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POMEROY––As of early this week, the Lick Creek Fire is around 80,392 acres in size and is 90% contained, according to the U.S.F.S.'s Incident Information System. The was fire started by a thunderstorm on July 7 as two separate fires southwest of Asotin and some 15 miles southeast of Pomeroy, Lick Creek and Dry Gulch, and burned together on July 8 so is now being fought as one fire, dubbed the Lick Creek Fire. All evacuations in Asotin County have been lifted, an incident spokesperson announced M...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) discussed proceedings with County Prosecutor Matt Newberg to join a multi-county lawsuit against a Washington State police reform statute at their meeting on July 26. Lewis County has filed suit against the legislation on the grounds that its requirement for a Sheriff to get the highest elected official's approval before using tear gas. This violates the balance of power in the county infrastructure and invests the board of county c...
EPHRATA, Wash.–Pomeroy native Brian Gwinn was sworn in to the Grant County District Court Judge position at a ceremony in the courtroom here July 22, 2021. Gwinn, son of Mike and Alice Gwinn of Pomeroy and a 1992 Pomeroy High School graduate, took the oath as Grant County District Court Judge in a swearing-in ceremony attended by family and friends, including the Honorable Garfield County District Court Judge Thomas Cox, left. Gwinn was sworn in to fill the district-court bench vacated by T...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield Commissioners announced the successful completion of a grant application to the Washington State Department of Commerce at their meeting on July 20. The grant is for $324,000 with an $89,000 match from the Port. Fiber optic internet will be put in through Pataha, as well as covering skips in the coverage in Pomeroy– specifically from the Pomeroy Cemetery to Falling Springs Road, and creating a system for the RV parks. Other missed places will be covered as well. Por...
“Laughter is the closest distance between two people.” – Victor Borge...
POMEROY––Over the past year and five months, the United States and Canada mutually decided to close the 5,500-mile border in March, 2020, to help squelch the spread of COVID-19. Since then, commerce from some types of trade, tourism, and family has severely affected both nations. Seeing the economic destruction of the shutdown between the neighboring countries, lawmakers, business owners, and other officials took their concerns to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to curtail the unrealistic lockdown and succeeded. The good news came wit...
Ted and his dad needed some cows to stock their little ranch in Oklahoma, and they needed ’em right away. A local trader solved their problem and injected a couple loads into them. By fall Ted began to notice one calf that stood taller than the rest. Must’uve had some Chianina blood coursing through his veins. They called him Alf. They got the big calf castrated and branded and watched him grow like a weed. After several months Ted gathered a bunch to ship. But Alf ducked back. Ted shook out...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Fair Board approved a contract with Harvest Host to allow free one dry camp overnight stay dry at the fairground RV facility at the meeting July 20. Harvest Host is a 160,000 member Texas based RV club that promotes local museums and other attractions throughout the country. The contract allows members to dry camp at an RV site one overnight stay a year at a given location. Reservations are recommended and members who stay longer or use hookups would pay for the a...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Health District announced the success of the creative kids program at their meeting on July 26. Program manager Jessica Nelson has been helping children tend the garden beds around the Pomeroy Elementary School. The children meet twice a month to weed the beds. The Health District is happy with the turnout. The last meeting had 10 children in attendance. Three resolutions were passed at the meeting. Resolution 2021-16 changes the dates on the consolidated contract t...
Ten Years Ago July 27, 2011 About 20 interested parties attended the pre-bid walk-through last week for the Pomeroy High School modernization project. Garfield County’s 9th annual National Night Out Against Crime is set for Tuesday in the City Park. Twenty-Five Years Ago July 31, 1996 The Dick Baker residence on Arlington was heavily damaged by fire last week that occupied firefighters for four-and-a-half hours. Three tractors and discs handled a fire that started on the rear of a combine last week on Dan McGreevy land on Wildhorse Road b...
Robert "Lee" Bowen June 12, 1931–July 21, 2021 Robert "Lee" Bowen, 90, passed away peacefully in his sleep after struggling with heart disease and kidney failure on July 21, 2021 at 4:30 a.m. Robert was born in Dayton, Wash., to Robert and Esther (Pence) Bowen, on June 12, 1931. He attended school in Dayton, Wash., and was a graduate of Starbuck High School. He worked many jobs throughout his life, but notably as having a shoe and saddle repair shop in Pomeroy until it burned down in the late 1...
Carole Faye Slaybaugh January 25, 1935–June 23, 2021 Carole Faye Slaybaugh, with family at her side, passed away peacefully on her own terms on June 23, 2021, after a long-fought battle with heart failure and breast cancer. Carole was born in Omak, Wash., to Bert Stark and Letha "Sally" Ogden Stark on January 25, 1935. Carole moved many times as a youth including time spent in Alaska, before landing in Pomeroy, Wash. She lived with Aunt Elma and Uncle Elmer Trescott in her junior year at P...