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The Washington State Supreme Court bucked the Constitutional standard and interpretation by ruling overwhelmingly to uphold the politically motivated Capital Gains Tax, a synonym for the new Washington State income tax, that will negatively impact businesses and working-class citizens. Interestingly, the Washington State Supreme Court has created a new precedent by changing a widely understood and accepted definition of capital gains as an income tax by the IRS and 49 other states across the nation. Isn’t it enough that Gov. Jay Inslee, by h...
POMEROY–Firefighting units from Garfield County Fire District 1, Columbia County Fire Districts 1, and 3; and Columbia/Walla Walla joint District 2, responded to a barn fire at the Robert and Ruth Yutzy place at 410 Emerson Road here, late Monday morning, March 20, 2023. The Yutzy's large stock barn and a single-wide mobile home trailer were totally destroyed. "Three 4-H steers were badly injured, some goats sustained burns, and one milk cow escaped with singed hair," said Ruth Yutzy. The b...
POMEROY–The local FFA took first, second and third places in several categories at the Sub-District FFA Contest held here with teams from Clarkston, Waitsburg, Walla Walla, LaCrosse, and Dayton, on March 8. All teams qualify for the district competition in Asotin on March 23. Pomeroy FFA members placed first in Parliamentary procedure, first and second places in Creed recitation, first and second in Public Speaking, and first, second and third places in Conduct of Chapter Meetings. In addition,...
UNITED STATES–Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at 2 a.m. It is time to "spring forward" one hour. Daylight Saving Time (DST) is the practice of moving the clocks forward one hour from Standard Time during the summer months and changing them back again in the fall. The general idea is that this allows us all to make better use of natural daylight: moving the clocks forward one hour in the spring grants us more daylight during summer evenings, while moving clocks back one h...
CENTRAL FERRY–The Elmer C. Huntley Bridge on SR 127 spanning Garfield and Whitman Counties will receive a surface repair, reducing passage across the bridge to one lane of traffic beginning February 27, 2023. Washington State awarded $3,196,208.50 on January 13, 2023, for the resurfacing of the Central Ferry bridge. The Hamilton Construction Company, out of Springfield, Ore., will hydro-mill one inch of the top concrete from the bridge and replace the covering it with two inches of modified c...
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild will hold a reception for the March "Fabric Show" Thursday, March 9 at 5-7 p.m. The BMAG March "Fabric Show" sponsored by Deb Waldher of Rather Bees, will feature adult artists Cathy Herres, Corky Herres, Brenda King, joined with junior artist Heather Hastings, Baby Johnson, Daphne and Delilah Waldher at a reception Thursday, March 9 beginning at 5 p.m. In addition to fabric art, paintings and other art mediums are welcomed. Something to look forward to a...
WASHINGTON D.C.–Five Pomeroy High School (PHS) students, Kaylee Schmidt, Izzy Field, Katie Boyer, Natalia Larios, and Emilee Warren, known as Pirate Partners Youth Coalition Leaders, traveled to the nation's capital for the CADCA National Leadership Forum recently. Last week, five PHS students, known as the Pirate Partners Youth Coalition Leaders are at the CADCA National Leadership Forum. These students: KayLee Schmidt and Katie Boyer (2023), Natalia Larios and Emilee Warren (2024) and Izzy F...
POMEROY–A replacement Educational Programs and Operations (EP&O) levy for four years, and a six-year Capital levy will be on a special February 14, 2023 ballot for voter approval in Garfield County. Funds from the 2019-approved four-year EP&O levy and the capital levy will expire December, 2023. Ballots will be mailed on or before January 27. The Pomeroy School District has two separate measures on the February 14, 2023 special election. The four-year EP&O levy (2024-27) which will collect $...
POMEROY–Columbia Grain International (CGI) has donated 15 cases of its Balanced Bushel Line of Beans and Pulses to Food Banks and Senior Centers in Garfield, Columbia and Whitman Counties. Using CGI in-kind contribution to Feed the Children, the donation includes 10,000 bags of assorted Balanced Bushel varieties to be distributed to hungry families and communities throughout Washington, Idaho, Montana and North Dakota. Columbia Grain Int'l has recently expanded into Consumer Priced Goods (...
WASHINGTON STATE–Rep. Mary Dye, R-9, has introduced legislation, House Bill 1270, to create a Washington State Commission on Boys and Men, first-of-its-kind in the nation. (See "Olympia Update, page 2) "HB1270 focus on key areas involving males, including education, jobs, careers, and financial health, fatherhood and family relationships, physical and mental health, and the experiences of males in the criminal justice system and other court systems," Dye said. The Global Initiative for Boys & M...
An act of unselfish commitment to the love of God and Country was viewed by millions at an unlikely venue, an NFL Monday Night Football game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals. Number 3, Damar Hamlin, the Bills’ safety, experienced a heart attack after bouncing up after making a tackle. After walking a couple steps, Hamlin collapsed, which resulted in him being resuscitated by a medical team on the field. It was a shock to all who watched this healthy, strong, 24-year-old, fall to the ground, lifeless. In my observation and o...
POMEROY–The Blue Ribbon 4-H club has scheduled a free Christmas tree pick-up on January 8 at 2 p.m. The local Blue Ribbon 4-H club will implement a free community service of picking up real Christmas trees left at the curb on January 8 starting at 2 p.m. Any questions can be directed to Jessica Nelson or Tina Warren....
