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Moist air enters region
DAYTON–The Green Ridge Fire continues to burn and expand to 6,799 acres with containment of 15% in the Blue Mountains, about 18 miles southeast of Dayton as the crow flies, as of press deadline...
Grain harvest off and running
DAYTON–Small grain producers in the Columbia County area are in full swing bringing in the 2021 crop, according to Jacob Forsman, Northwest Grain Growers' General Manager of Columbia County,...
Primary Election August 3
DAYTON–There is only one office on the 2021 Primary Election ballot in Columbia County, with ballots due to be delivered or mailed to the County Auditor's Office by Tuesday, August 3. Three...
Golf fundraiser puts project in gear
DAYTON–Another step toward a labor-saving irrigation system at the Touchet Valley Golf Course was taken when $18,000 was raised during the Third Annual Gene Crothers Memorial Golf Tournament to bene...
PROFILES in AGRICULTURE
By Loyal Baker DAYTON–From truly humble beginnings, by dint of hard work, the descendants of pioneer and progressive farmer and livestock producer Grant Low are continuing the family farming...
Table Rock Meat Co. refurbishes former Cut and Wrap facility
DAYTON–Hand in glove with growing small grains around here is livestock production, and new owners of the local meat-processing business–formerly Joe Nyce's Dayton Cut and Wrap–are striving to...
Contracts spelled out severance pay for discharged City employees
DAYTON–Clarification of the voucher warrants, at the request of City Councilwoman Misty Yost, indicated the financial impact of three City administrators' firing. Yost, chairwoman of the Human...
Commentary
Rewatched “Argo” the other night. It’s a 2012 flick about the Iran Hostage Crisis that won an Oscar for Best Picture in 2013, among a slew of other nominations and awards. Good movie, a story well told. Tense because it’s a true story. Actor...
July 7 thunderstorm sparks Blue Mountain fires
DAYTON–Several fires were started in the Blue Mountains by a July 7 thunderstorm that crackled across the region, and firefighters working on one of them, the Green Ridge-Turkey Tail Fire, about 20...
Van Ausdle Tire open for business
DAYTON–Family connections and family roots played a big part in Dru and Brooke Van Ausdle "coming home" to the southeastern corner of Washington, the location of Dayton's newest business, Van...
Eagles' membership leaning toward salvage
DAYTON–Perhaps the Dayton Eagles, like the proverbial Phoenix, will rise from its own ashes. In the aftermath of the yet-undetermined blaze that severely damaged the Dayton Eagles Aerie No. 2618's...
Wolfpack student-athletes honored at awards banquet
WAITSBURG–Student-athletes of the Dayton-Waitsburg Wolfpack combined athletic program were honored for their basketball-season accomplishments-including Head Coach Roy Ramirez, who was named East Di...
Wilson pleads not guilty
DAYTON–Charges of third-degree assault and drive-by shooting received a not-guilty plea from Joshua B. Wilson, 25, of 104 Rose Guld Road, Shangri La R.V. Park, Dayton, stemming from an incident on...
Main Street hit-and-run investigation reaches dead end
DAYTON–Investigations by the Columbia County Sheriff's Office and Washington State Patrol have not turned up any new information regarding the identity of the individual who drove a van on a Main St...
Sports Awards tonight
WAITSBURG–Student-athletes of the Dayton-Waitsburg Wolfpack basketball teams and cheer squad will be recognized at the "Winter" Sports Banquet here tonight, Thursday, July 1. The banquet starts at...
Throngs turn out for All Wheels Weekend
DAYTON–After 2020's All Wheels Weekend car show was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the 2021 edition of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event exemplified what "small-town...
Wolfpack finishes in fourth
DAYTON–Wolfpack Boys Basketball finished fourth in the Eastern Washington Athletic Conference league playoffs after kicking the eight-team tourney off with a 50-38 win over Kittitas on the home...
Façade removed, street and sidewalk reopened, questions remain
DAYTON–Eagles Aerie No. 2618 members will meet next week to discuss the fate of their fire-ravaged building following a flurry of work last weekend that succeeded in allowing Main Street traffic to...
Positive COVID test nixes Lady Wolfpack games
DAYTON–Two games at the end of Dayton-Waitsburg Lady Wolfpack's basketball season, TriCities Prep and Columbia, were canceled after a member of the team tested positive for COVID-19. "The players...
Senior Night Ceremonies
DAYTON–Four Dayton-Waitsburg boys basketball players and one DW Cheer Squad cheerleader were applauded by those attending the final home basketball game here June 11, and the four senior boys...
Wolfpack falls to C-B in season finale; post-season play this week
DAYTON–DW Wolfpack Boys Basketball finished the season 6-4 and in second place in the Eastern Washington Athletic Conference East Division, following Columbia-Burbank, East No. 1, which defeated DW...
Wolfpack wins, advances to Thursday game
DAYTON–The DW Wolfpack defeated Kittitas 50-38 here Wednesday night to advance to a second-round game Thursday, June 17. As of this posting of breaking news at daytonchronicle.com,...
Dayton Eagles' Aerie No. 2618 severely damaged in Tuesday fire
DAYTON–Members of the temporarily closed Dayton Eagles Aerie No. 2618, putting in untold volunteer hours to repair the historic building's roof, were working in preparation for a building...
Eagles Building Update
DAYTON–Officials with the Dayton Eagles Aerie No. 2618 are waiting on a reply from insurance adjustors about the claim from the Tuesday, June 8 fire that razed the second story of the 110-year-old...
Shooting victim in critical condition
DAYTON–A Dayton man is listed in critical condition at a Tri-Cities hospital following a shooting incident at Shangri La RV Park west of here early Sunday morning. Justin G. Karl, 40, of 104 Rose Gulch Road, Space A, was flown to Providence Kadlec...
