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POMEROY–The Garfield County Hospital District Board of Commissioners accepted a bid and split an electrical project into phases, celebrated the certification of co-CEOs Jayd Keener and Mat Slaybaugh and approved a change to the financial assistance policy at their meeting on August 7. The board accepted a bid from Twin City Electrical out of Clarkston for the construction of the electrical project at Garfield County Memorial Hospital. The total amount is $1,447,000 and will be divided into t...
POMEROY–The City Council discussed a broken pool boiler and speeding concerns on Arlington Street according to the minutes from their August 8 meeting. The boiler at the Pomeroy Municipal Pool has broken beyond repair. City Superintendent Mike Lockard and Clerk/Treasurer Diane Taylor will apply for a maintenance grant from the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office for funding to replace the equipment. The pool will not be heated until the replacement is purchased and installed. P...
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild (BMAG) will present the "Man Cave Show" again this year, along with sponsor Meyers Hardware, for two months beginning September 1. A reception is planned September 7 at 5-7 p.m. Here is the call to let all men know that the BMAG is having the-now annual, "Man Cave Show." Men of all ages who would like to bring their art, crafts, hobbies, talents, etc. to this event are asked to do so at the end of August. A reception highlighting the artists in this e...
PULLMAN–The 4-H Meats Judging team from Garfield County competed in the state 4-H meat judging event at Washington State University last Saturday, August 12, took first and second place. Seven members of the Garfield County meats judging team competed in the junior division (ages 8-14), They were divided into two groups: Team 1 and Team 2; Competitors followed by individual placing on Team 1, which took first place in the Junior Division were Ladd Baser, 1st; Nolan Newberg, 2nd, Tyler Dixon, 3...
POMEROY–High School student Natalie Fuchs has as a senior project a goal to accumulate donated food for her "Fill the Truck Food Drive," which started July 1 and has been underway every other Saturday, with the final ending August 26. The project has netted some 960 pounds of food as of this week, Natalie Fuchs tells the East Washingtonian. Fuchs has a goal to fill 112 boxes of food to help the local food bank and has set up drop zones for non-perishable items of food that have not expired a...
Ten Years Ago August 21, 2013 When students return to the classroom Monday, Aug 26, after summer vacation, Pomeroy School District will have a new superintendent and a new administrative format. Doug LaMunyan, the new superintendent and the former junior-senior high school principal, will lead an administration that doesn't have many role models. Mr. LaMunyan will be the only full-time administrator, in fact, the only administrator in the district and he will have two "lead teachers," Rachel...
“Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.” – Michelangelo...
BURBANK–A 65-year-old Burbank man is dead after a police standoff here August 13, 2023, according to Undersheriff Joe Klundt of the Walla Walla Sheriff’s Office. At approximately 10:43 p.m., the Pasco Police Department requested assistance from the Walla Walla Sheriff’s Office in checking a residence in Burbank to see if a particular vehicle was present. Due to deputies being tied up with a DUI arrest, Pasco Police sent one of their officers to Burbank to check the residence. Finding the vehicle they were inquiring about at the Burbank resid...
Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 104. South wind 7 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southwest wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Breezy. Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers....
WAITSBURG–"Not too many kids from Prescott are able to say they spent their nineteenth birthday in Tokyo, Japan," Jack McCaw, 96, said recently in recalling where he was and what he was doing during those events at the conclusion of World War II in August, 1945. McCaw joined the service upon reaching his eighteenth birthday in March, 1945, and found himself aboard an LSM (landing ship, medium), in the Pacific Theater. He and a couple classmates from the Prescott High School Class of 1945 missed...
PENDLETON–The Malheur, Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman (Blue Mountains) National Forests have initiated the process to revise the Land Management Plans (Forest Plans), which provide the overall strategic management direction and guidance for the Blue Mountains National Forests. Revising these Forest Plans represents a commitment to managing productive and sustainable forests for the American people. Today's publication in the Federal Register initiates the assessment phase, which is the first p...
STARBUCK–The Tenth Annual Swim the Snake noncompetitive swimming and paddle boarding event splashed off over the weekend on August 12. The Swim the Snake was participated in by 37 swimmers and six paddle boarders at Lyons Ferry State Park and Lyons Ferry KOA Marina. Contestants gathered at the shore located at Lyons Ferry Park to swim the 0.7-mile stretch of Lake Sacajawea after paddle boarders arrived from the KOA Marina. At the finish, competitors enjoyed a slice of watermelon, a bottle of w...