Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Sorted by date Results 1335 - 1359 of 1907
Members of the Dayton High School class of 1960 rode their float past the courthouse during Saturday's annual Alumni Parade....
DAYTON – Dayton took the first step in a move toward allowing wheeled all-Terrain vehicles, or WATVs, on city streets at a public hearing in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Parish Hall on Monday night. City councilors approved the first reading, by title only, of an ordinance allowing licensed drivers 16 and older to operate WATVs on city streets with a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less. Councilmember Kathy Berg opposed the ordinance. Such a move would put the city in line with Was...
DAYTON – Scouts from Dayton Boy Scout Troop 332 returned home Saturday, following a week at BSA's Camp Baldwin, a high-adventure camp located on the eastern slope of Mt. Hood. The boys reported having a great time at what may be the troop's last campout, unless new leadership steps forward. Camden Costello of Dayton, and Tom and Seamus House, Skylar and Brayden Wood and Daltin Lambert, all of Waitsburg, spent last week at Camp Baldwin with Assistant Scoutmaster Bill Warren and parent c...
Sentencing/Resolution: Bobby G. Burgess, 49, Kennewick; sentenced to serve 40 months in state prison following guilty plea entered on charge of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Additional charges of second-degree criminal trespass and second-degree unlawful transportation of fish or wildlife dropped as part of plea agreement. Joshua A. Roska, 33, Dayton; sentenced to serve one day in county jail, with credit for time served, for possession of a dangerous weapon. Roska was originally charged with possession of a stolen firearm and...
DAYTON – Recent College of Idaho theatre arts graduate Edith Dull participated in her first theatrical performance on Dayton's Liberty Theater stage as a nine-year-old. That experience set her on her current educational path that she's hoping will extend to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. This weekend, Dull is hoping her fellow Idaho actors will experience the same enthusiastic support and encouragement that she grew up with on the Liberty stage. On July 18 and 19, Dull will d...
DAYTON – The Blue Mountain Station Co-op is sponsoring its second annual FoodStock event Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. FoodStock features food, live music and fun activities. Last year's event took place on the anniversary weekend of the famous 1969 Woodstock music festival. However, since that date conflicts with the Gentlemen of the Road Tour event in Walla Walla next month, FoodStock was moved up a few weeks, according to co-op board member Brad McMasters. "We didn't want to compete with t...
DAYTON – The annual gathering of Dayton High School alumni is this weekend. Festivities begin Friday night as classes celebrating milestone anniversaries gather to build their parade floats. Many activities are in store on Saturday, including: Alumni Parade – 10 a.m. on Dayton's Main Street – Members of classes with milestone anniversaries will ride floats down Main Street during the annual parade. Alumni Annual Meeting – 11 a.m. in the Dayton Historic Depot Courtyard Open House at the Depot ...
DAYTON – The city of Dayton is considering allowing licensed all-terrain vehicles, or ATVs, on city streets. City Clerk Trina Cole said she has drafted an ordinance, with input from the council's safety committee, that will go before the city council, and the community at three public hearings, before the council will vote on it. The first hearing will be the Monday meeting next week at 7 p.m. Dayton resident and ATV aficionado Matt Wiens spoke to the city council last month urging city l...
DAYTON – For several months, community leaders have discussed plans for an after school program for Dayton school children. Planning has been a collaborative effort, and funding has not yet been secured, but the ball is still rolling. School officials tried, at the end of the school year, for a grant to help fund the program but were unsuccessful. “I think it would be a good thing to continue planning to meet and discuss options for the future of some type of program,” Superintendent Doug Johns...
Investigators are still searching for the cause of a fire late Sunday night that destroyed two homes on East Washington Avenue in Dayton. "Honestly I don't know if we'll ever find out what started it," Fire Chief Rick Turner, of Columbia County Fire District 3, told me on Monday afternoon. "We're still working on it, but the fire completely destroyed the house, and any little bit of evidence there was is probably gone." Nobody was injured in the fire, which started at 11:25 p.m. in an...
DAYTON – Many people in Columbia County know what it's like to wake to the sound of roosters crowing. Even in some parts of town. For the caffeinated at heart in Dayton, a rooster in the morning means so much more. It means fresh coffee, conveniently located right off of Highway 12 on the western edge of town, served by the chipper, smiling and often psychic Judy Rowland. "People hardly ever have to order," Rowland said, claiming that she has memorized 95 percent of her customers' favorite d...
A visitor and his son get a close-up photo of a '32 Ford Highboy Roadster during the Show N Shine at last weekend's All Wheels Weekend event in downtown Dayton. Crowds were large and the weather was great for the 21st annual event....
