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POMEROY–A the City Council held a public hearing on September 7 on a carport variance reducing the building setback from the alley from 25 feet to 15 feet requested previously by Joe and Elizabeth Walder preceded the meeting. The variance was approved. Sheriff Drew Hyer presented his monthly report to the council via teleconference, including 145 calls to service in August, twenty-eight city infractions, six criminal citations and 3,213 total miles driven in the city. Two deputies are still training with one of them patrolling on her own. T...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Fire District board of commissioners discussed the Washington State proclamation requiring state workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 at their meeting on August 10. The deadline for vaccinating is October 14. The commissioners also discussed moving $15,029.51 from the cash pool to investment. The move will keep the cash pool at its customary $100,000. The meeting was adjourned when a trauma call interrupted....
POMEROY–The Garfield County drop-off recycling site on 20th St. and Pataha St., next to the Garfield County Road Department yard is temporarily closed. The fence was damage due to a mishap by an LCR truck driver and which presents a safety issue. Anticipate reopening sometime in early October. –Submitted photo...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy School District (PSD) board of directors discussed curriculum for the state required comprehensive sexual health program at their meeting on August 31. Sherry Johnson, parent of PSD students, brought the California curriculum of Check the Facts to the board's attention. Anticipating a spring application of the curriculum, the board decided to wait before making a decision on the course. "The thing I don't want to do is rush it." Board member Jeremy Nelson said. "I think we s...
Garfield County Superior Court–Judge Tom Cox: August 25, 2021 Tristan C. Evans, of Clarkston, Wash. pleaded guilty to: Assault 2nd Degree, a Class B felony; Taking a Motor Vehicle without Permission 2nd Degree, a Class C felony; and Malicious Mischief 2nd Degree, a Class C felony. Evans was sentenced to six years of prison followed by 18 months of Dept. of Corrections Community Custody. The case stemmed from a February incident on Pataha Street, where Evans struck a man in the side of the face with a machete. After the assault Evans fled the s...
POMEROY–Ladies' Night Out was held at the Church of the Nazarene on August 20. The organizer, Alia Scoggin, gathered 45 women and girls in the fellowship hall to listen to Jessica Kellogg preach. Kellogg and her husband are pastors at Awaken Church in Wenatchee Wash., and began their ministry in Pomeroy as the Church of the Nazarene youth pastors in 2003. Jessica Marchand and Ketura Richmond led several songs of worship before the message, when Kellogg spoke about releasing weights to Jesus. H...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Pioneer Association met on Tuesday, August 24, to discuss finalizing plans for the upcoming Fall Bus Tour of the Mayview area scheduled for Saturday, September 25, 2021. Because the Mayview district is so rich with pioneer history, the tour will be done in two parts. The September tour will include sites such as the original trail from Gould City (known as the “Forks of the Deadman” in early days), McGrann Hill Road, the Lynn schoolhouse, to the top of Shepherd Hill and down into Mayview, circling into the Victo...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) approved a Master Street Addressing Guide contract to employ a MSAG operative at a flat payment of $1,516.80 a month at their meeting on August 30. The money will be paid through a 911 grant. The BOCC also approved a letter of support for the Appaloosa Solar Project, based on the project's agreement with the County's vision for the future. Ackman Heating and Cooling has provided a quote for the heat pump for the Public Works Office at $...
POMEROY–The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline contact number will change to the “988” dialing system be changing in the near future, according to information provided by Scott Zaval of the Garfield County Sheriff’s Department. Currently, 1-800-273-8255 is the crisis number, and veterans should Press 1 to be connected with the Veterans Crisis Line. This hotline provides suicide prevention and mental health crisis assistance via phone and online chats. Veterans can also get help at veteranscrisisline.net. The FCC adopted rules on July 16, 202...
By Kevin Stock Incident Commander Northwest Incident Management Team 8 August 30, 2021–Current Situation at the Green Ridge Fire: Activity yesterday was minimal and this helped firefighters to make good progress. Today, the concern will be increased fire behavior due to predicted wind gusts up to 26 mph coming from the west-southwest. An increase in burning activity and smoke is likely as the winds fan interior islands and pockets of unburned fuels. Firefighters will remain diligent in w...
PENDLETON, Ore. (August 24, 2021) – The Umatilla National Forest is now accepting applications for numerous permanent fire positions on USAJOBS until Sept. 27, 2021. Positions are available at multiple skill and qualification levels ranging from entry level firefighter positions to assistant fire management officers. The Forest is looking for committed, hardworking, highly skilled applicants to suppress wildfire and work in fuels management. The fire and aviation program is rewarding and requires working safely as a team in a variety of s...
