Articles from the March 23, 2023 edition
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Barn destroyed by fire
POMEROY–Firefighting units from Garfield County Fire District 1, Columbia County Fire Districts 1, and 3; and Columbia/Walla Walla joint District 2, responded to a barn fire at the Robert and Ruth Y...
McMorris Rodgers holds one of three Town Halls in Pomeroy
POMEROY–Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, WA-05, hosted three town hall events in Colfax, Clarkston, and Pomeroy on March 13. The congresswoman heard from eastern Washington f...
Pie and Pi challenge
POMEROY–Homeschool winners of the Pi Day Challenge and Oscar Dispenza, Josephine Watson, and Allen Dispenza. The Pomeroy Homeschoolers held their annual Pi Day Challenge on March 14, also known as 3...
Quote of the Week
“Ask five economists and you’ll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard.” – Edgar Fiedler... Full story
Olympia Update
OLYMPIA–In my 30 years as a state legislator, there have been times when I have correctly predicted that something Olympia did would turn out badly for Washingtonians. The "cap-and-tax" program r...
OPINION
It is Sunshine Week–a national observance of transparency in government. It is fitting, then, that I got the first installment of public records requested from the Governor’s office regarding the buffer bills of the last two years late last wee...
CTA signs previous grant agreement
POMEROY–The Garfield County Transportation Authority (CTA) signed paperwork from a previous agreement and discussed an in-progress audit at their meeting on March 20. A Washington State Department o...
Commissioners approve letter, pending prosecutor' approval
POMEROY–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) tentatively approved a letter, and discussed a bid for a belly dump trailer at their meeting on March 20. The BOCC approved the signing of a...
Rep. Dye's aviation wildfire suppression bill House gets unanimous approval
OLYMPIA–The state House of Representatives voted Wednesday, 97-0, to approve legislation authored by Rep. Mary Dye that would allow local fire departments who use aviation suppression efforts on t...
55 teams play in St. Patrick's Day broomstick pool tournament
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Spinners hosted the 38th annual St. Patrick's Day broomstick pool tournament at the Maple Hall on March 17 and 18. A total of 55 teams played in the tournament. Seven were e...
Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits
Ten Years Ago March 27, 2013 Eero Kovero brought his seventh group since 2010 to the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum at the Garfield County Fairgrounds on Sunday. The farmer and tour leader...
East Washingtonian History Mystery
There are a number of unidentified portraits in the archives of the Garfield County Musuem...and their identities are unknown. If you know the names of the people in this photo, please contact the...
Pirates split double bill with Liberty-Spangle
POMEROY––Young Pirate pitchers got a chance to test their talents in the season's opening double header here March 14, with Liberty-Spangle taking a 19-3 win in the opener then Pomeroy winning the...
Caruso is fifth at Walla Walla Invitational
WALLA WALLA–Pomeroy senior Chase Caruso shot a 92 at the Walla Walla High School Invitational golf match March 15, finishing in fifth place among 25 girls from some of the biggest schools in Washington and Oregon. Brady Bott, also a senior, came i...
Lady Pirates off to a rough start
POMEROY–The Liberty Lady Lancers made quick work of the Lady Pirates in the season opener, and the local nine rebounded with more hits and runs in the night cap, but still was behind after six i...
2023 Camas Prairie Shoot four day event
WALLA WALLA–The 2023 Camas Prairie Trap Shoot held at the gun club here, had over 300 shooters including 10 members of the Pomeroy Gun Club participate in the four-day event, March 16-19. Members of the Pomeroy Gun Club participated in all or part o...
