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PULLMAN – Washington State University graduate student Bryan Kohberger, 28, of Pullman was arrested under a fugitive of justice warrant the morning of Friday, Dec. 30 in the Chestnuthill Township of Pennsylvania in Monroe County on four counts of first-degree murder and an additional charge of felony burglary (entering a residence with the intent to kill.) The criminal complaint was submitted on Dec. 29, according to Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson in a press conference held at Moscow C...
TEKOA – Jenkins (Chewelah) High School traveled down to Tekoa on Dec. 29 to face the Tekoa-Rosalia girls basketball team. The Lady Timberwolves were searching for their first win of the season against the Cougars, but ultimately couldn't get it – falling 64-17 to the visitors. Both teams started relatively slow in the opening stages of the game. Jenkins held the early 4-0 advantage over Tekoa-Rosalia with 4:34 to go in the first quarter, before proceeding to more-than-double its point total in...
TEKOA - Head coach Mike Bone and his Tekoa-Rosalia boys basketball team hosted the Jenkins (Chewelah) Cougars on Dec. 29. Tekoa-Rosalia got its sixth win of the season and left Jenkins still looking for its first, beating the Cougars 64-57 in a competitive back-and-forth game. Tekoa-Rosalia began the game with a 5-2 lead, with all points coming from Morgun Martin, before Jenkins fought back to tie. The Cougars proceeded to take an 8-5 lead off a Parker Anderson 3-pointer with just under four...
SPOKANE VALLEY — Colfax boys basketball headed to West Valley High School in Spokane Valley on Dec. 28 and 29 to take on the Riverside Rams of Chattaroy, Wash. And the Cheney Blackhawks in the East Holiday Classic. The Bulldogs returned home to Colfax with wins over both opponents – beating the Rams 63-52 on Dec. 28 and the Blackhawks 62-49 on Dec. 29 to improve to 8-1 on the season. Colfax and Riverside were neck-and-neck in the opening quarter, and the Bulldogs went into the final eight minutes of the first half up 11-10. Riverside wasn’t abl...
SPOKANE VALLEY — Colfax came into the Eagle Holiday Classic at West Valley High School on Dec. 28 with an 8-0 record and was ranked first amongst Washington 2B girls basketball teams in many state polls. The Lady Bulldogs continued to show why they’re one of the better teams in the state, beating Ephrata High School on Dec. 28 by a score of 55-23 and Bonners Ferry on Dec. 29 by a score of 59-35. Colfax’s defense was on display in the opening half against Ephrata, with the Bulldogs putting up 16 points in the first quarter compared to the Tiger...
ROSALIA – Pine Creek Provisions opened its doors on Nov. 23 of this year, initially offering animal feed to the people of Rosalia. A month later, the owners – married couple Jessica and David Clark and Jessica’s mother Jennifer Engle – opted to expand its products to include baked goods as well as health and welfare products. “We’ve seen lots of places open up and not make it in town,” Jessica said. “So we did as much as we could to diversify what we sold, that way the better we would be.” One of such places was Red Brick Cafe, which close...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) released its Monthly Wolf Report for November on Dec. 12. Included in the report was a meeting held by the Wolf Advisory Group (WAG) in Spokane Valley from Nov. 2-3 that also included staff members of the WDFW. Action items on the docket for discussion were both proposed by the WDFW. The first action items were topics that included: distribute wolf management plan, people and wolves in Washington, and topics table to new WAG members. Part of the action item was discussing the...
As Christmas concludes and the days of winter break for schools across Whitman County come to a close, several teams will start back up on the court or on the wrestling mat. For some teams in the county, as the season starts back up, so will the expectations. Several teams are currently represented in several different rankings from the Associated Press, Washington Interscholastic Activities Association and Washingtonwrestlingreport.net. On the wrestling side of things, Tekoa-Rosalia’s Alexis Taylor is currently ranked the eighth-best 1...
