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POMEROY-After sub-zero temperatures and snowfall mid-week, the mercury rose into the high 30s on December 25. Accompanied by rain, the higher temperature created a slippery holiday when the snow turned to slush on the roads....
POMEROY–The Pomeroy School District (PSD) board of directors designated a chairman, discussed levy logistics, and accepted a bus driver resignation according to the minutes from their December 19 meeting. The board decided to keep the chair and co-chair positions as they are for 2023. Ashley Koller will keep her current position of chairwoman of the board and Allison McKeirnan will keep her position as co-chair. Positions on committees that approve and disapprove of the levy have received no a...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield Commissioners discussed the Broadband Fiber-to-the-Home projects that have been in progress and the lease with Columbia Pulp according to the minutes of their meeting on December 20. The Pataha fiber project is still being tested, but once testing is complete the internet providers will begin connecting customers. Further study is being conducted on the Northeast Garfield County project since the over budget bids discussed at the Port's December 6 meeting were s...
POMEROY–Five local High School youths: KayLee Schmidt, PHS Senior; Katie Boyer, Senior; Emilee Warren, Junior; Natalia Larios, Junior; and Izzy Field, sophomore, are planning to attend the Annual CADCA National Leadership Forum in Washington D. C. on January 30–February 2, 2023. The Pirate Partners Youth Coalition is a new youth organization in Pomeroy. This club began in 2022 as a Senior Project to spread awareness of prevention at Pomeroy Jr. Sr. high school. In addition to projects at Pom...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates and Pirate basketball teams, which had been anticipating playing in a two-day Christmas Tournament in Moses Lake on December 20 and 21, stayed home from the event due to adverse weather conditions that may have been experienced on the drive to and from Moses Lake, according to Toddette McGreevy, Athletic Director....
WALLA WALLA–The City of Pomeroy and Blue Mountain Artisan Guild are two of twenty-four non-profit organizations to receive a portion of the Blue Mountain Community Foundation (BMCF) $287,503.50 grants recently awarded in the Umatilla, Walla Walla, Columbia and Garfield counties. The BMCF, under the leadership of its board of trustees and grant committee chair Barbara Roloff, awarded $287,503.50 in grants to local nonprofits based in and/or serving the communities of Umatilla, Walla Walla, Columbia and Garfield Counties. These grants are part o...
POMEROY–The 2023 Camas Prairie 10-week shoot will begin on January 7 for juniors and January 8 for adults. Traditionally the Camas Prairie 10–week shoot starts on the second Sunday of January each year, but because New Year's Day is Sunday January 1, the 2023 shoot will start with the junior shooters on Saturday, January 7, and the adults on Sunday January 8. There will be a safety and due collection meeting for the kids at 8 a.m. on Saturday, January 7, followed by shooting. Kids under 14 yea...
“What love we’ve given, we’ll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.” – Leo Buscaglia...
Ten Years Ago December 26, 2012 The annual Christmas program at Pomeroy Elementary School featured Kindergarten students singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"; grade 1 students singing "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"; grade 2 students singing "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"; grade 3 students singing "Christmas Don't be Late"; grade 4 students singing "Must be Santa"; grade 5 students singing "Nuttin' for Christmas"; and grade 6 students singing "Joy to the World". Program coordinators...
Elizabeth Waldher Kindergarten Dear Santa, I've been Really Good this Year, Except...... When I cut my hair in class and said I didn't to Mrs. Waldher. Please bring me a toy kitchen for Christmas. Love, Silja Severson I hid from the bus driver and missed the bus and Mrs. Lankammer had to drive us to school. I want a remote-control snake for Christmas, please. Love, Harrison Stallcop I stole mommy's makeup and put it on me and mommy found out. I had to go to the corner. Please bring me a rainbow...
POMEROY–Garfield County Hospital District is proud to announce November Employee of the Month, Mary Herres, R.N. This well-deserved award is actually her third time receiving it; first in November of 2020 and the following month she was awarded the prestigious Employee of the Year for 2020! Mary was nominated by her co-workers who state, "She is loved and respected by residents and employees." She was born and raised in the rural town of Sibely, Ia. At age 13, she relocated to Kamiah, Idaho, a...