Waitsburg Times

12/23/2023

Ten Ton Coffee will be open to spread some cheer on Main Street on both Christmas Day and Christmas Eve. ❤️💚🎅🏻🎄❤️💚

12/03/2023

Coffee and cocoa and cookies and Santa!

Ho Ho Ho. Santa will be at Ten Ton from noon to 4pm, TODAY (SUNDAY 12/3)!!🎅🏻❤️💚
We will be open extra long hours today so stop by to get a coffee or cocoa before the Hometown Christmas Parade! 💚❤️🎄❤️💚💚❤️❤️💚❤️💚🎄🎄🎁
An extra special guest barista will be making drinks. 😘

12/01/2023

Lots of misinformation out there about the RV crash and power outage last night. Here is the press release from the Walla Walla Police Department. Shout out to the power company for getting the power back before 9 pm. There were three power poles that came down in the incident. Thanks to the city crew for cleaning the glass and debris first thing this morning.

06/02/2023

Here is the map.
You can also pick up a physical copy by purchasing this week's paper. Your $1 helps us keep this newspaper, and local journalism alive.
Available at:
Ten Ton Coffee
Waitsburg Grocery
Sam's Midway
Dayton Mercantile
PDQ - Dayton
PFI - Dayton
Steve's Grocery
General Store/Circle K - Dayton

05/26/2023

Reminder: June 3 is the Waitsburg/Prescott Community Yard Sale!
Send us your address if you want to be included in the Yard Sale Map!
Email us the info by Monday, May 29. [email protected]

04/06/2023

The Easter Bunny will be very busy this weekend in The Touchet Valley.
On Saturday, April 8, check out the Easter Egg Hunt at Pioneer park in Waitsburg at 10 AM.
Or check out Dayton Community Egg Hunt at Dayton City Park, also at 10 am on Saturday.
🐰🥚🌷🌿🍬🐣🌈🌼🌸🪺🐑
Dayton Kiwanis Dayton Chamber of Commerce Waitsburg Commercial Club; Chamber of Commerce

10/21/2022

CORRECTION! The Times erroneously reported in this week's paper that the city was going to test its siren at noon for its proposed restoration of the weekly midday whistle.
The siren was actually tested at ten a.m. this morning for its use in emergency applications, including flood, fire, and other imminent disasters. The emergency or "flood" siren will go up in sound for six seconds, lessening for six, and back up for six over a period of time. This creates the more common siren sound used on emergency vehicles and will be used to alert residents.
The noon siren or "whistle" was not tested but will eventually be sounded at noon on Monday through Friday for 10 seconds.
Volunteers led by Louie Gagnon have funded and are working with a contractor to make the necessary repairs and adjustments to the system. Once parts for the automated switch have arrived, the noon whistle will go online Mondays through Fridays.
The Times apologizes for the confusion.

10/13/2022

The 15th annual Schulke Pumpkin Fundraiser is happening now!🧡
For decorating or for eating, pick up some beautiful pumpkins at Nancy's Dream Garden Center LLC, or at Mr. C's Smokin Co. in Waitsburg.
Proceeds go to help fund all the wonderful work at Ronald McDonald House Charities. 🎃🧡🥧

WAITSBURG-The Schulke Pumpkin Fundraiser has made its way to Waitsburg once again. Big, small, orange, or blue, there's bound to be a pumpkin for you at Nancy's Dream Center, or Mr. C's Smokin' Co.

10/06/2022

Get your FREE flu shot at these two upcoming drive thru clinics:

Dayton Fairgrounds
Monday, October 10, from 5 - 7 p.m.

Waitsburg Elementary School
Wednesday, October 12, from 5 - 7 p.m.

💖 Keep our communities safe and healthy. 👍
Columbia County Health System

09/08/2022

There is still time to get tickets to this very special event! Celebrate 100 years of the Dayton Kiwanis Club and the many ways they have given back to our communities. Purchase tickets by Sunday the 11th. ❤️

08/31/2022

THIS THURSDAY! Come check out what some of the old and new businesses in Waitsburg have planned. 💖☕️🍪🍕🍝🥂🍻🎨🎻🖼🛏🗝🌻🍅🧀🛍🎈🚜🏆🍹

WAITSBURG­-Waitsburg's business community has been growing. Empty buildings have found new owners, and the town has a hotel again. New ventures are joining established businesses to bring food, drink, hospitality, art, and unique products to town. On Thursday, September 1, new and old businesses wi...

