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POMEROY–The School Board approved the end of required masking for students and personnel as March 21 during the meeting February 22. The Pomeroy School District (PSD) board of directors determined an end date for the mask mandate in both high and elementary schools at their meeting on February 22. Masks will not be required after March 21. The board also discussed an update to the coaches’ renewal policy. Coaching contracts will become yearly, with the position opened every three years. Cur...
Editor's Note: Later this year, following completion of further study of the Lower Snake River Dam system, the governor and U.S. Senator Patty Murray will issue a report on the possibility of dam removal. OLYMPIA–Governor Jay Inslee and Senator Patty Murray announced in October, 2021, a joint federal-state process to determine whether there are reasonable means for replacing the benefits provided by the lower Snake River dams (LSRD), sufficient to support dam breaching as part of a salmon r...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) signed a Rock Royalty Payment and Quarry Site contract with Tom Schuster for the use of the Schuster rock pit at their meeting on February 28. The contract is for six years. The county will pay 45 cents a ton for aggregate and 60 cents a yard for pit run. Commissioner Justin Dixon brought Governor Inslee’s Lower Snake River Dam Benefit Replacement Study to the board’s attention. The study is to determine the benefit of dam removal. “Thir...
POMEROY–A Pomeroy Economic Forum proposed a signage project with an estimated fundraising goal set at $25,000 during the quarterly meeting held at the Pataha Flour Mill on February 22. The forum, sponsored by the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce, focused on discussing a cohesive sign project. The project proposes 12 signs pointing out attractions and city building assets. Signs would begin in the west by the Pomeroy Cemetery and continue along Main Street to end in the east by the Pataha Flour M...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Health District announced that the county has zero active cases of Covid-19 at the time of their meeting on February 28. The number of people who have been going to the Garfield County Memorial Hospital to be tested has also decreased dramatically. Health District Administrator Martha Lanman stated that she believed the home tests recently distributed in the community have played a role in bringing the testing numbers down. The Health District passed Resolutions 2...
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OLYMPIA–If you are among the thousands of people in Washington state that use natural gas, including 1.2 million residences, 107,000 commercial buildings and 3,500 industrial buildings, this article is for you! After passing a new low-carbon fuel standard last year and a cap-and-trade system through the new Climate Commitment Act, Gov. Jay Inslee is now focused on the next step of his climate policies: Eliminating the state’s natural gas industry. The governor’s first major salvo came last...
To the editor, The citizens of the USA and those who love freedom and democracy have a common enemy and his name is Vladimir Putin. A Soviet Union KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel before resigning in 1991 to enter politics and after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1996 he joined President Boris Yeltsin’s administration where he served as director of the FSB, the KGB’s successor agency, and then as prime minister. He became Acting President on 31 December 1999, when Yeltsin res...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Transportation Authority (CTA) announced a planned open public meeting at their monthly meeting on February 22. The meeting will discuss a Human Services Transport Plan, and is set for March 24. The purpose is to survey the community members and entities about the transportation needs of Pomeroy. The CTA also discussed their building project plans that have been in the works for many months. County Engineer Grant Morgan and CTA Manager Rachel Anderson have a m...
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild (BMAG) presents “Faking the Famous Painting and Fabric” at a Carol Wildman sponsored reception Thursday, March 10 at 5 p.m. The BMAG will feature adult artist John Zillich and Junior art from Maureen Scoggin’s third, fourth and fifth grade students at the March and April art show in March and April. An open house reception sponsored by Carol Wildman will be offered to the public on March 10. Come and partake in the conversation, lovely eats and a variety of art throughout the gallery....
Garfield County District Court, Judge Tom Cox February 3, 2022 Adam S. Phelps, of Pomeroy, was convicted by jury, after a one-day trial, of Violation of a No Contact Order and Violation of an Anti-Harassment Order, both gross misdemeanor offenses. A sentencing hearing occurred on February 9, 2022 where Phelps was sentenced to 30 days of jail followed by 24 months unsupervised probation. February 9, 2022 Klynn Lockard, of Pomeroy, pleaded guilty to the gross misdemeanor offense of Operating a Vehicle without an Ignition Interlock Device....
OLYMPIA–The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) invites the public to submit written comment from Feb. 22 to April 11, 2022 on a proposed rule change and a new rule to address wolf-livestock conflict deterrence. In September 2020, Governor Jay Inslee directed WDFW to initiate rule making with the goal of instituting practices that would reduce the number of livestock killed or injured by wolves as well as the number of wolves lethally removed as a result of depredations of domestic animals. The proposed rule change, if adopted, w...
Harold Morgan, Jr. October 21, 1936–February 14, 2022 Harold Morgan, Jr. passed away on February 14, 2022 with his family by his side from complications of Covid. Harold (known by his family as Gene or Eugene) was born in Pomeroy, Wash. to Harold and Florence Morgan on October 21, 1936. Harold graduated from Pomeroy H.S. and married Virginia Oldenburg. They were blessed with five children but lost one son shortly after birth. Harold worked on several farms after graduation but had the o...
Emma Sue Kelly August 24, 1934–February 7, 2022 Sue Kelly left this earth for her eternal home Monday, February 7, 2022. Emma Sue Whittaker was born to Clarence and Mary Whittaker on August 24, 1934. She graduated from Lawrenceville Township High School in 1952. She played sports as a member of the Girls Athletic Association (GAA), sang in the choir and was a member of the Tomahawk School paper. Sue married her high school sweetheart, Tom Kelly, on June 20, 1952, in Lawrenceville, Ill. They m...
Ten years ago March 7, 2012 The modernization project at Pomeroy High School has required a lot of creativity in dealing with the inconvenience of completely moving out of the building, including the cafetorium. But kitchen manager Marcia Ruchert perhaps had to utilize the most creativity to provide hungry students breakfast before school and the noon meal, all without the benefit of a kitchen. Marcia, with the help of Gin Jenkins and Rose Scoggin, provides about 35 breakfasts and 215 lunches us...
SPOKANE–By just a basket, the Pomeroy Lady Pirates missed staying out of the elimination round of the 2022 WIAA State 1B Girls Basketball Tournament, falling to top-seeded Mt. Vernon Christian by 37-34 last Saturday, and they’re slated to face No. 8 Willapa Valley Wednesday night in the Spokane Arena in a must-win game. The Lady Pirates nearly pulled off one of their trademarked heart-stoppers in Mt. Vernon. “We struggled to get the ball to fall in the third quarter,” said Head Coach Tai Bye, “but we overcame a nine-point deficit and found our...
POMEROY–Local Gun Club shooters are holding their own at the eighth week of Camas Prairie Competition. Some may move to a higher placement as other shooters will remain the same. Pomeroy Gun Club members were again hampered by Gusty Winds in week eight of the 10 Week Camas Prairie Competition. Conditions were especially bad for the Youth shooters on Saturday, February 26. During Saturday’s shoot, the best score recorded by a 12-year-old and under shooter was an 11 of 25 shot by Carter Barron in the 16-yard competition. Barron led the You...