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ST. JOHN - St. John is holding their 30th year of Winterfest this Saturday, Dec. 3 through Sunday Dec. 4. Saturday there will be Holiday shopping, a craft fair, food, "Santa is going to be at Torry's Country Store from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for pictures," said Event Coordinator, Amanda Webb, noting that there will also be different high school groups fundraising in the fire station from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as well. "All of the businesses are open for shopping, most of them have sales going," Webb...
COLFAX- Friends of the library and Colfax Chamber of Commerce welcomed Keith Deaton as President Lincoln Thursday, Nov. 17 at the Center. Whitman County Library Executive Director Cody Allen, stated that the impersonator looks remarkably like Abraham Lincoln, "He is in character and knows his life in intimate detail," Allen said, noting that the impersonator was available for people to talk with. There was a reception with drinks for the 16 President of the United States at 5:30 p.m for adults....
COLFAX — The Colfax Volunteer firemen are presenting their Firefighters’ Christmas Toy Box Drive. Whitman County Fireman of Colfax has served the children of the county for more than 30 years. The Colfax Fire Department is seeking donations to continue serving Whitman County families. Toys purchased will be given to local families. Donations can be made to Vol. Firemen Inc’s Toy box PO Box 226 Colfax, Washington or in person at Colfax Fire Department, 400 North Mill Street. Family regis...
TEKOA—Tekoa Chamber of Commerce is hosting it’s Tekoa Winter Wonderland small business Saturday, Nov. 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendees will have the chance to shop at local businesses. There will be the chance to take photos with Santa, craft vendors to buy from, kids crafts, and hay rides. As well as a gingerbread display that can be voted on. There will be the chance to look at the museum, a free movie, and much more. There is food and drinks at all four of Tekoa’s local eateries. Presi...
PALOUSE — Palouse is hosting its Round Table Christmas Bazaar, Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Palouse Community Center, located at 220 East Main Street from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Palouse community member, and organizer Laura Aichele explained that it has been since 2019 since the bazaar was held. There will be coffee, tea, hot cocoa, or apple juice with the choice of pie or a cinnamon roll for five dollars. “It is normally very popular,” Aichelle said, “we usually get maybe 75 to 100 people there....
OLYMPIA — In a 2020 report published by the NFPA, clothes dryers caused four percent of home structure fires in 2014 through 2018. Last year in Washington State, there were a reported 352 fires caused by appliances which included clothes dryers. More home clothes dryer fires occur in the fall and winter months and peak in the month for January. The Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office reminds residents of clothes dryer fire safety by practicing the following steps, do not use the dryer without a lint filter, clean the lint filter before and...
MOSCOW — In a press release from Sunday, Nov. 20 the Moscow Police Department released new information in the investigation of four University of Idaho Students who were murdered, Sunday Nov. 13 in an apartment near the UofI campus. Reports say that on the morning of Nov. 13, the surviving roommates summoned friends to the residence, believing one of the second floor victims had passed out and was not waking up. Reports state that a 911 call was placed from the residence on a roommate’s cell phone at 11:58 a.m. for aid of an unconscious per...
COLFAX — During the weekend detectives of the Quad Cities Drug Task Force (QCDTF) observed suspects they believed to regularly trafficking fentanyl pills into the Lewiston/Clarkston area, a media release from Monday, Nov. 21 reports. Detectives with the Quad Cities Drug Task Force obtained information regarding Lewiston natives Kimberlee A. Perrigo, 39, and Joshua E. Hescock, 33 who were believed to be trafficking fentanyl pills into the Lewiston/Clarkston (LC) area regularly, keeping the narcotics in an undisclosed storage unit in C...
COLFAX — Colfax Downtown Association received $2,259,820 from The Washington State Department of Commerce Small Business Innovation Fund (SBIF) grants, which ranged from $500,000 to $5 million, coming out to a total of $32.5 million grants awarded to 22 different projects out of over 120 proposals. The SBIF funds awarded funded a variety of activities, which included small business incubators and accelerators, support for local procurement initiatives, improvements to physical workspaces in response to public health requirements or acts of v...
