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TEKOA — Three new businesses have opened in the City of Tekoa, including Kirk’s Garage Door, White Tail Diner and Paul Mart. Kirk’s Garage Door Service is a business for garage doors, openers, and commercial residential, located at 148 South Crosby Street, with operating hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Owner Kirk Fisher said he started the business in January 2021 and started in Tekoa in March 2022. The Garage Door business is veteran-owned and operated, “I’m a retired veteran. I served 21 years, Air Force active duty,” Fi...
GARFIELD — The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) awarded $6.3 million in Local Food System Infrastructure Grants, with local Garfield Meat Shop receiving a Rapid and Ready grant for approximately $50,000 for new equipment to modernize slaughter operations. Co-owner Annie Riedinger said that back in November, the meat shop applied and officially received the announcement that WSDA awarded them funding on Friday, Feb. 2. Riedinger said that the reimbursement-style grant requires them to purchase the equipment and give the r...
COLFAX — The Colfax City Council held its regular council meeting on Monday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m., speaking on two ordinances concerning Alley Lower, Upper A Street and Ann Street vacancies. Mayor Jim Retzer opened a public hearing of Ordinance 24-02 to vacate Alley Lower and Upper A Street to Scott and Jane Steiger. A council member asked if a survey had been done on the property. A survey was looked for, but could not be found, and there was no record of a survey at the auditor’s office. Council members discussed that the Steigers, owners of the...
PALOUSE — Palouse is hosting its Palouse Cabin Fever Brew Fest next weekend, Saturday, Feb. 10, from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Palouse Community Center, 220 East Main Street. This year’s Brew Fest features nine brewing companies, including Riverport Brewing Company, Laht Neppur Brewing Co., Chief Spring’s Fire and Irons Brew Pub, Paradise Creek Brewery, Moscow Brewing Company, Mountain Lakes Brewing Company, Bellwether Brewing Co., Black Label Brewing Company, and Lumberbeard Brewing. There is a price for general admission tickets and an online purcha...
COLFAX — The Colfax Distinguished Young Woman Program is making a comeback in 2024, with seven girls participating for the title on Friday, Mar. 22, at 7 p.m. in the Colfax Jr/Sr High School Auditorium with a spy theme of Mission: Possible. Program Coordinator Joanne Eng said that last year was the first year they did not put the program on since Colfax started participating in 1959. “We’re very excited to pick it back up,” Eng said, noting that last year’s lack of program was due to not many girls wanting to participate. “We’re back with sev...
MALDEN — The Town of Malden is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the construction of its new municipal building housing the fire station, post office, town hall and clerk’s office on Thursday, Feb. 15, at 2 p.m. at 14 West Moreland Avenue. According to past reports, the City of Malden received a grant of $930,000 from the Department of Commerce to build the new fire station, which replaces the original building that was destroyed in the Babb Road Fire on Sept. 7, 2020. Past reports state that the Federal Emergency Management Age...
OLYMPIA- According to a press release from Monday, Feb. 5, Representatives Joe Schmick and Mary Dye are hosting a virtual town hall meeting on Thursday, Feb. 15, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. to provide an update on the 2024 legislative session. Citizens are encouraged to attend, ask questions, and may also submit written questions during the registration process. The town hall meeting will discuss issues, including six citizen initiatives before the legislature, including I-2117, to repeal the...
GARFIELD - The Town of Garfield City Council conducted an emergency meeting on Friday, Feb. 2, at 4 p.m. to discuss a frozen fire line at the Methodist Church at 201 West Union Street and bids to repair the damage, which came to $32,000. The City Council moved to award a bid to fix repairs to ServiceMaster of Lewiston to repair water damage in the building at a bid of $28,000, passing unanimously. Garfield Mayor Jarrod Pfaff opened discussion on the bid for electrical repairs required for the...
