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POMEROY–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) approved a request for funding at their meeting on June 20, and approved several agreements at their meeting on June 26. The commissioners approved $3,000 funding for an ice machine that will be placed at the county shop. The BOCC approved a request for setting off fireworks at the Garfield County Fairgrounds during the June 26 meeting for the days of July 4 and 5, provided the hay is removed from the field. The board also approved i...
LEWISTON–Devon Caruso, became the first Lewis and Clark State College golfer to be voted a CSC Academic All-American. He earned a spot on the 2022-23 Academic All-America Men’s At-Large Second Team after a phenomenal season as a Warrior. Caruso, a 2018 Pomeroy High School graduate and a fifth year Lewis and Clark State College (LC) senior, completed his career as a two-time All-Cascade Conference honoree and served as the LC State Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) president in his fin...
POMEROY– "Glory Grove" a first novel written by local resident Gary Bye, has received the Benjamin Franklin Silver Award in the Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book (Fiction) category of Independent Book Publishers Association's contest. The contest received close to 1,800 entries. "It's a very bid honor for a prestigious award," Bye said. "It made all the work worthwhile." He stated that the novel has been well received, both in the county and in distant places. Bye, who has written n...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Public Health District (GCPH) discussed the community health assessment, the Summer Market, and the Second Harvest mobile food bank at their meeting on June 20. The final version of the community health assessment, conducted early this year, has been released. It includes data from the You Are Heard survey campaign as well as stating where the district has begun addressing concerns. Copies of the assessment will be available to the public from the GCPH office l...
DAYTON–Following a public hearing in which no members of the public gave any testimony, Columbia County Commissioners voted unanimously to dissolve the Flood Control Zone District (FZCD) at the work session here Monday, June 26. In discussion after the hearing was closed by Chairman Ryan Rundell, commissioners Marty Hall and Jack Miller, and Public Works Director Grant Morgan explored the logistics of the future receipt of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant funds. Morgan i...
DAYTON–The Port of Columbia reviewed the Comprehensive Plan with consultants from Maul, Foster and Alongi which focused on the Lyons Ferry Marina property, a Port asset; heard a report from Concessionaires Joanne and Wally Knouf; reviewed the other assets and the broadband projects at the June 14 meeting. Also discussed was progress in hiring an Economic Development Coordinator and the possible purchase and rehabilitation of a privately owned downtown property. Lyons Ferry Marina KOA Concessiona...
DAYTON–A 39-year-old Dayton resident had his first appearance in Columbia County Superior Court here Friday, June 23, and faces a charge of first-degree robbery in connection with a June 20 alleged armed robbery of the My Dad's Place Bar at 127 East Main Street. Joshua D. Bye, who lives in the 100 block of West Cameron Street, was released on $50,000 unsecured personal recognizance bond on condition of wearing an alcohol-monitoring device and surrendering all firearms to the Columbia County S...
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DAYTON–School Board accepted the resignation of director Korinda Wallace; heard a briefing on this year's sixth grade Camp Wooten trip by coordinator Jamie Trump; 2023-24 superintendent and secondary principal employment contracts were approved; and other regular department and budget reports during the June 21 meeting. Wallace has stepped down from the board and the remaining directors approved her resignation and will be advertising for those living in the boundaries for Position No. 1 to s...
To the editor, Dayton Library system and Columbia County citizens, I am a native of Dayton, Wash.; the Class of 1975; Columbia County property owner since 2000; raised on the family farm in Columbia County; and a retired first grade teacher of 34 years who specialized in Language Arts and Child Development. I love Dayton, my hometown, the education I received and the farm I grew up on. You could say I am a farm girl through and through. My Sixth Grade Teacher, Mrs. Juanita Harting inspired me to...
DAYTON–Columbia County Commissioners will take input from members of the public for and/or against formation of a county-wide pool district at a hearing set for 10 a.m. Monday, July 3, in the Columbia County Commissioner’s Office. A petition has been submitted to the Commissioners requesting formation of the pool district. A final decision by the Board will depend upon the information presented at this hearing....
