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POMEROY–An Amber Alert was issued Monday by the Idaho State Police for a 15-year-old Lewiston, Idaho, female, Lillian R. Dixon, who is considered missing and endangered in the rural area of Columbia County, near Starbuck or Waitsburg. The FBI, Idaho State Police, Washington State Patrol, Lewiston Police Department, Garfield, Columbia, Asotin, Walla Walla and Nez Perce (Id.) counties' Sheriff's Departments are taking cooperative measures to search for the missing teen. Dixon was last seen at L...
SPOKANE VALLEY–The subject of an Amber Alert issued last Monday and the individual suspected in the disappearance of the 15-year-old female from Lewiston, Idaho, is in custody here Tuesday evening. According to the Washington State Patrol, the vehicle involved, a maroon 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer, was tipped to law enforcement and located with a man fitting the description of Jonathan Wayne Bowles, 36, in the driver's seat with a female in the passenger seat. Police apparently pursued the vehicle a short distance and both individuals exited t...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy School District (PSD) board of directors approved Resolution 306 and the hiring of Brock Ledgerwood, reinstatement of Ben Slaybaugh and the resignation of Jan Koller at their meeting on November 30. Resolution 306 increases the levy amount to be collected in 2022 to $843,420. The Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation awarded PSD a grant amounting to $67,720. The board also approved the hiring of Ledgerwood as Assistant Junior High Boys Basketball Coach, as well as the r...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Commissioners' heard changes occurring in the Auditor's Office, approved Resolution 2021-22 and 2021-23, and signed an inter-local agreement with Columbia County at their meeting December 6, 2021. County Auditor Mackenzie Lueck announced the Garfield County Auditor's Office will be changing their Department of Licensing (DOL) transaction hours While the office will remain open on their current schedule of 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., no DOL transactions will be processed aft...
The Student of the Month Pirates Award for October 2021 is presented to Atalya Mitchell, nominated by Nettie Severs and sponsored by Ben and Tina Keller, for her positive attitude and kind nature. Atalya shows PRIDE by completing work on time and with all work shown. She is proud of the math she is learning and willing to share her knowledge with others. She shows her INDEPENDENCE as a self-starter and does not need to be reminded of what needs to be done in class. She is dependable, organized...
PENDLETON, Ore.–Christmas tree permits for the Umatilla National Forest are available to purchase at Forest offices, in local businesses, and online through Recreation.gov. Fourth grader are eligible for free Christmas tree permits. For the second year, all National Forests are selling Christmas tree permits online via Recreation.gov as an added convenience for the public and alternative to in-person interactions. Christmas tree permits purchased online must be printed to be valid and can only be used on Umatilla National Forest lands, as s...
“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” – Paul Cezanne...
By Mariya Frost In the 2015 Connecting Washington transportation package, lawmakers included a provision that requires the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to “report annually on the amounts expended to benefit transit, bicycle, or pedestrian elements within Connecting Washington projects.” Though transit, bike and pedestrian projects are funded largely by driver fees deposited into the state’s multimodal account, the legislature wanted to know how much it cost to implement any multimodal elements as a part of larger road i...
A. F. Branco...
It’s true that my steer is all-natural I’ve dispensed with all vaccines and drugs Not one pesticide is poured on his hide He’d be lonesome without all the bugs! The lice are his own peanut gallery The ticks and the heel flies, too. He scratches all day while they nibble away But it does give him something to do. I’ve no use for antibiotics. For those drenches and potions and pills. He’s had a rough time, but now doin’ fine. Though he’s pore as an ol’ whippoorwill. He’s had rickets and doubl...
Due to the federal government changing the unemployment benefit eligibility rules mid-pandemic, some Washington residents, who have been receiving unemployment benefits, will now have repay the benefits despite being approved to receive benefits initially. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, launched shortly after the pandemic started, did not fully verify that a benefit claimant was eligible for program benefits. Claimants that applied under the rules of the PUA program...
Ten Years Ago December 7, 2011 Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, Pomeroy Chapter 15, will hold its annual “Santa’s Christmas Box” raffle to fund the organization’s yearly scholarship for a Pomeroy High School senior. The organization awarded Melissa Bartlow its scholarship for 2011. Pataha Flour Mill will have its annual “Christmas Tea” on Saturday, Dec. 10. Mill director Jon Van Vogt said the yuletide event is open to adults and children alike, and features a wide variety of Christmas t...
Garfield County District Court Judge Tom Cox: October 13, 2021 Jeffrey L. Bennett, of Chewelah, Wash., pleaded guilty to misdemeanor Negligent Driving 1st Degree. Bennett was sentenced to two days jail; must pay $786; and must complete a substance abuse evaluation with treatment. Joseph R. Vernile Jr., of Renton, Wash., pleaded guilty to misdemeanor Negligent Driving 1st Degree. Vernile was sentenced to one day jail; must pay $1,296; and must complete a substance abuse evaluation with treatment....
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Pirates' season opener against Liberty Christian was rescheduled out of an abundance of caution following a local student-athlete testing positive, and one of Liberty Christian's players also testing positive, Athletic Director Toddette McGreevy said early this week. The game was to be played Saturday in Pomeroy, but is now on the schedule for January 19. The non-league game against Asotin, played on Wednesday, December 8, did not include a boys' junior varsity game due to t...
Charles D. Woody December 25, 1932–November 18, 2021 Our dad, Charles D. Woody, 88, passed peacefully from this world Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at Prestige Care and Rehabilitation Center in Clarkston with two daughters and a granddaughter by his side. He died of congestive heart failure. Dad was born to Ralph O. and Hedvig C. (Pearson) Woody on Dec. 25, 1932, in Pomeroy. He married Betty L. Bacon on July 14, 1967. The two divorced in 1973. They had three daughters– Kimberly Fricke (Kevin), of...