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Dayton High School Scholarship Night set for June 6 at Fairgrounds
DAYTON–The School District will present Scholarship Night at the Columbia County Fairgrounds Pavilion on Thursday, June 6 at 6 p.m. The School District will honor Class of 2024 seniors receiving s...
Dayton Trap team takes 6th
DAYTON–The local FFA Trap Shooting Team compete against 47 teams, takes 6th place at the State Trap Invitational in April. The six members of Dayton's FFA Trap Team, High School students Byron C...
Three DHS students win Hot Poetry contest
By Charlotte Baker DAYTON–Three of the five Pacific Northwest 2024 Hot Poetry contest winners, Justina Abrahamson, Solomon Brenner, and Logan Berg, are local High School seniors. The Pacific N...
Small fry turn out for Fishing Derby
DAYTON–An opening season fishing event at the kiddy fishing pond near the Dayton City Park on Wednesday afternoon, April 17 gave many youngsters a chance to catch the "Big One", such as the one Greyly...
Dayton Elementary students meet 20,880-minute reading goal
DAYTON–The local elementary participated in the Read Across America program with an accumulative reading goal of 20,880 minutes. All the students in Dayton Elementary incorporated extra reading time i...
Quick Peek
Wed, Apr 17 School Board Meeting–Media Center, High School Library–6:30 p.m. Youth Fishing Tournament–Dayton Fishing Pond–3-5 p.m. Thurs, Apr 18 Family Story Time Dinner–Library–6 p.m. Pool District Community Work Session–Elementary Multipurpose...
Stegall, Hollingsworth, Wilson and Mikesell are 2024 CC Fair Hostesses
By Charlotte Baker DAYTON–The Columbia County Fair Board (CCFB) selected four area girls, Cedar Stegall, Alyssa Hollingsworth, Sara Ann Wilson, and Makayla Mikesell, all from Waitsburg, Wash., in F...
Three-generation VGBRA champions
By Charlotte Baker WALLA WALLA–The Valley Girls Barrel Racing Association 2023 results garner an overall grand champion, Payden Henery; reserve champion Dana Greg; and a three-generation champion r...
SB5824, bill to close library voter loophole, signed into law
OLYMPIA–Gov. Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5824 sponsored by Senators Sam Hunt, D-Olympia; Karen Keiser, D-Des Moines; Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue; Marko Liias, D-Edmonds; and T'wina Nobles, D...
Commentary
Spring, oh sweet spring, how your splendor bades me, with spectacle of green emerging from winters arms, bending into an explosion of color. Spring, oh sweet spring how your rain awakens what was once benumbed, welcome home birds red, yellow, green,...
Quilts of Valor presented to three service members
DAYTON–A moment of joy for Deacon Mike Breier and the Salinas family as three received the Quilt of Valor on March 10. Debbie Bailey presented, on behalf of the Lewis Clark Quilts of Valor, three q...
Commentary
Spring, oh sweet spring, how your splendor bades me, with spectacle of green emerging from winters arms, bending into an explosion of color. Spring, oh sweet spring how your rain awakens what was once benumbed, welcome home birds red, yellow, green,...
Commentary
As a farmer's daughter, and later during the first five years of my previous 19-year-marriage, a farmer's wife, the standing rule was to never say anything about how things were going, such as "How's harvest?" The answer to that was always "I'll...
March is National Kidney Month
DAYTON– March is National Kidney Month which reminds us to check into our own kidney health and think of neighbors and friends who may be searching for a donor; such as local resident Lisa Naylor. M...
Commentary
This morning, I sat at my desk in Dayton to begin the editing process for this week's Dayton Chronicle and East Washingtonian, and for the first time since the beginning of January, I have a clear...
Commentary
Have you noticed the same ol’ message; that of what is constantly rehearsed in the media over and over and over again, has become so very tiresome? It sure has with me. I am tired of hearing how awful the right is, and, in turn, how awful the left is...
Hear about Steptoe Butte entrepreneur Cashup Davis
POMEROY–The Friends of Denny Ashby Library and Denny Ashby Library offer a free community presentation, "Cashup Davis: The Inspiring Life of a Secret Mentor," by co-author Jeff Burnside at the G...
NRCS hosts listening meeting in Dayton
DAYTON–The USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service in Washington (NRCS) will conduct a meeting for the Snake River Local Working Group (LWG) at the Dayton Best Western Hotel, 507 E. Main St., i...
2024 WSU and UI Youth Livestock Field Day series
POMEROY–Registration for the Youth Livestock Field Day Series hosted by Idaho and Washington State Extension Offices, is now open to area 4-H and FFA youths, leaders, and families. The series will take place in three locations and dates. The first i...
Free senior health workshops
DAYTON–The Columbia County Health System (CCHS) will offer health education workshops at the Senior Center each beginning February 6, ending December 2. The CCHS have scheduled eleven free monthly community health education workshops during the l...
Izzy the Camel, local celebrity, ambles into sunset
PRESCOTT–Izzy, the camel, passed away on January 24, 2024. He was 18 years old. So many have experience Izzy the camel and looked forward to his appearances at local and area events over the years. B...
Christmas Kick-off coming to town November 24-25
DAYTON–The Chamber of Commerce sponsored "The Town That Still Believes" Christmas Kickoff 2023 is a community event on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 24 and 25. "Chestnuts r...
Sharing the spirit of Christmas on Main Street
DAYTON–Seeking volunteers to help set-up nativities in vacant buildings main street windows, and building owners or occupants to include this seasonal display in their window. Also wanted are more n...
Library block party
DAYTON–A Library Costume Block Party is planned in front of the library on Third Street, hosted by the Neighbors United for Progress on October 13 at 4-7 p.m. The public is invited to join in a free celebration of music, food, games, and a...
Needed: Live kidney donor
DAYTON–Your neighbor, Lisa Naylor, is still in search of a kidney donor. "I am still looking for a living kidney donor! For interested, altruistic folks who wish to consider a donation and a gift o...
