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COLFAX —The Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinic (WHMC) Board of Commissioners held a Special Meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 7, to hear further public comment on the decision to close the hospital's obstetrics services, which was made at the Wednesday, Feb. 21 commissioner meeting. Several community members gathered in the Colfax Library Center to hear, and those registered to speak stated their thoughts in three minutes. WHMC Board of Commissioners President Georgie Leinweber started the meeting by reiterating that the purpose of t...
UNIONTOWN — The 70th annual Uniontown Sausage Feed is set for this Sunday, March 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Uniontown Community Building, South Washington Street. The feed is a fundraiser for the community building, with all proceeds returning to the building maintenance and utilities. The sausage feed will be a drive-through again this year, due to restructuring how the Uniontown Community Building operates. Event planners are working to bring back an in-person sausage feed in 2025. The drive-through line will start at the Uniontown Coop...
PULLMAN — The Gladish Center hosts the Gladish Brewfest this Saturday, Mar. 2, at 2 p.m., 115 Northwest State Street. This year, the festival will have brews and wines from Paradise Creek Brewery, Another Round Brewing Co., Moscow Brewing Company, and Merry Cellars. The event coordinator at the Gladish Center, Aryn Vance, said they are excited to host the 3rd annual Gladish Brewfest to bring the community together to celebrate the craftsmanship of local brewers and winemakers. “This year’s lineup is exceptional and will include live music...
PULLMAN— Friends of Hospice opened its 2024 grant cycle to provide funding that supports palliative, end-of-life care, or bereavement projects in Whitman County. Friends of Hospice awarded $20,000 to four nonprofit groups on the Palouse last year, including Circle of Caring, Willow Center, Pullman Regional Hospital and Palouse Paws. Circle of Caring was able to use funds to help purchase a new patient van to transport adults with specialized needs. Willow Center received a grant to expand grief services for Whitman County youth and families t...
COLFAX — Kincaid Real Estate is celebrating 25 years of being in business. Owner C.D. “Butch” Booker said he purchased the business in 2007. Booker said the business was founded by Mike and Gail Kincaid and opened on Feb. 16, 1999. “I had worked as in those days, they called you an agent,” Booker said, adding that now they’re called brokers. Booker had his license under the Kincaids for seven or eight years, and when they retired, they offered him the opportunity to purchase the business, and he did. Booker said that they’ve always held t...
COLFAX — The City of Colfax Public Works department received a $5,105,525 loan for 20, years for water at a 1.38% interest rate. Colfax Public Works Director Matt Hammer told City Council members in the Tuesday, Feb. 20 council meeting that the council had approved their application for a $6 million loan, which they ended up getting the $5 million instead. Hammer told council members they also received $900,000 in grants. “That’s going to go towards some of the booster station rehabilitation,” Hammer told the Gazette Thursday, Feb. 22, adding...
COLFAX — The Colfax City Council met for their second meeting of the month on Tuesday, Feb. 20, to rescind Ordinance 24-04, vacate Alley Lower and Upper A Street, and address the Building Code Updates. In new business, Mayor Jim Retzer opened rescinding Ordinance 24-04 to vacate Alley Lower and Upper A Street. Council members discussed that the property owners did not want to move forward with it due to having to provide a new legal description with the vacated portions, so the formality to repeal the ordinance had to be addressed in the c...
COLFAX — The City of Colfax City Council passed their water goal 13.26.010 in a public hearing held Monday, Feb. 5, to improve and upgrade the water system and reduce parks and government irrigation by the year 2026. Colfax Public Works Director Matt Hammer said the goals are achievable just with participation from the residents of Colfax. “The biggest impact will come to parks,” he said. The goal is to continue improving and upgrading the water system to achieve 10% or less Distribution System Leakage (DSL) and reduce customer usage durin...
COLFAX — With the Presidential Primary approaching on Tuesday, Mar. 12, Whitman County Auditor Sandy Jamison reminds voters that on this election’s ballot, they have to declare a party affiliation of either Republican or Democrat, or their vote will not be counted in the primary election. Jamison said every registered voter will receive a ballot for the Presidential Primary that happens every four years, in the year that a president will be elected, with the Washington presidential primary taking place in March. “The only purpose of this ballo...
COLFAX - Clarkston's removal of a homeless camp is pushing some indigent residents into Whitman County. During the Tuesday, Feb. 20, Colfax City Council meeting, Councilwoman Crystn Guenthner asked officer Perry Tate, during the Police Department report, about a man she had seen sleeping along Main Street. Guenthner raised concerns about whether the city would see more homeless people due to the recent removal 306 Fifth St. camp in Clarkston. She isn't the only one raising questions. Whitman...
COLFAX — Simeon Lippert, 33, of Missoula Mont., and Cynthia Dvorak, 56, of Colfax, were arrested Friday, Feb. 23, on several allegations, including 1st-degree burglary and possession of methamphetamine. According to a probable cause report by Whitman County Sheriff Deputy Cory Alcantar, at approximately 5:36 p.m., deputies got a report of trespassing at 801 Garfield-Farmington Road. According to reports, the property owner, Justine Germen, reported a tall, slender male wearing a baseball cap with a cross-body satchel, later confirmed to be Lipp...
PULLMAN — Tickets are still available for purchase for the Whitman County Humane Society’s Furball and Yappy Hour Fundraiser this Saturday, Feb. 24, from 6-9 p.m. at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) Event Center, 1825 Schweitzer Drive. The event is a dinner and auction to raise funds for the Humane Society, with a 2024 theme of “Pawrates of the Caribbean.” Those interested can still purchase tickets at https://event.auctria.com/3daa7e74-27aa-4033-aac7-6fc04674c359/....
