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Volunteers have been putting in time to continue making improvements at Pomeroy's Crystal Springs Golf Course. The trio of George Feider, Lee Koller and Ed Crawford constructed a "short" wall on the back side of "Tee 5" to stabilize and retain the embankment. Thanks, gentlemen! -Submitted photo...
POMEROY–The Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum (EWAM) is hosting the 1st Annual Gas Engine Show and Swap Meet at the Garfield County Fairgrounds on Saturday, June 29 at 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, June 30 at 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Exhibitors may enter the Gas Engine Show and Swap Meet free of charge. Set up is on Friday and there will be help available for unloading equipment such as a fork lift. Dry camping is available and overnighters, exhibitors, and participants can purchase b...
POMEROY–The annual Fourth of July Golf Tournament is planned at Crystal Springs Course Thursday, July 4 at 10 a.m. The 18-hole, three format tournament fundraiser of two players in the men, women, and mixed teams will begin at 10 a.m. Prizes are awarded for patriotic attire, cart decoration, matching team, long drive, long putt, KP, and much more. Lunch will be provided following the tournament's conclusion. The fee for this tournament is per individual, (not team). Proceeds will benefit the P...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) discussed fireworks, accepted a hay bid, and approved purchase of a door at their meeting on June 24. The Landkammer firework show will be held on July 5, at the Garfield County Fairgrounds, despite the grandstand renovation. “We don’t have bleachers out there yet,” Commissioner Justin Dixon said. He encouraged attendees of the show to bring their own chairs or be prepared to sit on the grass. The BOCC accepted a bid from CX Ranch f...
The Pomeroy FFA Alumni sponsored 11 local FFA members and one "Rando" to travel to College Station, Tex., for the Texas A&M Livestock Judging Camp. The group demonstrated good work ethic and represented Pomeroy well. The group returned home with 10 top wins and one banner. Winners were: Junior Swine-Nolan Newberg 10th, Baby Johnson 9th, Judson Hall 4th, Tyler Dixon 3rd; Junior Goats-Nolan Newberg 10th. Junior Sheep-Reagan McKeirnan 9th and Nolan Newberg 6th. Junior Overall: Nolan Newberg 10th....
SPOKANE–Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) commented on after the Department of the Interior published a report https://www.doi.gov/media/document/tribal-circumstances-analysis) on the "Historic and Ongoing Impacts of Federal Dams on the Columbia River Basin Tribes." "This bad faith report is just the latest in a long list of examples that prove the Biden administration's goal has always been dam breaching. They continue to undermine the honest regional dialogue w...
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas A. Edison...
Those who grew up watching westerns are accustomed to the phrase, "circle the wagons." It meant that when the covered wagon pioneers were in danger of attack or severe storms, they would place their wagons in a circle, providing a wall of protection against the foe. The phrase is used commonly these days to describe the need to take protective caution in one form or another. In this volatile world in which we live, it encourages us to know the Lord promises to encircle our path. "You hem me in b...
Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Southwest wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Southwest wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Sunday: A chance of...
–Part 11 Continuing...Deveney's red-haired thug spun and snarled at Moss. "You got a death wish boy?" He dropped his hand to the big pistol on his hip. Moss grabbed for his gun as well. A metallic sound pinged through the air and he flinched as a bullet whistled past him to thud into the wall. He stepped sideways to get out of the cloud of gunsmoke around him and saw the red-haired man on his knees, cradling his arm. The man's pistol lay behind him, at the base of the bar, with a bullet scar t...
Ten Years Ago July 2, 2014 Pomeroy High School senior Savannah Ruark entered an essay about Tim Burt, who recently retired as the school's math teacher, and her entry earned Tim a Seattle Mariners' "Teacher of the Week" award. The Teacher of the Week program honors and recognizes 24 teachers through the 2014 Seattle Mariner season. Tim Burt will receive a $500 classroom grant and he and the other winners are invited to attend a game in a suite at Safeco Field and have the opportunity to meet...
Usk, Wash.–Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) presented 94-year-old U.S. Army veteran, Corporal Donald Donner, with the Purple Heart in recognition of the wounds he sustained while courageously fighting in the Korean War at a ceremony here June 20. Cpl. Donner enlisted in the Army in 1948 and was originally stationed in Japan as a radio operator. In 1950, his infantry unit was reassigned to the Korean peninsula, where he sustained multiple bullet wounds to his r...
PORTLAND, ORE.–The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service invests over $2.88 million to fund five Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) projects in the Pacific Northwest for fiscal year 2024. This funding is part of a larger $12 million national investment in GNA projects for the same period. These projects aim to enhance watersheds, restore forest health, and reduce wildfire risks in Washington and Oregon. The funding, made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, allows the Forest S...
DAYTON–Ski Bluewood are in the process of replacing the fixed-grip triple chair, Skyline Express and adding snow making infrastructure over the next two years-2024-25. Bluewood will replace the fixed-grip triple chair, Skyline Express, with a High-Speed detachable Quad. In addition to the replacement of Skyline Express, Bluewood will soon install base area snowmaking infrastructure to address early season snow variability and provide a more predictable opening date each winter. "We couldn't b...
WALLA WALLA–Blue Mountain Community Foundation announced that a fund established by Puget Sound Energy is accepting applications for up to $33,000 to benefit wildlife and citizens of Garfield County by supporting “stewardship” (management, monitoring, restoration, enhancement, protection from degradation) of high-value habitat in Garfield County such as, but not limited to, upland habitats, including grasslands, the Foundation announced June 25. The application to apply for funds is available on Blue Mountain Community Foundation’s website www....