COLFAX — County Auditor Sandy Jamison confirmed that Whitman County Elections office used leftover return envelopes from last fall’s general election for the Feb. 13 Special Election to save approximately $6,000 in taxes on vote-by-mail ballots. According to Jamison using the old return envelopes with the expired date will not affect the current election. Jamison said all the old return envelopes will be used during the special election, and voters should not be alarmed by the expiration date on the return envelope. Jamison said the U.S. Pos...
PULLMAN - Several locals will appear in the Regional Theatre of the Palouse production of "Anastasia". Associate Director Michael Todd said the theatre has been around since 2007. "We're always pushing the envelope," he said, noting that the production of Anastasia just recently became available for license. According to Todd other than the national tour of the musical, a production of "Anastasia" has yet to be done in the state of Washington by any theatre or in the Northwest, according to his...
COLFAX - The Washington State Department of Transportation held a presentation on the US-195 Colfax North Fork Bridge Replacement and Roundabout on Wednesday, Jan. 31, with several citizens showing concern and mixed feelings about the replacement of two bridges with a massive roundabout. WSDOT Project Engineer Patrick Barclay told the Colfax community that the $13,273,000 project would remove the existing two bridges and replace them with a roundabout to accommodate Washington State Legislature...
COLFAX — Several Whitman County locals made President’s and Dean’s lists at various schools. Palouse local Derek Bowechop made the Gonzaga University President’s List for the fall 2023 semester, earning a 3.85 to 4.0 grade-point average. From Colton, Sidni Whitcomb, and Thornton local Ellie Tollett made the Gonzaga University Dean’s List for the 2023 fall semester, earning a 3.5 to 3.84 GPA. Colfax local Kari Largent made the University of Alabama Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 or above. Also, at the University of Alabama, Pa...
COLFAX— Eastern Washington University (EWU) released the fall, winter and spring quarter Dean’s List listing several Whitman County students. The Dean’s list also includes students on the semester system who earn twelve quality hours and receive a GPA of 3.5 or better. Colfax locals, Hannah Baerlocher, Harper Booth, Justice Brown, Stephen Hibpshman, Hanna Monsen, and Makiah Zorb made the Dean’s List. LaCrosse local Zoe Bailey, Malden local Lillie Jones, and Oakesdale’s Kuryn Beardsley all received a 3.5 GPA or better. Three students from Pull...
COLFAX— The Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics (WHMC) Auxiliary has donated or raised over $500,000 for the hospital since it was established in 1954. The current President of the WHMC Auxiliary, Robin Trampoch, said that the auxiliary is a volunteer organization. “We are a fund-raising group to provide funds for several things,” Trampoch said, noting that they hold fundraisers throughout the year, including a spring and a fall flower bulb sale, a winter quilt raffle, and a raffle of holiday baskets. “We also run the Blue Bird Boutiqu...
PULLMAN- With National Thank A Mail Carrier Day approaching Sunday, Feb. 4, The United Way of Whitman County UWWC said they are thankful to all the mail carriers that have delivered more than 12,000 books to 19 towns and cities to children enrolled in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. United Way of Whitman County Executive Director Deanna Bren said that volunteers on the board oversee the program, "They just do an amazing job and are very involved with local post offices," Bren said. Board...
COLTON — Colton School District #306 Board of Directors adopted Resolution No. 2311-51 on this year’s special election ballot for a proposition to finance educational programs and operation expenses. The proposition authorizes the school district to meet the educational needs of students by replacing an expiring two-year levy to collect excess taxes at an estimated levy amount of $389,947, resulting from a tax on property at a rate of $2.22/$1,000 assessed value for the 2025 year. Colton Superintendent Kevin Graffis said the current yearly lev...
PULLMAN — On this year’s special election ballot, the Pullman School District No. 267 Board of Directors proposed two levies: a Replacement Educational Enrichments Programs and Operation Levy and a Replacement Technology Capital Levy. The Pullman School District Board of Directors adopted Resolution No. 23-24:03 concerning a Replacement Educational Enrichments Programs and Operation Levy. Pullman School District Finance Director Diane Hodge said the Educational Enrichments Programs and Operation levy is the school’s bridge between what the s...