07/29/2022

Wishing Rosie a fabulous retirement! 💖📚📖💐🌞

Rosie Warehime has retired as the Weller Public Library manager. She was a grandma figure for many children in Waitsburg and will miss helping people find books, reading with kids, and engaging them in crafts. She had always been excited to go to work and stated it was the most wonderful and rewardi...

07/18/2022

With honey and lime, this sweet and tart raspberry sorbet is our new favorite summer cool treat! 🍨🍯🌞💖

As we moved into our house, we learned from the previous owners that there had once been a large in-ground pool in the backyard, which apparently had been a popular hangout for local housewives in the sixties and seventies. Unfortunately, when the maintenance costs got to be too much, the decision w...

07/14/2022

These lovely summer evenings are a wonderful time to check out all the activity on Waitsburg's Main Street. 🎻🍕🍷🥂

Mild summer weather brought the Mythical / Movable Blue Mountain Bluegrass Jam outside on Friday, July 8. Next door, patrons at the Royal Block Wine Bar took advantage of the free show as they sat out on Main Street.

07/09/2022

It’s a beautiful morning to check out the Waitsburg Vendor Showcase. Corner of Preston and Coppei.

WAITSBURG-The first Small Town Big Heart Showcase is headed to Waitsburg this weekend. More than 20 vendors will set up at the Gary Thomas Lot at the corner of Coppei and Preston Avenues on Saturday, July 9, starting at 9:00 a.m. Sponsored by the Waitsburg Commercial Club, President Kim Smith said s...

06/17/2022

Waitsburg first graders, from Mrs. Hinchliffe's class, released over 100 little chinook salmon into the Coppei River, last week. The students watched them hatch and grow over the school year, while learning about the ecological importance the fish play to our region. 💖🐟🌎💚

WAITSBURG-On June 10, Waitsburg first graders released more than 130 spring chinook salmon into the Coppei River. This was the fifth year Mrs. Hinchliffe's class partnered with the Tri Cities Steelheaders for the Salmon in Schools Program. Students worked with instructor Alex Lau, learning about the...

06/02/2022

Here is a list of yard sale addresses for this weekend! Not too late to join the fun. If you are not on the list, it is not too late. Add to this posting and let us help you have a successful weekend!

06/02/2022

Here is the map for this Saturday's Waitsburg Community Yard Sale. Come out and find some treasure. UPDATED MAP! Be sure to check out the Multi-family sale at 321 W 7th Street in Waitsburg!

05/23/2022

Are you planning to participate in the annual Waitsburg Community Yard Sale on June 4th? Contact The Times and have your address included in the official yard sale map, which will be printed in the June 2nd edition of the paper, for FREE.
Send your Waitsburg or Prescott yard sale address, plus any additional info you might want listed, to Luke at [email protected]. You can also give us a call at 509-337-3042, or stop by the office at 216 Main Street (inside Ten Ton Coffee). 💖🐦🪑🎁📚🏉🎨🧺🛍🖼🔖

WAITSBURG-Time to send The Times your yard sale information to be included on the official Community Yard sale Map. The map will be printed in The Times June 2 edition, on The Times Website, and on social media. Let us help buyers find your sale. Let us know the location of your sale. Please include...

05/14/2022

Checking out Bard & Bee Meadery is another great reason to stop by the Blue Mountain Station this weekend. 🍯🥂🐝💛

Great stories often start with a man and his dog. In Dayton, it is the story of an entertainer and his winged pollinators making a run at an ancient art. "I'm a farm kid," said Mike Collins, owner and mead maker at Bard and Bee Meadery. "I grew up, part in Milton Freewater, with my grandparents." Hi...

05/06/2022

This Saturday, May 7th, check out the GRAND opening of American 35 in Waitsburg. We are SO excited for wood-fired pizza, on Main Street! 🍕🍕🍕🍕💖
Fiasco Pizza Walla Walla

Tom Bennett allowed The Times in to see the new pizza oven fire up for the first time. To season the oven before opening day on May 7, Bennett will stay into the morning hours tending the flame. It has been months working on the former Anchor Bar building, developing a menu, specialty cocktails, and...

