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Court stays Proposition 2 from appearing on General Election ballot
DAYTON–A Columbia County Court Commissioner has granted an injunction, ordering County Auditor Will Hutchens to withhold a ballot initiative which would have dissolved the Columbia County Rural...
Three injured in Sunday rollover
DAYTON–Three members of a Clarkston, Wash., family were injured in a single-car rollover accident on State Route 12, 10 miles east of Dayton Sunday, September 24. Driver Amanda J. Greene, 28, and pa...
Attorneys for complainants and defendants in library suit give statements in court
The attorney for the Neighbors United for Progress, Ric Jacobs, and Prosecuting Attorney C. Dale Slack both gave statements in the Sepember 20 hearing before Court Commissioner Julie Karl. "We're...
Lady Bulldogs battle unforced errors and inexperience in search for momentum
DAYTON–The Lady Bulldogs are in the hunt for some wins as the young squad works and battles its way through the first half of the 2023 1B volleyball season. Last week, Columbia-Burbank downed the...
Prescott man dies in accident
PRESCOTT–A 26-year-old Prescott man succumbed to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident on State Route 124, three miles east of here September 8. Harley J. Bicknell, Prescott, was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to the...
Dawgs blanked by Cardinals
WAITSBURG–Fumbles and interceptions plagued the Bulldogs while Waitsburg's Cardinals made big play after big play on its way to a 48-0 S.E. B-8 win here September 15. Waitsburg's stingy defense...
Lady Dawgs downed by TR and Colton Lady Wildcats
DAYTON–The Lady Bulldogs dove into the 2023 regular season with a pair of losses last week, a home-court, three-set defeat by Tekoa-Rosalia on Thursday, Sept. 14, and a road loss to Colton the...
Restraining order granted to remove library dissolution question from ballot
By Loyal Baker DAYTON–Following a hearing here on September 6, plaintiff Neighbors United for Progress, a Columbia County political action committee, obtained a temporary restraining order from...
Bulldogs rally for first home win since 2014
DAYTON–The Dayton Bulldogs overcame a deficit in the first half to tie the score, then went on to register a seismic 62-38 win over the Yakama Nation Tribal Eagles, winning the first home game for...
Lady Dawgs open season with five-set win
DAYTON–The reconstituted Lady Bulldog Volleyball Program got off to a rousing start with a five-set win over White Swan here Thursday, September 7. The win puts the Bulldog's record at 1-0 as the program jumps right into league play this week at...
Columbia County Fair celebrates Dreams in a Small Town
DAYTON–The 135th edition of the Columbia County Fair will highlight those "Fair Dreams in a Small Town," celebrating all that is good about rural living when it gets underway this weekend, Friday...
NUP seeks injunction to remove library dissolution proposition from November ballot
DAYTON–A local political action organization and two associated individuals have sued Dayton resident Jessica Ruffcorn, organizer of a petition to dissolve the Columbia County Rural Library...
Bulldogs upended by Sunnyside Christian in season debut
DAYTON–Taking the field as the Dayton Bulldogs for the first time in eight years, youth and inexperience played a role in the Dawgs' 46-14 loss to Sunnyside Christian here September 1, but first-yea...
Fire contained on N. Touchet Road; disaster averted says chief
DAYTON–An accidentally started fire in the 900 block of North Touchet Road was contained to around three or four acres with some vehicles, fencing and trees sustaining damage on Monday, August 28,...
Dayton Bulldog athletics is back in business
DAYTON–After seven years of a combined football program and four years of a full athletic partnership with Waitsburg High School, the Dayton Bulldog sports teams are readying for the upcoming fall...
Bulldog football competes at jamboree
DAYTON–The Dayton Bulldog Football Program kicked off its fall season with a jamboree in Pomeroy last Saturday and new Head Coach Lucas Collier saw both some good thing and some things the team...
Small-town lawyering has its advantages
DAYTON–Local folks know the advantages of living here...quiet streets, friendly faces, how relatively more relaxed the pace of life is here compared to the big city. Late last year, the Washington...
Start-up venture plans to bring ag-related industry and 30 jobs to Pomeroy
POMEROY––With the demise of Columbia Pulp, the concept of finding a use for the plentiful wheat straw produced in southeastern Washington may be continued by a local entrepreneur who, if...
Harvest wrapping up; lower yields this year
DAYTON–A dearth of moisture is the culprit in the 2023 small grains harvest being below average, according to Jacob Forsman, Northwest Grain Growers Dayton office manager, said this week, but the...
WWII Navy veteran remembers August, 1945 in South Pacific
WAITSBURG–"Not too many kids from Prescott are able to say they spent their nineteenth birthday in Tokyo, Japan," Jack McCaw, 96, said recently in recalling where he was and what he was doing during...
"The Secret Garden" performances Friday and Saturday at Liberty
DAYTON–The Missoula Children's Theatre is bringing "The Secret Garden" to the Liberty Theater stage this coming Friday and Saturday. A cast of 46 local young people have been intensely rehearsing...
Steve Henderson, local artist, profiled on KSPS program
DAYTON–The works of art created by local fine art painter Steve Henderson was the topic of a ten-minute segment on "Everyday Northwest" hosted by Staci Nelson, broadcast by KSPS-Spokane last May....
Hoosier couple retrace 1923 Model T trip – to the day
DAYTON–Craig and Kathy Mitchell of Greenwood, Ind., overnighted here on June 19, 2023, 100 years to the day that his grandfather, grandmother, great grandfather and grand aunt came through driving a...
PROFILES IN AGRICULTURE
DAYTON–Patrick Francis Donohue and his two brothers arrived in New York City from Ireland circa 1870-80 while in their late twenties or early thirties, with six cents between them. According to...
Sunshine and memories highlight Alumni Weekend
DAYTON–Town was abuzz with laughter, smiles and deep-rooted Bulldog camaraderie by alumni of Our Fair City's Pietrzycki High School – aka Dayton High School – with fantastic weather, a sunshiny...