GARFIELD — The Town of Garfield passed its 2024 Budget totals, seeing a drop in funds for fire control from $21,290 in the 2023 budget to a total of $19,290 for the 2024 budget. Garfield Fire District Secretary Beth Anderson said there is a District side to the budget, “then there is the town budget,” she said. Town of Garfield City Clerk and Treasurer Cody Lord said that the district handles their numbers in the budget, and then the city has an agreement to pay 40% of the fire department bills for the fire station in Garfield. “It depends...
ROSALIA— On this year’s special election ballot, the Rosalia School District No. 320 Board of Directors proposed two levies: a Replacement Educational Programs and Operation (EP&O) levy and a Replacement Capital levy for technology, safety and security improvements. The Rosalia School District Board of Directors adopted Resolution No. 2023-17 concerning an EP&O levy to finance educational programs and operation expenses not fully funded by the state. The proposition authorizes the school district to meet the educational needs of students by...
COLFAX — In the regular Whitman County Commissioners meeting on Monday, Jan. 29, Public Works Director Mark Storey and Operations Manager Brian Wilson updated the commissioners on the ongoing issues concerning road restrictions, technical personnel struggles, taking on building inspecting responsibilities for Colton and improving Solid Waste facilities. Storey said that the county has been facing many road issues, the biggest being mud on the road and bad gravel. “We can’t really put our equipment on the road until everything settles down...
STEPTOE - Senator Mark Schoesler, 9th District, learned that Washington State Parks is removing the restroom at the top of Whitman County's Steptoe Butte State Park Heritage Site and strongly opposes the Parks administration's decision. Sen. Schoesler said that while he is happy they are repaving the road to the top of the butte, he strongly spoke out against the decision to close the service in a press release from Friday, Jan. 26. "The top of the butte is very isolated. Anyone having a picnic...
COLFAX- Residents say they are apprehensive about a plan by the State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to build a roundabout at the U.S. Highway 195 and state Highway 26 interchange here in town. "We don't want it to happen," resident Diana King said Monday. King is among several apprehensive residents who attended a presentation Wednesday, Jan. 31, about the state's plan to replace the aging bridges over the North Palouse River with a roundabout. The state is proposing a $13 million...
PULLMAN — Several locals from Whitman County made the Washington State University (WSU) President’s Honor Roll for the 2023 Fall Quarter. Students that made the honor roll by town are listed as follows: From Albion, Sofia Cervantes, Robert Dricker, Colton Jackson, Vance Martin, Harleigh Parker, Ben Silvernale, Kaylin Woods, Nathanael Zink. From Colfax, Gabriel Ahmann, Collin Bannister, Alexis Booth, Caden Brown, Hannah Buri, Carson Cloaninger, Savanna Gilchrist, Kelsey McCandles, and Samuel Welch were listed on the Honor Roll. Colton loc...
COLFAX — Four Whitman County locals made a university and institution President’s List for the 2023-2024 Fall term. Accounting student Justin Thompson, of Pullman, was named on the President’s List at the Oregon Institute of Technology. Also from Pullman, studying Health Science at Springfield College in Massachusets, Katherine Johnson made the college President’s List. 2020 Oakesdale graduate Kyla Hansen made the Gonzaga University President’s List by maintaining a 3.85 to 4.0 grade point average for the 2023 fall semester. Hansen is studyi...
LEWISTON — Several locals from Colfax and Pullman made the Lewis-Clark State College President’s list for the 2023 semester. Lewis-Clark State College is located in Lewiston, Idaho, and to qualify for the President’s List, students must maintain a 3.75 grade point average for the semester and take at least 12 graded credits in 100-level classes or above. Layne A. Gingerich, Perry M. Imler and Kierstyn L. York are Colfax locals who made the list. Pullman locals Tara A. Bowen, Gwyneth J. Heim, Katie J. Henneman, Grayson A. Hunt, Makenzie R. La...
