Articles from the March 31, 2022 edition
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Diane Taylor, Pomeroy High graduate, will be new City Clerk
POMEROY–It was announced at a City Council meeting in March that Diane Taylor will be the new City Clerk and Treasurer. She will begin work in Pomeroy on April 1, succeeding Shaun Martin, who is r...
Grant received for Fairgrounds sprinkler and electricity project
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) receives a grant from Washington State Fair Capital Grant fund, and approved Resolutions 2022-10 and 2022-11 at their meeting March 28. It w...
Arrow Concrete and Asphalt contracted to refurbish City Park tennis courts
POMEROY–The Pomeroy City Council approved a contract with Arrow Concrete and Asphalt at their meeting on Maarch 21. The contract is for $35,000 to refurbish the tennis courts at the City Park. The p...
Parley and Conduct of Chapter Meeting teams qualify for State
POMEROY–Twelve members of the Pomeroy chapter of the National FFA Organization qualified to compete at the Washington State Competition at the District competition in Asotin on March 24. Jillian H...
Editor's Note:
POMEROY–The past couple of years have been a health challenge for many Pomeroy and Garfield County citizens…and the world. During this time, so many of the local medical and health organizations have really stepped up to the front to care for tho...
The Pomeroy Gun Club's 2022 Winter League season
The Pomeroy Gun Club's 2022 Winter League season culminated last Sunday with its Annual Fun Day, which included a potluck barbecue and business meeting, plus presentations of the annual awards for...
Quote of the Week
“Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.... Full story
Olympia Update
OLYMPIA–Rep. Mary Dye and Rep. Mark Klicker say Gov. Jay Inslee’s veto of significant sections in a clean energy facility siting measure Friday will have devastating consequences on the future landscape of Eastern Washington communities and far...
Gray areas in new Gray Wolf management changes
Gray wolves are thriving in Washington state and their numbers have consistently increased year-over-year. Yet, we are continuing to have discussions about the need to preserve their growth. The Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW)...
Did you know it's National Ag Week?
Today ends national Agriculture Week. For a large part of Washington state, that means a great deal. In Washington state, agriculture generates more than $20 billion in revenue for the state annually and employed an estimated 200,000 people in 2020....
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor, Recently, Chris Cargill, Eastern Washington director of right-wing Washington Policy Center, advocated for a parents’ bill of rights to improve our educational system. But how would that help? Shouldn’t students themselves, esp...
Spring Farming Days this weekend
POMEROY–Spring Farming Days, a locally sponsored event, is scheduled at the Garfield County Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday April 2 and 3 at 9 a.m.–4 p.m. The annual events will feature plo...
Halbert and Davis new assistant track coaches
POMEROY–The Pomeroy School District board of directors (PSD) hired Nikki Halbert and Jonathan Davis at their meeting on March 22. Halbert and Davis will be assistant track coaches for the 2022 s...
FFA Agronomy team places 8th
POMEROY–The local FFA Agronomy team competed in the State Contest in Pullman, Wash on March 23 where they place eighth. Agronomy CDE participants competed in all facets of the agronomic industry, i...
Pig out on books!
POMEROY–The Elementary Schools kicked-off the first annual "Pig Out on Books" reading challenge for one week which started last Friday, March 25. The goal for each student is to read 200 minutes in o...
Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits
Ten years ago April 4, 2012 It will be Pirates on donkeys Monday, April 9, in the Elementary School gym, when Pomeroy High School Associated Student Body sponsors a fundraiser with a donkey...
Obituary
Sharon Rose Jensen August 25, 1941–March 18, 2022 A bell rang in heaven on March 18, 2022 and Sharon Rose Jensen, 80, of Pomeroy, Wash., passed away peacefully at Garfield County Memorial Hospital i...
Pomeroy Gun Club presents 2022 awards
POMEROY–Local Gun Club members culminated their 2022 Winter League season with their Annual Fun Day, potluck barbecue and business meeting along with the annual awards for top Youth and Adult shooters...
PNW access to seed varieties expanding
COLFAX–The McGregor Company and Pendleton Grain Growers are joining forces to expand access to seed varieties for Pacific Northwest growers. The addition of PGG Seed to the McGregor Seed Division in late July brought a seasoned staff with a c...
Pirates runners up at Slugfest
KOOSKIA–The Pirate nine finished as runner-up in this year’s Southfork Slugfest here, dropping the championship game to North Star after defeating Clearwater Valley 4-3 and Clarkston JV 10-0. North Star rode big fourth and seventh innings to the 20-...
Caruso opens golf play with win
POMEROY–Pirate Golf hosted St. John on its home golf course on Wednesday, March 23, and with only one veteran player taking part, the match game Pomeroy’s less experienced players a taste of what it is like to compete on the links. Jett Slusser was...
Pirate Track off and running (and throwing and jumping)
CLARKSTON–Pirate Track and Field launched the spring campaign with a good showing at the Southern NE 2B meet here March 23. The Pomeroy Boys were third behind second-place Asotin and Davenport, and the Pirate Girls were fourth, with Davenport in thir...
Lady Pirates fast-pitch season off to rocky start
PALOUSE–The Lady Buccaneers split a double header with the Garfield-Palouse Lady Vikings last weekend, losing the opener 10-3 then rallying in the nightcap with a big sixth inning for a 10-9 win. Pomeroy faces Liberty and Prairie this week and r...
