The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON--County Commissioner Merle Jackson would like to express his gratitude to the voters of Columbia County for passing Proposition 1, the one-tenth of one percent county wide sales tax for the purpose of providing for ongoing, stable funding for improvements and maintenance of the radio system and 911 Emergency Services Operations.

“It’s gratifying to start on this road of upgrading the equipment,” Jackson said.

Replacing the eleven-year-old analog radio console in the county’s dispatch center is priority number one for the commissioners. One hundred ten thousand dollars has been identifie...