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STARBUCK–Columbia Pulp LLC will fully re-start the Lyons Ferry Pulp Plant in Columbia County sometime in early May, 2021. It was due to COVID–19 concerns in April, 2020, that the plant shutdown, leaving only essential personnel to continued support of the facility. Even though there has been a prolonged shutdown, the company has worked to obtain additional funding to perform modifications to the plant aimed at increasing production. The company plans to re-commission the plant as well as imp...
Ways and Means rams through bill creating state income tax By Sen. Mark Schoesler OLYMPIA–The Ways and Means passed Senate Bill 5096 on February 16, 2021, the Democrat-sponsored proposal requested by Gov. Jay Inslee that would create a state income tax on capital gains. All but one Democrat on the committee voted for it, while all Republicans voted no. Another attempt to breach Snake River dams By Sen. Mark Schoesler OLYMPIA–Another attempt to breach four Snake River dams has been proposed by U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho. He wants to try...
POMEROY–Garfield County has four active cases of COVID-19, Martha Lanman, Garfield County Health District Administrator, informed the County Commissioners (BOCC) at the February 22 meeting, and the vaccine clinic will be open this Friday. Direct contacts of those who tested positive for the coronavirus are being traced, Lanman added. More vaccines have been shipped, so the Friday Vaccine Clinic will be open this coming Friday for second dose injections, she said. Lanman told the BOCC that many residents in the area are unaware of the ability to...
POMEROY–New Quality Behavioral Health and the Pomeroy Partners coalition Youth & Family Coordinator Melody Darby takes the wheel on March 1, 2021. Over the 18 years in law enforcement, 911, and public education, Darby steps into the Pomeroy Partners Youth & Family Coordinator position. She began her involvement with the community as a Garfield County Sheriff's Office 911 dispatcher, and later the 911 Pubic Educator, teaching kids about how and when to call 911. She also participated in the p...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County will complete its fiber-to-the-home project this month, capping a decade-long effort to bring high-speed internet here. Soon, nearly 700 homes and businesses in the immediate area will have high-speed fiber service available. "Bringing broadband to Garfield County has been in our Comprehensive Plan for more than 10 years," said Port Manager Diana Ruchert. "Our partners at CERB and Garfield County allowed us to finally bring that vision to life, and we are extr...
“There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.” – Erma Bombeck...
By Tim Eyman In the past 22 years, by working together with our thousands of heroic supporters, we've qualified 17 statewide initiatives for a public vote. They all limited the governments' power over us and have saved taxpayers $46.9 billion (https://permanentoffense.com/about-us/). And our four 2/3-vote-to-raise-taxes initiatives have saved taxpayers billions more by stopping and deterring tax increases. While other initiatives spend $1.2 million to qualify, we averaged $672K because we run a...
This is a quiz to determine your calving sanity (or help you pass time in the calving barn). Match the columns. 1. Aching A. Tongues 2. Black B. Back 3. C C. Batteries 4. Cold D. Boots 5. Cracked E. Calves 6. Dead F. Breath 7. Dry G. Buckets 8. Full H. Checks 9. Hot I. Squeeze 10. Leg J. Hands 11. Midnight K. Feet 12. Muddy L. Fingers 13. Round M. Forearms 14. Slick N. Eyes 15. Soft O. Heads 16. Steamy P. Hooves 17. Sticky Q. Knees 18. Stiff R. Moons 19. Swollen S. Section 20. Tight T. Coffee...
I’m at a total loss. How can very smart lawmakers look at a letter from the IRS unequivocally calling a capital gains tax an income tax, see that every state revenue director in the country describes a capital gains tax as an income tax, realize that the nine states without a personal income tax don’t tax capital gains, and yet continue to insist a capital gains tax is an excise tax? Perhaps it’s because they are confused about the differences between a capital gains tax and a financial transaction tax. There is not a single state in the countr...
OLYMPIA–When the Legislature convened last year for the 2020 session, our economy was healthy and increased tax collections gave our state a surplus of about $2.3 billion. Over objections from Republicans who wanted to provide property tax relief, the majority party in Olympia spent this surplus on growing the size and scope of government. However, before the ink was dry on our state's new two-year spending plan, lawmakers were going home to a state – and country – that was just beginning to fe...
