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DAYTON – A regular meeting of the Port of Columbia was held using Zoom at 3:30 pm, October 13, 2021, with Commissioner Brown moderating. The Commissioners discussed several administrative issues, including a line-by-line discussion of the draft...

OLYMPIA—Monday, October 18, was the deadline for workers in specific sectors, including private and public healthcare, state employees, and education, to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing their jobs. As the deadline neared,...

DAYTON—The Addams Family 2 is a sequel to the animated 2019 The Addams Family movie.  In this new movie, the Addams get tangled up in more wacky adventures and find themselves involved in hilarious run-ins with all sorts of unsuspecting...

DAYTON—Columbia Pulp LLC has resumed operation of its first-of-its-kind mill near Dayton, Wash. ​Idled between April, 2020 and June, 2021 due to the pandemic, the company used that time to implement numerous process improvements and has resumed p...

DAYTON—Wenaha Gallery is celebrating Halloween two days early on Friday, October 29. The gallery invites trick or treaters, costumed or not, to stop into the gallery anytime between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to pick up a special treat bag – no tricks...

OLYMPIA—The Washington State Department of Health is urging the public to get a flu vaccine this year to keep themselves and others safe and out of the hospital. Flu activity may be more common this year compared to last year because the closures...

Dear Editor,  Masks, vaccine mandates and the fear of returning to online schooling - this is a challenging time for our schools.  In one to two years, I hope these issues are behind us. With four-year school board terms, leaders must be playing...

Congratulations Beka Compton and Lane Gwinn on your designation as a “serial fabulist” as stated in the recent letter to the Times’ editor by Seth Murdock. As a recent witness to the confrontation between Jack Miller and the alt-right...

Shawn Brown has been serving as a commissioner for the Port of Columbia. He has been approachable, and open to discussing and carefully considering various options for the port to improve the local economy (such as broadband). We need someone with...

I am writing this letter in full support of Teeny McMunn for City Council.  Teeny is a well-rounded caring person.  She has been a dedicated volunteer in many areas of life including her church’s activities, breast cancer support, grief...

Dear Editor, The Letters to the Editor column is around all year, and it is rarely used. Generally, the only time you see the column not empty is when there is an election or a school levy. This is disappointing, because there are issues that are...

When we opened Ten Ton Coffee three and a half years ago, Luke and I made a point to stay out of politics both local and otherwise, so that our space felt comfortable and open to everyone in our community. We still believe in that philosophy, but I...

PENDLETON, Ore—Recent precipitation and cooler weather conditions across the Umatilla National Forest has decreased fire danger, prompting fire managers to lift all public use restrictions pertaining to recreational chainsaw use, smoking, and...

October 12 Accident, non-injury. Highway 12 Sex offense at Dayton High School. 3rd Street Trespass at Shangri La RV Park. Rose Gulch October 13 Unwanted person reported. Klingenstein Street Civil problem at Minnie Moe House. 6th Street Unwanted...

October 2 DUI collision. Middle Waitsburg Road, Walla Walla County October 3 A license plate was stolen in Burbank. Dodd Road, Burbank October 12 Identity theft/fraud. Bryant Avenue, Walla Walla County October 15 A report of attempted ID theft...

The Seahawks (2-4) will host the New Orleans Saints (3-2) on Monday night football airing on ESPN at 5:15 pm. Last week, Seattle’s loss at Pittsburgh keeps them at the bottom of the NFC West and now four games behind the division-leading Arizona...