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Pomeroy Seeks Craft Fair Vendors
POMEROY -- The Pomeroy Chamber of Com- merce would like to invite vendors to participate in their annual Craft Fair to be held December 6 from 11a.m. to 6 p.m. and December 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Spinner's Hall (699 Columbia Street) in Pomero... Full story
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A Passion for Gardening
DAYTON - Tami Miller has a passion for gardening and an indisputable green thumb. Her 3.67 acre proper- ty just outside the city limits of Dayton is an Eden filled with flowers, edible land- scaping,...
Business Loans To Bridge Gap
WAITSBURG - Inspired by the metal work Dayton artist Yancey Yost did on the letters for the Times building, Coppei Coffee owner Allison Bond had him make a sign for her shop next door. The shapely...
Home Business Fits with Busy Mom’s Schedule
WAITSBURG - Food, friends and fun -- the perfect recipe for a party. For the vivacious and outgoing Diana Groom, who describes strangers as "friends I haven't met yet", it's also the perfect r... Full story
Farmers Market Starts This Week
DAYTON - Hoping to shake off its rocky past, the Dayton Farmers Market opens this Saturday with more vendors, a longer season and more marketing support than ever before, organizers said ea... Full story
Camp Wooten: Open for Business
CAMP WOOTEN - The snow is gone, and eastern Washington's closest designated Environmental Learning Center in the state parks system is open for business for the 2013 season. Camp Wooten, located a... Full story
My Travels With Cookie
WAITSBURG - Paul and Karen Gregutt adopted their beloved Cookie more than a year ago. But they didn't take the three-year-old Terrier Chihuahua mix on an extended car trip until earlier this year...
Chief Spring’s Fire and Iron Brew Pub
DAYTON - When Mike Spring was learning to brew beer a few years ago, he took a class for home brewers at Ice Harbor Brewing Company in Kennewick. Now that he and his wife, Ann, own a brew pub in...
Visitor’s Guide Now Online
WAITSBURG - Touchet Valley Publishing, the holding company for The Times based in Waitsburg, has put its Touchet River Valley Visitors Guide on line. The guide offers travelers a comprehensive resource to plan their trips to Waitsburg, Dayton, Pr...
Tourism: Not All Gloom And Doom
The darkn e s s behind the windows at Bubbles & Chocolates adds to the quiet on Waitsburg's Main Street this winter. Karen Gregutt shuttered her fine chocolates and champagne boutique in the Plaza...
County’s New Five-year Vision
DAYTON - Recent developments on Blue Mountain Station and infrastructure plans were discussed along with other five- and ten-year plans for economic growth at the first part of Dayton's Economic... Full story
BRIEFS
NEW ATTORNEY IN DAYTON DAYTON - Abbie Broughton Marsh has joined theNealey and Marinella law firm in Dayton. She was born inWalla Walla, the daughter of Bill and Zena Broughton. Thefamily lived here in Dayton until Abbie was age 12 and thenrelocated...
BIZ BRIEF
DAYTON - The Director of Walla Walla's Small Busi- ness Development Center, Joe Jacobs, is coming to help existing Dayton businesses and potential start-ups once a month. Jacobs will set up a station in the Dayton Chamber of Commerce to assist local...
Time Out Adds Beer, Wine
DAYTON - Time Out Pizza owner Phillip Sor- tomme listened when his customers spoke, and now he's in the process of getting a beer and wine serving per- mit to prove it. The Dayton City Council...
Liberty Theater Gets New Projector
DAYTON -- The Liberty Theater is making the tran- sition from 35 millimeter to digital this week, when McRae Theater Equipment arrives to install a state-of- the-art projector. Donations and grants from community members, businesses and foundations...
Many Spaces For Sale On Main Street
WAITSBURG - Charles Smith's JW Morgan building is up for sale and Lupe and Sandra Torres' Nothing New Lodging is now on the market, making Waitsburg's Main Street in need of some interested buyers....
NoaNet Service May Be Available In Valley
WAITSBURG - Faster Internet speeds could be coming to the Touchet Valley in 2013 because one local business owner says he wants to hook up to a new, cutting edge fiber optic network. Danny Cole,...
Farmers Volunteer To Help Fish
WAITSBURG - Farming practices in the Touchet Valley aren't always healthy for fish in local streams and rivers, but local farmers are taking a stand against farming that hurts streams to clean up the...
Harvest In 1960s: Long Days, Good Food
Editor's Note: Gary Hofer regularly writes a column titled Crops for the Times. For our Harvest Edition, we asked him to write about what it was like working harvest when he was a young boy. Enjoy his play-by- play recap. WAITSBURG -- In 1959 and...
College Student Returns For Harvest
WAITSBURG - While amber waves of grain may be a nice song lyric, they are often not the nicest object to stare at for an entire 13-hour workday. Veteran harvest employee Zach Beas- ley is more than...
Dayton Senior Plans To Roll In Style
DAYTON - Dayton High School senior Nathan Roughton has his eyes on the prize -- a 1987 Jeep Comanche prize that is. While many of his class- mates are enjoying the summer sun during the months before...
Harvest: Not Just A Man’s Job
PRESCOTT - In an often male-dominated field, Prescott's Krystal Harris has practiced and is now ready to take on a new kind of harvest work - driving a wheat-hauling truck. Last year during harvest...
