Articles from the October 26, 2023 edition
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Retired Drive-In projector comes home to Dayton
DAYTON–Remember the Dayton Drive-In? Many fondly do, and one of them is Dan Mortimore, former projectionist at the Dayton Drive-In, who has lovingly kept and maintained one of the two 35-mm p...
Road Department to hold Open House
DAYTON–The Columbia County Board of Commissioners and Columbia County Engineer is holding a County Road Open house to discuss the future of Columbia County roads. The open-house style meeting will be held on Monday, October 30, 2023, from 6-8 p.m. a...
Dayton Elementary student wins t-shirt design contest
DAYTON–Rhonda Yutzy designed the winning Columbia Conservation District T-shirt. Last school year the Columbia Conservation District held a T-shirt design contest with the local school students, a...
Dayton Lady Bulldogs wrap 2023 season
The young Dayton Lady Bulldog Volleyball team finished its "building-year" season last Tuesday with a three-set loss to league-leading Oakesdale, and will not see further play in the post season....
Quote of the Week
“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.” – Will Rogers... Full story
Pastor's Corner
A friend noticed a small pair of bronze shoes on the mantle and asked what they were. I responded with the truth: they were my baby shoes my parents had bronzed many years ago. My friend didn't...
Library board focus on 2024 business
DAYTON-The Columbia County Rural Library District Board began the 2024 budget review, the collection development and volunteer policies; and heard from Washington State Librarian Sara Jones during...
The Pacific Northwest, one of seven America's First Clean Hydrogen hubs
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released $7 billion to launch seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) across the nation and accelerate the commercial-scale deployment of...
Weather Forecast
Thursday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Thursday Night: A chance of...
From the Dayton Chronicle archives
Ten Years Ago October 23, 2013 Honor Flight coffee hour. The Lions and Kiwanis clubs of Dayton are sponsoring a coffee hour, to honor four local World War II veterans who recently traveled to Washington, D.C. The group journeyed to the nation's...
Walla Walla woman injured in accident
An 82-year-old Walla Walla woman was airlifted to the hospital after a two-vehicle accident on SR 12 between Dayton and Pomeroy on October 11. Unnur Halldorsdottir Murdoch's 2013 Ford SUV was passing...
OBITUARY
Diana Black September 27, 1938–October 19, 2023 September 27, 1938 in Ponce, Puerto Rico Jose, and Isabel Llorens, welcomed Diana del Carmen Llorens Cintron into the world. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Diana naturally loved sandy beaches, w...
OBITUARY
William Rising October 20, 2023 William "Bill" Rising changed his address to Heaven on October 20, 2023, two days after his 82nd birthday. He was greeted at Heaven's gate by his parents, Donald and Jesse, his brother Jerome, and his best friend Bob...
OBITUARY
Donna Lea Trump March 26, 1950–October 15, 2023 Donna Lea Trump, 73, of Dayton and Clarkston, Wash., died Sunday, October 15, 2023. This is what she wrote before she passed: I was born on March 26, 1950 to Benjamin Leonard and Mildred Fern Warner T...
OBITUARY
Phyllis Schreck 1951–October 20, 2023 Phyllis Schreck, 72, of Walla Walla, Wash., passed away surrounded by her loved ones on October 20, 2023. She was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, to John and Ellen Bowe. They immigrated to Walla Walla when P...
Lady Bulldogs finish season
DAYTON–The Dayton Lady Bulldogs completed the 2023 volleyball season with a losses, ending the team's season with a 0-11 league mark and 1-15 overall. The final match was against league-leading O...
Bulldog comeback falls short
DAYTON–The Timberwolves took advantage of untimely errors and defensively clamped down on the Bulldog run and pass attacks, totaling up 352 yards to Dayton's 193, to register a 34-22 win here last F...
A Story
Bright wooden splinters lay smashed into the dust. Sam Morgan knelt in his neighbor's empty corral, studying the prints. "Wilma and I stayed in Kirby with her sister last night," Orville Wilkins said....
Innovative new dental school to open
YAKIMA–Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) is receiving $12 million in grant funding from Delta Dental of Washington to help launch its new school of dental medicine, making it t...