UNIONTOWN — The Knights of Columbus is hosting a crab feed fundraiser to benefit the Guardian Angel St. Boniface School in Uniontown this Saturday, Feb. 24, at 5 p.m. at the Uniontown Community Building, South Washington Street. Tickets are available at S&S Cabinets in Colton, 609 Broadway Street, or by contacting Jake Druffel at (509)-499-1920. Meals can be purchased for take-out....
PULLMAN — The League of Women Voters of Pullman and Whitman County have launched their 2024 Visual Arts Competition for students with the theme “Let’s celebrate voting: Why Does Voting Matter?” for grades 3-12. Participants must be residents of Whitman County and fill out an entry form with a parent or legal guardian’s signature. The competition has three grade groupings: 3rd through 5th grade, 6th through 8th grade, and 9th through 12th. All artwork submitted must be one original completed by the student. No videos or images in motion ar...
TEKOA — The Innovia Foundation is sponsoring a free showing of the 1998 film “The Parent Trap” on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 6 p.m., at the Tekoa Empire Theatre, 126 South Crosby Street. The free event, open to everyone, comes with a free concession item per person and the chance to win a $250 grant to a nonprofit of their choice for submitting photos from the event. Innovia Foundation focuses on historic theaters during February by offering free screenings of family-friendly films. CEO of Innovia Foundation, Shelly O’Quinn, said that communi...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Health Department sent out a health advisory, reporting the first flu-related death this season. The health department encourages the public to protect themselves from the flu and flu-related complications. The department states that people who have the flu may have symptoms including a fever usually higher than 101 degrees or chills, headache, extreme tiredness, cough, muscle or body aches, sore throat, runny or stuff nose, and some may experience vomiting and diarrhea, often more common in children. Rare cases i...
COLFAX— With the 2024 Special Election ending on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 7,127 votes had been counted as of Tuesday, Feb. 20, with a turnout of 34.35%. Whitman County Auditor Sandy Jamison said this year’s special election certification would occur this Friday at 3 p.m. “We certify the numbers, and then we send the result to the jurisdictions,” Jamison said, noting that in this case, it would be the school districts that decide if it’s passed along with their legal counsel. Approximately 47 ballots were left to count as of Tuesday, Feb. 20, Jamis...
COLFAX — Whitman County Commissioners met for their regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 20, to approve agenda items and open the bid for the Gnaedinger Stockpile Site. The meeting opened with the flag salute, followed by public comment. Colfax citizen, Denny McDonald asked County Commissioner Art Swannack about a question he’d asked a couple of months ago concerning the cost to the taxpayer for the county employees taking county pickups home. Swannack said he would look into it and get back to McDonald and took his information to report any fin...
MALDEN - A packed crowd filled the new Town of Malden Fire Station on Thursday, Feb. 15, to cut the ribbon commemorating the new municipal building. Community members, supporters, officials, and news media were present to celebrate the construction of the new structure that will house the fire station, post office, town hall, and clerk's office. Multiple town structures were lost in the Babb Road Fire on Sept. 7, 2020. Mayor Dan Harwood said the building was funded by the Federal Emergency Manag...
PULLMAN — According to reports, insurance companies and the City of Pullman Fire Department’s Fire Marshal Darren Jones are currently investigating the cause of the structure fire that occurred at approximately noon, Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Express Storage facility located at 6862 WA-270, Pullman, Wash. Reports say Marshal Jones said that the investigation into the cause of the fire could take several months before being determined. Volunteer firefighters from District 12 of Pullman were able to save several units; six of the storage uni...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Commissioners met for the Tuesday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m., workshop to discuss the emergency reserve fund transfer and the evaluation of how America Rescue Plan Act Funds (ARPA) can be allocated from the $9,732,115 they received. Chief Finance Administrator Jessica Jensema presented and discussed both Emergency Reserve Funds and what could potentially qualify for receiving the ARPA funds with the commissioners. Jensema said that several years ago, the commissioners established the emergency reserve funds and have not t...
MOSCOW — The Moscow Renaissance Fair, set for May 4th and 5th, is accepting artist submissions for this year’s poster, with submissions reflecting the fair’s theme, “A Celebration of Spring”. Submissions are due by Mar. 1, with public judging held on Mar. 2 at the 1912 Center in Moscow from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Submissions can be dropped off at Tye Dye Everything, located at 527 South Main Street in Moscow. The digital file or freehand print must be 11’ by 17’ and will be the actual size of the poster. Electronic entries are allowed and h...
PULLMAN — Pullman’s new theatrical ensemble, The Gladish Players, announced the launch of their season with a production of “The Glass Menagerie”. “The Glass Menagerie” will see its opening on Saturday, Feb. 24, beginning at 7:30 pm and Sunday, 25, at 3 pm in the Gladish View Room, 115, Northwest State Street with doors opening 30 minutes before the show. “We are thrilled to present ‘The Glass Menagerie’ as the first production of our inaugural season,” said Artistic Director of the Gladish Players Kristin Lincoln, adding that the play has s...
PALOUSE - The City of Palouse held its 11th year of Cabin Fever Brewfest, with a packed crowd enjoying brews from several different brewing companies on Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Palouse Community Center. Brew Crew Volunteer Andi Edwards said this year's event had a big turnout, with somewhere between approximately 650 people to 660, including the breweries and volunteers. "It was close to the same as last year," Edwards said, noting that they always have people buy tickets who aren't able to...
COLFAX- The Colfax Rotary, local emergency responders and some local churches are teaming up to form and send a team to do community and medical service in Mexico from March 16 through the 22nd. An orientation and informational session for those interested in participating in the service mission will be held Friday, Feb. 16, at 6 p.m. at the Plymouth Church, 321 South Main Street. Pizza will be provided at the information session. Rosalia Fire District 7 Chief Laura Lautenschlager said she...
