Ellen Brigham News Today

The Columbia County Rural Library District’s Board of Trustees unanimously selected Dayton’s Ellen Brigham to run the Dayton Memorial Library for the next two years.

Dale Walling’s five-year term starts Monday, April 1. The seat held by Karin Spann, who served on the board for about eight years, was up for reappointment.

Stories in this Regional News Roundup are excerpted from weekly newspapers from around the region. This is part one, with part two scheduled to appear in Sunday’s Tribune.

WALLA WALLA — Two bills filed in the state Legislature would update the statute for dissolving rural library districts.

Jan. 18—Two bills filed in the state Legislature would update the statute for dissolving rural library districts.

With a recent threat of dissolution behind it, Columbia County’s library district is working to set its 2024 budget, considering staff needs, programming and facility upgrades in the process.

A small-town library has become a book ban battleground, creating hostility between neighbours and upending local politics

A Sardis family recently expressed their concerns about public safety after they engaged in their own investigation into a stolen firearm. Shelton and his mother Ellen Brigham addressed the Sardis City Council September 19 with their concerns about public safety. Two officers are currently on duty during the day but the city does not employ

If a ballot measure passes in November, this could be the first library in the nation to close over books some deem "sexually explicit."

If a ballot measure passes in November, this could be the first library in the nation to close over books some deem "sexually explicit."