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COLFAX –– The deadline to join in on one of two mission trips to Puerto Penasco, Mexico, and Costa Rica is less than a month away, with a deadline of Dec. 15. Local Colfax pastor Michael Birnbaum is the director of Well Child International and founder of International Service Learning, who will be taking mission trip participants to the locations to assist in a variety of community projects, with a host of fun activities to experience. The organizations often seek health professionals to assist with neighborhood clinics, door-to-door com...
In Mexico, the medical emergency service that responds for any emergency call is a Cruz Roja Mexicana - Mexican Red Cross - ambulance team. This is also the case if a person needed to walk in for urgent emergency services. During our trip, our group split into two. One group would go with the Red Cross one day, the other to work with the firemen - bomberos. Our group would alternate on the following day so both could experience the local medical services. A paramedic named Alex, explained to...
**Updated as of Feb. 9, 9 a.m.** PULLMAN - At approximately noon, Thursday, Feb. 8, Whitman County Fire District 12 was requested to respond to a structure fire at the Express Storage facility located at 6862 WA-270, Pullman, Wash. The volunteer firefighters from District 12, out of Pullman, arrived on scene at the metal frame storage facility to multiple units blazing. While the responders were able to save several units, six of the storage units were ultimately destroyed along with 13...
On Tuesday, December 12, T-Mobile announced Pullman, Wash., as one of 25 towns to the receive funds from this round the “Hometown Grants” program. The Pullman Downtown association looks to receive $49,965 from T-Mobile. A check presentation ceremony took place at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 12, at Etsi Bravo in Pullman during the town’s “Sparkling Soiree” downtown celebration. Rural Marketing Manager Charlie Smith and manager of the Pullman T-Mobile store, Mark McFee, were present at the ceremony as representatives for the company. According...
