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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...
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...
OLYMPIA–Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy, will once again serve as ranking Republican on the House Environment and Energy Committee when the Legislature convenes for the 2023 session in January. 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 c...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Transportation Authority (CTA) board changed a position from an hourly to a salaried pay schedule, and received updates on ongoing projects at their meeting on December 19. The pay schedule for the position of Operations Manager was changed from hourly to salaried, meaning that pay for the number of hours scheduled between paydays will be averaged so that the amount will be consistent between paychecks. The amount of hours scheduled and the wages remain the same. T...
POMEROY–Brad Gingerich celebrated his retirement on December 15, at the Pomeroy Pharmacy, where he has worked for more than 45 years. The celebration was small and consisted mostly of regular customers and friends who stopped in for a brief moment to congratulate the couple. A larger celebration is planned at the Spinners Hall on January 21, 2023. Gingerich recently completed the sale of the business to Pomeroy native Tory Knebel and Sean Thurston, of Elk Drug, Dayton....
POMEROY–The Garfield County Public Health District board passed several resolutions, including their 2023 budget, and discussed an ending grant as well as a new logo at their meeting on December 19. Resolution 2022-31 passed the Health District’s budget for 2023. It is very similar to 2022’s budget, with adjustments in the wage budget to reflect changes made by Garfield County. Resolution 2022-30 is an amendment to the Solid Waste Grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology that chang...
OLYMPIA–The Senate Page program once again will employ pages for the 2023 legislative session, after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. The 2023 session begins January 9 and ends April 23. Pages are sponsored by legislators, like Senator Mark Schoesler (R-9-Ritzville), Rep. Joe Schmick (R-9-Colfax) or Rep. Mary Dye (R-9-Pomeroy) and serve for one week during the legislative session. Pages spend their week learning about the legislative process while distributing materials throughout the Capitol Campus, assisting offices, delivering messages, w...
WALLA WALLA–Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) will resume instruction for drivers seeking a commercial driver's license (CDL) in March 2023. To support the return of CDL instruction at WWCC, the college received a three-year, $623,000 grant from the State of Washington to provide scholarship assistance to students. For a number of students, the first $2000 of tuition and fees will be paid by this grant. Since the pandemic, demand for CDL drivers has grown both locally and nationally. D...
Merchants in Downtown Pomeroy were happily wrapping presents and ringing up purchases during Pomeroy's Twinkle Light Sale last Thursday. The mood was calm and cozy and twinkley in Meyers Hardware as customers came and went, spending time perusing the glittering displays of Christmastime gifts, and they could be seen making the rounds to the other Twinkle Light businesses, the Pomeroy Pharmacy, the Blue Mountain Artisan's Guild Art Gallery and The Community Trunk. People were warmly greeted in...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County commissioners declined all bids received for the Northeast Garfield County optic fiber internet project, accepted a lease for a building, and discussed the Pataha fiber internet project at their meeting on December 6. The bids for the Northeast Garfield County fiber project were 10% over the budget for design. In view of these numbers, the construction of the project could be expected to go 15% over-budget. The port commissioners decided to reject the bids a...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Hospital District Board of Commissioners has received a $40,000 Shepherd Foundation grant to be used to purchase a new van. In other business, commissioners amended resolution 2022-05, and discussed the electrical project at the meeting on December 5. The commissioners amended resolution 2022-05, approving the disposal of a lab analyzer by sale to 618 Medical, by changing the amount of the purchase from $1,600 to $1,500. The electrical project has experienced some d...
POMEROY-The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) passed a levy shift, signed 2023 levy increase resolutions and signed a burn delegation letter at their meeting on December 12. The levy shift transfers $20,000 from the county road department to the general fund. It will help fund police patrols and duties relating to the roads. The levy resolutions authorize a 1% increase over the previous levies. Resolution 2022-32 authorizes the increase for the general fund levy in the amount of...
POMEROY–The Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation has approved and awarded $371,449 in requests during its 26th year. These monetary awards go towards improving certain conditions and lives, as well as provide opportunities in the local and extended area. Since 1996 the Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation has been granting money to various nonprofit organizations in Garfield County. For the year 2022 the Foundation has given $371,449 to specific needs in local entities and other area organizations. Harold and Helen Shepherd were Garfield C...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy City Council passed its 2023 budget, a new employee pay schedule, and discussed permitting for a recreational vehicle at their meeting on December 6. The council passed the budget for 2023 after a public hearing. A comment received at the hearing asked if the 2023 budget for street work included water and sewer lines. City Clerk/Treasurer Diane Taylor explained that because they have not been approved by the State of Washington for funding, they are not included in next y...
