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Celebrate "Barn in the USA" at 2023 County Fair
POMEROY–The 2023 Garfield County Fair "Barn in the USA" begins Friday and continues through Sunday, September 15–17, opening at 10 a.m. and shuttering at 5 p.m. each day. The Garfield County Fair...
Successful reading summer at Denny Ashby Library
POMEROY–The Denny Ashby Library celebrates another summer of BINGO readers and "All Together Now" summer reading program participants. This summer, the Denny Ashby Library provided an array of...
SAIL is back!
POMEROY–The Stay Active and Independent for Life Class (SAIL), sponsored by Garfield County Public Health, returns for a ten-week program at the Senior Center located at 695 Main St., on Tuesday, September 26 through November 28, at 1:15-2:30 p.m....
Local takes top place at Palouse Empire Fair
COLFAX–Pomeroy FFA member Colby Ledgerwood receive Grand Champion Fitting and Showing, and place third overall for FFA market steer. Ledgerwood took his steer Double Stuff to the Palouse Empire...
Your neighbor needs a kidney
DAYTON–Organ donation is a gift of life for the giver and the receiver, and here locally, Lisa Naylor is in need of a new kidney. Naylor recently spoke to the Walla Walla Valley Quilters Guild at...
Got a 'Man Cave' to show off?
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild (BMAG) will present the "Man Cave Show" again this year, along with sponsor Meyers Hardware, for two months beginning September 1. A reception is planned September 7 at 5-7 p.m. Here is the call to let all...
Garfield County Jr. Meats Judges take first and second place
PULLMAN–The 4-H Meats Judging team from Garfield County competed in the state 4-H meat judging event at Washington State University last Saturday, August 12, took first and second place. Seven...
"Fill the Truck" food drive is Natalie Fuchs's Senior Project
POMEROY–High School student Natalie Fuchs has as a senior project a goal to accumulate donated food for her "Fill the Truck Food Drive," which started July 1 and has been underway every other...
Swim the Snake hosts 37 competitors
STARBUCK–The Tenth Annual Swim the Snake noncompetitive swimming and paddle boarding event splashed off over the weekend on August 12. The Swim the Snake was participated in by 37 swimmers and six...
Strategic GCHD planning scheduled
POMEROY–A Garfield County Hospital District Strategic Planning meeting is scheduled at the Senior Center here on Thursday, August 17 at 6 p.m. The GCHD has called a special meeting to review and discuss the District’s Strategic plan for the...
Pomeroy man fatally injured in Hwy 12 accident
CLARKSTON–A 46-year-old Pomeroy man was fatally injured in a two-vehicle accident on SR 12 near Chief Timothy Park July 19. Jeremiah J. Hessling, 46, was pronounced deceased at the scene, five miles west of Clarkston, according to the Washington...
Free food extended
POMEROY–The 2nd Harvest Mobile Market has extended monthly, distribution dates at the First Christian Church, 310 S. 8th St. location, through March of next year. Back to school is around the corner and the 2nd Harvest Mobile Market, sponsored by...
Pirates swim, swam, swum–tying 4th overall
POMEROY–The Pirate Swim Team placed fourth at the Tri County Swim League Championship Meet in over-all scoring events between Pullman, St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtuchna (SELW),...
Interested in sponsoring an art show?
POMEROY––The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild's artist receptions enjoy the support of a local sponsor, and that can be either a business or an individual, says Linda McKeirnan, vice president of the BMAG. "There is no real requirement other than...
National Night Out Aug. 1
DAYTON–The Columbia County Sheriff's Department will hold the 16th Annual National Night Out in the City Park on Tuesday, August 1 at 5-8 p.m. Free food and drinks will be available. The community...
Class of 1973 celebrates a golden jubilee
DAYTON–The Class of 1973 met for their fiftieth-class reunion at the Golf Course during Alumni weekend here July 14-15. A good portion of the class gathered for their fiftieth year as Dayton High...
Pomeroy Swim Team
POMEROY–The Pirate Swim Team is ranking behind Colfax for both meets on July 20 and 18. The Combined team scores for the Colfax, SELW and Pomeroy meet July 20 were Colfax 558, SELW 377 with Pomeroy at third with 325. The Women ranking followed...
Lemonade and Rep. Dye
POMEROY–One fine sunny Monday, Severin Harris Fisher, son of Nichola and Paul Fisher of New York, and grandson of local resident Connie and Jim Harris; and Allie Gingerich, daughter of Kent and...
Rollover vehicle catches fire, driver unhurt
A single-car rollover July 9, about a mile east of Waitsburg on Highway 12 resulted in a totaled vehicle and roadside vegetation catching fire, and the driver was saved from injury by a passerby,...
Pomeroy Pirate Swim Team holding second place
By Charlotte Baker POMEROY–The Pirate Swim Team took second place in over-all scoring events during two swim meets; one at the pool in Colfax against Colfax and Garfield, Palouse, Oakesdale, and...
Williams and Dahmen win benefit golf tourney
POMEROY–The Scott Williams and Ed Dahmen team won the High School Golf Program Annual Fourth of July fundraiser tournament at Crystal Springs Gold Club on July 4. It was sponsored by several local...
Commentary
By Charlotte Baker As I was breezing through Facebook recently, I read a message by one of my friends (unnamed for privacy reasons) questioning the pool district. I wanted to bring this to people who do not have internet, Facebook, or do not use...
4-H judgers "fair" well at State contest
MOSES LAKE, Wash.–Garfield sent two 4-H judging teams and one individual to completed at the state 4-H Livestock Judging event there on June 24, scoring well. The two teams were made up of Garfield...
The Treasure Box
WAITSBURG–The Christian Women’s’ Luncheon featuring “The Treasure Box” presented by speaker Cora Brantner, is scheduled to meet at the Waitsburg Town Hall on July 12 at 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The Christian Women’s Luncheon at the Waitsburg...
BMAG Wood/Metal art show July 6
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild presents the Wood/Metal art show and reception at the Main St. gallery on July 6 at 5 p.m. Adult artist John Lawson and Doug Maxey, two very talented wood workers, will be featured at the Wood/Metal art show...
