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Ten Years Ago May 14, 2014 Two of the state legislators from District 9 attended Garfield County Hospital District’s open house last week Wednesday, mingling with hospital administrators and staff, a...

POMEROY-Kendra Stallcop has launched Grazy K's, a grazing table and charcuterie board business that takes meat, cheese, fruits and vegetables and turns them into edible works of art. "If you love...

POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) opened bleacher bids, decided to fund the finishing of the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum parking lot project, and passed a m...

POMEROY-Pomeroy's Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) has been revitalized in the past year and a half. In November of 2022 a group of Pomeroy parents brought the long-inactive PTO back with a new...

Ten Years Ago May 7, 2014 Participants in Pomeroy's observance of last week Thursday's National Day of Prayer started the event with a church walk to local houses of worship. The group walked to the...

POMEROY-The School District (PSD) Board of Directors hired a principal and a temporary softball coach, accepted Sandy Anderson’s retirement, and discussed an art auction according to the minutes of t...

Part 9 ...Continuing...Moss sighed with relief as the town came into view. His bay horse walked slowly beside him, head hanging as he limped on his right fore-hoof. The thrown shoe hung half-way out...

POMEROY––Jaime Herrera Beutler, Republican candidate for Commissioner of Public Lands, met with Garfield County Fire District No. 1 officials and Representative Mary Dye at the GCFD office on Apr...

POMEROY-Gas 'n' Go, the convenience store on the west end of Pomeroy, has opened for business. Maninder Singh, Paramjid Kaur, and Neil Kumar-all relatives-have partnered to open the store that was...

Ten Years Ago April 30, 2014 With all the heavy machinery and detection instruments being used to comb through debris at the Oso, Wash., landslide zone, there's a small wet object getting heavy usage...

POMEROY––The Distinguished Young Women of Pomeroy scholarship program held their first event since 2006 on Sunday, April 21, at 5:00 at the Seeley Theatre, where Isabella Field was crowned as Pom...

Ten Years Ago April 23, 2014 John Begley told an audience of Pomeroy economic development and business people that his company's pulp mill operation in Starbuck, now in the permitting stage, would...

POMEROY––The Pomeroy City Council discussed the Childcare Navigator position, created a planning commission, heard public concerns about nuisance properties and retaliation incidents, and heard req...

POMEROY-The Garfield County Public Health District board approved a brand identity refresh contract, approved an inter-agency data sharing agreement, and discussed South East Washington Alliance for...

POMEROY–Glorious weather accompanied the Spring Farming Days at the Garfield County Fairgrounds on April 14 and 15, with the largest public turnout to date, according to past Eastern Washington A...

Ten Years Ago April 16, 2014 At its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, April 8, Pomeroy city council unanimously passed a motion to grant a variance to David Webb that allows him to install vintage...

POMEROY––The infamous sinking of the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic 112 years ago on April 15, 1912, was personal for Pomeroy. Included in the over 1,500 lost at sea was John Bertram "Bert" Brady, a Pom...

Ten Years Ago April 9, 2014 Washington state attorney general Bob Ferguson stopped in Pomeroy last week Wednesday on his swing through the southeast corner of the state. Ferguson's visit in Garfield...

POMEROY-The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) approved funding for the City Park tennis court retrofit project and the Chamber of Commerce sign project at their meeting on April 1, and...

POMEROY-The Garfield County Hospital District Board of Commissioners (GCHD) announced a new go-live date for the dialysis and tele-nephrology programs and discussed the imaging suite project at their...

POMEROY–The Pomeroy Spinners Club's 17th annual Easter egg hunt was held at Lybecker Field and Crystal Springs Golf Course on Saturday, March 30. Thanks to donations from the community that totaled $...

POMEROY––The Raise the Blues endowment campaign held an informational meeting regarding two major fundraising efforts on March 27. Raise the Blues is partnering with the Innovia Foundation in the sch...

Ten Years Ago April 2, 2014 Supporters of David Webb's plan to install neon signs in the downtown area will present a request for a variance of the city's sign ordinance to Pomeroy city council at its...

POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) appointed County Road Crew Superintendent Steve Gormsen to supervise the Road Crew and discussed jury system quotes at their meeting on M...

POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) met with representatives from the United States Forest Service, discussed a bid on the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum parking lot p...