...
First DW Combine Volleyball Team Takes to the Floor
DAYTON—New Dayton-Waitsburg volleyball coach Tara Brenner says she has high hopes for this season’s first-ever DW combine volleyball team. “We have a great turn out of athletic young ladies that are excited and hopeful for a successful combine Volle...
DW Football Seeks Fresh Start
WAITSBURG—Coming off a 0-9 season, DW football coach Troy Larsen says his team is hungry to correct the program. Larsen says he has great confidence in his senior class, who will lead the team. Senior starters include Brayden Miller, who will play t...
Dayton-Waitsburg Fall Sports Schedules
Varsity Football Date Opponent Location Time Fri. Aug. 31 Columbia Burbank Columbia Burbank 7 p.m. Fri. Sept. 7th DeSales Dayton 7 p.m. Fri. Sept. 14th White Swan White Swan 7 p.m. Fri. Sept. 21st...
Welcome, Brianna Wray
Most of us who work at The Times are old enough to remember when a "phone" was something with a rotary dial, and a camera was a completely separate device that you put rolls of film into. I'm happy to...