Articles from the March 14, 2019 edition
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Columbia Pulp sets stage for pollution reduction practices
Pomeroy test plant drives DOE fee schedule changes and increased incentives OLYMPIA – In an effort to encourage innovative approaches to pollution reduction, the Washington Department of Ecology is pr...
Touchet Valley Teachers are grateful for School Retirees mini-grants
WALLA WALLA/COLUMBIA COUNTIES – Area students and teachers are often the pleased recipients of scholarships and mini-grants, also known as enrichment grants, from the Walla Walla-Columbia School R...
Col. Co. Health System Board Meeting Review
DAYTON – During the Columbia County Health System (CCHS) March 5 board meeting,CEO Shane McGuire discussed the University of Washington health agreements which launched a program to bring CCHS $152,000 annually to improve behavioral health care in o...
Dayton Best Western Changes Ownership
DAYTON – The Best Western Plus Dayton Hotel & Suites, located at 507 E. Main, changed hands late last year. BK Lodging, LLC, out of the Tri-Cities, owned by Kam and Laddi Singh took ownership on Nov. 15, according to hotel General Manager Eleanor S...
Modern Baseball Statistics
This is part five in a series of articles I’m writing to introduce new statistics that baseball announcers are using in broadcasts. Weather willing, I’ll be back to covering local spring sports nex...
WWCC Baseball Preview
WALLA WALLA – The 2019 Community College Baseball season in Walla Walla brings with it a change of leadership as Justin Speer takes the helm from Dave Meliah who has assumed duties as assistant to A...
Kudos!
DAYTON/WAITSBURG/PRESCOTT - Several local basketball players received league winter sports recognition. Player of the Year went to Prescott senior Joze Gonzalez who also made the Southeast 1B boys all-league team. In the Eastern Washington Athletic...
Dayton-Waitsburg Track and Field preview
DAYTON-WAITSBURG – Track and Field has about twenty athletes participating in 2019, according to seventh-year Head Coach Dan Nechodom. "We have a pretty equal split between boys and girls, and we a...
Dayton-Waitsburg softball preview
DAYTON/WAITSBURG – Softball Head Coach Shane Robins loses four very valuable pieces from last year’s State tournament qualifying team. Megan Robins and Hannah Becker were both two-year All-Conference players who graduated last spring. Heidi Dob...
Trio of Warriors get 'Sweet' call
WALLA WALLA – Part of the dream for many junior college baseball players is to earn an opportunity to play high-level amateur baseball in the summers in a league such as the West Coast League. For t...
Waitsburg School District Launches New Web Page and Phone App
On Wed., March 13, the Waitsburg School District launched a groundbreaking branding campaign for the district. User-friendly websites and mobile apps for each school will help connect the Waitsburg co...
AAU DW BirdDogs take second in Asotin tourney
ASOTIN – The AAU BirdDogs ended their season in a back-and-forth win-loss series at the Asotin Hardwood Classic Tournament last weekend. The Dayton-Waitsburg team got off to a good start to win t...
Talk About Art
A column by Carolyn Henderson It's a long road from working for a contractor making parts for nuclear submarines to painting peaceful landscapes, but acrylic painter Becky Melcher is used winding...
'Concerned Citizens' group voices library concerns
DAYTON – More than two dozen people gathered in the Delany Building on March 4 to hear concerns about the practices and policies of the Dayton Memorial Library. The meeting was spearheaded and f...
Teeny McMunn: My Recipe Box
Since St. Patrick’s Day is coming up, this came into my email. I’ve never made it before. Most breads I make are made with yeast. It’s in the oven as I type so we will see. I’m making my meatloa...
Pacific Power Funds Dayton Tree Trimming
DAYTON – Among the notable features along Dayton’s well-traveled Main Street are the trees that line the walks from one end of town to the other. These trees provide cool shade in the summer, war...
Moments in Time
The History Channel * On March 21, 1952, the first rock and roll concert in history is held in Cleveland, hosted by legendary disk jockey Alan Freed. Police were overwhelmed when an estimated 20,000-25,000 fans swarmed the Moondog Coronation Ball,...
