The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

The Columbia County Board of Commissioners received the names of two candidates to replace outgoing Columbia County Sheriff Walt Hessler. The names were presented by the Columbia County Republican Party.

Rocky Miller, who is a Washington State Pa- trol officer and Dayton resident was listed by the party as its "first preferred candidate".

The party's "second preferred candidate" is Jeffrey Jenkins, who serves as a Columbia County Sheriff's Deputy.

In a letter to the commissioners, party chair Tom Bensel said, "The committee believes they have selected two solid candidates who could serve Co...