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POMEROY–While voters tentatively await the national results for president, in Garfield County, 80.85% of the voters' turned out in a massive effort to weigh in significantly on many County and State positions and issues. In one of the two local contested campaign races, Larry Ledgerwood (64.13%) unseated incumbent Wynne McCabe (35.56%) for the Garfield County Commissioner 2 position and Jim Nelson (64.25%) won the hotly pursued Garfield County Commissioner 1 race against Vonni (Vonda) Mulrony (3...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Public Health District has planned a virtual ZOOM Community Town Hall meeting, in partnership with the Garfield County Hospital District (GCHD) and Pomeroy School District on Wednesday, November 4 at 4 p.m. Martha Lanman, Garfield County Public Health Administrator, issued an advisory stating positive COVID-19 cases have increased by 10 of which five of the 10 cases are unrelated indicating possible community spread. Lanman asks citizens to stay home and stay close f...
By Emily Ruchert Special to the East Washingtonian POMEROY–Mt. Misery Drifters received a $3,000 grant from the Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation for Misery makeover of the warm-up cabin built in 1987 by the Snowdrifters. The Mt. Misery Drifters, known to most as the "Snowdrifters" and formed decades ago here, was a group of folks who liked to ride through the fresh smooth powder on their state-of-the-art (now considered vintage) snowmobiles. The group had a vision to help the snowmobile c...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved and signed Resolution 2020-12, Intent to Vacate Roads in Pataha, at their October 26, 2020 meeting. They have also decided to include all of vacated properties in Pataha in one Petition hearing on November 30, 2020, at 10 a.m. In the process to vacate a street in Pataha initiated by a new property owner, Richard Hamilton, in early October, Garfield County discovered other property assumed to be vacated, but not o...
“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” – Phyllis Diller...
Denny Ashby Library recently added a new collection to the Washington Rural Heritage: Garfield County Heritage digital collection. The Baldwin Family collection contains 122 new items preserving the history of one of the county’s early pioneer families. The Denny Ashby Library partnered with Jennifer (Baldwin) Ashby, the director of the Asotin County Library, who upon the passing of her father, Merle Baldwin, inherited her Grandmother Alta Morris Baldwin’s trunk. The Zenas Baldwin family arrived in 1875 and settled just south of Pomeroy whe...
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POMEROY–Martha Lanman, Garfield County Public Health Administrator, reported at the Garfield County Public Health District meeting October 26, 2020, there were a total of 15 people in the county who tested positive for COVID-19, who have all recovered. It was later reported on October 28, four other positive cases and one pending, all over the age of 20, had been identified and are recovering at home. Lanman also conveyed counties all around Garfield County had seen increases in positive c...
Ol’ Wayne was real particular about his steers. He figgered if he spent his hard earned pennies tryin’ to get a few extra pounds, he dang sure wasn’t gonna sweat it off ‘em durin’ the gather. Nobody’s horse had broke a trot all day as they trailed the bunch to the corral. One brahmer-cross turned back. “Jes’ let ‘im go, boys… Don’t want to rile the others.” Durin’ the next week Wayne scattered a little hay each day for the lone holdout. By Saturday he had him up to the little knoll above the co...
POMEROY–Jim Nelson, reporting for the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, informed the Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) of two deputy applicants who will receive conditional offers, pending background checks. A letter to the Shepherd Foundation was signed by the commissioners, which included four requests for the County, and one for the Garfield County Fire District. Justin Dixon, County Commissioner, advised that the installation of the new Courtroom Sound System has incurred “a little more expense” than originally estimated. The McKinst...
The Garfield County Hospital District (GCHD) would like to update the community on continuing operations and work. The District is working with an architectural firm on designing the addition for the CT scanner, upgrading the electrical infrastructure in the old hospital building, and adding an HVAC system to the hospital side. Some key changes to the project have come about during this design process that have increased the estimated budget. We will need to build a retaining wall along the...
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POMEROY–Wednesday, November 11, is a day in which the nation honors United States veterans, and the East Washingtonian joins the nation and community in that. Because federal and state offices will be closed in observance of Veterans Day, and because Wednesday is the day of the week the East Washingtonian is usually delivered to the U.S. Postal Service, next week’s East Washingtonian, dated November 12, will be mailed on that date. Subscribers should expect to receive their newspaper on Friday, November 13. The following week, mailing will ret...
Ten Years Ago November 3, 2010 The first co-Mr. Football in memory, Mack Wolf and Jay Breithaupt, escorted Queen Sadie Slaybaugh at Homecoming this year. Pomeroy Shrine Club will conduct its annual Fall Fund Drive this week, with donations going to support the Spokane Shriner’s Hospital for Children. Pomeroy Conservation District received the Southeast Conservation District of the Year award from the Washington State Conservation Commission. Twenty-Five Years Ago November 8, 1995 Garfield County trapper Ed McDowell caught six beavers in P...
Norman Ellsworth Bartlow January 8, 1924–October 29, 2020 Norman Ellsworth (Ells) Bartlow went to be with Jesus on October 29, 2020. He was 96 years old and died in his home of the infirmities of age. Ells was born in Pomeroy, Wash., on January 8, 1924, to Oscar Creighton Bartlow and Martha Doris Fitzsimmons Bartlow. He graduated from Pomeroy High School in 1942. Ells attended Northwest Nazarene College for one year and enlisted in the U.S. Navy Air Corps where he served for two years and t...