Articles from the August 17, 2023 edition
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Businesses receive $50,000 from Downtown Development Task Force; tree project begins
DAYTON–The City Council was advised of $50,000 improvement grant recipients; the Main Street tree project; Water Waste Treatment Project (WWTP) progress; review of National Night Out; approved e...
Wet and Wild at Dayton's Pietrzycki Park
About a dozen and a half local youngsters turned out for "Soaked! Kids' Night Out At the City Park" Wednesday evening and by all indications, they had a wet blast. The wet and wild event was planned...
Port anticipates revenue increase, asks for COLA
DAYTON-The Port of Columbia discussed budget; approved broadband contract; approved a sale advocation letter; and other Port business during the meeting August 9. Budget talks began with Port...
Quote of the Week
“Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.” – Michelangelo...
Police standoff ends in suspect's death in Burbank
BURBANK–A 65-year-old Burbank man is dead after a police standoff here August 13, 2023, according to Undersheriff Joe Klundt of the Walla Walla Sheriff’s Office. At approximately 10:43 p.m., the Pasco Police Department requested assistance from the...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, One does not admire the person who attends the Community Picnic and spits in the spaghetti sauce. It reminds us of the pesky kid we all knew who would play Monopoly until it was clear that winning was not a possibility for him, and...
Pastor's Corner
A popular song entitled "The Cat Came Back" is about a Mr. Johnson who had personal troubles and desired to give his cat to a new home. He gave it to someone who lived far, far, away, but the cat came back the very next day. He then gave it to a woma...
Weather Forecast
Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 104. South wind 7 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southwest wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as...
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 t...
Blue Mountains National Forests begin assessment for Forest Plan Revision
PENDLETON–The Malheur, Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman (Blue Mountains) National Forests have initiated the process to revise the Land Management Plans (Forest Plans), which provide the overall strategic management direction and guidance for the Blue M...
Swim the Snake hosts 37 competitors
STARBUCK–The Tenth Annual Swim the Snake noncompetitive swimming and paddle boarding event splashed off over the weekend on August 12. The Swim the Snake was participated in by 37 swimmers and six p...
No injuries in vehicle fire Sunday
DAYTON–No one was injured in a fire which totaled a camper van at the recreational vehicle park at 101 Hogeye Road Sunday night at about 7:50. Fire District No. 3 units responded and quickly e...
Quick response keeps field fire small
DAYTON–Columbia County Fire District 3 responded to an equipment-caused field fire just west of the Lewis and Clark Trail State Park last Saturday, assisting District No. 2 from Waitsburg in q...
At The Theater
Barbie. To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken (Ryan Gosling). Margot Robbie is Barbie (plus others), and the cast of this comedy includes many well-known...
From the Dayton Chronicle archives
Ten Years Ago August 14, 2013 Portland General Electric Company (PGE) renamed a portion of the Lower Snake River Wind Farm as The Tucannon River Wind Farm, located in the north area of Columbia County, spanning across an area of more the 20,000...
