Dayton News

The first-round of the high school state football playoffs -- for the most part -- appear set.

This editorial is about the 16th District race for the state House of Representatives.

Arduous Journey , a striking bronze statue by the late Carol Grende, will be dedicated at 3 p.m. today in Dayton.

Chukar Cherries has been selling its sweet cherries since 1988. Shown here are canned cherries.

The annual Dayton Historic Home Tour featuring three Victorian homes, an Arts & Crafts bungalow and the Boldman House museum and garden is Sunday.

Candidates for two legislative offices had a chance to state their case to voters at a forum Wednesday in Pasco.

Pasco has finally hired its basketball coaches, exactly two months from the day winter sports begin practice.

The creation of a new business park during an economic downturn is a welcome sight for folks in Columbia County, where the unemployment rate was 10 percent last spring.

PacifiCorp electric customers in Walla Walla, Dayton, Pomeroy, Sunnyside and other Eastern Washington communities could see a smaller rate increase next year than one initially sought by the company under a proposed settlement agreement.

Adding another windmill to Kittitas county would hardly be news. But trading up for the 220 foot wind turbines like those at Wild Horse Wind Farm, has been a boon for both the county and Puget Sound Energy.

Voters living in the state's 16th District will have a chance July 21 to hear from the four people who want to represent them in the Legislature.

A sustainable agriculture specialist for Washington State University will speak Thursday in Dayton during the second event of the Cultivating Sustainability Lecture & Film Series.

"God hates Obama" As a fundamentalist Christian, I have a hard time reconciling this concept with scripture.

By Michelle Dupler, Herald staff writer Republican candidate Terry Nealey appears to be worried about the wide field of candidates in the race for 16th District state representative.

A wind turbine blade plant proposed near Dayton could eventually employ up to 600.

Local food and its possibilities for economic development will be the topic May 28 at the first of five events in the new Cultivating Sustainability lecture and film series.