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POMEROY––The Distinguished Young Women of Pomeroy scholarship program held their first event since 2006 on Sunday, April 21, at 5:00 at the Seeley Theatre, where Isabella Field was crowned as Pomeroy's 2025 Distinguished Young Woman. Taylor Gilbert is first alternate. DYW, formerly known as Junior Miss, provided scholarships to participants of the program based upon their skills and involvement in the categories of community service, spirit, fitness, talent, self-expression, scholastics, and...
“Try to be like the turtle – at ease in your own shell.” – Bill Copeland...
OLYMPIA–The function and administration of the federal H-2A farmworker visa program is one of the most utilized yet least understood employment programs in Washington state. The H-2A program provides visas to foreign-born workers to legally find temporary farm work in the United States for up to 10 months a year. Washington state is among the top five users of the program. House Bill 2226, and its companion Senate Bill 5996 – concerning collecting data on the H-2A worker program and from certain hand harvesters – focus specifically on the w...
OLYMPIA – Washington’s wolf population grew for the 15th consecutive year in 2023, according to the Washington Gray Wolf Conservation and Management 2023 Annual Report, released today by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). The report shows a 20% increase in wolf population growth from the previous count in 2022. As of Dec. 31, 2023, WDFW and partnering tribes counted 260 wolves in 42 packs in Washington. Twenty-five of the packs were successful breeding pairs that raised at...
OLYMPIA–This Earth Day, I am reminded of the words of a judge’s decision regarding Seattle City Light’s claim that it is the “nation’s greenest utility.” After finding the utility wasn’t living up to its environmental promises, the judge admitted the claim was “mere puffery.” It could be said about so much of today’s environmental rhetoric. Washington’s governor Jay Inslee claims the state is a leader in cutting CO2 emissions. In fact, CO2 emissions have increased every year he has been in o...
PATAHA–The Men’s Prayer Breakfast at the Pataha Flour Mill, welcomes special speaker Jeremy Stevens to the monthly event May 4 at 8 a.m. The first Saturday of each month, the Men’s Prayer Breakfast group meets for a free morning meal, then one person will share meaningful passages from God’s Word, followed by pray for the community. Generally, some 20-25 men from varying area churches attend. May’s meeting, the Lewiston/Clarkston Valley Union Gospel Mission Director Jeremey Stevens will join the group to share information about the UGM shelt...
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Southwest wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Thursday Night: Showers. Low around 45. Southwest wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Friday: Showers. High near 61. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Saturday: A 40 percent chance of...
Ten Years Ago April 23, 2014 John Begley told an audience of Pomeroy economic development and business people that his company's pulp mill operation in Starbuck, now in the permitting stage, would employ up to 150 when operations begin in 2015. Begley is co-owner of Columbia Pulp, which will use wheat straw as the raw input for production of pulp that would be cheaper than, and used in place of, wood pulp. He said the company has not yet approached Garfield County producers regarding collecting...
POMEROY––The Pomeroy City Council discussed the Childcare Navigator position, created a planning commission, heard public concerns about nuisance properties and retaliation incidents, and heard requests regarding water service at their meeting on April 9. Alesia Ruchert has been hired as the Childcare Navigator, to oversee and do the legwork for creating a daycare in Pomeroy. Ruchert also works at Flynn's Electric and has been involved in the community. Ordinance 938 was passed at the mee...
POMEROY–In the April 18, 2024 edition of the East Washingtonian the front page head line read “Distinguished Young Women Pageant April 21” should have read “Distinguished Young Women April 21....
PENDLETON, Ore. (April 16, 2024) - The Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests (Blue Mountains) continue to host public meetings that bring awareness and provide an opportunity for the public to engage in the Forest Plan Revision process. Public participation will help the Forest Service to gain local knowledge about existing forest conditions, understand community concerns and resource impacts. To allow for robust in-person public engagement, the Blue Mountains National Forests...
POMEROY––Pirate Junior High track and field athletes stood out at an 11-team, 750-athlete meet here April 15. "To place in a meet this big is a significant accomplishment and several of our athletes did so in multiple events," said Coach Adam Van Vogt. Kaleb Miller placed in four events and took second overall in the 400 and the 800. Christian Ramirez also placed in all four of his events, capturing first overall in triple jump, third in long jump (out of 35 athletes), and fifth in the 100 (ou...
Lady Pirate senior Hannah Bagby takes a swipe at a Dayton Bulldog pitch, smacking it into left field for a base hit and an RBI in Pomeroy's 19-8 loss to the Lady Bulldogs in Dayton. The day earlier, the Lady Bucs downed Yakama Nation Tribal 24-3 at home. Pomeroy is 1-11 in league, 3-15 overall in the SE1B Wheat Division. They travel to Liberty Christian Saturday for the final twin bill of the season....
POMEROY––The Pirates stand firmly in first place in the SE1B Wheat Division with an 11-1 league record, 14-3 on the season, look ahead to closing the regular season at Liberty Christian on Saturday, then coincidentally play a crossover championship game against Grape Division champs Liberty Christian on Friday, May 3. "It was a disappointing loss on our last home game of the season," said Head Coach Kyler Lovgren. "Dayton played us tough and hit the ball well. We ultimately made too many err...
RICHLAND–Pirate golfers Kiersten Bartels and Reggie Ott placed well at the SE 1B league golfing match at Columbia Point Golf Course here April 18. Bartels tied for fourth place among women golfers with a 102 score. Ott landed in the fifth-place spot with a personal best score of 87. Grayson Slaybaugh was seventh at 99. Tyler Dixon finished at 111. Competing in the match were nine team and 54 golfers....
COLFAX–The Pirate track team had two meets this week, competing in a 1B/2B league meet in Clarkston and at the MacDougall Invite. These are big meets with lots of competition with 11 schools competing at the league meet and 21 at the Invite with some larger classifications competing with the 1B/2Bs. Pomeroy’s boys finished third with 81 points behind DeSales’ 97 and Colfax’s 104 at Clarkston, and the women were ninth with 16 points. At McDougall the Pirate boys tied for eighth with Gar-Pal at 30 points and the women were 16th with five points....