SPOKANE VALLEY – Most teams and sports across eastern Washington were enjoying their winter breaks on Dec. 22, but for Tekoa-Rosalia, Colfax and Garfield-Palouse, a break would come a little bit later as wrestlers traveled to Central Valley High School to compete in the Tri-County Classic. Tekoa-Rosalia's Alexis Taylor wrestled a stacked 145-lb. girls weight class at the tournament lost one match in the weight class. Taylor's lone loss came against Kettle Falls' Anna Hume, who's currently r...
Paradise Creek in Moscow flooded from the evening of Dec. 26 and morning of Dec. 27 along Mountain View Park to the Latah County fairgrounds and left an unknown number of residents affected by the rising waters. Neighboring Pullman and areas in Whitman County are under similar flood and wind advisories as of Tuesday, Dec. 27. Wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour were reported by the Pullman Regional Airport as of 3:58 p.m. on Dec. 27, with winds up to 55-60 mph expected in the later evening and...
COLFAX – More teenagers are on the mat this season as part of the growing sport of high school girls wrestling. On Dec. 15, girls teams from as small as Class 1B to as large as Class 3A competed in the first-ever girls league meet in Colfax. Grace Jones and Hope Allen represented Colfax, both at 120 pounds. And Laynie Southern represented Garfield-Palouse at 130. Alexis Taylor represented Tekoa-Rosalia at 145 pounds. The four wrestlers competed in nine total matches. Taylor, Jones and Allen had...
COLFAX - After beating the Asotin Panthers 69-33 on Dec. 16, the Colfax boys basketball team had a more competitive matchup against the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos on Dec. 17 that came down to the very last possession. Both teams couldn't find separation from each other in the early-goings of the contest and found themselves tied at five points apiece with 3:50 to go in the opening quarter. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague ended up taking a narrow 13-12 lead at the end of the first quarter and went on...
TEKOA - Tekoa-Rosalia hosted St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse on Dec. 16 in the first league matchup for the Timberwolves. It was a game between teams with two different play-styles – the Timberwolves usually putting the focus on their offense and the Eagles usually placing a focus on their defense. Despite the aforementioned defensive prowess of St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse, the points came in abundance from both squads, with Tekoa-Rosalia coming out on the winning side in an 84-75 result. "For the m...
COLFAX - The Colfax girls basketball team returned home on Dec. 17 after beating Asotin 64-9 on Dec. 16 ranked the No. 1 2B girls basketball team in Washington according to the Associated Press and Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. Colfax head coach Jordan Holmes aid that despite the consensus opinion of the team by the AP and the WIAA, the team wasn't putting much weight onto the selection. "It's so early (in the season)," Holmes said. "So, I wouldn't read too much into it....
TEKOA - St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse's girls basketball team traveled to Tekoa on Dec. 16 hoping to improve on their then-1-2 record against league rival Tekoa-Rosalia. Both teams struggled to find the basket in the opening minutes, with the Eagles holding a narrow 2-1 lead over the Timberwolves with 4:35 left in the opening quarter. St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse found its offense in the remaining time in the frame, going on a 15-2 run and going into the second quarter holding a 17-3 lead. SJEL...
BURLINGTON, Wash. - For several Whitman County teams, the volleyball season concluded in the regional tournaments in Walla Walla or Colfax, or at the state tournament in Yakima. But for select players and coaches, there was one more opportunity to hit the nets and get one more volleyball game in for the 2022 season: the All-Star game at Burlington-Edison High School in Burlington, Wash. on Dec. 4. Three Whitman County players took part in the event: Oakesdale senior outside hitter Jessie Reed,...
