Ten Years Ago January 24, 2008 Following four think-on-your-feet interviews and a short executive session, three members of the Waitsburg City Council couldn’t agree on a replacement appointee for the Council seat made vacant by the death of C...

WALLA WALLA – After receiving no applications, Walla Walla County had reopened the process seeking five applicants on the Veterans’ Relief Advisory Board (VRAB). The VRAB is responsible to advise the county commissioners, in coordination with the...

Jan. 13 A local male was arrested for suspicion of DUI on W. Third and Bruce Streets. Jan 4 A man reported a game trail camera mounted on the side of his house was stolen on W. Fourth St....

WAITSBURG – Youth who want to learn and improve basketball skills are invited to the Waitsburg High School gym for kid’s camp on Saturday mornings from 9 – 10:30 a.m. The volunteer-run camp will run Jan. 13 – Feb. 3. Camp is intended for childre...

PRESCOTT – The Prescott Joint Park & Recreation District elected new officers at their Jan. 11 meeting. Carina Stillman is board chair and Chris Oliver was elected vice-chairman. Sue Kimzey, Patsy Adams and Doug Venn round out the board. The board m...

WAITSBURG – The Weller Public Library has new winter hours which includes a short opening on Saturdays. The library is open Mondays and Thursdays from 10 .m. – 5 p.m, (closed noon – 1 p.m. for lunch), and Saturday from 10 a.m. – noon. Storyti...

January 19: Bob Deal, Lynda Hogan, Debbie Rubio, David Webber, Reina Bruce and Clint Reser. January 20: Joan Leid, Wilma Johnson, Judy Jackson, Justin Hill, Jack and Jill Largent, Becky Pearson, Tricia White, Ryan Abbey. January 21: Paige Wood,...

DAYTON – Washington State Department of Agriculture staff will offer a workshop titled “Strengthening Your Small Scale Value-Added Food, Farm, or Food Processing Business” on Mon., Jan. 29 at the Blue Mountain Co-op Market (700 Artisan Way) at 5:30...

Dear Editor: It is once again time to for Columbia County residents to give serious thought to Dayton’s school and its infrastructure. A school is just like our own homes; it has buildings and systems that need constant care and do not last forever....

During typical winter months we can be stuck inside staying out of the cold, but with weather forecasts being a little warmer this year we can venture out. Recently it has been brought to my attention that a lot of our alleyways are starting to be...

MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On Jan. 25, 1905, at the Premier Mine in South Africa, the largest diamond ever found is discovered. The 3,106-carat “Cullinan” weighed 1.33 pounds. Stonecutter Joseph Asscher studied the stone for six mon...

In last week’s issue on Waitsburg’s Community meeting about the proposed Dayton-Waitsburg combine, The Times quoted a Dayton resident who said that 60 Dayton students had signed a petition opposing the combine and submitted it to Dayton athletic dir...

he Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington Chapter 12 grants one $75 scholarship each year to the descendant of a pioneer who established residence in Washington during or prior to the year 1870, or in Oregon during the year 1853, or in Idaho during...

WALLA WALLA – Sports aren’t the only way youth can earn a varsity letter. Three years ago, United Way of Walla Walla County began a program that allows youth to earn a varsity letter through community service, and now they have added a sch...

WALLA WALLA – The Peking Acrobats will visit Cordiner Hall on Tues., Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. The performance is part of the Symphony Series and is sponsored in part by Ashby Law. With daring maneuvers, amazing displays of contortion, flexibility and c...

DAYTON - It was a rough weekend for the Lady Bulldogs who fell to Liberty Christian 50-26 at home on Fri., Jan. 12, before traveling to Mabton on Saturday where the Vikings outscored the Dawgs 60-12. Sadie Seney pulled in six points against Mabton...

Dayton Basketball Thurs., Jan. 18 WWVA @ Dayton Girls 6 p.m./Boys 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 20 Kittitas @ Dayton Girls 5 p.m./Boys 6:30 p.m. Tues., Jan. 23 Colton @ Dayton Girls Only 7:30 p.m. Waitsburg Basketball Fri., Jan. 19 Touchet @ Waitsburg Girls...