Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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The Pacific Power Foundation donated $3,350 to the Waitsburg Historical Society toward replacement of the deteriorating foundation. Narum Construction replaced the foundation at a cost of $38,280. Historical society president Richard Hinds said they have gathered $25,000 through grants and donations are just $5070 away from paying off the bill....
Dec. 1 - Six Fourteen LLC, 163 E Main St, Dayton; Add an addition/alteration to existing facilities. Remove existing sink and place new tub/shower in same location. Add new island sink. Add washer drain and ice maker. Dec. 4 - Field, Debra, 702 E Dayton Ave, Dayton; Construct 4 x 6 deck on back of structure attached to manufactured home. Dec. 11 - Bicklehaupt, Blaine, 254 E Main St, Dayton; Install a new pellet stove. Dec. 12 - Miller, Rocky, 206 E Dayton Ave, Dayton; Remodel an existing laundry room to move washer and dryer and add...
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for the Waitsburg area and Columbia County on Friday afternoon as warm weather and accompanying rains caused Coppei Creek and the Touchet River to overflow in low-lying areas. Waitsburg fared much better than Walla Walla which suffered an abundance of power outages due to limbs falling on power lines following an ice storm. Fortunately, waters began to recede Friday afternoon and flooding was minimal. In Waitsburg, Meinburg Road was closed at...
WAITSBURG – Mayor Marty Dunn called 2017 "one of the busiest years on record" and says the City of Waitsburg can look forward to continued infrastructure improvements in 2018, with planning into 2019. To make that happen, the city council approved a $2.17 million budget for 2018 at their Dec. 20 regular council meeting. Accomplishments for 2017 include filling several long sections of sidewalk gaps to improve the city's walkability, relining a failing storm drain on Main Street to complete the f...
DAYTON – Fifty-one stakeholders attended the annual Port-sponsored Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy meeting held at Fire District No. 3, on December 20. Columbia Pulp Kristi Kobetich, Product Line Manager for Columbia Pulp, LLC, gave an update on the progress of the Lyons Ferry Straw Pulp Mill. Kobetich is the liaison between customers and the production facility, making sure all systems are in place and that customers are satisfied. "We believe our straw pulp is going to be a good s...
Jan. 1 Report of a suspicious vehicle facing the wrong way on Academy St....
The Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife is currently flying randomly selected sub-units in Walla Walla, Columbia and Garfield counties to obtain a mule-deer population estimate for District 3 mule deer, excluding the mountain areas, according to Assistant District Wildlife Biologist Mark Vekasy. Vekasy says the WDFW is also planning a mule deer capture to radio-collar 50 mule deer across the survey area to understand more about survival and movements. Internal study plans for the survey and...
DAYTON – Aspiring perfomers are invited to participate in Touchet Valley Arts Council's Spring Variety Show in March and/or a May Melodrama. Tracy Barron and Jae Nichols will once again direct the annual variety show which will run March 16-18. This year's theme is "Delightful, Dazzling, and Dandy!" The variety show is a great way to display local talent of all ages, without performers having to make the much larger time commitment required for the live fall production. It is also an ideal i...
WAITSBURG – All eyes were on the Touchet River and Coppei Creek last week as warm weather and heavy rains resulted in flood advisories throughout the Touchet Valley. While there was no significant flooding this go-round, it is only a matter of time before the valley sees another high water event, like the Flood of 1996. That knowledge is what prompted the Waitsburg City Council to commit to a flood feasibility study with the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) at their Dec. 20 regular meeting. C...
Skiers and snowboarders were all smiles at Ski Bluewood on opening weekend. The resort opened Fri., Dec. 22, just in time for winter break, with 14 inches of fresh snow and a total of 23 inches at the base and 30 inches at the summit....
The struggles and contentions of 2016 allowed for a year of growth and positive movement for the City of Waitsburg in 2017. The former Waitsburg City Fire Department operated successfully as Columbia-Walla Walla Fire No. 2, the city organized a tree committee and a fairgrounds task force to deal with ongoing issues of public concern and the newly replaced Waitsburg Main Street Bridge opened to traffic in December. As 2017 ends, the school district, under the guidance of new District...
DAYTON-Columbia County was a happening place in 2017. Columbia Pulp "Pulp Fiction" became fact in July when Columbia Pulp I, LLC secured financing for its $184 million straw pulp manufacturing plant near Starbuck. Excavation began in earnest in August, and the official groundbreaking ceremony and site tour took place in October. The $184 million facility will produce 149,000 tons per year of market pulp from wheat and alfalfa straw and 95,000 tons per year of carbohydrate-lignin co-product....
Dec. 20 Attempted fraud reported on Coppei Ave. Dec. 18 A juvenile was arrested on a warrant out of a vehicle in Waitsburg on Dewitt Road and E. Hwy 12. Dec. 17 A Dayton woman reported a theft from her Waitsburg storage unit. Dec. 14 Simple assault between teen girls at Waitsburg High School. Report of an assault at Jubilee Leadership Academy....
