Articles from the July 13, 2023 edition
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Wheat Harvest Getting Underway
Anecdotal reports of local small-grains growers getting underway with Harvest 2023 have been coming in, and last Monday, the Chronicle lens captured Thorn Inc.'s crews diving into a field on Davis...
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Pietrzycki High reunions galore on Alumni Weekend
DAYTON–This is Bulldog Territory and graduates of Pietrzycki High School will converge on town for Alumni Weekend's float making, parade, annual meeting and class get-togethers Friday and Saturday. In...
Foodstock 2023 Saturday at Blue Mt. Station
DAYTON-Foodstock 2023 will be held at Blue Mountain Station in Dayton on Saturday, July 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Foodstock 2023 includes love bead stringing, face painting, making tie-dye shirts,...
Transit system fare free for next four years
DAYTON–Getting from Point A to Point B–if you're riding on Columbia County Public Transportation–will be free for the next four years. David Ocampo, General Manager of CCPT, announced the new benef...
Health System receives Rural Quality Award
DAYTON–Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) presented Columbia County Health System (CCHS) the with its annual Rural Quality Everyday Extraordinary Award on June 28. This award recognizes h...
Commentary
As I was breezing through Facebook recently, I read a message by one of my friends (unnamed for privacy reasons) questioning the pool district. I wanted to bring this to people who do not have internet, Facebook, or do not use Facebook, because it...
Betty Keller, Janice Davis named Alumni Parade Marshals
DAYTON–Two Dayton High School Alumni from the early Fifties will marshal the 2023 Dayton High School Alumni Parade, 10 a.m. this Saturday. Janice Hall Davis, Class of 1952, and Betty Eaton Keller, C...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, I read an article in this newspaper on July 6 regarding an update about the library. That article stated that the petitions regarding defunding the library were a response to the lack of action to remove "sexually explicit books from...
Pastor's Corner
A particular orchard along the Snake River (Penawawa), offers sweet peaches. Still productive, generations have availed themselves to the delicious fruit, coming back year after year. For many it started when they were young children climbing up...
Patriots Picnic in the Park
DAYTON-Many came out for some old-fashioned fun at the Third Annual Fourth of July Patriots Picnic in the Park sponsored by the Columbia County Conservatives (CCC). The family event offered free food,...
From the Dayton Chronicle archives
Ten Years Ago July 10, 2013 Parade Marshals graduated in the early to mid-1940s, giving honor to the Classes of 1944 and 1945, the Dayton Alumni Association selected two long-time Alumni supporters to be co-Parade Marshals for the 2013 Dayton Alumni...
Umatilla National Forest moves to Phase A Public Use Restrictions
COLUMBIA/GARFIELD Counties–The Umatilla National Forest Service moved to Public Use Restrictions Phase A as of July 11, 2023. Due to the increased fire danger and dry weather conditions, Phase A of the Public Use Restrictions (PURS) for smoking, off-...
At The Theater
Asteroid City is a poetic meditation on the meaning of life. It tells the story of a fictional American desert town circa 1955 and its Junior Stargazer convention, which brings together students and parents from across the country for scholarly...
Fire Danger Rating Increases to High
Fire Danger Rating Increases to High BAKER CITY–Effective 12:01 a.m. on July 14, 2023, the fire danger rating level across the all Wallowa-Whitman National Forest fire danger rating areas (FDRA's) wil...
