Articles from the January 2, 2020 edition
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Six–Year Transportation Improvement Plan passes
DAYTON–Director of Public Works Charles Eaton presented the Six-year Transportation Improvement plan for 2020-2025 during the Board of Commissioners of Columbia County (BOCC) meeting on Monday, December 16, 2019. The plan includes three sections: B...
Representatives rally public to attend governor's Snake River Dams Stakeholder workshops
OLYMPIA–Reps. Joe Schmick and Mary Dye, from Columbia County's neighboring 9th Legislative District, are urging citizens to attend workshops being held this January in Clarkston, Vancouver and the T...
New equipment and training at CCSO
DAYTON–The Columbia County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) is updating training, gear and equipment in an effort to prepare for unexpected situations in and around the county, according to Columbia County S...
Inslee's Snake River Dam report a waste of time and money, say Reps. McMorris Rodgers and Newhouse
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) and Congressman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) blasted a $750,000, year-long study of the Snake River Dams as a waste of t...
Columbia County plugging in to available grants
DAYTON–Columbia County Public Health will receive funds from two grants, and the Friends of the Golf Course is applying for a grant to fund improvements to the Touchet Valley Golf Course, County Commissioners heard this week. Walla Walla County D...
Commentary
Elizabeth Gibson's "Outlaw Tales of Washington" (available at Dingle's of Dayton) includes a chapter "The Great Nude Bathing Case." It's about little Home, Washington, a Pierce County settlement near...
On the Edge of Common Sense
I confess to not owning a tractor. I have plenty of friends nearby with tractors. But in a lapse of good judgment I borrowed one to brush hog a patch of weeds. Experienced farmers, even an 8 year-old...
Letter to the Editor
To the editor, Life in these United States–2019. We sit in our comfortable living rooms or dens, watching TV. We read the sports pages and enjoy drinking and partying at tailgate parties. We overeat and try to lose weight by buying w...
Library News
By Sarah Reser Library Board of Trustees My middle son was a reluctant reader when he was younger, it was all I could do to get him to crack a book open. Even when the book was open, it was a fight to finish the book. That changed the summer after...
At The Theater
I enjoyed the 2018 documentary film about Fred Rogers - “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” - so much that I was skeptical about bringing in the new film, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” starring Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks has played so many real-life...
School Menu
BREAKFAST Wed, Jan 1: Christmas Break-New Year’s Day-No School Thur, Jan 2: Christmas Break-No School Fri, Jan 3: Christmas Break-No School Mon, Jan 6: Cheddar Omelet, Toast, Jelly Fruit, Juice, Milk Tue, Jan 7: Waffles, Sausage patty, Fruit, J...
Poll: 58% oppose removal of Lower Snake River dams
KENNEWICK–New polling released by Washington Policy Center shows Washingtonians are opposed to destroying the dams on the lower Snake River and are unwilling to pay higher electric rates in order to have them removed. The statewide poll of 500 Washin...
From the Dayton Chronicle archives
Ten Years Ago December 30, 2009 The Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board announced the awarding of $42.8 million in grants to protect and restore salmon populations to communities across Washington. The Dayton branch of American...
Who Are They?
It may be hard to find good help, but at one point an unknown number of years ago, it wasn't that hard to find happy help. It appears this sunny-faced group were laboring in one of the local...
Chilly first quarters spell losses for DW girls
MILTON-FREEWATER–An offensive shoot out and a defensive battle characterized two Christmas Tournament games played by Dayton-Waitsburg here last weekend. The DW Girls dropped the Friday game against Irrigon 57-47, and were in the hunt against S...
Norris finishes third at Christmas Tournament
POMEROY–Dayton-Waitsburg Bulldog wrestler Carlos Norris won three matches and lost one here, finishing third in the Pomeroy Christmas Tournament Dec. 27. "Carlos Norris had a great day, finishing t...
DW Boys lose close games in tournament
MILTON-FREEWATER–Dayton-Waitsburg Head Coach Roy Ramirez is patiently waiting for his patients—correction: players—to all be healthy at the same time, to see how they might do on the basketball court. Never the less, the Dayton-Waitsburg boys have...
