Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WALLA WALLA — Blue Mountain Community Foundation, in partnership with United Way of the Blue Mountains, invites eligible organizations from Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, and Umatilla counties to register for the 2025 Valley Giving Guide. Registration will be open from September 15 through October 15, 2025. From December 2 to 31, the Valley Giving Guide is a print and online platform where nonprofits can introduce their organizations to potential donors. A secure website will allow donors to choose one or multiple organizations to support i...
DAYTON – “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” is the last chapter of one of television and film’s most enduring period dramas, with five seasons and three movies. The Crawley family, staff, and the grand house are entering the 1930s and must navigate how to embrace the future. The familiar cast includes Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Joely Richardson, Paul Giamatti, Jim Carter, and Joanne Froggatt. One Rotten Tomatoes critic wrote, “Fellowes & Curtis have gifted audiences with a trilogy closer that’s worth coming back...
DAYTON - The Dayton Chamber of Commerce and the Dayton Task Force will host a town hall, community meeting on September 24, from 7 to 9 p.m. at The Scotsman, located at 410 S. 3rd. St. The discussion will be centered on the vision for the future of Dayton. The special guest speaker is Kathryn Witherington, Executive Director of Walla Walla Common Roots Housing Trust. Witherington has served as the executive director of the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation and the Economic Development Director at...
WALLA WALLA - On October 7, the Walla Walla Symphony will open its 2025-2026 season with Gustav Holst's "The Planets," the piece that made Holst a classical rock star. Attend the performance to see why. In a press release, WWS said, "'The Planets' is packed with emotion and contrast: fierce and dramatic one moment, gentle and lyrical the next. This is the kind of music that fills the hall and leaves you buzzing." In addition, the opening night program will include Samy Moussa's "Elysium" and...
DAYTON - The 2025 Columbia County Fair was held September 4 through 6 at Dayton's fairgrounds with the theme "Celebrating Columbia County - 150 years of Heritage and Heart." The fair hostesses were Kayla Mikesell and Sarah Wilson. The fair opened with a flag opening ceremony on Thursday morning. Breakfast was included with the general gate admission. Attendees spent the day enjoying live entertainment, livestock judging, and a large variety of craft, art, and food booths. On Friday, events...
DAYTON – “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” is the last chapter of one of television and film’s most enduring period dramas, with five seasons and three movies. The Crawley family, staff, and the grand house are entering the 1930s and must navigate how to embrace the future. The familiar cast includes Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Joely Richardson, Paul Giamatti, Jim Carter, and Joanne Froggatt. One Rotten Tomatoes critic wrote, “Fellowes and Curtis have gifted audiences with a trilogy closer that’s worth coming back...
DAYTON/WAITSBURG — Afterschool programs in Dayton and Waitsburg have started the new school year with grant funding. The Club in Dayton recieved funding from the Educational Service District 123’s Cohort 20 program through its 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative. The ESD123 funding was awarded to programs in three communities, inclucing Dayton, to expand high-quality afterschool and summer learning opportunities. “Cohort 20 allows us to bring more consistent, high-impact learning time to students and families,” said Margari...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Booster Club held its annual "Back to School" kickoff for the Cardinals at the Waitsburg Elementary's multipurpose room on Tuesday, September 2. The event was a big success, with lots of kids and community members who came to help start the new school year with enthusiasm and energy. "This was the largest turnout yet," said Waitsburg Booster Club's President Ross Hamann. David Long from Walla Walla DJ provided music, coaches introduced the fall sports teams, cheerleaders...
DAYTON — Who’s badder than the Bad Guys? The Bad Girls. In a new chapter of the 2022 action-comedy hit, “The Bad Guys,” the criminal crew of animal outlaws struggles to accept their new lives as the good guys. The Bad Guys are forced out of retirement for ‘one last job’ by an all-female squad of criminals. Based on the New York Times best-selling book series by Aaron Blabey, “The Bad Guys 2” reunites the film’s all-star cast and filmmakers. The cast includes Sam Rockwell, Craig Robinson, Marc Maron, Alex Borstein, Richard Ayoade, Awkwafina, Ant...
DAYTON — Only one man can lead the Police Squad and save the world. Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) follows in his father’s footsteps in “The Naked Gun”, directed by Akiva Schaffer (“Saturday Night Live”) and produced by Seth MacFarlane (“Family Guy”). Joining the cast are Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Cody Rhodes, Liza Koshy, Eddie Yu, and Danny Huston. Rated PG-13 for crude/sexual material, violence/bloody images, and brief partial nudity. Runtime is 85 minutes. The Rotten Tomatoes critics’ consen...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Historical Society is holding a yard sale on Saturday, September 6, from 8 am to 2 pm, to raise funds to cover operating costs for the WHS facilities, including the Bruce House Museum. A successful yard sale depends on a wide range of housewares, tools, toys, clothes, art, and collectables. The WHS is asking the community to donate items for the sale. It is the perfect opportunity to clean our closets, garages, and shops and bring gently used items to the museum. Drop...
PENDLETON, OR – In one month, the annual Children's Rodeo will be held at the Pendleton Round-Up Arena at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 11, 2025. InterMountain Education Service District and the Pendleton Round-Up Association sponsor the event. The event provides children with special needs, aged 5 to 10, the opportunity to be cowboys and cowgirls inside the famous rodeo location. Usually, about 50 children from across eastern Oregon enjoy the Children's Rodeo. Students from IMESD's componen...
