Your Hometown News Source
Your Hometown News Source
Sorted by date Results 1 - 17 of 17
DAYTON–The City of Dayton plans to purchase up to 65 acres of Touchet Valley land west of here as part of the Waste Water Treatment Project for $21,000 per acre, the City Council unanimously approved at its February 14, 2023, meeting. Resolution No. 1507 was presented to Council to authorize Mayor Zac Weatherford to enter into a purchase agreement for land for the Wastewater Treatment Plant from Douglas and Marjory Krueger. The property consists of a parcel of bottom land and hillside south of S...
Mabton's Armando Chavez (11) watches his off-balance, three-point shot flip in and out of the rim as the buzzer sounded while Wolfpack round ballers Spencer Hansen (2), Monte Pettichord (11), Ryland Kilts (4) and Blake French (15) collectively hold their breath and then jog off the court to celebrate their 58-55 win and further State Tournament play with teammates and coaches. Dayton-Waitsburg Wolfpack takes on Lind-Ritzville-Sprague-Washtucna-Harrington this Saturday in Cheney in a loser-out...
DAYTON-The School Board approved Superintendent Rich Stewart's recommendation to hire Architects West to work in tandem with McKinstry and guide the Board about pursuing a levy or bond for 2024. In other business, the Kindergarten classes made an art presentation before the Dayton School Board at the February 15 meeting. The Board heard reports from ASB President Hudson Reser and school administrators. Superintendent Rich Stewart recommended hire of Architects West to work on prioritizing...
DAYTON–The Columbia County Sheriff's Office will offer its 2023 Columbia County Sheriff's Citizen's Academy, a 14-session, 12-week course for 30 participants on a first-come, first-served basis, at Fire District No. 3's training room each Friday at 6-8 p.m., beginning April 7, 2023 through June 23, 2023. There is no cost for the 14-week course, except each person is asked to commit to attend each of the 14 classes. The minimum age is 18 and a background check will be completed on the a...
“Too often we.. enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” – John F. Kennedy...
OLYMPIA–Growing up on the farm, I heard grandma's sage advice in just about every situation imaginable. "A trouble shared is a trouble halved." "This isn't my first rodeo." "Many hands make light work." When hearing about Kaiser Permanente's change in how its customers could get their prescriptions refilled, what came to mind was this: "It doesn't cut the mustard." Last summer, the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) and the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) voted to allow Kaiser P...
DAYTON–Every year we celebrate National Heart Month in February, and the President has signed it as official again this year. Columbia County Health System (CCHS) is promoting celebrating the Healthy Heart with our "Keep the Beat Campaign." Bright red Keep the Beat shirts, with a heart around the CCHS Logo on the front and an EKG over a beating heart and Keep the Beat with CCHS logo on the back, are here, and we will be soon to them out so that employees can sport the color red EVERY Friday t...
To the editor, Let's call it what it is. The February 16, 2023, edition of the Dayton Chronicle ran a news article, "Official petition circulating for pool only taxing district". I read this article with great interest as I was extremely involved with the Friends of the Pool in putting forth a proposition on the November 2022 ballot to create a Columbia County Joint Metropolitan Parks and Recreation District (MPD) to facilitate the construction, maintenance and operation of a community swimming...
DAYTON–Congratulations to the following Middle School Students of the Month for December, 2022, from upper left, Denver Hutchens, eighth grade; Cindi Howard seventh grade; and Ellie Sabin, sixth grade. Middle school teachers select students from sixth, seventh, and eighth grade based on academic achievement, honesty, respect, responsibility, citizenship, improvement, effort and attitude....
DAYTON–The DW Wolfpack Spring Sports registration is now open. High School students can sign up for softball, track, golf, and baseball. If you have already registered for a sport this year using the DW Wolfpack Sports website, you do not need to register again but contact Sam Korslund (Athletic Director). If you are interested in participating, check out the DW Wolfpack Sports website. Though this is our last sports season as DW Wolfpack, many students from both Dayton and Waitsburg are e...
DAYTON–Chief Springs Fire and Irons Brew Pub will recognize 10 years in business with a celebration of food and drink on February 25. Chief Springs Fire and Irons Brew Pub opened 10 years ago in Dayton and to show their appreciation, wish to include their community friends, neighbors, customers–new and old, by inviting all to toast to the next 10 years with good food, great beer and visit with old friends. Specials on food and drinks will be offered, along with hourly door prizes, from our ven...
The crowd gathered at dusk on the beach to watch the sunset. The event was so beautiful and meaningful that there was a murmur of delight expressed by the viewers as the faintest sliver of gold slipped over the water's edge. Couples kissed and the rowdy let out a hoop. Some uttered a prayer of thanks to the Lord for that unique, particular day. Yet the sun itself, as part of God's creation, seemed to issue the statement that the day was over and would never come again. Whatever opportunities...
LEWISTON–Middle School wrestlers recently competed at Jenifer Middle School in Lewiston February 15, reports Coach Tracy Pearson. In the first flight, Carter Barron won by fall at :44 in the third round over a Moscow wrestler, then defeated another Moscow opponent at :21 seconds in the first round. Gavin Mikesell downed his Moscow wrestler at :18 in the second round, then pinned a Jenifer opponent in the same amount of time in the first round. Akayden Mikesell wrestled a Moscow opponent and l...
The Amazing Maurice. This story follows Maurice (voiced by Hugh Laurie), a goofy streetwise cat, who has the perfect money-making scam. He finds a dumb-looking kid who plays a pipe and has his very own horde of rats, who are strangely literate. Maurice's approach provides the group's livelihood from town to town, but one town is short of food and Maurice and his rats are enlisted to help discover the reason behind the city's food shortage. This movie is based on the 2001 novel The Amazing...
Ten Years Ago February 20, 2013 A new operating agreement to the Palouse River & Coulee City railroad, owned by the Port of Columbia is being proposed by Watco Companies, Inc. Watco uses the line for twelve customers, naming Seneca and Northwest Grain Growers, and the line is also used to store railroad cars. Dayton City Council accepted a donation of $599.29 from the Dayton Skate Club, the funds are to be designated for the installation of a new additional gate on the pool side of the skate...
GRANGER–A three-point shot at the buzzer by Mabton's Armando Chavez went BLOOP–in and out of the hoop–preserving Dayton-Waitsburg's 58-55 lead and advancement into the WIAA 2B Basketball Tournament here February 16. The Wolfpack won a seeding game versus Cle Elum-Roslyn last Saturday 48-42, and Dayton-Waitsburg tips off against Lind-Ritzville-Sprague-Washtucna-Harrington at noon, Saturday, February 25, at Cheney High School. The top eight teams in the 16-school bracket begin playing doubl...
