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POMEROY–The City Council approved a continuance of the August 7 meeting to August 24, 2021 at 7 p.m., to better address funding opportunities and meet grant deadlines. Mayor Paul Miller stated the need to have such meetings organized in a critical form and indicated the council can firm up anything else at that time. In addition, the City received Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Finds of $194,706 July 27, 2021. Information about the American Rescue Plan Act Spending Guidelines was given to Mayor Paul Miller and Council. The Treasury Departmen...
LYONS FERRY–The Eighth Annual Swim the Snake, reinstituted following a year off due to coronavirus precautions, was met with hot temperatures, thick smoke and calm waters at the open water swim event here Saturday, August 14. There were 30 participants, which included a 16-year-old male youth from Spokane Valley, Wash. who challenged Lake Bryan, the approximately one-mile gap reaching under the Highway 261 bridge that spans from Lyons Ferry State Park to the Lyons Ferry Marina and KOA. The e...
POMEROY–Congressional Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, WA-5, and State Representatives Joe Schmick, R-9, Colfax, and Mary Dye, R-9, Pomeroy, discussed the current forest fire situation with local agency heads at the Pioneer Park on August 10. The representatives came to Pomeroy to hear from the local citizens on how the Lick Creek and Green Ridge fires have been handled. Several people including Garfield County Commissioner Jim Nelson and a Anatone, Wash., farmer Jay Holzmiller, stated t...
COLUMBIA and GARFIELD Counties–Despite increased wind speeds, the Green Ridge Fire saw little growth and containment increased to 19%. The fire is currently 36,328 acres, with the additional acreage gained on the southern portion of the fire in Branch II. Sunday’s gusty winds tested the fire line along the 22 (4022) Road in Division M and fire lines held, keeping the fire in its existing footprint to the north. Divisions G and K were combined into Division K in Branch I. Division K now includes the area along the Kendall Skyline Road and the...
POMEROY–Pirate Ponies Equestrian Centre, operated by Tracy Burnstad and Lauren Setzer, is the newest local business to open recently, offering riding lessons for all ages. Pirate Ponies Equestrian Centre (Pirate Ponies), located at 857 Main Street in Pomeroy, is a riding enterprise run by Burnstad and her co-planner Setzer, along with Burnstad's children Karl, Evelyn, Katie, and Kevin, all of whom are involved. The business started this spring and has shown an increase in interest and c...
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Liberals in Congress are actively campaigning to force price controls on drug manufacturers. The House has already passed bills that would limit the amount of money pharmaceutical companies can charge for drugs. The fate of this proposed legislation is uncertain in the U.S. Senate. At the same time, the Biden Administration and others on the political left are attacking the companies that have made the COVID-19 vaccines. They seek a waiver to the 1994 TRIPS Act, which was accepted by all...
Corn country landscape - painted late summer - high clouds, heavy with moisture waiting for afternoon to thicken and darken and start raising Cain. You can see for miles. Brown, green, yellow patchwork pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle. Feedlots in the distance, their pens spread out like dark blankets on the side of a hill. On the horizon to the north and south I can count three spray planes circling over the corn like buzzards. They are so far away I cannot hear them. Closer I can see circle spr...
MERCER ISLAND–During 2020, and thus far in 2021, more people under the age of 50 have been murdered in Washington State than have died due to COVID-19. While it is incredibly tragic that 304 Washington State residents under 50 have died from the coronavirus, it is alarming that recent data shows that at least 313 of the state’s under 50 population have been murdered. While this statistic is alarming enough, the true comparative data is even worse, for while the COVID death data (from the Washington State Department of Health) is current to las...
To the editor, Being new to Pomeroy and being new to small-town life has been an education for me. The lack of stores and opportunities for socialization has me thinking about what I can do to improve my new home town. I have been surprised at the lack of support for our own businesses. No matter where I’v lived, I tried to use the local business. If we don’t use them, we will lose them. LC valley is great, but not convenient often. I was sad to see The Palace closing and fear we will see more of our businesses having to close when we do not...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) agreed to allow the side-by-side obstacle course at the Garfield County Fair at their meeting on August 16. The course was brought to them for approval several weeks ago and has been under consideration. The commissioners stated that the level of risk inherently involved was not enough to prevent the activity, provided that agreed-upon standards of safety and supervision are upheld. The BOCC discussed a possible demolition and r...
WASHINGTON D.C.–The 2020 Census showed that on April 1, 2020, there were 140,498,736 housing units in the United States, up 6.7% from the 2010 Census. “While the national number of housing units grew over the past decade, this was not uniform throughout the country,” said Evan Brassell, chief of the Housing Statistics Branch in the Census Bureau’s Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division. “Counties that composed some part of a metropolitan or micropolitan area saw increases of 3.8%, on average, while counties outside of these areas sho...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Transportation Authority board discussed plans for a building remodel for their facility on Main Street. The bidding process has been difficult because the contractors are very busy. Another option on the table is to combine the CTA office with the Public Works office and use the same building. County Commissioner and board member Justin Dixon encouraged the managers Rachel Anderson and Jeff Ruchert to draw up a proposal that includes the features that they need a...
POMEROY–Attention farmers! Remember to bring your wheat, barley and canola samples to the Garfield County Fair no later than early morning on Friday, September 17....
4 Census Statistics Highlight Local Population Changes and Nation’s Racial and Ethnic Diversity WASHINGTON D.C.–The U.S. Census Bureau released additional 2020 Census results showing an increase in the population of U.S. metro areas compared to a decade ago. In addition, these once-a-decade results showed the nation’s diversity in how people identify their race and ethnicity. Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of Up To $500 Million in Emergency Rural Health Care Funds Under the American Rescue Plan Funding Will Expand Acces...
U.S. Census Bureau Delivers data for States to begin redistricting efforts population changes across the country since the 2010 Census. WASHINGTON D.C.–Statistics from the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, shows an increase in the population of U.S. metro areas and provide the first look at populations for small areas and include information on Hispanic origin, race, age 18 and over, housing occupancy and group quarters. They represent where people were living a...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) met with local farmer Don Richardson to discuss the terms of a renewed lease for his family's radio tower at their meeting on August 9. The Richardson family has leased the tower to Garfield County for the Sheriff's and Road Crew radio. Richardson came to request an increase in compensation for Pacific Power's sublease on the grounds that it is a private industry, as well as a section to address weed issues on the enclosed grounds. The B...
Ten Years Ago August 17, 2011 Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2351 donated the 25-foot by 15-foot flag displayed in the high school gym to the Pomeroy School District “to leave a mark” regarding the Post’s contributions to the community over the years. Winning bid for general construction contract for the Pomeroy Junior-Senior High Modernization project was $7,537,255.00 by Leone and Keeble, Inc., of Spokane. The high school gym will be able to be used for the fall and winter sports. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 21, 1996 Poachers are at work...