DAYTON — Set in a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” introduces Marvel’s First Family—Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Human Torch (Joseph Quinn), and The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they face their most daunting challenge yet. Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus’ plan to devour...
WALLA WALLA —Echolands Winery is hosting the inaugural performance of Shakespeare Under the Stars’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Magic and mischief await on the Echolands lawn. Tickets are on a Pay-What-You-Will basis. There is also a Poet’s Porch premium reservered seating available at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6692434 Poet’s Porch tickets are $50 per person and offer patio seating and optional table service. The show runs from August 28 to 31 and September 4 to 7 at 7 p.m. Shakespeare Under the Stars was founded by Walla Walla’s o...
WALLA WALLA — Whitman College in Walla Walla and Goodwill in College Place are hosting hiring events for fall. Whitman College is hosting its Fall Job & Internship Fair on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Registration for employers wishing to participate is open through Friday, September 26. Space is limited, and organizers encourage early-bird registrations with discounts of between 30% and 40%. The job fair is an efficient platform for businesses to promote job and internship opportunities to Whitman’s diverse, tal...
This summer has been busy for fire and county emergency management departments. In July, there were fires that resulted in Level 3 evacuation orders. One fire went from Level 1 to Level 3 in eight minutes, according to Patrick Prucell, Walla Walla County Emergency Management Coordinator. Level 1–Be Ready to evacuate by having a plan and a go-kit ready. Level 2 – Be Set to evacuate at a moment’s notice, there is significant danger in the area, and it can change quickly. Level 3 – Go Now! Leave immediately, without delay. Do not stop to gather...
DAYTON — This year’s “Superman” is not a remake of the 1978 movie with Christopher Reeve, but a new take inspired by the original. Director James Gunn adapts the story for the new DC universe. Updated with a quirky, socially conscious, and humanizing perspective, it introduces new characters to the DCU. This Superman is driven by compassion and an inherent belief in the goodness of humankind. The cast includes David Corenswet as Superman, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane. NPR critic Glen Weldon said, “James Gunn’s...
WAITSBURG — This summer, Waitsburg Parks and Recreation upped its game by offering a diverse series of free, fun summer camps. The series will wrap up with the Fly Casting Camp, cohosted with Palouse Outfitters on August 18, 19, and 20 at Preston Park. There will be one session per day, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., for all ages eight and up. “Fly fishing has been part of my life since I was 11 years old, tying flies in the garage. More than 30 years later, it’s what I do for a living. Fly fishing is more than just a sport around here. It’s closer...
WALLA WALLA — The City of Walla Walla launched its first Civics Academy, an interactive program designed to help residents gain a deeper understanding of local government operations and how they can participate in the process. Beginning on Oct. 2, 2025, the City of Walla Walla Civics Academy will offer participants a behind-the-scenes look at how the city’s departments work, how decisions are made, and how community members can become more involved with the city. “This program is about building connections and providing an opportunity for r...
DAYTON – Columbia County Prosecuting Attorney Dale Slack is leaving the office on September 1, 2025. Slack was in private practice in Dayton for four years as a criminal defense attorney, and a contracted public defender in the Columbia County District and Superior Courts. Slack joined the prosecutor's office in 2015 as a deputy prosecuting attorney was elected to replace Prosecutor Rea Culwell in 2018. "One of the office's deputy prosecutors will fill the position until the Columbia County C...
MILTON-FREEWATER - For the first time, the Milton–Freewater Pioneer Posse will include a Junior Princess Court. The court consists of Waitsburg student Sydney Smith, Rylee Stowers from Prescott, Evangeline Pace, and Teagan Freemantle from Milton–Freewater. The Junior Princess Court is for girls aged 7 to 10 years old who can ride a horse on their own. The young princesses will join the Royalty Court to ride in the Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days Parade on August 20. The Junior Princess Cou...
DAYTON - The Bobcat Room at Hotel Hardware hosted a pop-up with food from the iconic and sorely missed restaurant, the Whoopemup Hollow Cafe. For those who miss, and those who missed, the Whoopemup when it was in Waitsburg, the Bobcat Room brought one of the owners in for a pop-up event. On July 26, Val Mudry made Whoop 'Em Up gumbo and cornbread for a room full of grateful Bobcat Room customers. Padraic Slattery commented on Facebook that he first read about the Whoopemup ten years ago and...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Presbyterian Church membership recognized Pastor Heidi Lum as she received her on July 27. The church was full of congregants, elders, family, and friends who celebrated Lum's journey to service. Lum credits the interim pastor, Stan Hughes, for bringing her to the Waitsburg church. They met at the Presbytery of the Northwest, where Hughes offered her an internship in Waitsburg. The church's membership named Lum as Pastor last year when Hughes officially stepped down....
DAYTON—Missoula Children’s Theater will bring performances of “Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs” to The Liberty on August 1 and 2. Auditions took place on Monday, July 28, and rehearsals are in full swing. The kids are well into rehearsals, and the show will be fantastic. The cast of 43 talented kids auditioned for their parts on Monday morning and were learning their lines, songs, and choreography by that afternoon. They will perform two shows at the end of the week. The performances will be on Friday, August 1, at 7 p.m. and Saturday,...
DAYTON — Five years after the events in “Jurassic World Dominion,” Earth’s climate has proven inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those that have survived live in isolated areas along the equator, where the tropical biosphere resembles the prehistoric climate where they thrived. The three largest of the surviving creatures hold the key to developing a drug that could bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind. The cast includes Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, Mahershala Ali, and Rupert Friend. After being in the theater for several weeks,...
