Articles from the May 6, 2021 edition
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BOCC signs agreement with Jamestown Networks for courthouse internet and phone system
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) signed an interlocal agreement with Jamestown Networks (JNET) for installation and service of an internet and voice over internet phone s...
Discipline, emergency drills, new curriculum and transitioning Kindergarteners
POMEROY–The District School Board approved policy 3241 regarding student discipline in an effort to minimize student removal from class, and policy 3432 relating to emergency drills, with one drill a...
QUICK LOOK
Restricted area on West Capitol Campus no longer in place; fence to be removed OLYMPIA–An order restricting access to portions of West Capitol Campus since January is no longer in place, and that means fencing surrounding the area will come down. R...
OPINION
OLYMPIA–House Bill 1091, the proposed "high-cost fuel standard" to improve the climate. Was passed on the final day of session, April 25, 2021. During my long drive home to Ritzville from Olympia o...
Quote of the Week
“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” – H. L. Mencken...
On the Edge of Common Sense
For those of you who forgot how easy it was to get started in farming let me tell you about my friend Con. Many years ago, he bought a farm in the wilds of Minnesota. The feller that sold him the...
Guest Commentary
As I gladly readjust to normal life in Ritzville after spending nearly every day of the past four months in Olympia, I have good news and bad news to report. The good news is that the 2021...
OPINION
Public records show lawmakers plan to use the capital gains income tax to set up a lawsuit to try to impose a broad-based graduated income tax. They’re going to get not one but two lawsuits from citizens fighting the unconstitutional income tax. I...
A key ag bill that goes from good to bad to (finally) a little better
OLYMPIA–A key bill for agriculture, Senate Bill 5172, took a bumpy route before being passed by the Legislature during the final weekend. Senate Bill 5172, introduced by one of my Republican c...
P.H.S. grads on EWU Dean's List
CHENEY–Two Pomeroy High School grads were named to the Eastern Washington University Dean's List for Winter Quarter, 2021. An undergraduate student who earns 12 quality hours and receives a GPA of 3...
Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits
Ten Years Ago May 4, 2011 Garfield County Sheriff’s deputies responded Sunday afternoon to 911 calls from fishermen who found a body on the shore of the Snake River between Willow Landing and Central Ferry. There was no identification on the body. Id...
East Washingtonian cartoonist on Newsmax
Chris Salcedo interviewed A.F. Branco on the national conservative network, Newsmax, discussing the Biden Address, LeBron James, the Rudy Giuliani raid and Wokeness. Salcedo opened the segment, which...
Colton Slaybaugh sets another PV record
POMEROY––Junior Pirate pole vaulter Colton Slaybaugh set a new school record–and a personal best–and vaulted into the top position in the state 1B standings with a 14-5.5 effort here Tuesday, April 2...
Deana Caruso named all-conference first team; gets academic honors with brother Devon
CORVALLIS, ORE.–The Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) named 2019 Pomeroy graduate Deana Caruso one of Lewis Clark State College's selections to First-Team, All-Conference for Women's Golf last w...