The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

STARBUCK-With a year of business under its belt, Rebecca's Lodge restaurant owner Carol Wildman says things are going well. When The Times stopped in on a Thursday afternoon, locals relaxed and chatted in arm chairs at the front of the café while visitors from Walla Walla enjoyed a meal and asked questions about the area.

The restaurant, located at 211 E. Main in Starbuck, is a work of love by Carol and Floyd Wildman, who have operated Aunt Jennie's B&B in Starbuck for more than a decade.

The café itself is airy and open and invites conversation. Chairs and a coffee table with books of...