The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Every year on Veterans Day, the nation pauses to recognize and honor all the men and women, living and dead, who took up arms in defense of America. Our nation owes Veterans a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid. It’s our duty – not just on...

PRESCOTT – The Prescott Library’s weekly crochet class has morphed into a Coffee and Craft Hour, still held at 1 p.m. each Saturday at the library. Crochet and other supplies will be available but participants are encouraged to bring any project the...

WAITSBURG – This year’s Hometown Christmas will mark the 30th anniversary of the popular community event. The one-day event, celebrated the first Sunday in December each year, will take place Dec. 6. Waitsburg Commercial Club President Debra Cal...

WAITSBURG – Waitsburg High School will hold its winter sports meeting at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9 in the high school auditorium. All students and parents of students who wish to participate in cheerleading, wrestling, and basketball are requested to a...

PRESCOTT – The Walla Walla Rural Library District is offering a Red Cross Disaster Preparedness class at the Prescott Library on Thurs., Nov. 19 from 6-7 p.m. A Red Cross educator will instruct in how to make a family disaster plan and what to i...

WAITSBURG – The November Christian Women’s Connection Luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Waitsburg Town Hall on Wed., Nov. 11. The meal will be catered by Ruth Shearer and is $10. November’s luncheon features speaker Pam Pingl...

Mayor Walt Gobel and council members Kevin House, Karl Newell, and Debra Callahan were present with Marty Dunn and K. C. Kuykendall absent. Howard Boggs from Anderson-Perry gave a review of the city’s recently completed water model. See story on p...

DAYTON – The Lady Cardinals volleyball team lost their chance to compete as the #3 seed in the District 7/9 tournament when they dropped a tiebreaker match against DeSales on Mon., Nov. 2, in Dayton. Waitsburg made the Irish work for their win, t...

The Prescott Tigers volleyball team gave the Waitsburg Cardinals a run for their money during an Oct. 20 game on the Tiger court. The Cardinals ultimately took the win in five sets: 25-19, 18-25, 22-25, and 15-10. “Overall, we didn’t’ have our best...

LA GRANDE, Ore. – For the third time this season, Eastern Oregon University quarterback, and former Waitsburg High star, Zach Bartlow was awarded Frontier Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance against Montana Tech on S...

PRESCOTT – The Lady Tigers ended their season with a well-played, five set match against Asotin on Oct. 28. The Tigers fell on the Asotin court, 25-10, 13-25, 25-22, 18-25, and 8-15. “Prescott ended their season playing their best ball of the yea...

CHENEY - Neither wind nor rain (nor goblins and ghouls) could prevent Waitsburg Cardinals Emily Adams and Landon Callas from earning spots at this week’s upcoming State Cross-Country meet in Pasco. Adams placed fourth and Callas placed 13th at the Di...

6: Breakfast Bake; Crispitos, Pepper Strips 9: Breakfast Sandwich; BBQ Pulled Pork, BBQ Beans 10: Continental Breakfast; K-5 Cook’s Choice; Chicken Caesar Wrap, Cucumbers 11: NO SCHOOL – Veteran’s Day 12: Continental Breakfast; Chicken or Veggi...