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Ten Years Ago December 1, 2010 Pomeroy High School Senior Project students are raffling off a Susan G. Komen Pink Christmas Tree as a fundraiser. Pomeroy Spinners Club will once again have a special box for letters to Santa in the Pomeroy Post...

POMEROY–The City Council has accepted and approved a retirement request from City Public Works Director Kenny Landkammer effective December 30, 2020. In light of the upcoming vacancy, Councilman Mike Cassetto recommended a review of requirements a...

Ten Years Ago November 24, 2010 Continuous snowfall blanketed the streets and sidewalks of Pomeroy as forecasts called for colder weather and snow around the Thanksgiving holiday. In Pomeroy, the Thanksgiving weekend is almost like two holidays in...

Ten Years Ago November 17, 2010 Pomeroy City Council members voted to appoint G. Paul Miller to fill the vacancy left with the resignation of Mike Akers. Pirate girls were knocked out of the State volleyball tournament following one win and two...

Ten Years Ago November 10, 2010 The 50-year relationship between the Chevrolet division of General Motors and Ferd Herres Chevrolet in Pomeroy ended with the Oct. 31, 2010, contract expiration and final ties were cut Thursday when the dealership...

Ten Years Ago November 3, 2010 The first co-Mr. Football in memory, Mack Wolf and Jay Breithaupt, escorted Queen Sadie Slaybaugh at Homecoming this year. Pomeroy Shrine Club will conduct its annual Fall Fund Drive this week, with donations going to...

POMEROY–Garfield County Fair Board President Sara Lunsford found the consensus of the 2020 Garfield County Fair and Livestock Sale to be in general a success, considers funding through fundraiser and grants a priority, and sparking a new theme for n...

Ten Years Ago October 27, 2010 Two months into the $2 million renovation project, the interior of the county courthouse has been pared down to studs and brick walls. “Pictures of Garfield County Homesteads,” volumes I and II, published by Quest and N...

Ten Years Ago October 20, 2010 A FUNdraising event sponsored by Sterling Savings and part of the Pomeroy Community Center-Seeley Theatre project to restore the building, will include the movie “Hocus Pocus”, and a Halloween costume contest with prize...

Ten Years Ago October 13, 2010 The Garfield County Business/Services Committee has completed the development of a comprehensive business gaps assessment. Work continued last week on the exterior of the courthouse, with parts of the front façade...

Ten Years Ago September 29, 2010 A Garfield County resident was arrested and taken into custody by county deputies after an indoor marijuana grow operation was found in the subject’s home. Donna’s Café was broken into on September 10, with a safe...

POMEROY–During the City Council continuance meeting on Tuesday evening, September 15, they discussed how to use $42,000 of the CARES Act funding. Jack Peasley of the Southeast Washington Economic Development Association (SEWEDA), elaborated on a s...

Ten Years Ago September 22, 2010 Lewis-Clark Recyclers, Inc., Lewiston, will take over the county recycling center. City Council unanimously adopted a new nuisance ordinance regarding unkempt vegetation, old furniture and inoperable vehicles....

POMEROY– Rachel Anderson, representing the Garfield County Aging and Disability Resource Center (GCADRC) was contacted by the City Council regarding a Subrecipient Agreement for COVID-19 funds. Anderson said that with the city portion of this g...

Ten Years Ago September 15, 2010 The Paradons will play rock ‘n’ roll music from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s at the Fair on Friday. Former Pomeroy resident Chris Ledgerwood will bring a contingent of seven lawnmowers and some motorcycles to race. In...

Ten Years Ago September 8, 2010 Elton Brown was honored by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife earlier this summer for decades of volunteer service to hunter and shooting education. Brown volunteered as a Washington Hunter Education progra...

Ten Years Ago September 1, 2010 Puget Sound Energy completed the purchase of more than nine acres of land just outside Pomeroy for the future site of an operations and maintenance facility for the utility’s Lower Snake River Wind Project. Local f...

Ten Years Ago August 25, 2010 Garfield County Sheriff’s Department continues to investigate burglaries and vandalism of Town and Country Restaurant, All Your Building Needs, the city pool and one other businesses the night of August 6. C...

Ten Years Ago August 18, 2010 With Russia’s wheat crops devastated, Garfield County producers are riding the upswing in prices worldwide. Though the county’s 2010 harvest won’t match last year’s numbers, most will have a “decent” year, according to P...

POMEROY–Jack Peasley of the Southeast Washington Economic Development Association (SEWEDA) told the council that the Department of Commerce has had 27,000 applications for assistance in dealing with the COVID-19 virus restrictions. Garfield County w...

POMEROY–Each year during the Garfield County Fair, the Friends of Denny Ashby Library hold a used book sale inside the Flower and Vegetable building. This event is quite popular with area readers and is the primary money maker for the volunteer b...

Ten Years Ago August 11, 2010 Members of Garfield County Health Foundation presented a check for $26,000 to Garfield County Hospital District to assist in purchasing of a new portable x-ray machine. Pomeroy Swim Team captured the County Meet champion...