POMEROY–Garfield County Hospital District is proud to announce January's Employee of the Month, Stephanie Miller, Accountant. She was nominated by her co-workers who say, "She is a great asset to the staff." She was born in Boise, Idaho and raised in Ontario, Oregon. At age 15, her family moved to Nampa, Idaho and she graduated from Nampa High School in 1995. In the fall of 1996, she attended an accelerated program at Boise State University and graduated a year later. Her first office job was w...
In a recent survey, when asked "what is the goal of Christian faith?" eight out of ten Christians answered "salvation." When asked "What is the point of salvation?" the overwhelming answer was "to live forever with God." Yet when asked to describe the experience of "eternal life with God" the room was silent. OK, let me get this straight. God sent his beloved Son to live a sin free life, so that he could die as our sin sacrifice, so that we could live forever with God. Whatever the afterlife is...
POMEROY–The big story for the seventh Camas Prairie shoot is again the weather; high winds and tough conditions. Even though, the Juniors had a fair day on Saturday but Sunday greeted the Senior members with a difficult climate environment. Saturday’s shoot, the 12-year-old and under kids were led by scores of 17 by Levi Bowen and Byron Collier. Braxton Mckeirnan put up a 16 one target behind. Collier also led the Handicap event with an 18 and Bowen posted a 17. In the Sub Junior Division Mason Garcia put up a very nice 23 in singles and Gun...
Ten Years Ago February 23, 2011 Tory Knebel is No. 1 after winning the 160-lb. championship match at the State B-2B wrestling tournament. With only four wrestlers participating—Knebel, Wyatt Jenkins, Austin Reisdorph and Jacob Moore—the Pirate team placed fourth among the 31 teams. Twenty-Five Years Ago February 28, 1996 Losses from damage in Garfield County from floods Feb. 6 through 10 is estimated at close to $4.3 million. Pirate girls earned a trip to state when Brooke Warren rebounded a shot and scored as time ran out, defeating Col...
Judith Marie Orvis February 6, 2021–May 3, 1940 Judith Marie Orvis passed away at the age of 80 at home in Canby, Ore., surrounded by her family on February 6, 2021, after a short, but hard battle with cancer. Judith was born to Dale and Helen Turner in Lewiston, Id., on May 3, 1940. She graduated from Pomeroy High with the class of 1958 and went to Whitworth College for two years. She was a member of the Eagles Lodge for over forty years, loved to fish and loved spending time with g...
POMEROY–The annual Forest Owners’ Winter School hosted online by Washington State University Extension Forestry and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources offers free zoom classes February 27, 2021, at 9 a.m.–3 p.m. To register visit http://forestry.wsu.edu/webinars/onlinews/ or call 425-357-6023. Pre-registration is required by February 26 at 5 p.m. The weekend workshop gives landowners large and small a chance to learn about forestry, forest health, wildfire risks, and more. The zoom classes have something for all skill level...
Correction POMEROY–Corrections to the East Washingtonian February 18, 2021 edition City Council artical are: “the matching funds are being provided by the “Blue Mountain Community Foundation”, not the Blue Mountain Action Council, and the funding at the cemetery is provided by the Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation, not Gary Houser....
WILBUR, WASH.–The Pomeroy Pirates rallied with 20 second-half points to pull off a 43-24 win over Wilbur-Creston here Friday in the first football contest played since the fall of 2019. The Pirates host Wellpinit today, February 25, in the second game of the five-game virus-adjusted season. "I was pleased with our team's performance and our resilience after WC took the early lead," commented Coach Kyle Kimble. "Our kids never lost faith in what we were doing, and trusted each other and our c...
Defending State Champion Pomeroy Pirates are off to a rocky start this season, dropping their first two matches of the COVID Volleyball 2021 season. Jillian Herres, sophomore setter for the Lady Bucs, makes a play while Kendall Dixon (16) and Elizabeth Ruchert stand by. The Lady Pirates opened the shortened campaign with a Feb. 18 loss to Tekoa-Rosalia 3-2 at Rosalia, and were downed by the SJEL Eagles in an away match Saturday. -Photo courtesy of Toddette McGreevy...