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STARBUCK–A residential fire, suspected to be started by an electrical malfunction, gutted 104 W. Main here Wednesday night. Columbia County Fire District No. 1 units responded and called for mutual...

RICHLAND–Columbia Point Golf Course's 18-hole, 72-par course is challenging, and it proved so for the six Dayton-Waitsburg Golf Team members April 14. DW's Caleb Barron came in 12th out of 18...

DAYTON–Sunday, April 18, will be Pastor Marj Johnston's final Sunday in the pulpit at the Dayton First Congregational Church UCC. "I'm taking a break from parish-based ministry," Johnston, who has...

PASCO–Two Dayton-Waitsburg golfers recently gave their first high-school golf match their best shot. DW's Caleb Barron finished a respectable fourth place in the 18-hole, par 72 match at Sun...

DAYTON–All Wheels Weekend 2021 will return after a one-year, COVID-19 hiatus. Planners announced this week that the Father's Day Weekend event is on the calendar for June 18-19-20, with covid...

WHITE SWAN–The Cougars drew first blood with a touchdown aided by two Dayton-Waitsburg pass-interference penalties, but the Wolfpack settled down and scored three touchdowns in the first quarter,...

DAYTON–Four Dayton-Waitsburg Wolfpack volleyball players were named to the Eastern Washington Athletic Conference Second Team, and six Wolfpack football players were tapped with All-League honors,...

DAYTON–Long-time local insurance agent Bette Lou Crothers, who retired July 31, 2020, will be the guest of honor at a retirement celebration and grand opening this Saturday, sponsored by State...

DAYTON–COVID-10 restrictions and risks have prompted the Dayton High School Alumni Association to forgo, for a second year in a row, its annual Alumni Weekend in July, according to Alumni President...

BURBANK–From Columbia's first touchdown on the second play of the game, a 55-yard ramble by Abraham Garcia, the Wolfpack had the feeling it was going to be a long night. The Coyotes stomped on the...

DAYTON–After pulling out a hard-fought 26-24 first-set win over the White Swan Cougars in the 2021-covid season's final match here Wednesday, March 24, Dayton-Waitsburg went flat for two sets...

DAYTON–With the spring not only in the air but on the calendar, and local golfers gravitating to the fairways and greens, the Touchet Valley Golf & Recreation organization, formerly known as the...

DAYTON–The DW Lady Wolfpack dropped a three-set match at Kittitas in post-season play Tuesday after finishing third in the East Division, and closed out the playoffs with a consolation home contest...

WAITSBURG–The River View Panthers' first play set the tone–a 54-yard, up-the-middle touchdown by Bio Mendoza, and though Dayton-Waitsburg was competitive and went eyeball-to-eyeball with the...

WAITSBURG–Dayton-Waitsburg's Wolfpack Football is playing the final game of the 2021 covid season, a crossover game with the West Division of the league, at White Swan High School, with the kickoff...

DAYTON–The Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie No. 2618 here met last week and again this week to address a leaking roof, damaged when high winds earlier this year carried away some of the metal...

DAYTON–The vote is in and counted, and students in both the schools here and in Waitsburg have chosen "DW Wolfpack" as the mascot of the combined athletic program, Waitsburg Athletic Director and...

By Loyal Baker MABTON–The DW Wolfpack overcame challenges and rallied from a 14-12 halftime deficit to win 32-20 over the Mabton Vikings in the third game of the six-game covid season. The game...

COLLEGE PLACE–The powerful Walla Walla Valley Academy Knights kept the Dayton-Waitsburg Wolfpack in the mid to low teens in a three set loss here March 13. With the loss, DW is 2-6 with two matches...

DAYTON–After a series of frustrating losses, the Dayton-Waitsburg Volleyball team gelled and handed Riverview a three-set loss here Saturday as the team moves into the second half of the covid-short...

DAYTON–Students at Dayton and Waitsburg schools in grades six through 12 are voting this week on a mascot for the combined athletics program, school officials say. Voting will continue up until 3...

DAYTON–The Dayton Kiwanis Club showed its appreciation to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office with a brief ceremony and shared locally made cupcakes with blue frosting Thursday, February 25, at...

WAITSBURG–Dedication and hard work on their own initiative paid dividends for Dayton Waitsburg Valley Football as they resoundingly defeated Highland 38-0 here February 27 in the combine's first...

DAYTON–A hard-hitting TriCities Prep team handed Dayton-Waitsburg Volleyball a loss last week as the squad looks for its first win of the season. DW hosts River View at noon on Saturday, March 6...