The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Snowballs roll downhill, and that's where the entire healthcare system in the Touchet Valley will head if upgrades aren't made soon to Dayton General Hospital. That's the message supporters of a bond levy measure in front of voters this fall are sending us.

The levy will, if passed, allow the Columbia County Health System to modernize and reconfigure the Dayton General Hospital building. These changes will put nursing and dietary employees much closer to the patients and residents they serve, and they will increase the level of associated services the health system can provide, including ph...