Deadlines for the newspaper are temporarily moved back to 5 p.m. Friday, June 30, due to the Fourth of July holiday falling on this publication’s Tuesday production day. The July 6 edition will appear on newsstands and in subscribers’ mail boxes as usual on July 6....
Gary experienced hardship in life. He was molested at age 7. At age 11 he was afflicted with spinal meningitis which crippled him for three years. After becoming an award-winning music producer, (working with the Association, Paul Revere and the Raiders, among many others) he was shot three times by hitmen, nearly ending his life. Gary recognized his need for God and asked Jesus Christ into his life. Following that decision, he spent the rest of his life using his talents in Gospel music. Gary...
Worlds collide in "The Flash" when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian... albeit not the one he's looking for. Ultimately,...
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 93. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 62. West wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south in the evening. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 96. Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 63. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 92. Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 57. Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 90. Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 58. Monday: Sunny, with a high near 93. Monday Night: Clear, with a low...
Ten Years Ago July 3, 2013 Garfield County Road Department Project Manager Rod Norland received the Washington State County Engineers Association's Program/Project Manager of the Year award at the association's annual banquet. County Engineer Grant Morgan said Rod is the first recipient of this award, which was created by the association this year, to recognize the outstanding achievements of Washington State's County Program/Project Managers. Bret Greene, owner of the building that formerly...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County commissioners discussed a lapsed election at their meeting on June 6, and discussed the kitchen remodel at the United States Forest Service building and the end date of drop provision for the Pataha phase of fiber internet installation at their meeting on June 20. The Commissioner position currently held by Matt Herres was not filed on for election, and so the election is deemed lapsed according to RCW 29A.24.201, according to the minutes from the Port's J...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Transportation Authority (CTA) discussed funding for the 2023–25 biennium at their meeting on June 20. The CTA has received $680,900 from the Washington State Department of Transportation from a consolidated contract that funds the biennium, as well as $153,296 from WSDOT’s PataTransit/Special Needs program. Both of these awards require a 20% match from the CTA. The funding sources also include $182,902 of federal funding that must be spent by June 30, 2025, as well...
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild presents the Wood/Metal art show and reception at the Main St. gallery on July 6 at 5 p.m. Adult artist John Lawson and Doug Maxey, two very talented wood workers, will be featured at the Wood/Metal art show sponsored by Mary and Steve Flerchinger, through July. In addition, the very talented young Merritt Scoggin will join them as the show's featured junior artist. A reception highlighting the artist and their work is planned in the main space of the B...
DAYTON–Lights! Camera! Action! The Dayton Historical Depot and the restored Pullman Car "Abraham Lincoln," on the tracks next to Washington's oldest surviving rail road depot, played significant roles in a short film that was being shot here Thursday and Friday, June 22 and 23. The short is being produced by Walla Walla University as a "concept film," according to Aaron Nakamura, Director of Marketing and University Relations. When finished, the film will be around 15-20 minutes in length and t...
Ten Years Ago June 26, 2013 Wesley Hoskins, who graduated from Dayton High School in 1940, went off to college then served in the military in WWII, became a practicing physician and surgeon then retired. Hoskins wrote a book "An Organic Childhood," set in the roaring Twenties, the market crash and the Great Depression, describing how it was growing up before indoor plumbing, electric lights, and other modern conveniences and growing the majority of all foods on the Whetstone family farm....
My Dad's Place Bar, next door to My Dad's Place at 127 East Main Street, held its Grand Opening on All Wheels Weekend, complete with a ribbon-cutting ceremony as custom and restored cars and trucks lined Dayton's Main Street Saturday morning. On hand for the ribbon cutting was, from left, Bette Lou Crothers, Spring Wessels, Maisee Peralez, LuAnn Bartlett, Terry Bartlett, Tyler Bartlett and Clarence "My Dad" Bartlett. My Dad's Place opened in May, 2018, with a Trattoria-style restaurant with an...
Dayton native Bobby Gene Thomas, 86, Yakima, died June 16, 2023 at Memorial Hospital. Brookside Funeral Home, Moxie, Wash., is assisting the family....