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POMEROY–Garfield County Health District Administrator Martha Lanman, announced to the Garfield County Board of Commissioners at the May 11, 2020 meeting, that the County had been granted approval to move forward to Phase 2 of the Governor’s Safe Start recovery plan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The effective date of the variance was May 8, 2020. Lanman credited the move forward to the effective actions by the community to follow the “stay home, stay healthy” regulations put in place by the Governor. She also outlined the continuing safe pr... Full story
POMEROY–Co-CEO Mat Slaybaugh outlined the upcoming construction that will upgrade the electrical infrastructure in the original hospital portion of the building, finally get started on the heating and air-conditioning system upgrades, as well as plans for adding a computed tomography (CT) scanner. He has divided the upgrade plans into three phases at the regular meeting of the Garfield County Hospital District (GCHD) Board of Commissioners. Phase 1 is the electrical system upgrade required by a...
In response to the impacts of COVID-19, new Drive-In WiFi Hotspots provide free temporary, emergency internet access for Washingtonians who do not have broadband service to their homes. Garfield County has been selected as one of an initial fifteen locations in Washington to participate in the project. It provides wireless internet access to the parking lots both in front and behind the Denny Ashby Library. The emphasis is on student access, said Lillian Heytvelt, library director, but WiFi is...
POMEROY-Teleconferencing, the Courthouse drop box and courtroom sound system have become valuable tools in continuing the workings of County business with the public during the pandemic closures. During the May 11 Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting, Commissioner Justin Dixon announced the board will continue with teleconferences each Monday morning through the end of May. Even though the courthouse may re-open its doors once approved to move into Phase 3 of the Governor’s Safe Start recovery plan as early as June 1, they may c... Full story
For the past fifteen-plus years, Roger Dumbeck has volunteered every Monday, Wednesday and Friday to deliver meals to the homebound and shut-ins in Pomeroy and parts of Garfield County. He says he has missed some days, but the girls at the Senior Center and the clients he brings meals to say he has missed very few times bringing meals to the folks on his list. He arrives at the Center on delivery days and checks his list to make sure the number of cold and warm meals of food coordinate with the...
“Remember, upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.” – Alexander the Great...
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) voted against Nancy Pelosi’s $3 trillion partisan wish list. “This is a crisis, and I’m anxious to talk seriously about addressing the devastation happening to our economy, but this is not a serious bill,” said McMorris Rodgers. “Speaker Pelosi’s bill would spend a record $3 trillion when the administration hasn’t even spent all of the funding Congress already authorized. This bill doesn’t include a single cent for the Forest Service to make changes to safely...
A.F. Branco...
We must sell it, I told Mother, for we really have no other choice. The price is much too dear to harbor any doubt. And though I know we’ll miss it, the time has come to kiss it goodbye and find another place a little further out. When the Indians sold Manhattan to a Dutch aristocrat in fancy breeches for a blanket and a twenty dollar bill It presaged a corrosion, an urban sprawl erosion that covets all the fertile ground and overruns us still. It’s not givin’ up, I told her, just that we are g...
As we watch the COVID-19 pandemic on the global and local stage, we in Garfield County can be grateful. So far, we have had zero confirmed COVID-19 cases. It is hard to say whether our lack of COVID-19 cases is due to our quarantine efforts, to providence, or just good luck. In any case, our community has done a great job and should be congratulated. However, it’s not time to let down our guard and declare victory. Warmer weather may help, but the COVID-19 virus is still out there and is still contagious. We would like to remind you of two p...
POMEROY–It has come to my attention as a high schooler and even some recent graduates, we sometimes take things for granted. What I mean is the ability to talk with another person face-to-face without distancing restrictions. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, we could talk while standing right next to each other and to keep the conversation going, we would text. Then the order to stay home and away from each other came down and personal communication stopped. At first it was kind of fun texting o...
Ten Years Ago May 19, 2010 E-Z Rental and Sales of Clarkson has opened a location in Pataha, anticipating future needs in this area including wind energy projects, courthouse construction and high school renovation. Owner Doug Wilson estimates 50% of its business will be through contractors, 25% homeowners, and 25% small businesses. A review by the Department of Health shows Garfield County Memorial Hospital “although antiquated, is safe and relatively good repair.” Because the small hospital provides basic diagnostic, emergency and minor acute...
Thursday: A chance of showers between 11am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy. Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 55. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Sunday: Partly...
May 4 Livestock-Between 1299 Hwy. 12 East and Pataha Canyon Civil Problem-1480 Pataha St. Information-Football field May 5 Domestic Violence-299 Hwy. 12 West, No. 11 Information-789 Main St. Littering-County Gravel Pit Restrain Order-299 Hwy. 12 West, No. 11 Lost Property-Central Ferry Search/Consent-Eighteenth St. and Main St. Traffic Stop-Eighteenth St. and Main St. Found Property-789 Main St., Sheriff’s Office Lobby May 6 Ambulance-286 Thirteenth St. Lost Property-Alpowa Rest Area Utility Problem-1090 Pataha, Jr./Sr. High School Accident N...