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Girl Scouts Donate Flagpole to State Park
WAITSBURG-When the Girls Scouts of Waitsburg learned that the Lewis & Clark Trail State Park was the only park in the state without a flagpole, they set out to do something about it. The local...
Movin' on up!
Waitsburg Elementary School's first annual Move Up Night was a big success with parents and students taking the opportunity to meet with next year's teachers and enjoying a meal together. Students...
Waitsburg Fair 2019 results
Swine – Fitting & Showing 4-H: Jasper Morrow – Champion Makenna Barron – Reserve FFA Advanced Cason Nichols – Champion Seamus House – Reserve FFA Novice Nathalie Abel – Champion Violet Smith – Reserve Overall Cason Nichols –Champion Seamus House ...
Waitsburg Fair Goes Off Without a Hitch
WAITSBURG-Sunny weather and bright skies prevailed for the Waitsburg Livestock Show and Fair this past Saturday. The fairgrounds were packed to the brim with pigs, ducks, chickens, goats, sheep,...
Waitsburg FFA Awards
Waitsburg FFA members gathered in the Waitsburg Elementary School multipurpose room for the Chapter's annual award ceremony on June 5. WAITSBURG—The Waitsburg FFA Chapter held its annual banquet in t...
WAITSBURG SENIORS WALK THE AISLE
WAITSBURG-Seventeen members of the Class of 2019 made the traditional march down Kison Court to receive their diplo- mas at Waitsburg High School's 123rd commencement ceremony on Fri., May 30....
WAITSBURG WILL HOST FIREWISE MEETING
WAITSBURG—The Waitsburg City Council invites the public, and especially landowners, to attend a free Firewise meeting at the Lions Club Building at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds on Tues., June 25 at 7 p.m. Speakers from the Department of Natural R...
NHS INDUCTEES
Waitsburg High School inducted three new members into National Honor Society in the WHS auditorium on Mon, June 4. High School Principal Stephanie Wooderchak and Guest Speaker Gabe Kiefel welcomed...
WAITSBURG FROM A VISUAL ARTISTS' PERSPECTIVE
WAITSBURG-The Touchet River is a 55-mile tributary of the Walla Walla River and in its valley sprawls endless hills and fields of wheat end-capped by barns and mills. Our local landscape boasts...
SALMON IN SCHOOLS
WAITSBURG-Students from Mrs. Stephanie Hinchliffe's first grade class released salmon into the Touchet River on May 22, concluding this season of the Salmon in Schools project. Waitsburg, Dixie and...
Policy changes allow for greater levy collections
WAITSBURG—At the May 16 Waitsburg School Board meeting, Superintendent Jon Mishra updated board members on the outcome of the legislative session which closed April 28. While some outcomes are p...
Knitting ministry
The Waitsburg Christian Church knitting ministry has nearly outgrown the home of organizer Joan Helm. Knitters took their needles to Ten Ton Coffee to knit earlier this month. The group knits prayer...
Kathy Schirm wins Community Service Award
WAITSBURG-Waitsburg paraprofessional Kathy Schirm was presented with the Southeast Washington Association of School Administrators Community Service Award in a ceremony before staff on May 22. The...
Waitsburg Fair is June 8
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg’s annual Livestock Show and Fair will take place at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds on June 8. Events begin on Saturday at 9 a.m. The 65-year-old tradition includes all manner of livestock competitions including herdsmanship, liv...
Emma Philbrook graduates from Whitman
WALLA WALLA—Waitsburg native, and former Times columnist, Emma Philbrook participated in commencement proceedings at Whitman College in Walla Walla, on Sun,, May 19. A graduate of Waitsburg High School, Philbrook graduated magna cum laude with a b...
Waitsburg elementary institutes Move Up Night
WAITSBURG—Waitsburg Elementary School will hold its first annual Move Up Night on June 6 at 5:30 p.m. The evening of fun is intended to allow families and students the opportunity to meet next year’s teacher and visit their new classrooms. The eve...
Waitsburg School Board Update
FFA Presentation FFA officers reported on State Convention. FFA Advisor Nicole Abel said the chapter plans to attend Nationals in October where Tom House will receive his American Degree and the...
Bill Rodgers' Secret Garden
WAITSBURG-All over town irises are in bloom, but none quite so plentiful as Bill Rodger's Secret Garden. Waitsburg's own photographer is changing the landscape by hand. Rodgers is in the process of...
Celebration Days Smiles
Photos by Brianna Wray Waitsburg Celebration Days was gifted with a sunny Saturday, the only sunny day, flanked by days of rain, last week. Revelers enjoyed a parade, music, brewfest, ATV poker ride,...
Lack of lifeguards could result in pool closure
WAITSBURG—Waitsburg city council members wasted no time in responding to news that a lack of lifeguards could result in the City of Waitsburg being unable to open the City Pool this summer. Council member K.C. Kuykendall and Student Representative Le...
4-Hers advance to State with presentions/demonstrations
WALLA WALLA-Four members of Home Grown Go Wild 4-H competed at the Walla Walla County 4-H Extension office for the second time this spring on May 14. After competing in April and receiving blue...
Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office Daily Press Board Listing
April 30 Burglary: Dispatched to 100 block of N. E St. in Prescott for a possible burglary....
Firefighter Focus
As longtime volunteer firefighters are retiring, the local volunteer pool continues to dwindle. With less than 20 active volunteer firefighters and four EMTs, Columbia-Walla Walla Fire No. 2 is...
Leena Baker is WHS valedictorian, Loren Negron is salutatorian
WAITSBURG-Fifteen seniors will mark the end of their high school careers with a walk down Kison Court during Waitsburg High School's 122nd commencement ceremony on Fri., May 31 at 8 p.m. A...
