PIONEER PORTRAITS

Ten Years Ago

October 7, 2010

Shortly before midnight Tuesday, an empty boxcar broke free on the main rail line in Dayton and made a freak, high-speed getaway, waking residents throughout the Touchet Valley and eluding sheriff’s deputies before it finally slowed enough to be secured just past Prescott.

A wave of burglaries has hit Walla Walla, Columbia, and Garfield counties in the past few months, prompting some local law enforcement officials and citizens groups to get better organized.

The Dayton Farmers Market on the lawn in front of the Seneca Administrative building will continue for ano...