DAYTON-A recent survey of parents and students in grades 6-12, show fewer than originally thought, are in favor of the full athletic combine with the Waitsburg School District, said District Superintendent Doug Johnson. Two hundred thirty surveys were sent to parents with 85 responses. Thirty-eight percent approved a full combine and sixty-two percent said "no". Two hundred surveys were sent to students and the response is half in favor and half opposed. The main reasons cited are the cost,...
DAYTON-It is official. Roger Trump is retiring and the county celebrated his long career last week at the courthouse with cake and a plaque honoring his service. What hasn't Trump accomplished in the last forty five years, since beginning work with the County Survey and Bridge Crew, in 1972? He said from 1972 until 1982, he worked on the county road crew, advancing from laborer to road grader, as well as operating Trump's Custom Cut farm slaughter business. Trump said he quit, for a time, to hel...
The Waitsburg Presbyterian Church was filled to the brim during the annual Community Christmas Program on Sun., Dec. 17....
DAYTON-At the end of this month, the Manila Bay Café is moving from its present location on Main St., to Suite B at the Blue Mountain Station. Restaurant owner Jonathan Betts told Port officials he would like to be open for business on December 27 or 28. The café will serve breakfast and lunch, Monday through Friday, and on Saturday, from noon - 1 pm. The Manila Bay Café is available for catering as well. "I'm excited about the opportunity. I appreciate the chance," Betts said. Betts signed a...
WAITSBURG – At their regular Dec. 13 meeting, the Waitsburg School Board approved a replacement two-year enrichment levy of $2.71 per $1,000 of assessed value for 2019 and 2020. How much will actually be collected, however, is yet to be determined. Beginning in 2018, the state will begin collecting a state school levy of approximately $0.84 per $1,000 dollars of assessed value in Walla Walla County. According to the McCleary decision, passed in 2012 to “fully fund” education, school enrichment levies (formerly called maintenance and opera...
The Catholic parishes of St. Mark's, at 405 W. 5th St. in Waitsburg, and St. Joseph's, at 112 S 1st St. in Dayton, look forward to celebrating Christmas Eve with Mass at St. Mark's at 5 p.m. on Dec. 24, and Christmas Day Mass at 11:15 a.m., at St. Joseph's, 112 S 1st St, in Dayton. The Waitsburg Christian Church, at 604 Main St, will hold a regular 10 a.m. Christmas Eve Service, a Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 7 p.m., and regular 10 a.m. service on New Year's Eve. The Waitsburg Chapel...
Dec. 17 A Dayton woman reported a theft from her Waitsburg storage unit. Dec. 14 Simple assault between teen girls at Waitsburg High School. Report of an assault at Jubilee Leadership Academy....
Weller Public Library 212 Main Street, Waitsburg Hours: Mon. and Thurs. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Storytime: Mon. 10:30 a.m. Before We Were Yours, by Lisa Wingate (Fiction) – For readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking and complex tale about two families, two generations apart. Based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals--in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country--Lisa Wingate’s riveting, wrenching, and...
Dayton Memorial Library 111 S. 3rd Street, Dayton Hours: Mon., Wed., Fri., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs., 12-8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Storytime: Wed., 10 a.m. Queens of the Conquest: England’s Mid Evil Queens, by Alison Weir (Nonfiction) – The lives of England’s medieval queens were packed with incident—love, intrigue, betrayal, adultery, and warfare—but their stories have been largely obscured by centuries of myth and omission. Now esteemed biographer Alison Weir provides a fresh perspective and restores these women to their rightfu...
Volunteers gathered at St. Jospeph's Catholic Church in Dayton on Saturday to assemble 100 food baskets to be delivered to area residents in need. Many recipients came to the church to collect their boxes, but volunteers delivered approximately 40 boxes to those without transportation. The massive undertaking is sponsored by Project Timothy, each December....
DAYTON – A spur-of-the moment call in to The Michael Smerconish Program on Sirius XM resulted in a nice bump in sales for Mary's Candies in Dayton, this month. Candy maker Nathanial Murphy was listening to the program when the hosts took off on a tangent bemoaning the lack of U.S. made goods. People began calling in and naming U.S. based companies they supported. Co-owner (and Nathanial's wife) Erin Murphy decided to call in and introduced Mary's Candies as a small U.S. manufacturer that uses al...
WAITSBURG – The holidays are typically the season for spreading good cheer, but for Ffrazure Earthworks Excavation, doing good deeds appears to be everyday business. Ffrazure Earthworks spent much of summer and fall in Waitsburg as a sub-contractor for Moreno-Nelson, which was contracted by the city to install sidewalks. Stories abound about how the company went “above and beyond” as they performed work in the city. Nancy and Jack Otterson, who live on W. 4th St., said they were “very aware” tha...