04/29/2022

Friend of the paper, Terry Lawhead, shares some observations made while exploring the unique terrain of the Blue Mountains with his buddy, photographer Bill Rodgers. 📸🏔⛺️🌲🌾
Best of luck on your next adventure, Terry. 💖

Last weekend, a quick 700-mile trip into Oregon's Union and Baker Counties began rolling decades ago when Waitsburg photographer Bill Rodgers studied botany and geology and then worked professionally throughout the western states. His familiarity with the timeless forces shaping the Earth's subsurfa...

04/25/2022

When our friend Paul has a wine recommendation we listen. Look for his weekly reviews in The Times, and check out his excellent website, paulgwine.com, for more reviews.
Cheers! 🍷💖

The first NV (Non-Vintage) Brick House Red was introduced last year in response to the 2020 smoke taint issues that affected some Oregon vineyards. In this second release, the winery has blended fruit from both 2020 and 2021 to make a better wine than 2020 alone. All the grapes were sourced from the...

04/07/2022

Fresh paint and changing signs, Waitsburg saw some exciting changes on Main Street this week.

Two big changes can be seen on Main Street in Waitsburg. Earlier this week, the city removed the Waitsburg City Hall sign from the recently surplused building. On April 5th, building owners Tom and Judy Bennett watched as painters applied the primer covering the black and white flag leftover from th...

03/31/2022

Snow geese, sandhill cranes and swans, oh my! This month, a daytrip to the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, just outside of Othello, provides one a chance to see some beautiful migratory birds resting mid journey. Karen Huwe shared some fantastic photos from a recent trip. 🦢🦆🐦

Parts of the Columbia NWR are closed from February 1 to April 30 so the sandhill cranes will not be disturbed. The cranes feed in fields of waste corn in the early mornings and early evenings to gather and store fat energy so they can continue their flight to Alaska. When not feeding they gather at....

03/20/2022

This week, Luke shares a recipe for a classic Ukrainian dish that is comfort food perfection. 💙💛🇺🇦☮️

For weeks now, my thoughts have been with the people of Ukraine, as they have bravely faced unimaginable horrors. It has been difficult to just sit back while watching a war unfold over five thousand miles away. This week, to learn more about the Ukrainian people and what they are fighting to protec...

03/17/2022

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Included at the bottom of this article are the two letters, for and against the childcare facility, that were read at the Port of Columbia meeting, and one that was submitted by a commenter at the meeting.

DAYTON – The Port of Columbia held its regular meeting at 5 p.m., March 9, 2022. Chair Genie Crowe, Commissioners Johnny Watts and Seth Bryan, and Port Director Jennie Dickinson, were present. There were members of the public attending in person and over fifty joining on Zoom. Board Chair Crowe op...

03/14/2022

We love this time of year, watching as the fields come to life in bright vibrant green. 💚
📸: Bill Rodgers
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"Green is for Saint Paddy's Day". It does not get any greener than right after an early spring rain over short winter wheat in the Touchet River valley. What better place to celebrate St. Patricks Day than right here in our own verdant Waitsburg neighborhood. This photo of the Shriner's Farm was sho...

03/10/2022

Tickets are still available for this fun Waitsburg event. 💚🍀💚

WAITSBURG-Join Town Hall for an Irish dinner on March 12, in honor of St. Patrick's Day. Doors open at 5 p.m, with dinner served at 6 p.m. If traditional Irish food isn't enough to entice you, then the wide selection of goods and items up for auction should be! Items include a spa basket, donated by...

03/01/2022

*Correction!*
Astute Times reader and recipe tester, Virginia, noticed that the amount of eggs used was not listed in the ingredients list for last week's Apple Upside-Down Cake. The recipe calls for 2 eggs. Apologies for this typo. The correction has been made to the online version. 🥚🥚💓

Since moving to Waitsburg, we have been slowly remodeling our older home one room at a time. Finally, the end is in sight with the biggest project, a planned complete overhaul of our kitchen, scheduled for later this year. In anticipation of this, we have been getting by with the aging components of...