Week of December 12, 2024
DAYTON–Fire and rescue crews responded to an accident on Hartsock Grade Saturday morning, December 7, and successfully extricated the driver of the vehicle for treatment at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston where she was listed in fair condition Tuesday. Marilyn T. O'Shaughnessy, 2114 Tucannon Road, Pomeroy, was driving a 2008 Nissan Frontier when it left the roadway about four-tenths of a mile from the top of Hartsock Grade at about 10 a.m. Saturday. The vehicle came to rest on...
OLYMPIA–The Washington State Parks Winter Recreation Program will temporarily close fourteen motorized Sno-parks for the 2024-25 winter season, due primarily to a roughly 25 percent reduction in funds available from snowmobile registrations to support the motorized part of the program. The following motorized Sno-Parks are slated for temporary closure: Echo Valley, Skate Creek, Bethel Ridge/Soup Creek, Crow Creek, Cloverland, Elk Heights, Fish Creek, French Cabin, Nile, Taneum, Reecer Creek,...
POMEROY-The Garfield County Planning Commission released the first draft of a new alternative energy code to the public at their meeting on December 4. The commission neither approved nor disapproved of the draft, stating that they had too many questions about it still to commit to a stance. The decision to release it to the public was made to allow Garfield County citizens time to view it before the formal public comment period started. The plan has can be viewed on the Garfield County...
DAYTON–Additional photographs of a missing local man, Henry (Wayne) D. Mitchell, 67, have been provided to the Dayton Chronicle, in efforts to help locate Mitchell, who has gone missing around the Patrick Grade/Tucannon area. Mitchell went into the mountains on Friday, Nov 22, 2024, around 12 p.m. His vehicle was found near Patrick's Grade on the Tucannon campground. Coordinated efforts with Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office, College Place, Washington State Fish & Wildlife, Search and...
POMEROY––The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) announced temporary closure of gravel sales to the public, discussed the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office budget, and approved two inter-fund transfers at their meeting on Dec. 9. Public sale of gravel from county pits will be closed due to low gravel supply. What gravel is left will be held in reserve to attend to spring thaw needs on the county’s gravel roads and emergency flooding response. Sales will be re-evaluated at the...
POMEROY–Downtown businesses Meyers Hardware and Pomeroy Pharmacy were aglow with the spirit of the Christmas Season here December 5. The East Washingtonian lens was on hand to capture some of that spirit in...
Ten Years Ago December 10, 2014 Pomeroy High School head track coach Adam VanVogt was named the 2014 1B Washington State Track Coach of the Year by the Washington State Coaches Association. The Pirate boys' track team was the 2014 boys' State 1B champions at the State meet in May last year. VanVogt was the association's State B Coach of the Year in 2003 when the Pomeroy boys' team won the State championship that year. VanVogt was also the 2003 District 9 Coach of the Year. Twenty-Five Years Ago...
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild (BMAG) is hosting an art class at the gallery on Monday, December 16 at 5:30. The latest art project is called Busted Canvas. For those wishing to participate please use the sign-up sheet will be at the BMAG gallery building. A fee will be charged for needed materials. The upcoming February show will feature fabric. Anyone who has something made of fabric, we would love to have it on display for sale or just to show your talents. The gallery will be...
Understanding God's True Nature. When trouble comes, what's your first thought about God? Scripture reveals that He is, first and foremost, a loving Father. Genesis 1:27 shows that He created us in His image, a deliberate act of love, not a casual decision. Though sin entered the world and created separation from God (Romans 5:12), it never changed His love for us. Instead, it led to the greatest demonstration of love: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that...
...Continued from November 7. Half a dozen citizens gathered in the stable. The bartender stood firmly, front and center, with determination in his stern face. Three other men looked uncertain as they stood beside a stall. They looked ready to bolt. A wrinkled woman of at least sixty years of age frowned up at Moss, holding a Bible in one hand and the hand of a woman about forty in the other. "I am Sarah Hadley. Mr. Hayes, I dearly hope you aren't planning to get all our citizens shot up," she...
POMEROY–The Senior Center Annual Candy and Bake Sale begins Friday, December 20 at the Senior Center at 9 a.m. The annual Christmas goodie sale will feature the usual favorite candy and baked food items they have had in the past. Those who are making candy please bring your items to the Senior Center on Thursday, December 19 by 12 p.m. for packaging. This is one of the few fund raisers the center holds during the year, so any and all help is appreciated. In addition, annual dues ($10) to the...
Thursday: A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain. Snow level 2600 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. South wind around 9 mph. Friday: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with...
“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” – Lily...
POTLATCH, IDAHO–The Pirate Wrestling team ventured to the Dick Griswold Invitational last Saturday with Peyton Cannon finishing fourth in the first match of the season. Pirate grapplers competed this week at a Colfax Mix and Match, and travel next Saturday to the Liberty Invitational at Spangle. "Pomeroy has a young team with two eighth graders and a freshman competing," commented Head Coach Mat Slaybaugh of the team's first match of the season. "Overall, the team looked good despite what the...