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Spring clean-up May 18
POMEROY–The Garfield County Public Works will again host the annual "Tire/Appliance Amnesty and Free Chipper Day event at the Old Rock Pit off Gould City-Mayview Toad on May 18. Volunteers to help w...
Spring painting class
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild (BMAG) has scheduled an acrylic painting class at the gallery on Main St. on Saturday, May 11 at 10 a.m. The BMAG is offering a class with Nancy Stinchcomb, using acrylics to paint a nest and eggs picture f...
"Smile" everyone...it's an art show
POMEROY–The City is looking for five people to reestablish the Planning Commission. The City of Pomeroy is actively seeking persons interested in volunteering their time for two or three years to become the Planning Commission advisory board to t...
Hometown Hero Awards
POMEROY–The 2023 Hometown Hero Awards go to six local community members: Jon Gates, Anne Walsh, Jack Peasley, Ryan Grant, Pomeroy Food Center, and James Fuchs. The Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce announces the 2023 Chamber Awards recently. The L...
Special speaker joins men's breakfast
PATAHA–The Men’s Prayer Breakfast at the Pataha Flour Mill, welcomes special speaker Jeremy Stevens to the monthly event May 4 at 8 a.m. The first Saturday of each month, the Men’s Prayer Breakfast group meets for a free morning meal, then one perso...
Distinguished Young Women pageant April 21
POMEROY–Distinguished Young Women of Pomeroy, A New Era (DYW) program showing casing four local participants, Kiersten Bartels, Elena Morfin, Isabella Field, and Taylor Gilbert will appear at the S...
Three-generation VGBRA champions
By Charlotte Baker WALLA WALLA–The Valley Girls Barrel Racing Association 2023 results garner an overall grand champion, Payden Henery; reserve champion Dana Greg; and a three-generation champion r...
Prescription drug take back day
POMEROY–Pomeroy Partners for Health Families and the Garfield County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) will sponsor a Prescription Drug Take Back Day located at the Courthouse lawn on April 26 from 11 a.m. t...
Annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday
POMEROY–Innovia Foundation will partner with the Pomeroy Spinners and Twisted Wire Coffee to bring the Annual Easter Egg Hunt to the community at the Crystal Springs Golf Course and Lybecker F...
Quilts of Valor presented to three service members
DAYTON–A moment of joy for Deacon Mike Breier and the Salinas family as three received the Quilt of Valor on March 10. Debbie Bailey presented, on behalf of the Lewis Clark Quilts of Valor, three q...
Holy week comes early this year
POMEROY–The Easter season comes early this year and the Pataha Flour Mill will hold Holy Week services on Friday, March 29 and Sunday, March 31. Community Good Friday service will take place at the P...
Commentary
Spring, oh sweet spring, how your splendor bades me, with spectacle of green emerging from winters arms, bending into an explosion of color. Spring, oh sweet spring how your rain awakens what was once benumbed, welcome home birds red, yellow, green,...
Take Back Day!
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Partners Coalition and the Garfield County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) will sponsor Take Back Day on the Courthouse lawn, 789 Main St, Friday, April 26 at 11a.m.-2 p.m. Take Back D...
Commentary
As a farmer's daughter, and later during the first five years of my previous 19-year-marriage, a farmer's wife, the standing rule was to never say anything about how things were going, such as "How's harvest?" The answer to that was always "I'll...
BMAG "Back in the Day"
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild and sponsors Mary Flerchinger with Randy and Vonni Mulrony, presents "Back in the Day" featuring things from our past beginning March 1. The reception for this Carol Wildman inspired theme is scheduled at t...
March is National Kidney Month
DAYTON– March is National Kidney Month which reminds us to check into our own kidney health and think of neighbors and friends who may be searching for a donor; such as local resident Lisa Naylor. M...
Mark your calendars for the Community Scholarship Dinner
POMEROY–The Community Scholarship Dinner is planned at Maple Hall on March 9 at 5:30 p.m. this year. The Community Scholarship was created in 2019 by Alex Bremer as a senior project, and has since been other senior projects, continuing to make a...
Second annual Senior Connections section in this week's EW
POMEROY–Our Fair City and Garfield County boast many excellent characteristics as a wonderful community in which to live and work and raise a family. It's also a great place for people to make t...
Commentary
This morning, I sat at my desk in Dayton to begin the editing process for this week's Dayton Chronicle and East Washingtonian, and for the first time since the beginning of January, I have a clear...
Commentary
Have you noticed the same ol’ message; that of what is constantly rehearsed in the media over and over and over again, has become so very tiresome? It sure has with me. I am tired of hearing how awful the right is, and, in turn, how awful the left is...
Bikes for Books winners
POMEROY–The Evening Star Lodge No. 30 Secretary Steve Kazda presented two bikes to two student Bikes for Books winners Aria Alsup and Maverick Stroisch. Aria Alsup, a second-grade student of Mrs. L...
Hear about Steptoe Butte entrepreneur Cashup Davis
POMEROY–The Friends of Denny Ashby Library and Denny Ashby Library offer a free community presentation, "Cashup Davis: The Inspiring Life of a Secret Mentor," by co-author Jeff Burnside at the G...
Six Youths met 10,000 shot goal
POMEROY–Six members of the Youth Basketball 2023 Ten Thousand (10,000) Shot Club, Josiah Ledgerwood, Owen Wolf, Robbie Wolf, Kanin Koller, Sidney Wolf and Carson Koller, made their quota over s...
Sweetheart Ball set
POMEROY–The Sweetheart Ball is scheduled at Spinners Hal on Saturday, February 17 from 5-10 p.m. This casual evening event will include a Prime Rib dinner, cocktails and music for dancing and l...