PENDLETON, Ore. (August 27, 2021)–With continued reduced large fire activity across the Forest, Umatilla National Forest officials will further reduce the area closure on Saturday, Aug. 28, reopening access to more lands on the Pomeroy and Walla Walla Ranger Districts. The modified closure prohibits access to Umatilla National Forest lands surrounding the Lick Creek and Green Ridge fires on the Pomeroy Ranger District and lands surrounding the Elbow Creek Fire on the Walla Walla Ranger District. Public entry is prohibited within the areas i...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) announced expected raised medical insurance rates at their meeting on August 23. Premera, the Washington Counties Insurance Fund vendor who has been providing medical, life, vision, and dental insurance for Garfield County, will be increasing its medical rates dramatically. The estimated 54% increase was caused by higher claims than anticipated, as well as the company underbidding the county’s needs. Life, vision, and dental rates are...
POMEROY–Concerned parents and grandparents of local children attended an Unmask Pomeroy Kids meeting at the City Park on August 18. The concern was about Washington State mandates that require children to wear masks in schools. Margo Morgan, organizer of the meeting, handed out scientific evidence of the harm that wearing masks does to children. "The goal of the meeting is to get a number of residents who want to take this farther, to get the masks off these kids," Morgan said. Unmask Our K...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County Commissioners discussed the status of the grants they have applied for at their meeting on August 17. The pre-contract requirements for the Washington State Department of Commerce grant to extend the fiber optic internet to Pataha are finished, including a State Environmental Protection Agency report. A National Telecommunications and Information Administration grant that the Port applied for to bring the fiber out into Garfield County was not granted, but t...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Health District announced mandatory testing for unvaccinated Pirate basketball players at a meeting on August 23. All unvaccinated basketball players will be tested twice a week, 24 hours before a competition, and three days after a competition. Volleyball will not require testing because it is classed as a 'moderate' activity, and football will not require it either because it is played outside. The Health District passed three resolutions at its meeting as well. R...
POMEROY–The Pirate Ponies address should have read 857 W. Main on Highway 12 at the west end of town....
Pomeroy–Wanda I. McFarland, 80, died Sunday, August 22, 2021. Mountain View Funeral Home of Lewiston is caring for the arrangements....
POMEROY–The City Council approved a continuance of the August 7 meeting to August 24, 2021 at 7 p.m., to better address funding opportunities and meet grant deadlines. Mayor Paul Miller stated the need to have such meetings organized in a critical form and indicated the council can firm up anything else at that time. In addition, the City received Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Finds of $194,706 July 27, 2021. Information about the American Rescue Plan Act Spending Guidelines was given to Mayor Paul Miller and Council. The Treasury Departmen...
LYONS FERRY–The Eighth Annual Swim the Snake, reinstituted following a year off due to coronavirus precautions, was met with hot temperatures, thick smoke and calm waters at the open water swim event here Saturday, August 14. There were 30 participants, which included a 16-year-old male youth from Spokane Valley, Wash. who challenged Lake Bryan, the approximately one-mile gap reaching under the Highway 261 bridge that spans from Lyons Ferry State Park to the Lyons Ferry Marina and KOA. The e...
POMEROY–Congressional Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, WA-5, and State Representatives Joe Schmick, R-9, Colfax, and Mary Dye, R-9, Pomeroy, discussed the current forest fire situation with local agency heads at the Pioneer Park on August 10. The representatives came to Pomeroy to hear from the local citizens on how the Lick Creek and Green Ridge fires have been handled. Several people including Garfield County Commissioner Jim Nelson and a Anatone, Wash., farmer Jay Holzmiller, stated t...
COLUMBIA and GARFIELD Counties–Despite increased wind speeds, the Green Ridge Fire saw little growth and containment increased to 19%. The fire is currently 36,328 acres, with the additional acreage gained on the southern portion of the fire in Branch II. Sunday’s gusty winds tested the fire line along the 22 (4022) Road in Division M and fire lines held, keeping the fire in its existing footprint to the north. Divisions G and K were combined into Division K in Branch I. Division K now includes the area along the Kendall Skyline Road and the...
POMEROY–Pirate Ponies Equestrian Centre, operated by Tracy Burnstad and Lauren Setzer, is the newest local business to open recently, offering riding lessons for all ages. Pirate Ponies Equestrian Centre (Pirate Ponies), located at 857 Main Street in Pomeroy, is a riding enterprise run by Burnstad and her co-planner Setzer, along with Burnstad's children Karl, Evelyn, Katie, and Kevin, all of whom are involved. The business started this spring and has shown an increase in interest and c...
MERCER ISLAND–During 2020, and thus far in 2021, more people under the age of 50 have been murdered in Washington State than have died due to COVID-19. While it is incredibly tragic that 304 Washington State residents under 50 have died from the coronavirus, it is alarming that recent data shows that at least 313 of the state’s under 50 population have been murdered. While this statistic is alarming enough, the true comparative data is even worse, for while the COVID death data (from the Washington State Department of Health) is current to las...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) agreed to allow the side-by-side obstacle course at the Garfield County Fair at their meeting on August 16. The course was brought to them for approval several weeks ago and has been under consideration. The commissioners stated that the level of risk inherently involved was not enough to prevent the activity, provided that agreed-upon standards of safety and supervision are upheld. The BOCC discussed a possible demolition and r...