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POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) approved Resolution 2020-27, Garfield County 2021 budget for all departments, in the amount of $16,472,927.93, and all supplemental budgets, at its December 28 regular meeting. In addition, COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Columbia County. The BOCC met on December 28, 2020 at 11 a.m. in the Commissioners' Chamber at the Courthouse for the purpose of making and adopting the budget for the fiscal year of 2021 and giving citizens within t...
OLYMPIA–When the 2021 legislative session begins January 11, Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy, will lead the House Environment and Energy Committee for the state House Republicans. Committee assignments were released Friday in Olympia. The committee considers issues relating to the State Environmental Policy Act, the Growth Management Act, the Shoreline Management Act, air quality, aquatic lands, oil spill prevention, recycling and solid waste, hazardous waste, toxics, and climate change. It also c...
Editor's Note: This annual look back at the year just completed will be made in installments over the next several weeks. –Charlotte Baker JANUARY 2). The Shepherd Foundation has awarded the Pomeroy School District a total of $28,247.08, as well as an additional $6,000 for two other purposes, announced Superintendent Rachel Gwinn. The long-standing Giving Tree Program blessed over 80 local kids through the generosity of local shoppers and cash donations. The Special Hospital Levy for $860,000 w...
“One faces the future with one’s past.” – Pearl S. Buck...
Ten Years Ago December 29, 2010 Members of Pomeroy FFA Alumni hope Pomeroy residents who don’t have plans will join them for the annual spaghetti dinner and silent auction at Spinner’s Hall on New Year’s Eve. Local highlights of 2010 included the opening of the Lower Snake River Wind Project, the ending of the Ferd Herres Chevrolet franchise, and the Holy Rosary Knights of Columbus council celebrating its 100th anniversary, among other things. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 1, 1996 Pomeroy’s boys’ basketball team kept its winning record af...
A. F. Branco...
I consider myself among other things, a former horse mechanic. The horses I did veterinary work on were ranch and feedlot beasts of burden. Workin’ animals from man’s point of view. Up until about fifty years ago that would describe most of the horses vets worked on. I was always a little vain about distinguishing that my patients worked for a living, earned their daily oats and made a contribution to the good of mankind. Backyard horse practice sorta ranked with spayin’ cats and trimming Chihu...
There are a number of unidentified portraits in the archives of the Garfield County Musuem...and their identities are unknown. If you know the names of the people in this photo, please contact the East Washingtonian. 509-843-1313. –Photo provided by the Garfield County Museum...
SPOKANE–Garfield County is eligible to apply for the Innovia Foundation Community Grants Program and Arts & Culture Recovery Grants programs to organizations impacted by COVID-19 and summer wildfires. These two grant programs are open through January 22. Grant recipients will be announced by March 17. The Community Grants Program will prioritize funding requests that mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 and/or summer wildfires, offer collaborative and innovative solutions, and enhance economic vitality, especially for organizations addressing d...
POMEROY–As I look back over the year, I see we, as a community, have experienced many changes in the way we do things and Christmas for our family, is a perfect example. You see, during this holiday season, my family and I moved to a new house. It’s an exciting thing, but can also be very stressful, especially during Christmas. We decided, as a family, to postpone gift-giving so we could focus on getting items needed for our rooms and other things for the new house. At first, I was kind of disap...
Betty Louise Farley Capwell June 8, 1931–December 21, 2020 Betty Louise Farley Capwell passed peacefully on Monday, December 21 in Pomeroy. Betty was born June 8, 1931, in the Tucannon River area to Ross and Maggie Broyles Farley. She was the youngest of eight children. Her family lived there, where she attended school in a log one-room schoolhouse, until she was in the fifth grade. At that time, the family moved to Tenino, Wash., but returned to the Pomeroy area when she was a sophomore in high...