WA State Order · Half-Staff
Flags at Half-Staff for Brett Myers
November 6, 2026
Brett Myers was the longtime Whitman County Sheriff and a lifelong Pullman resident. He was a Washington State University graduate who was first elected sheriff in 2002. He died on October 27, 2026, at age 56, from a rare and aggressive neurological disease, days after he stepped down. The Governor of Washington ordered flags lowered at state agency facilities in his memory, and a public memorial service is being held at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman at 1 p.m. on November 6.
Flag protocol
Fly Washington state and U. S. flags at half-staff at all state agency facilities on Friday, November 6, 2026, from sunrise to sunset.