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POMEROY–The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of Lewiston SWAT and Quad City Task Force, executed a search warrant on June 23, 2022 resulting in the arrest of three suspects at 2030 Pataha St., Pomeroy. Two of the arrested suspects, Fred D. Roy, now of Clarkston, and Kelly R. McDonough, now of Elk River, Idaho, were each subsequently charged by Garfield County Prosecutor Matt Newberg with Unlawful Use of a Building for Drug Purposes as well as Maintaining a Drug Premises, both Class C Felonies. Fred Roy pleaded guilty on...
POMEROY–The Spinners' 12th Annual Easter Egg Hunt is scheduled tentatively at the Crystal Springs Golf Course and Lybecker Football field on Saturday, April 8, 2023. More details to come. Spinners' members are excited to continue this great event for the community. In the past, many have supported the Easter Egg Hunt on an annual basis, according to Larry Ledgerwood of the Spinners. The organization appreciates the community's generosity. The event takes many hours of preparation by Spinners mem...
POMEROY-The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) discussed filling the county engineer position, met a new Sheriff’s deputy, and approved an intergovernmental salary at their meeting on March 6. Grant Morgan has resigned from the position of interim Engineer, leaving Garfield County without a person to fill the position. Advice will be obtained from the Washington State County Road Administration Board (CRABoard) as to the best way to operate until the position of Engineer can be f...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy School District (PSD) Board of Directors hired softball coaches and discussed changes to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) district regions, according to the minutes of their February 27 meeting. PSD hired Lexi Beale as head softball coach and Elizabeth Ruchert as assistant softball coach. The WIAA regions are undergoing changes. District 9, of which Pomeroy is currently a part, will be combining with districts 7 and 8 to form district 6. These c...
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...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Gun Club members had a busy week nine of the Camas Prairie Trapshooting competition and seven members traveled to Orofino Gun Club for their registered shoot on Saturday March 4. Wayne Tetrick dominated over the 46 shooters that attended the shoot by shooting a top score of 98X100 to win B Class singles and by winning the Handicap event with a 93. Tetrick's 98 would have won A class also as it was the top score of the day. Holly Ledgerwood was the Lady Champion in Orofino wit...
“The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.” – Horace Walpole... Full story
Too many Puget Sound lawmakers never look beyond their grocery stores to understand the struggle of our farmers to keep those stores supplied. It's why Sen. Mark Schoesler, Rep. Joe Schmick, and I work so hard in Olympia to advocate for our fellow farmers, educate those in power who have no clue about agriculture, and why we fight against policies potentially devastating to agriculture. We understand the importance of our state's agricultural industry, the jobs they provide in Washington, and...
OLYMPIA–Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board offer the Washington Award for Vocational Excellence (WAVE) scholarship to Washington’s top career and technical education (CTE) students that can help pay up to two years of college tuition. WAVE is a merit-based award that helps undergraduate students pay for tuition and other costs at Washington colleges, universities, or private career schools. Top career and technical education students at both the high school, and community and technical college level are eligible to apply. The...
By Eric E. McKeirnan Guest Columnist I like to think that at least for the time being, we have the legal right to politically satirize the things we read in the papers and see on television. Satire is a form of entertainment. If it hurts your feelings, do not read it. Call it Global Warming. Are you one of those people that likes to plan or shop ahead? You see the ideal thing months in advance of an occasion, so you buy it knowing it will be the perfect fit. November 20 is slow Joe’s birthday and preparation is 80% of the event. No, I did n...
By Congressman Dan Newhouse WASHINGTON D.C.–After the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) took major heat last month from considering a nationwide ban on gas stoves, the Biden Administration quickly reversed course, saying they would not support such a ban. However, this doesn’t mean the future of gas-powered appliances is completely safe—that the CPSC would make such a shocking push in the first place should not be taken lightly. While it’s unlikely you’ll find government agents knocking on your door asking for you to hand over...
Ten Years Ago March 13, 2013 Jim McKeirnan brought a one-week-old lamb to Garfield County Memorial Hospital's long-term care wing to the delight of residents and staff alike. Jim said the lamb would lose its black coat and turn white. A number of the residents talked about raising lambs on their ranches, and it was pretty evenly split among staff and residents whether lamb was tasty or not. Elizabeth Ortega-Santos and Will Entrup were winners of bikes in Pomeroy Evening Star Lodge No. 30 F&AM's...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Transit Authority (GCTA) will offer transportation to the Louise Munday 100th Birthday party happening on March 11 at 1 p.m. Contact GCTA at 509-843-0200 to reserve your seat early....
POMEROY––Spring sports get underway next week, with the Pomeroy Pirate baseball and softball teams hosting Liberty (Spangle) Tuesday, March 14, each team playing double headers. Next up on the schedule for the baseball team will be at Asotin versus the Asotin J.V.s, starting at 4:30 p.m. on March 16. Baseball plays again on March 18, again at Asotin, versus the Clarkston JVs. The game starts at 8:30 a.m. The Pomeroy Pirate Golf Team gets going on its 2023 season at the Walla Walla Country Clu...
The Jr. Hi. Wrestling team traveled to Lincoln MS in Pullman February 27 to match up with Jenifer, Potlatch, Dayton/Waitsburg, and Pullman MS. Pomeroy competed against every school within a 100-mile radius that has junior high winter wrestling. "We had several great matches," said Coach Fred Knebel. Kole Zimmerman led the team with a third-place medal. Zimmerman made it to the finals where he lost to the champion from Sacajawea, Knebel said. "In this tournament, they have wrestle-backs, which...