The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON - The Columbia County Health System may be facing a 10 percent cut in Medicaid reimbursement funding from the state that would reduce the hospital's budget by $55,000 to $60,000 each year. Usually, the state gives about $38 million to...

By Imbert Matthee the Times SPOKANE - The Dayton Bulldogs are guaranteed a state trophy after defeating the La Conner Braves in a riveting 39-37 come-from-behind victory. They now advance to the 4th/6th place game against Wahkiakum, which beat Lake...

The Regional Knowledge Bowl 1B and 2B meet occurred last Tuesday at Waitsburg High School. Dayton, Waitsburg, and Pomeroy High Schools advanced to State. The 2B schools competing were Dayton HS with 85 points, Waitsburg with 79, and DeSales with 63....

The sun comes up and the sun goes down, the hands on the clock go round and round...Life gets teejus, don't it! (Thanks, Hank.) But here's the thing; There is always opportunity, no matter what the world says on the Internet, or talk radio, or CNBC....

WALLA WALLA - The Dayton Lady Bulldogs fought tooth-and-nail for a trip to the big show, but were overpowered by the fast and furious Brewster Bears, 71-37, last Saturday night to end their season with a 9-15 record. Dayton's McKayla Bickelhaupt was...

WALLA WALLA - Perhaps the only way anyone could have leveled the playing field between the WP Cardinals and the Lake Roosevelt Raiders was to raise the hoop board by at least a foot every time 6-foot, 8-inch Raider Ty Egbert stepped inside the key....

WALLA WALLA - For the first time in 17 years, the Dayton Bulldogs are going to Spokane for the Hardwood Classic state basketball championship tournament starting Thursday. After resoundingly beating the Riverside Christian Crusaders from Yakima,...

March 1: Bill Zuger and grandson Jacob Dunn, Norma Chapman, Joan Bottles and Bill Keith. March 2: Alina Reese, Dean Atkinson, Kyla Winger, Rich Fry, Sandy Startin, Peter Mercer, Bill Callahan, Mike A. Mayberry and Jessica DeCoria. March 3: Sarah...

Waitsburg 2-22 700 block Coppei, possible violation of an order for protection. Dayton 2-21 Prisoner work crew on North Pine Street. Theft of batteries reported on Tucannon Road. Unwanted subject reported on South Third Street. Cooling plate of...

How can anyone deny a wine tasting from a winery that calls its self, Cupcake Vineyards? Cupcake is a Soledad, Calif., winery introduced nationally in 2008. Winemaker Adam Richard says his hobby is the culinary arts and it shows with his food...

Ten Years Ago February 28, 2002 In this issue, Glenn Vogt is featured showing a beautiful steelhead he caught in the Touchet River near Huntsville. Weighing in at seven and a half pounds, the fish measured 29 inches. Now living in Walla Walla, Vogt...

REPTILE MAN WAITSBURG - Scott Petersen, the Reptile Man, will visit the Waitsburg High School gym at 6:30 p.m., Monday, March 5. Petersen will bring a king cobra, alligator snapping turtle, albino python, American alligator, large diamondback...

Photos of Dayton senior basketball players and cheerleaders in the Feb. 23 issue of the Times were credited to the owner of the photos. The photographer was Scott Kirk....

Words cannot express the gratitude and love we felt from this community at the loss of our dad, Neil Witt. We want to thank each and every one of you for the help, food, cards and prayers during this hard time in our lives. It was truly a wonderful...

Dear Editor, I would like to say a big thank you to the Waitsburg Fire Department for their prompt action on our chimney fire on Sunday. Thank you, Maxine Buchite, Waitsburg...

This week's column quotes from Bill Gulick's "Chief Joseph Country" I visited the site of the Lewis and Clark encampment with the steel silhouette sculptures featuring 80 artistically detailed silhouettes depicting a typical campsite of the Corps of...