Touchet News

Some people get Christmas bonuses when December rolls around. But employees in the Touchet School District didn't even get their paychecks.

The Touchet School District is having continuing problems with its payroll system.

TOUCHET, Wash;--A memorial service was held in Portland yesterday for Touchet native Katie Nolan.

In their contract it states that teachers in the Touchet school district are to be paid on the last working day of each month.

Whiteout conditions today prevented mountaineers or aircraft from searching for two climbers who have been missing on Oregon's tallest mountain since the weekend.

The small community of Touchet is being bound together by hope. The hope that one of it's former members, Katie Nolan, is still alive.

As a military helicopter scoured the upper elevations of Mount Hood searching for two missing climbers on Monday, a small Washington farming community near the Tri-Cities anxiously awaited news of the rescue.

In the town of only a few hundred, it's hard not to come across someone who knows Katie or the Nolan family.

On the hunt for a turkey dinner today? The Seed House Saloon in Touchet is serving up a free dinner around 2 p.m., said owner Nicki Blanchard.

Rob Dunning, owner of Dunning Irrigation Supply in Lowden, apparently was elected commissioner of the Port of Walla Walla.

Tall ceilings make small rooms feel spacious. The propane stove adds light and heat in the winter.

Three people are in a Walla Walla hospital this morning after a teen driver lost control while trying to pass two cars and hit an SUV.

A Walla Walla man was injured today when his motorcycle crashed into a bale hauler on Highway 12 near Touchet.

Seniors from Mid-Columbia high schools closed the first chapter of their lives Saturday.