POMEROY–Garfield County Fire District No. 1 (GCFD) responded to a Walmart semi-tractor/trailer truck combo that blocked both lanes up and down State Route 12, west of the Alpowa Summit Monday morning December 5, 2022, around 9:45 a.m. Winter has played its hand on a Walmart truck traveling toward Pomeroy on Highway 12 near mile marker 410 Monday morning, December 5, 2022 about 9:45 a.m. The driver lost control of the vehicle sliding, crossing two oncoming traffic lanes, through the guardrail a...
POMEROY–Downtown is celebrating the Christmas season with the Twinkle Light shopping event for retail stores on Thursday, December 8 beginning at 5 p.m. Then treat yourself to delectable confectioners during the Chocolate Extravaganza on December 9 and 10. Christmas is the time of the giving spirit and to help celebrate this wonderous season, downtown retail stores have plenty of gifts for friends, family-your whole Christmas gift giving list. The Pomeroy Pharmacy is open for candle-light shoppi...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy School District (PSD) Board of Directors passed levy propositions and hired wrestling coaches at their meeting on November 29. The board passed resolution 309, Proposition No. 1: Replacement Educational Programs and Operation Levy, which will be put on the February 14 ballot for Garfield County voters. This is a four-year levy, which will collect $1.1 million per year, and will replace the expiring EP&O levy approved in 2019, if passed. The money will be used to fund the b...
POMEROY-The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) approved a 2023 annual construction program and a six year transportation improvements program (TIP), approved a final budget for 2023, and met with the county's Employee's Group at their meeting on December 5. The board passed resolution 2022-30, to create the 2023 annual construction program and a six year transportation improvements program for the years 2023-2038. The six year plan identifies needed improvements to the county roads...
POMEROY–The Community Scholarship raffle wagons, this year's senior project of Jillian Herres, left and Chase Caruso, right, are now available for viewing and tickets can be purchased at all home basketball games. Each wagon has a value of $500 up to $1,500. The Community Scholarship was created in 2019 by Alex Bremer as a senior project, and has since been other senior projects, continuing to make available scholarship funds for subsequent seniors. This year Herres and Caruso continue the t...
POMEROY-The Dollar General on Villard Street, on the east side of Pomeroy, is now open. The national chain outlet is in the soft opening stage, open for business, but employees are stocking the shelves. Boxes of merchandise may be in the isles and some items may not be on the shelves yet. Owned by private equity investors Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Citigroup Private Equity, and G S Capital Partners, store's purpose is to bring a multitude of products to small communities such as food, snacks,...
POMEROY–The Christmas parade lit up Main Street on Saturday, November 26, with cheer and lights. The floats featured Santa and his reindeer, as well as the Grinch, Buzz and Woody, the Pomeroy FCCLA, Garfield County Livestock 4-H Beef, equipment from the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum, and emergency vehicles from the Garfield County Sheriff's Office, Garfield County Fire District No. 1, and the United States Forest Service with their lights flashing and sirens calling. Many Pomeroy f...
POMEROY–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) passed a resolution to certify levies and signed credit card applications at their meeting on November 28. Resolution 2022-29 certifies levies from taxing districts that are coextensive with Garfield County. The levies are: $13,463.19 for the Mental Health Fund; $189,915.17 for the City of Pomeroy; $207,812.74 for the Garfield County Port District; $467,010.92 for the Garfield County Fire District; $226,085.74 for the Garfield County P...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Transportation Authority passed their 2023 budget, an update to their procurement policy and purchasing procedures, and discussed their building project at their meeting on November 28. The 2023 budget includes a 6.5% cost-of-living increase to employee wages, as well as a raise of 6.55%, or reaching the 95% mark on the salary study conducted by Garfield County. The CTA passed an update to their procurement policy and purchasing procedure, including an adjustment t...
POMEROY–The annual Pomeroy Gun Club Sausage Shoot fundraiser will take place at the clubhouse on Sunday December 11 at 8:30 a.m. This event is the Pomeroy Gun Club's biggest fundraiser which will fund our ability to keep shooting the rest of the year at as low in cost as possible. Featured shoots are Trap singles, Buddy Shoots, and Annie Oakley's Rifle events, Running Deer, various targets, and inside games for non-shooters. Lunch is available on the grounds at the Pataha Range, 38 Gun Club R...