Articles from the February 13, 2020 edition
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Lanman addresses BOCC of changes
POMEROY-The first order of business at the regular Garfield County Commissioners’ (BOCC) meeting Jan. 27, Commissioner Justin Dixon was re-elected as the chairman of the GCHD board. The Garfield County Health District (GCHD) Administrator Martha L...
Lady Pirates wrap season with strong win over GP
POMEROY–Garfield-Palouse offered little resistance to Pomeroy as the league-leading Lady Pirates cruised to a 47-29 win, closing the regular season with a 9-1 league mark, 18-1 overall. Second to t...
Hospital decides to proceed with Allevant contract
POMEROY–The Garfield County Hospital District (GCHD) Board of Commissioners discuss the proposed contract with Allevant Solutions, LLC, for training and marketing services to enhance the swing bed p...
Ambulance Memorial Fund is restructured
POMEROY-The members of the Garfield County Ambulance Memorial Fund (GCAMF) advisory board met Monday, February 3, 2020, to discuss a proposal to move the fund management under the umbrella of the...
County Considers Demo Derby for 2020 Fair
POMEROY-Pat Bly, Demo Derby promoter, met with the Garfield County Commissioners Monday, January 27, 2020, to make a presentation and ask for permission to conduct car races and a demolition derby on Saturday night of the 2020 Garfield County Fair....
A mix of outrage and optimism from Olympia
Each legislative session, many bills are introduced by my fellow lawmakers. This year is no exception. As of February 6, more than 1,300 bills had been offered, not counting bills held over from 2019....
On the Edge of Common Sense
That they would find each other would have been as unlikely to predict as the fall of communism or the good sheep market. She was old and a lifelong Southern Baptist. They were young and on a mission...
Hospital Update
This is week five of addressing common questions and concerns about Garfield County Hospital District. If you missed any of the first four articles, they can be found East Washingtonian website or the Hospital’s Facebook page. This week we will be d...
A Teen's Take
POMEROY–Character. I thought I knew what character meant until I had to write a speech about it for Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). My speech topic had to be based on a FBLA goal and a...
Library News
POMEROY–The Denny Ashby Library and Friends of Denny Ashby Library are hosting a free community seminar “Springing into Spring-Getting Your Yard and Garden Ready” presented by Washington State University, Garfield County Extension, Master Garde...
Garfield Ambulance Memorial Fund and Garfield County Health Foundation Fund join forces
WALLA WALLA, Wash.–The Garfield Ambulance Memorial Fund (GAMF) has joined the Garfield County Health Foundation Fund (GCHFF) at the Blue Mountain Community Foundation (BMCF) with a fund transfer of $38,557.70. This financial melding is to s...
4-H Corner
POMEROY–Garfield County 4-H Livestock Club held their February meeting at the Fairgrounds on Sunday February 9. There were 13 members and three leaders present. We discussed that we have two m...
GCFD Board seeking new Fire Chief
POMEROY-The Garfield County Fire District Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at the fire station office, for their regular monthly meeting to finalize the plans for advertising for a new Fire Chief. The date for the meeting had bee...
Geiger, Ledgerwood, Wade have perfect 25s
POMEROY–This past weekend marked the halfway point in the 10-week Camas Prairie Shoot. It was a great week with numerous shooters only missing one or two targets. There were three perfect 25s from the 16-yd line by Buck Geiger, Travis Ledgerwood, a...
Three Jr. Hi wrestlers win gold
LEWISTON–On Saturday February 1, 2020, the Pomeroy Jr. High Wrestling team traveled to Lewiston to wrestle at the Jenifer Tournament. Pomeroy took 12 wrestlers to compete at the first tournament of th...
County receives 10 Bids for Road Project
POMEROY–Garfield County Commissioners opened ten Gould City-Mayview Road Phase IV project bids February 3, 2020. After the meeting began at 9 a.m., the bid envelopes started arriving. More seating was needed to accommodate the construction company r...
Broadband event
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield is hosting a community informational event to kick off the Fiber-to-the-Home broadband project at Maple Hall on Thursday, February 20 at 6 p.m. The Port will share information about construction design, the timeline a...
Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits
Ten Years Ago February 17, 2010 Pirate wrestlers placed third at Regional and ten will advance to State. Klytin Bott, Scott Wolf and Justin Aldrich won their weight class championships. By donating $1.00 to the relief effort for Haiti’s earthquake v...
Garfield County Dispatch Log
Jan 21 Ambulance-164 Tenth St. Transfer-446 Pataha St. Truancy-789 Main St. Information-Snake River from Alpowa to Lower Granite Paper Service-1122 Arlington St. Traffic Hazard-Hwy. 12, M.P. 408 Jan 22 Sniff-Impound Lot Ambulance-1141 Arlington St....
Court Report
January 8, 2020–Garfield County Superior Court–Judge Tom Cox David F. Edelman, of Portland, Ore., pleaded guilty to one count of Possession of Cocaine, a class C felony. Edelman was sentenced to 30 days jail; must pay $600 in legal financial obligati...
Wrestlers advance
SPANGLE–Pirate wrestlers advanced to Regionals this Saturday at Reardan after competing in the District 7/9 South League Tournament last Thursday at Liberty H.S. Regionals starts at 10 a.m. S...
Pirates' fate rests on probable playoff game
POMEROY–The Pirate boys' post-season play involves the Touchet versus St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse game, postponed from last Saturday due to flooding, and rescheduled for Tuesday night in Touchet. A T...
Jr. Hi volleyball rallies at Tekoa-Rosalia
The Pirate Junior High “A” volleyball team played two more games on February 3 and 6. Pomeroy hosted Colfax Feb. 3. We ended up losing by the scores of 25-16, 9-25, 11-15. “We played them earlier this year and lost all three games so I was very happy...
