Articles from the December 9, 2021 edition
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Family, law enforcement seeks missing teen
POMEROY–An Amber Alert was issued Monday by the Idaho State Police for a 15-year-old Lewiston, Idaho, female, Lillian R. Dixon, who is considered missing and endangered in the rural area of C...
Missing teen safe; suspect apprehended in Spokane Valley
SPOKANE VALLEY–The subject of an Amber Alert issued last Monday and the individual suspected in the disappearance of the 15-year-old female from Lewiston, Idaho, is in custody here Tuesday evening. According to the Washington State Patrol, the v... Full story
Pomeroy School District increases 2022 levy amount
POMEROY–The Pomeroy School District (PSD) board of directors approved Resolution 306 and the hiring of Brock Ledgerwood, reinstatement of Ben Slaybaugh and the resignation of Jan Koller at their m...
County Auditor's Office to change transaction hours
POMEROY–The Garfield County Commissioners' heard changes occurring in the Auditor's Office, approved Resolution 2021-22 and 2021-23, and signed an inter-local agreement with Columbia County at t...
Student of the Month
The Student of the Month Pirates Award for October 2021 is presented to Atalya Mitchell, nominated by Nettie Severs and sponsored by Ben and Tina Keller, for her positive attitude and kind nature....
Christmas tree permits available for National Forests
PENDLETON, Ore.–Christmas tree permits for the Umatilla National Forest are available to purchase at Forest offices, in local businesses, and online through Recreation.gov. Fourth grader are eligible for free Christmas tree permits. For the second y...
Quote of the Week
“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” – Paul Cezanne... Full story
Guest Commentary
By Mariya Frost In the 2015 Connecting Washington transportation package, lawmakers included a provision that requires the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to “report annually on the amounts expended to benefit transit, bicycle,...
On the Edge of Common Sense
It’s true that my steer is all-natural I’ve dispensed with all vaccines and drugs Not one pesticide is poured on his hide He’d be lonesome without all the bugs! The lice are his own peanut galle...
OPINION
Due to the federal government changing the unemployment benefit eligibility rules mid-pandemic, some Washington residents, who have been receiving unemployment benefits, will now have repay the...
Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits
Ten Years Ago December 7, 2011 Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, Pomeroy Chapter 15, will hold its annual “Santa’s Christmas Box” raffle to fund the organization’s yearly scholarship for a P...
COURT REPORT
Garfield County District Court Judge Tom Cox: October 13, 2021 Jeffrey L. Bennett, of Chewelah, Wash., pleaded guilty to misdemeanor Negligent Driving 1st Degree. Bennett was sentenced to two days jail; must pay $786; and must complete a substance ab...
First basketball games canceled due to covid
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Pirates' season opener against Liberty Christian was rescheduled out of an abundance of caution following a local student-athlete testing positive, and one of Liberty Christian's players also testing positive, Athletic Director T...
OBITUARY
Charles D. Woody December 25, 1932–November 18, 2021 Our dad, Charles D. Woody, 88, passed peacefully from this world Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at Prestige Care and Rehabilitation Center in Clarkston with two daughters and a granddaughter by his s...
