Despite declining enroll­ment in some districts and cuts across the board in the state budget for education, school district administrators in the Touchet Valley remain optimistic. "We have always been conservative in our budget­ing," said Dr. Carol...

August 5: Dale "Skip" Buroker, Jonathan Schuler, Jo Ann Hansler, Bill Clayton, Dianna Riggs, Debra Davison, Michael Collie, David Murphy, Melanie Hevel. August 6: Seth Reese, Adelle Smith, Rita Pierson, Eliza­beth Cole, Doris Hulce, Kelly Zuger,...

Ten Years Ago August 17, 2000 The Washington Conservation Crew workers com­pleted beautification of the entrance to the camping side of Lewis Clark Trail State Park last Thursday in preparation of the re-opening of the campsites for the first time si...

WALLA WALLA - Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) representatives associated with the new Highway 12 project have advised that the incorrect county road name signs, printed and put in place by the state along certain portions of... Full story

DAYTON - Thursday, Aug. 12, Dayton student athletes and their parents are asked to attend the Fall Sports Clear­ance night held in the high school auditorium. The meeting will begin with general information about the district's ath­letic program f...

WAITSBURG - A mandatory high school fall sports meeting for all high school fall sports athletes will take place Monday, Aug. 16, at 7 p.m. in the Waitsburg High School Auditorium. All athletes must bring one or more parent/guardian to the meeting....

DAYTON - On Thursday, September 2, federal forest entomologists, a state forest health specialist, a state fireregulations forester and NRCS Washington State Forester will join private forest landowners and local NRCS Soil Conservationist and Blue...

WAITSBURG - Based upon news reports from NASA, there is a really good chance that both Wednesday night will offer an opportunity to see the Northern Lights. NASA says there is a large solar storm rated as a C3 Class Event, and that the increased... Full story

Talking with my 3-year-old grandson Maxi is like Christmas in summer. I love his silly wiggle and non-committed rhetoric. For instance, I never knew that bees fly backwards and trucks are "pluper." My son interprets, "He means purple, Mom."...

Waitsburg/Walla Walla County Dayton/Columbia County 7-27: Threats. Telephone threats reported on Main Street, Dayton. Vandalism. Vandalism at the Dayton school bus garage reported. Trespassing. Trespassing reported on Tucannon St., Star­buck....

When I was a child, I was fas­cinated with the beautiful bluebirds in the area where I lived in the "Old" Kettle Falls, Wash., north of Spokane. The western and moun­tain bluebirds were plentiful there in the spring and sum­mer. The mountain sp...

In the Last Good Deed of 55 Plus Club caption last week, the names included in the caption should have read, left to right, Pat Largent, Delores Gohlman, Jea­netta Monfort, Lillian Judd, Loyal Baker, Janice Wills, and Mary Arland. The Times staff...

Dear Editor, I urge the people of Washington State to elect Charlie Wiggins for Supreme Court Justice. I don't have enough room to tell you why Charlie is the best candidate because I must inform you about the justice Charlie is running against,...

PRESCOTT - When Prescott School District Su­perintendent Dr. Carolyn Marsh announced in June that she wanted to retire in the hopes of being rehired, she knew she was taking a risk. After all, there is no guar­antee she'll get her old job back by t...

DAYTON - Construction of Puget Sound Energy's Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project in Garfield County started about four months after the company obtained approval for its con­ditional use permit this year. Don't expect the same for the Columbia...