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POMEROY–A 65-year-old Agassiz, B.C., man was injured and transported to a Lewiston hospital following an accident at the Alpowa Summit Saturday, July 9. Lorne J. Knechtel was west bound on State Route 12 when he lost control of the 2019 Harley Davidson motorcycle he was riding at 5:48 p.m., according to Washington State Patrol Trooper Kevin B. Highfield. The vehicle left the roadway to the right. Knechtel was charged with improper lane usage, according to the WSP report. He was taken to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center....
POMEROY–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) authorized contracts, opened bids, and met with Unites States Forest Service officials at their meeting on June 27. Two contracts with the Washington State Military Department regarding Garfield County’s emergency management operations were signed. Contract E23-012 contracts for basic service operations for the 2023 fiscal year and provides $572,991 for Garfield County’s emergency management. Contract E22-300 is an equipment contr...
POMEROY–Retired City Clerk and Treasurer Shaun Martin, has been at her post with the City for 22 years, and celebrated her retirement with council members, family, and friends on June 28. The City Council presented her with a beautiful photograph of Pomeroy to commemorate her years of dedicated work. Martin's future plans are to enjoy her grandchildren, travel, finish projects at home, and to enjoy life. Martin acknowledged the community for their support during her 22 years as City Clerk. I w...
The Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation has opened the large Impact Grant Season. Large Impact Grants are intended for requests of $25,000 to $100,000. The large Impact Grant application is available on the Foundation’s website at lewisclarkhealth.org and are due by July 31. Priority for these grants are given to nonprofit or government agency applicants that demonstrate a commitment to long-term vision and projects that address the root causes that affect health, improve wellness, and help prevent disease. Grant applications can be for ca...
POMEROY-The Port of Garfield County commissioners discussed the Snake River Dams Benefit Replacement report and upcoming lease expirations and a Washington Public Ports Association press release at their meeting on June 21. The June 10 WPPA press release discusses the Lower Snake River Dams Benefit Replacement report requested by Washington State Governor Jay Inslee and Senator Patty Murray. The press release states “the report does not make a recommendation on dam breaching, instead focusing o...
GARFIELD COUNTY–Motorcyclist, Michael C. Mingin, 69, of Keizer, Ore., dies in a one vehicle, Highway 12 collision Friday evening, June 24, 2022 at approximately 6:52 p.m. The Washington State Patrol reported that Mingin was travelling westbound of Highway 12, at milepost 418, about 14 miles east of Pomeroy, while riding his motorcycle, he changed lanes and left the roadway on the right. It was also reported he was not wearing a helmet at the time of the incident and it was unknown if drugs or alcohol contributed to the accident. He was t...
POMEROY–The USDA Agricultural Research Service reports that poison-hemlock, found across the United States, is an invasive toxic plant to grazing animals and extremely poisonous to humans. This year, there has been abundant amount of moisture in Garfield County area the Northwest, and it is observable to see healthy patches of poison-hemlock here in pastures, along roadsides, in unused corrals, skirting wheat fields, and vacant lots. Poison-hemlock is an early spring crop that grows in p...
POMEROY–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) discussed rental of the fairgrounds and potential acquisition of land by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at their meeting on June 21. The fairgrounds has been rented out for a family reunion from June 30 to July 5. The BOCC authorized a letter alerting current residents of the need to vacate by June 28. The WDFW sent the commissioners a letter announcing their consideration of acquiring 285 acres of land along the M...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, Lewiston SWAT, and Quad City Task Force, in a joint effort, arrested three suspects on a search warrant June 23, 2022. It was reported by Sheriff Drew Hyer of the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, that in conjunction with the Lewiston SWAT and Quad City Task Force, and after a year-long investigation, a search warrant was executed on 2030 Pataha St. on June 23, 2022 at 6 a.m., arresting three suspects. The Pomeroy community supported the Sheriff’s Office by reporting activity while the year-lo...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Health District board signed a contract and discussed automated external defibrillators in the county at their meeting on June 27. Resolution 2022-13 was a contract with Washington State Health Care Authority for ABCDental and data sharing from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The contract will provide the Health District with $26,354 to service Garfield and Asotin counties. Administrator Martha Lanman approached the board with a request for nine AEDs to be placed in c...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy School District Board of Directors hired two assistant coaches, approved WIAA membership renewal, PSD Counseling Program Transition Plan, and three out of field teaching placements at their meeting on June 23. The board hired Hannah Ranes as assistant High School and assistant Jr. High volley ball coach. Ranes played college-level volleyball and is living in the community. They also hired Ryan Wolf as assistant High School boys’ basketball coach. Wolf played basketball for Co...
POMEROY–A quarterly community forum meeting hosted by South East Washington Economic Development Association discussed a solution to the low water supply for the east end of Pomeroy and Pomeroy residents’ view of the town’s current needs on June 21. Jack Peasley, SEWEDA’s managing director for Garfield County, presented a plan for a booster pump station that would be placed near the Alibi Tavern. The booster pump would provide a redundant water system, energize the current systems by allowin...
POMEROY–In the article “The Chamber’s sign project is fully funded,” in the June 16, 2022 edition of the East Washingtonian, further information indicates the status of the signage project has worked through the first phase. The mapping of the exact sign locations has been made, and the next step is to discuss permitting and allowances with WDOT, the City of Pomeroy and Garfield County. No definite number of signs or types have been determined which will then determine the actual cost of the project. The Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce anticip...