POMEROY – Several Whitman County wrestlers placed in the annual Pomeroy Christmas Tournament on Dec. 17. In the the 120-pound class, Colfax’s Cooper Phillips took first place, pinning White Swan’s Arturo Espindola in 1:06 in the championship bout. Garfield-Palouse’s Walker Montgomery also brought home a first-place finish – pinning White Swan’s Marvin Ramirez in 1:08 in the 126-pound championship. Tekoa-Rosalia boys brought home two medals. Bryce Casey placed third at 145 after pinning Thomas Farley of White Swan. He lost matches to ranked c...
Washington State will play Mountain West-champion Fresno State in the Jimmy Kimmel Los Angeles Bowl at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at So-Fi Stadium, and they'll do it without key players on both sides of the ball. Fresno State earned the bid to the bowl being the #1 selection of the Mountain West football conference after beating Boise State in the conference championship game on Dec. 3, and the Cougars earned the berth being the PAC-12's #5 ranked team according to CFP selection after posting a 7-5 reco...
OAKESDALE – Both the boys and girls Colton and Oakesdale basketball teams were in action against each other on Dec. 9, with the Wildcats taking the victory between the girls, and the Nighthawks taking the win with the boys. Girls were up first, and began with a heavy defensive effort. At 6:28 to go in the first quarter, the only points of the game came from the free-throw line, with Colton holding the narrow 2-1 advantage. Neither team was able to create separation from the other and the f...
CLARKSTON – Colfax dropped its first game of the season against the Clarkston Bantams on Dec. 8, losing 65-59 after almost completing a comeback in the game. Defense was the story for the first eight minutes of the game. Neither team was able to score double-digits through the first quarter of the game and Clarkston ended the first frame up 9-5. Offense was put back on the table in the second quarter, with the Bantams putting up 19 points to Colfax’s 12 and going into halftime up 28-17 on the Bulldogs. Clarkston was able to keep the lead in...
CLARKSTON – Colfax traveled south to Clarkston on Dec. 8 and came back home still undefeated after beating the Bantams 72-45 in its second straight win by 20-plus points. Clarkston and the Lady Bulldogs stayed nearly even throughout the first frame, and Colfax led the Lady Bantams 21-20 at the end of the opening quarter. Then the Bulldogs came alive, putting up 19 points in the second quarter and holding Clarkston to just nine to go into halftime with an 11-point advantage. Colfax continued to build the lead in the remaining two quarters, o...
PALOUSE – Garfield-Palouse and St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse played each other in boys and girls basketball league competition on Dec. 10. Girls played first, and Garfield-Palouse wasted no time holding St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse's offense in check while showing off its own scoring prowess. The Lady Vikings came out scoring and held a double-digit lead over the Lady Eagles coming out of halftime, in what was its best performance of the season. By 2:11 left in the third quarter, Garfield-Palouse h...
Hater of candy corn, lover of pirates, endless quote machine, innovator of the Air Raid offense and former Washington State head coach Mike Leach was announced dead on Dec. 13 after complications from a heart condition that left him hospitalized on Dec. 11. He was 61. "(Leach) was a great character in the world of college football and one of its most innovative and creative offensive minds," Washington State Senator Mark Schoesler said in a statement. "During his years as WSU's head coach, his...
ROSALIA – After a 2021-22 season that saw the Timberwolves score 70 points twice the whole season, the Tekoa-Rosalia boys basketball team has hit that total three straight times to begin its season 3-0. It's the best start for the team since the 2018-19 season, where the team went 2-1. The first game on the Timberwolves' schedule was an away game on Nov. 29 against the Columbia Lions of Hunters, WA. Tekoa-Rosalia had already put the game out of reach by halftime, going up 40-20 after the b...
COLFAX – The Lady Bulldogs improved to 3-0 on the season and 1-0 in league competition after running away with the lead to the tune of a 59-28 final against their league rivals, the Liberty Lancers. Colfax wasted no time building a cushion against Liberty, going up 14-6 midway through the first quarter and ending the frame with a 10-point lead. The Lady Bulldogs didn't let their rivals get back into the game, adding 14 more points to their tally in the second quarter while holding the Lancers t...
