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POMEROY–Eric Hood of Langley, Wash., an individual with an extensive history of legally exploiting the Open Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) in Washington State by filing public records requests and subsequently suing governmental agencies for alleged non-compliance, has filed a request for public records from Garfield County, the East Washingtonian (EW) has learned. Hood carbon copied the East Washingtonian on his correspondence with Garfield County Auditor McKenzie Lueck and Prosecuting A... Full story
POMEROY–The Three Forks Indian Trails sign now makes its home in front of the Garfield County Museum on Columbia Street. The crew of three placed it carefully on the east side of the entrance to the building, in view of passersby and visitors. Four local men, Terry John, Mark Ledgerwood, Scott Laughery and Gary Cole, moved the saved historic land mark into place where it will spark interest in museum visitors of a treasured Trails. The original Three Forks Indian Trails sign put up by h...
POMEROY–Quilt of Valor veteran honoree J. D. Morrow enlisted in the Navy in January, 1971, and went to boot camp training in San Diego, Calif., from June through August, 1971. He was assigned to serve on the USS Ogden out of San Diego. Morrow was in Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI., from February, 1972 through July, 1972. He then served on the USS Eldorado out of San Diego from August 1972 to April 1973. He finished his service from April, 1973, to May of 1975 on the USS Mars in S...
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POMEROY–The Garfield County fair board held a community input meeting to discuss a master plan for fairgrounds improvement at the Dick Brown Building on June 15. The proposed plan would extend the hog barns and create an indoor multipurpose arena north of the animal barns that would include horse stalls along the east side of it. An outdoor multipurpose arena would be built east of the indoor arena, with covered bleachers above a food court. The current rodeo grounds would be reclaimed to the f...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Fire District board of commissioners passed a resolution to hire two part-time emergency medical technicians and discussed progress on the electrical renovation at their meeting on June 14. Matthew Bauska and Chrissy Winger have been hired, Bauska as a part-time firefighter EMT and Winger as a part-time firefighter advanced EMT. Both have several years of previous experience as EMTs. While the electrical system renovation to support a new HVAC system is still p...
To the editor, I would like to recognize and applaud the success of the 2022 Pirate Hoops for Kids: Pomeroy Basketball Camp. Camp was provided by the PHS Girls Basketball Team and ran by Head Coach Tai Bye and Assistant Coach, Gena Severson. Kindergarten through seventh grade students were participants from Monday, June 13th through Thursday, June 16th. Growing up in the small town of Davenport, WA and participating in local basketball camps and larger ones, had me excited for my two daughters to participate. Each day I would pick them up a...
Garfield County Hospital District (GHCD) is proud to announce April's Employee of the Month, Phoenix Kinsall, who was nominated by her co-workers for being a valued employee and a dedicated worker. Phoenix was born in Denver, Colo. She lived in several different states growing up, including Alaska, Colorado, and Oregon, but most of her school years were spent living in Aumsville, Ore. During the summer, she worked at a food cannery that processed peas and green beans located in Stayton, Ore....
Jason George Kuhn died in Yakima Wash., at the age of 83 on June 9, 2022. Jason was born on October 18, 1938 in Pomeroy Wash. He graduated from Pomeroy High School in 1956 and went on to attend Washington State University where he graduated in 1962 with a B.S. in Soils Mechanics/Geology. Jason and his sisters enjoyed growing up on the Kuhn brothers Herford Ranch. He was a good-natured brother who liked to tease his two sisters often and play practical jokes. In college, Jason met Eva Joanne Mikel, married her and had two children Mikel and...