POMEROY–Five local High School youths: KayLee Schmidt, PHS Senior; Katie Boyer, Senior; Emilee Warren, Junior; Natalia Larios, Junior; and Izzy Field, sophomore, are planning to attend the Annual CADCA National Leadership Forum in Washington D. C. on January 30–February 2, 2023. The Pirate Partners Youth Coalition is a new youth organization in Pomeroy. This club began in 2022 as a Senior Project to spread awareness of prevention at Pomeroy Jr. Sr. high school. In addition to projects at Pom...
POMEROY–Again this year the local FFA Alumni is holding the Annual New Year’s Eve Auction and dinner at Spinners’ Hall on December 31 at 5 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door for adults $15, kids $10, and kids 5 and under are free. Each year, the Pomeroy FFA Alumni build an arsenal of items for a silent and live auction, ticket raffle, door and game prizes before, during and after a delightful Tri-Tip dinner with all the fixings. Tickets for the computer raffle drawing are available from...
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artesian Guild (BMAG) pet portraits class is planned at the gallery on Wednesday, January 4 at 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Participants are asked to bring a picture of their pet with them and Mary Flerchinger will take each person step by step, through the process of painting. Materials are available for purchase when register for the class. The next BMAG featured art in January and February will be open to anyone to bring in a picture, painting, drawing or sketch of t...
POMEROY–The Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation has approved and awarded $371,449 in requests during its 26th year. These monetary awards go towards improving certain conditions and lives, as well as provide opportunities in the local and extended area. Since 1996 the Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation has been granting money to various nonprofit organizations in Garfield County. For the year 2022 the Foundation has given $371,449 to specific needs in local entities and other area organizations. Harold and Helen Shepherd were Garfield C...
POMEROY–Garfield County Fire District No. 1 (GCFD) responded to a Walmart semi-tractor/trailer truck combo that blocked both lanes up and down State Route 12, west of the Alpowa Summit Monday morning December 5, 2022, around 9:45 a.m. Winter has played its hand on a Walmart truck traveling toward Pomeroy on Highway 12 near mile marker 410 Monday morning, December 5, 2022 about 9:45 a.m. The driver lost control of the vehicle sliding, crossing two oncoming traffic lanes, through the guardrail a...
POMEROY–Downtown is celebrating the Christmas season with the Twinkle Light shopping event for retail stores on Thursday, December 8 beginning at 5 p.m. Then treat yourself to delectable confectioners during the Chocolate Extravaganza on December 9 and 10. Christmas is the time of the giving spirit and to help celebrate this wonderous season, downtown retail stores have plenty of gifts for friends, family-your whole Christmas gift giving list. The Pomeroy Pharmacy is open for candle-light shoppi...
POMEROY–The Community Scholarship raffle wagons, this year's senior project of Jillian Herres, left and Chase Caruso, right, are now available for viewing and tickets can be purchased at all home basketball games. Each wagon has a value of $500 up to $1,500. The Community Scholarship was created in 2019 by Alex Bremer as a senior project, and has since been other senior projects, continuing to make available scholarship funds for subsequent seniors. This year Herres and Caruso continue the t...
POMEROY–The 9th Annual Community Christmas Program “Make Way” will be performed at the Church of the Nazarene on December 18 at 6 p.m. The local churches have come together to bring the spirit of the season to Pomeroy through the Christmas program “Make Way”. It will also include live music by ‘At His Feet’, a community Christmas children’s choir (K-6 invited to sing), and a unique retelling of the Nativity story. This is a free event for all to enjoy....
POMEROY–Quilts of Valor were presented to four veterans during the annual Veteran's Day celebration at the High School Gym on Monday, November 14. Four veterans were awarded Quilts of Valor at the recent veteran's day program at Pomeroy School District The gym was filled with students and guests as the veterans were honored. The traditional slide show was held with many new additions through the work of Ms. Tammy Domras and students of Pomeroy High School. Jerry Moore, a Pomeroy High School g...
POMEROY–Mid-term elections have closed and results show 77.59% of Garfield County turned out to vote, with incumbent Sheriff Drew Hyer winning the one contested race for Garfield County Sheriff against challenger Kurt Miller, accumulating a 130-point spread or more than a 10 percent of the total votes, according to the Washington Secretary of State and Garfield County election website on November 14, 2022 after 5 p.m. In the State of Washington, Garfield County has 1,687 registered voters and 1...
NEW YORK–John "Jack" Morrow, son of J.D. and Susan Morrow of Pomeroy, retired from over 20 years of military service at the rank of major last January 31, 2022. Veteran's Day is a ceremonial day to recognize our fallen, inactive, active and retired veterans, and we do so with grateful reverence. It was Friday, November 11, 2022, that Jack Morrow, a 1995 Pomeroy High School graduate, returned my call to speak with me about his recent retirement from over twenty years of military service. He had j...
POMEROY–The annual “50¢ Christmas Sale” is planned at the United Methodist Church on Saturday, December 3 at 9–11 a.m. The much anticipated “50¢ Christmas Sale” at the Pomeroy Methodist Church on 796 Columbia St, 8th Street entrance, will help mark off much of your holiday shopping list. This year, as in the past, children shop first from 9–9:30 a.m., with free wrapping of each precious gift. The Fireside is open and available to adults who are waiting for their shopping time at 9:30-10:30 a.m. During the last half hour, 10:30–11 a.m.,...
POMEROY–Mid-term elections have closed and preliminary results show 64.43% of Garfield County turning out to vote, and the one contested race shows Drew Hyer leading by 86 points against Kurt Miller which is an approximate 9% spread at the time of this writing (November 9, 2022). There are 201 remaining county ballots to count. In the State of Washington, Garfield County has 1687 registered voters and 1,087 voters or 64.43% came out to vote in this mid-term election which is second only to C...