The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON--Columbia Rural Electric Association is paying for Saturday rides on a Columbia County Transportation coach to Walla Walla, so local citizens living in Columbia County and who have vouchers for the Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program, the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program and benefits with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education can redeem them at the Downtown Farmer’s Market in Walla Walla, according to Brad McMasters, who is the President of the Blue Mountain Station Co-op board.

McMasters said it has been a problem for seniors who receive SMNP vouchers to obtain...