DAYTON – Anyone driving Highway 12 can see it. The wheat fields are ripening quickly. Gone are the rolling green plains. In their place are fields of shorter-than-normal, already golden grains. And it's still June. The heavens haven't blessed the Touchet Valley with rain in quite some time. And with temperatures predicted to reach the triple digits over the weekend, any additional moisture to the ground before harvest is improbable. Local farmers have mixed feelings about the drought. The s...
DAYTON – Do you know your county building and permitting rules? Columbia County suggests you reacquaint yourself with them because officials have asked the planning department to brainstorm a way of “adding teeth” to current ordinances. Jake Davis, Greg Abramson and Kim Lyonnais, with the Columbia County Planning Department, presented information last Wednesday to commissioners on a county-wide problem with building-code violations. Dilemmas include everything from residents running unlicensed s...
DAYTON – The cause of death remains unknown in the case of Shirley "Ben" Gano, the 88-year-old Oregon man whose body was found near Starbuck last week, Columbia County Coroner Rea Culwell told The Times on Monday. Preliminary results from Monday's autopsy, however, indicate that the manner of Gano's death was natural, according to Culwell. More tests will be conducted, but at this time the cause of death could not be determined "due to the condition of the body," she said. Gano's body was locate...
DAYTON – Columbia County has filed criminal charges against county resident Darlene M. Savage, 70, alleging that she has been maintaining an unpermitted salvage or junkyard on her South Touchet Road property for over a year. The misdemeanor charge, filed in district court on June 12, followed a report signed by the Columbia County Planning Department Director Kim Lyonnais earlier that week stating that this particular property has been a problem since at least 2011. The junk, vehicles and o...
Dayton WWII veteran Owen Agenbroad (top photo) was the first Everyday Hero to tell his story last Thursday at the Dayton Memorial Library as part of this summer's reading program . . ....
DAYTON – Columbia County Commissioners signed the Blue Mountain Station development agreement last week with the Port of Columbia following an uneventful public hearing earlier this month. Little discussion took place regarding the 20-year plan for the property owned by the port just west of Dayton city limits. County commissioners unanimously agreed to the plan, which details how the phased development of Blue Mountain Station aligns with the county’s current comprehensive plan and zoning res...
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DAYTON – The cast is mostly set for this year's fall musical. The Wizard of Oz will be performed at Dayton's Liberty Theater in November and December. Co-director Mike Ferrians just released the following cast list: WIZARD OF OZ: TVAC PRODUCTIONS 2015 Directed by Mike Ferrians and Brenda Henderson CAST LIST: Dorothy Gale - Savannah McFarland Dorothy Understudy - Melissa Petrello Hunk/Scarecrow - Cougar Henderson Hickory/Tinman - Chad Pearson Zeke/Lion - Tony Sykes Wicked Witch - Roz Edwards G...
DAYTON – Dayton resident John Garrett Waltermire, 24, was sentenced in early June to 12 months and one day in state prison after a year of multiple arrests, evasion from local law enforcement and months spent in the county jail. He admitted in Columbia County Superior Court several weeks ago to breaking into the Inland Cellular store in downtown Dayton on March 2, not long after his release from jail on bail after a separate burglary at the city dog pound in December. Waltermire was most recentl...
DAYTON – Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, have been on the rise in Walla Walla County all year; this month Columbia County Public Health has confirmed a case of pertussis in a Dayton Elementary School student. It is the only case of whooping cough reported in Columbia County this year, but the disease is contagious and potentially life-threatening in infants and very young children, according to the Centers for Disease Control. And even people who have been previously i...
Dayton Memorial Library kicked off its summer reading program on Friday with a visit from the noble Knights of Veritas of Ellensburg. After the program, children held a real sword and tried on a metal helmet. The summer program is sponsored by the Friends of the Dayton Memorial Library....
DAYTON – Summer swimming is in full swing, and city staff have been working to ensure not only a good experience for guests to the Dayton City Pool but also save the city money. The city purchased a new chlorination system that is not only easier and safer to use but much more cost effective, according to pool manager Emily Schlenz. The original system consisted of 50-gallon barrels containing a concentration of about 12 percent chlorine mixed with water. Now workers use tablets that are a c...
DAYTON – Blue Mountain Counseling won't know for another week or so about the $25,000 State Farm grant it hoped to win with community support via online voting last month, but directors are determined not to let the outcome of the grant stop them from providing another year of summer recreation for local children. "Dimita (director of BMC) said one way or another we will have the Summer Youth program because this community needs it," said Laura Tolman, prevention coordinator with Blue M...
