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Ten Years Ago April, 2013 Life-long model and flight enthusiast completes scale model of Spirit of St. Louis. Jim Edwards crafted a full scale model replica of the Spirit of St. Louis, the plane to make the first non-stop flight over the ocean from N...

Ten Years Ago April, 2013 "Fire-Grab some iron!" inspires the name of Spring's brew pub. Mike and Ann Spring would have such a theme, and so Chief Spring's Fire and Irons Brew Pub has ignited. The Springs relocated to Dayton last October and purchase...

Ten Years Ago April 17, 2013 The Columbia County Commissioner appointed Rocky Miller of Dayton as Columbia County Sheriff effective of July 1, 2013, and will replace Sheriff Walt Hessler, Jr., who plans to retire at the end of June. Twenty-Five...

Ten Years Ago April 13, 2013 James Moyer has been named director of Washington State University's Agricultural Research Center. He will also serve as associate dean for research for the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences....

Ten Years Ago April 3, 2013 The W.W. Day Estate Trust, for benefit of the Dayton School and Dayton General Hospital, generated income dividends of $23,400 to add to the 215,000 farm income. Once farm expenses, management fees taxes and other...

Ten Years Ago March 27, 2013 In February, three generations of the Sunderland family, Paul Sunderland and his daughter, Jenny Healy, arrived in Dayton with their skis to pick up Jean Sunderland, Paul's mom and Jenny's grandmother, to ski at...

Ten Years Ago March 20, 2013 Washington State Department of Ecology has informed that some businesses cannot be relocated at the Blue Mountain Station without the center hooking up to city sewer services. The commissioners for the Port has approved...

Ten Years Ago March 13, 2013 James Moyer has been named director of Washington State University's Agricultural Research Center. He will also serve as associate dean for research for the College of Agricultural, Human and National Resource Sciences....

Ten Years Ago March 6, 2013 Dayton High School has 22 Future Business Leaders America students preparing for travel to Spokane to compete in business events and campaign for state office positions. Instructor Rob Moore, who has served as the local ch...

Ten Years Ago February 27, 2012 The House Community Development, Housing and Tribal Affairs Committee voted to approve a measure that would create a new Walla Walla Veterans' Home as a branch of the Washington Soldiers' Home. Rep. Terry Nealey...

Ten Years Ago February 20, 2013 A new operating agreement to the Palouse River & Coulee City railroad, owned by the Port of Columbia is being proposed by Watco Companies, Inc. Watco uses the line for twelve customers, naming Seneca and Northwest...

Ten Years Ago February 13, 2013 During March through August, 2012, seven wolf sightings in Columbia County were officially recorded by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. Footprints were reported in the Skyline area near the Mill Cr...

Ten Years Ago February 6, 2013 With increasing response time as the main objective, Columbia County Fire District 3 is placing a quick adapter on Dayton fire hydrants. The Storz coupler connects by interlocking hooks and flanges, not hose threads....

Ten Years Ago January 30, 2013 The Watco Company, who operates the Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad, would like a new lease agreement with the Port of Columbia. The current lease agreement states it may be renewed in 20 years. The railroad,...

Ten Years Ago January 23, 2013 County Commissioners gave the nod to the site plan for the Blue Mountain Station. Construction for the first building to be built on property owned by the Port of Columbia, the artisan food center, will begin in early s...

Ten Years Ago January 16, 2013 "We are not moving," emphasized Les Teel, CEO of Columbia Rural Electric Association. As the local energy cooperative expands operations in Walla Walla County, and plans to relocate the warehouse and engineering...

Ten Years Ago January 9, 2013 Dayton's Band Program gets a generous boost: American West Bank manager, Andie Holmberg, presented Scott Carson, Music/band teacher of the Dayton School's band program, a check for $1,000. After enjoying the Elementary...

Ten Years Ago January 2, 2013 Rep. Terry Nealey, R-Dayton has been named ranking Republican on the Finance Committee of the state House of Representatives. The Spring Lake Dam located immediately west of the Tucannon River in Columbia County, was...

Ten Years Ago December 19, 2012 Abbie Marsh joined Nealey and Marinella law firm in Dayton. Marsh is the daughter of Bill and Zena Broughton who lived in Dayton until Abbie was 12 and then relocated to Palouse, Wash. Abbie and her husband and their...

Ten Years Ago December 19, 2012 Abbie Marsh joined Nealey and Marinella law firm in Dayton. Marsh is the daughter of Bill and Zena Broughton who lived in Dayton until Abbie was 12 and then relocated to Palouse, Wash. Abbie and her husband and their...

Ten Years Ago December 5, 2012 Helping people fulfills a desire. Last spring, Judi Brooks and Margaret Huwe, both employed by Bank of America in Dayton, had a desire to reach out and help people. They read in the Dayton Chronicle the senior meal...

Ten Years Ago, December 5, 2012 The American Legion color guard and members of a Boy Scout troop present "the colors" as a large overhead Alumni donated flag is dedicated at the Dayton High School gym. Twenty-Five Years Ago November 26, 1997 The...

Ten Years Ago November 21, 2012 Wally and Marie McCauley were honored as long-time 4-H supporters of the local 4-H Program with the Friends of 4-H Award. Twenty-Five Years Ago The Dayton Branch of Coldwell Banker First Realtors officially opened its...

Ten Years Ago November 14, 2012 Middle school girls cast in lead for "Annie." Annie opens this weekend at the Liberty Theater and Hallyn Boggs from Dayton and Chloe Pearson from Waitsburg are double cast in the lead role. Twenty-Five Years Ago...

Ten Years Ago November 7, 2012 The Dayton Chamber of Commerce held its 66th annual awards banquet. Keynote speaker George Sharp, Executive Director for Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater Visitor and Convention Bureau, presented a formula for success he has...