POMEROY–Eric Hood of Langley, Wash., an individual with an extensive history of legally exploiting the Open Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) in Washington State by filing public records requests and subsequently suing governmental agencies for alleged non-compliance, has filed a request for public records from Garfield County, the East Washingtonian (EW) has learned. Hood carbon copied the East Washingtonian on his correspondence with Garfield County Auditor McKenzie Lueck and Prosecuting A...
POMEROY–The Three Forks Indian Trails sign now makes its home in front of the Garfield County Museum on Columbia Street. The crew of three placed it carefully on the east side of the entrance to the building, in view of passersby and visitors. Four local men, Terry John, Mark Ledgerwood, Scott Laughery and Gary Cole, moved the saved historic land mark into place where it will spark interest in museum visitors of a treasured Trails. The original Three Forks Indian Trails sign put up by h...
POMEROY–The Garfield County fair board held a community input meeting to discuss a master plan for fairgrounds improvement at the Dick Brown Building on June 15. The proposed plan would extend the hog barns and create an indoor multipurpose arena north of the animal barns that would include horse stalls along the east side of it. An outdoor multipurpose arena would be built east of the indoor arena, with covered bleachers above a food court. The current rodeo grounds would be reclaimed to the f...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Fire District board of commissioners passed a resolution to hire two part-time emergency medical technicians and discussed progress on the electrical renovation at their meeting on June 14. Matthew Bauska and Chrissy Winger have been hired, Bauska as a part-time firefighter EMT and Winger as a part-time firefighter advanced EMT. Both have several years of previous experience as EMTs. While the electrical system renovation to support a new HVAC system is still p...
POMEROY–The City Council pledged $4,000 for the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce signage project, accepted an interim wastewater treatment plant employee proposal, and discussed maintenance of city road easements at their meeting on June 7. The Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce signage project is now fully funded with the $4,000 promised by the City out of their capital improvement fund. The project will cost $20,000, with $10,000 of the funds coming from the Chamber, $5,000 from South East Washington E...
POMEROY––The Port of Garfield commissioners approved a lease extension, the purchase of a new heat pump system, and going out to bid for a project manager for the northeast county fiber project at their meeting on June 7. The commissioners approved a six-month extension of the current lease to Columbia Pulp, to be renegotiated in the event that the business is sold. The new extension will expire on January 6, 2023. The heat pump control system in the United States Forest Service building nee...
POMEROY–– The permanent swing bed situation, electrical project and scholarship recipients were topics discussed at the Garfield County Hospital District Board of Commissioners (GCHD) meeting June 6. The Washington State Department of Health and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a different team of surveyors to conduct a new survey in place of the one that was paused because of the rally last month. The official results are expected next week, but during exit interviews, the...
POMEROY-The 2022 Pioneer Days meeting and honored Pioneer family; All–Class Reunion celebration; Parade, and Tumbleweed Festival events were held on June 10 and 11. The family of Sealy Blachly, who settled on the north fork of the Deadman in 1877, were the Honored Pioneers at the 110th Garfield County Pioneer Day Program. Included in the program was a history of the town of Ilia given by Dotty Van Vogt and Diane Koller Ilia was situated on the Snake River and shipped grain from Garfield C...
POMEROY–The annual WSU Crop Variety Tours will be held here on Wednesday, June 22 at 8:30 a.m. A discussion of Winter Peas as a rotational crop will be led by Sarah Hallyburton, WSU Crop and Soil Sciences Department graduate student; and Steve Van Vleet, WSU Extension Regional Agronomist. The Winter Pea Variety Plots are located West of Pomeroy off of Highway 12. Take a right at Vannaton Grade Road and proceed for approximately 2.1 miles. The annual WSU Mayview Crop Variety Trial will begin at Tramway Road Northeast of Pomeroy at the Randy K...
POMERO–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) approved repayment of a loan and discussed re-staffing efforts for Washington State University extension offices in the area at their meeting on June 13. The commissioners passed resolution 2022-17 to accept repayment of a loan from the County Road fund to Current Expense fund. The amount repaid was 1,200,000, the same amount as loaned with no interest. Jim Kropf, the WSU Extension Director of County Administration, and Mark Heitstuman, G...
POMEROY––The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) opened bids for hay and heard of advisory committee vacancies from the United States Department of Agriculture on June 6. The BOCC opened bids for the barley hay crop currently growing at the Garfield County Fairgrounds. The winning bid was $175 a ton from Bill Cox. The USDA sent a letter to the BOCC announcing that the Southeast Washington Resource Advisory Committee is seeking members. The committee makes recommendations on lan...
POMEROY–The Quality Behavioral Healthy Families Coalition (QBH) is sponsoring the Summer Youth Program, free to local teens and pre-teens beginning June 15 at 9 a.m. The QBH Summer Youth Program is a free, fun, and educational program for Pomeroy teens and pre-teens-those going into 7th grade and up. The program is on each Wednesday beginning Jun 15 through July 27. Participants will take the bus to fun activity destinations such as bowling and movies. In addition, they will receive an educational lesson from one of the partners. Field trips wi...