Articles from the February 11, 2021 edition
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Alleged early morning assault ends in arrest
POMEROY–Garfield County Sheriff's Office took into custody a male suspect, Tristan Charles Evans, 23, who was booked for Assault in the 1st degree, a class A felony, on February 4, 2021. Law enforcement personnel from the Garfield County Sheriff's O...
Gonzales receives CRNA Master's degree
TOPEKA, Kan.–Pursuit of Excellence award recipient Annalynne (Van Vogt) Gonzales, graduated from Westminster College, in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a Masters in Nurse of Anesthesia (CRNA) on N...
By Pomeroy still in Phase 1
By Charlotte Baker POMEROY–The East Region remains in Phase 1 of which Garfield County is collectively a part. The numbers for the area are apparently not within the parameters of Phase 2 requirements. The numbers here, are 668 COVID-19 tests g...
2020 – Year in Review
Editor’s Note: Due to space constraints, this annual look back at the year just completed will be made in installments over the next several weeks. –Charlotte Baker SEPTEMBER 3). The County Commissioners approved the County Health District’s plan...
Emma Severs, Nayely Larios are Students of the Month
POMEROY–December "Student of the Month" Emma Severs, nominated by Jessica Wolf, has lived through a year without sports, due to COVID-19, yet has spurred interested and development in sports in o...
Captain America Walk-for-a-Medic
POMEROY–Captain America, a.k.a. Allen Mullins, passed through this fair little town Tuesday afternoon, January 26, on a walk to benefit military veteran Gary Jorgens. Captain America had recently b...
Quote of the Week
“What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.” – Jawaharlal Nehru...
Olympia Update
OLYMPIA–The environment is unquestionably important to every one of us who live, work and raise families in our beautiful state of Washington. It has also become a political hotbed of p...
On the Edge of Common Sense
Do you believe in ghosts? How ’bout angels? Miracles? Taro cards? I grew up believin’ in Heaven and all its assorted angelic inhabitants and their counterparts in the singed black hats. Rei...
OPINION
OLYMPIA–Against the backdrop of now three separate income tax on capital gains proposals (HB 1496, SB 5096 and SB 5204) comes the question: What impact do these tax proposals have on the state’s competitiveness? We’ve previously documented the Washin...
Quick Look
USDA appoint key senior staff WASHINGTON D.C.—The following individuals will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C. Senior Program Officer focusing on nutrition at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Anne Knapke was named Deputy A...
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor, I would like to compliment the Garfield County Health Department and the Garfield County Hospital, in regards to their very organized structure for the purpose of giving Covid-19 vaccinations on January 29th, 2021. It ws...
Pastor's Corner
February is here, and with it, Valentine’s Day. I remember the first time I asked a girl out. I was in sixth grade. She quickly turned me down. It took me three more years to work up the courage to ask another girl out, but I had learned and was m...
Wind lends to a difficult shoot
POMEROY–Weather again proved to be problematic for Pomeroy Gun Club members during the fifth week of the Camas Prairie 10 Week Shoot. High winds hampered the Junior Shooters on Saturday and the S...
Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits
Ten Years Ago February 9, 2011 The Pomeroy Shrine Club raised almost $5,000 for the Spokane Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children and patient transportation fund in its recent donation drive. Denny Ashby Library patrons can now download audiobooks...
Shepherd Foundation awards $323,965 in 2020
POMEROY–The Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation has awarded $323,965.61 in the COVID-19 year of 2020. Since 1996 the Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation has been granting money to various nonprofit organizations in Garfield County. For the year 2...
COURT REPORT
Garfield County Superior Court–Judge Tom Cox: January 6, 2021 Shanice Bonaparte, of Lewiston, pleaded guilty to felony Possession of Methamphetamine. Bonaparte was sentenced to: 90 days jail; $500 i...
Pomeroy academic student honorees
POMEROY–Teachers are making their mark on education as many students excel academically through this difficult COVID-19 era. Those on the Honor Roll are acknowledged for their excellent grade point averages, and the Principal’s Honor Roster and Hig...
