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POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) announced expected raised medical insurance rates at their meeting on August 23. Premera, the Washington Counties Insurance Fund vendor who has been providing medical, life, vision, and dental insurance for Garfield County, will be increasing its medical rates dramatically. The estimated 54% increase was caused by higher claims than anticipated, as well as the company underbidding the county’s needs. Life, vision, and dental rates are...
POMEROY–Concerned parents and grandparents of local children attended an Unmask Pomeroy Kids meeting at the City Park on August 18. The concern was about Washington State mandates that require children to wear masks in schools. Margo Morgan, organizer of the meeting, handed out scientific evidence of the harm that wearing masks does to children. "The goal of the meeting is to get a number of residents who want to take this farther, to get the masks off these kids," Morgan said. Unmask Our K...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County Commissioners discussed the status of the grants they have applied for at their meeting on August 17. The pre-contract requirements for the Washington State Department of Commerce grant to extend the fiber optic internet to Pataha are finished, including a State Environmental Protection Agency report. A National Telecommunications and Information Administration grant that the Port applied for to bring the fiber out into Garfield County was not granted, but t...
POMEROY–A couple of years ago, local artist Mary Cook discovered "The Sketchbook Project" online which is "an independent company that organizes collaborative art projects and tours" and exhibits the efforts of artists–famous or unknown–from around the world via the Brooklyn Art Library. Begun in 2006, the nonprofit Sketchbook Project includes more than 55,000 books from over 30,000 "creative people" in its regular library. It also has a mobile library that travels to cities and towns across the...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Health District announced mandatory testing for unvaccinated Pirate basketball players at a meeting on August 23. All unvaccinated basketball players will be tested twice a week, 24 hours before a competition, and three days after a competition. Volleyball will not require testing because it is classed as a 'moderate' activity, and football will not require it either because it is played outside. The Health District passed three resolutions at its meeting as well. R...
“Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.” – Ann Landers... Full story
Ten Years Ago August 24, 2011 With about half the 2011 harvest completed in Garfield County, it’s shaping up as an outstanding year for producers. In the past five years to six years, the county has seen an increase in hard red wheat planting, but PGG general manager Bob Cox thinks there will be movement back to more white wheat plantings. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 28, 1996 Neighbors assisting with tractors and discs once again received praise for keeping a field fire last week from getting out of control when an electrical short in a c...
When I hear a truck pull up in front of the house and the pandemonium of dogs barkin’ would wake a hibernating mastodon, I relax. It’s only my neighbor, D.K., come to borrow something of his back. He doesn’t get this ferocious reception because he’s on the canine list of unsavory visitors or because he has the reputation of annoying domestic animals on a regular basis. It’s because his two dogs usually accompany him on his rounds. My dogs even bark at his pickup when he drives in anticipat...
POMEROY–Pirate Football coach Kyle Kimble prepares this group of young players for a regular football. After an altered sports schedule last year, schools, parents, students and supporters are ready to return to a more traditional season. The season kicks off at home against Waterville on September 3. –EW photo by Naomi Scoggin...
Fred G. Stallcop May 26, 1934–August 13, 2021 Fred G. Stallcop of Carmichael, Calif., passed away peacefully at his home in Sacramento on Friday, August 13, 2021 at the age of 87. Fred was born to George and Hilda (Hull) Stallcop in Pomeroy, Wash., on May 26, 1934. He grew up and worked on the family farm harvesting wheat. He graduated from Washington State University in 1956 with Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. Six days after graduation he married his best friend and soul mate, Cecelia. He was drafted to the Army in 1957 where he served fo...
POMEROY–The Pirate Ponies address should have read 857 W. Main on Highway 12 at the west end of town....
Pomeroy–Wanda I. McFarland, 80, died Sunday, August 22, 2021. Mountain View Funeral Home of Lewiston is caring for the arrangements....