Articles from the May 7, 2020 edition
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Dayton Days Rodeo bucked off by COVID-19
DAYTON–Like a bull rider who gets a face full of dirt instead of a shiny belt buckle, the Dayton Days with Columbia County Fair Rodeo is yet another casualty of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. Aft...
All Wheels Weekend 2020 canceled
DAYTON–The Dayton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted today to cancel All Wheels Weekend, the 26th annual car show scheduled for Father’s Day Weekend, June 19-21. The decision to cancel was based on concerns over bringing large crowds int...
Class Reunions in July fall victim to virus precautions
DAYTON–The Annual High School Reunion of Dayton High School, scheduled for July 17-18, 2020, is canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Alumni Committee regrettably reports. "We met and discusse...
Dayton moving forward to reopen some businesses
DAYTON–Columbia County Commissioners have decided to apply for the variance required by the State of Washington to move into Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee's "Safe Start" guidelines. The county is one o...
Walla Walla County sees first coronavirus death
DAYTON–Columbia County's COVID positive count remains at one recovered with 77 negative tests with zero pending and no fatalities as of May 4, reports the Columbia County Public Health Department. C...
Filing Week opens Monday
DAYTON–Two Columbia County Board of Commissioners positions are up for election this year and filing week for anyone interested in throwing their hat in the ring begins Monday. The filing period will be held May 11-15, 2020, according to Cathy A...
COMMENTARY
OLYMPIA–The State of Washington’s “Stay-at-Home” order has been extended to May 31, 2020, with reopening provisions. The process will occur slowly in four phases and, according to Gov. Jay Inslee, steps to opening closed businesses will start with Ph...
On the Edge of Common Sense
In the midst of Covid-19, one of the deepest psychosies’ is loneliness. “Social distance,” sliding take-out tacos under the door, being served pizza across the counter like a Frisbee, having to carry...
Hospital Corner
By Taylor Lambert, R.N. DAYTON–COVID-19 has undoubtedly interrupted daily living all around the world, however those residing in nursing home facilities have arguably faced the most restrictive and im...
Seventieth Anniversary of V-E Day this week
DAYTON–The nation's attention is so captivated with coronavirus that remembering an historic milestone from World War II seems to have gotten lost in all the noise. This Friday and Saturday, May 8 a...
Liberty Theater to stage "The Sound of Music"
DAYTON–Touchet Valley Arts Council announced that “The Sound of Music” will be the Liberty Theater’s fall live performance, said Mike Ferrians, manager. “Although the calendar is not yet clear for the summer months,” Ferrians said recently, ...
From the Dayton Chronicle archives
Ten Years Ago May 5, 2010 Chuck Thronson and wife Ginger have been chosen as Grand Marshals for the Dayton Chamber of Commerce-sponsored for the Dayton Days Parade. A new tobacco tax passed by the Washington State Legislature took effect on May 1,...
Man charged in stabbing
DAYTON–A 30-year-old Dayton Man is being held in the Columbia County Jail on two assault charges stemming from an April 26 incident in a parking lot next to Cameron Court at the west end of town. Reid N. Ngiraswei, 110 S. Pine Street, was arrested b...
Columbia REA contributes $10,000 to the COVID-19 fight
WALLA WALLA–Columbia REA has partnered with the Providence St. Mary Foundation to help strengthen our community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Columbia REA will donate $10,000 to the Foundation for the ongoing response to the coronavirus out...
