Articles from the May 26, 2022 edition
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Pioneer Celebration weekend events
POMEROY–The Garfield County Pioneer Association will celebrate over 100 years of community heritage Friday and Saturday June 10 and 11. The featured events for this year’s observance are Wine and Stein, the annual Garfield County Pioneer Ass...
Holy Rosary Catholic Church kids raise over $3,000 for Ukraine refugees
By Connie Harris POMEROY–The Holy Rosary Church Faith Formation children raised $3,220 for the Ukraine Solidarity Fund which help war refugees with personal needs. The Holy Rosary Church Faith F...
Hometown Hero Awards announced
POMEROY–The local Chamber of Commerce is playing "catch up" and will celebrate the winners of the 2020 and 2021 Hometown Heroes Community Awards at several locations on June 10–11. To celebrate two...
Race forms for Garfield Co. Sheriff
POMEROY––Filing week is concluded and there will be a race for the office of county sheriff with incumbent Drew W. Hyer filing to run for re-election with a challenger Kurt Miller filing as a candidate. Both Hyer and Miller filed as Republicans. In o...
Lifetime Achievement for 2020
Lifetime Achievement for 2020 goes to Dave and Nancy Ruark who are celebrated for their achievements with the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum....
Guest Commentary
Editor’s note: Jack Peasley contacted Doug Griffiths, MBA, with Kelly Clemmer, the author of “13 Ways to Kill Your Community,” published by Friesen Press, who graciously gave permission to reprint the first chapter of his book-East Washi...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, Ronald Reagan once said something like, “isn’t it interesting that the people who are pro-abortion are people who had the opportunity to be born?” When President Donald Trump addressed Congress during his term, he gave a most movin...
Corps implements alcohol ban at Granite Point
WALLA WALLA–The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will place a ban on all alcohol at the Granite Point recreation site on Lower Granite Lake on May 27. Granite Point is a well-used recreation spot and has several natural and commercial dangers. Due to b...
Dayton Days Rodeo Memorial Weekend
DAYTON–The 2022 Dayton Days-Columbia County Fair Jackpot Rodeo is Friday and Saturday, May 27 and 28. Two days of exciting rodeo action are planned, the first evening’s events kicking off at 6 p.m. Friday, with Saturday’s action getting under way a...
Blue Mountain Artisan Guild features homeschooled junior artists
POMEROY-The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild hosted the opening of their spring Flowers and Abstracts show on May 5. The show was sponsored by RPW Structural Engineering. Featured adult artist for the...
Fairgrounds to be open for July 4 community fireworks
POMEROY–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) signed inter-agency IT agreement, discussed July 4 fireworks and possible commercial policies for Fairgrounds RV sites at their meeting on M...
Fire Department repeater expected to be completed in June
POMEROY-The Garfield County Fire Department board of commissioners discussed the completion of their new emergency communications repeater at their meeting on May 10. The repeater on Richardson land...
Five receive Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation scholarships
WALLA WALLA– The Walla Walla Community College Foundation is pleased to announce the Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation scholarship recipients for 2022‐2023. The scholarships honor the generosity of Harold and Helen Shepherd who were active civ...
Pataha Creek RV Park to receive new laundry room heater
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County commissioners approved the purchase of a new heater and heard reports on fiber internet project progress and Columbia Pulp receivership at their meeting on May 1...
Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits
Ten years ago May 30, 2012 With the recent presence of wildlife in the city, Department of Fish and Wildlife officer Jim Nelson has a simple recommendation: Call the Sheriff’s office and then just sta...
East Washingtonian History Mystery
Charleen Jackson contributed this photo that includes her grandfather Ralph Woody as one of the Pomeroy baseball players. The identities of the men from what appears to be a Pomeroy town baseball...
Jr. Hi Track on winning streak
For the fourth consecutive meet both Pomeroy Junior High boys and girls track teams won the meet by points. The boys scored a season-high 162 points (2nd place Asotin scored 100) and the girls also scored a season-high 143½ points (2nd place...
18 Pirates Statebound
LIBERTY LAKE–The Pomeroy Boys ran, jumped and vaulted their way to the regional championship here last week, tallying 104 points to easily outdistance St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse for team honors as s...
Pirate golf threesome competing at state
DEER PARK–As this edition goes to press, Pomeroy's Golf Team will be on the links, competing-State Golf Tournament at Ridgefield Golf Course here on May 24-25. "There is always the potential for s...