PULLMAN — The Washington State Patrol has been conducting emphasis patrols as of Thursday, Nov. 17, through Saturday Nov. 26 as WSU students head for Thanksgiving holiday break. The WSP will also be partnering with allied agencies across the state to reduce serious injury and fatality collisions “High Visibility Enforcement” (HiVE) patrols through the months of November and December. The first of four HiVE patrols is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 19, reports say. The patrols will occur in areas across the state during the upcoming holiday seaso...
ROSALIA - Veterans were celebrated at Rosalia's Veteran Program Thursday, Nov. 11 at the Veteran's Memorial Park. "I have a T-Shirt that says only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you the American Veteran and Jesus Christ. That's about as true as you can get right there," said Pastor Mike Hill before opening the ceremony with a prayer for those that serve, and have served. Everyone stood, and recognized the flag as Tim Braun sang the National Anthem. Rosalia Mayor, Lee Root then...
COLFAX– Local veteran, Harold Knopes, 85 joined the Air Force in 1954. “It’s cheating, but I can claim that I’m a veteran of the Korean war,” Knopes said, “I went in 1954. It was declared over in March, I wasn’t even out of basic training.” A veteran of Korea, Vietnam, and a couple of brush wars, Knopes went from Craigmont Idaho out of high school into basic training at Syracuse University to immersively learn Russian, spending 21 years in the Air Force as a Russian interpreter. “I spent 21 years listening to Russians,” Knopes said, adding...
COLFAX - Two new businesses have opened on main street in Colfax. The Coco Bee, located at 103 South Main Street hosted a grand opening, and ribbon cutting Wednesday, Nov. 9. The Cellar, located at 116 North Main opened it's doors Thursday, Nov. 10. Pullman native Coco Bee owner, Kylie Pietila is selling handmade beeswax candles, natural skincare products, and gifts. It was hard for Pietila to put into words how much she appreciates the communities support, "We have felt really embraced by the...
MOSCOW, IDAHO — The Moscow Police Department responded to a call for an unconscious person in a unit on King Road Sunday, Nov. 13 discovering four college-aged individuals dead inside the apartment. All four victims were students at the University of Idaho, and have been identified by the Moscow Police as Ethan Chapin, 20, of Conway Wa; Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho; Xana Kernodle, 20, Avondale, AZ; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21 or Rathdrum, Idaho, according to a Monday Nov. 14 press release. “The Moscow Police Department and the C...
COLFAX—Washington State University student, Carmen Fernandez, 19, of Yakima, Wash., was arrested Sunday, Nov. 13 and booked into the Whitman County Jail for hitting fellow students and fleeing the scene Saturday, Nov. 12. Pullman police responded to a crash at Grove Apartments on Brandi way around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday. Fernandez had been in the car with her sister, and sister’s friend when she struck Kaitlyn Venner, and Hunter Wagner before running into a fire hydrant which ruptured the water line. The WSU Police Department, and Whitman Cou...
COLFAX — Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics (WHMC), here in Colfax has been awarded accreditation by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) after the results of a recent on-site inspection. “I am extremely pleased with the success of this years inspection. It is a reflection of Laboratory Manager Mary Graden and her staff’s continued work of monitoring laboratory quality and making sure our patients are safe,” WHMC’s Medical Director Isaac Grindeland, MD, said. Grindeland was advised of this national recognition and congratul...
COLFAX - Local veteran Tom Barless, 85, of Colfax, lived in Duluth Minnesota when he was drafted into the Army in 1960. "I served in the Army in Germany," Barless said, "I was in the mortar platoon as a communications man." During his time in the service Barless explained that he would run string wires from one place to the other when they were in the field, and climb poles to tie the wire up sometimes even in the middle of the night. Barless said that when the mortars were firing, the observers...
COLFAX-The Colfax School District is bringing back the annual fall musical with a production of 'Oliver!' Nov. 17 through 23. Director Cary Cammack retired 4 years ago, "I did it for 28 years in Colfax," he said, noting that he is back to direct this years production of Oliver, "It's been four years since we had a production," he said, noting that last production Colfax put on was Roger and Hammerstein's Cinderella in the fall of 2018. Due to Covid restrictions they were unable to put on a produ...
COLFAX —Local business owner of Pairings Fine Art and Wine Kimberly DeHart will be opening a new retail extension The Cellar located at 116 North Main Street. DeHart is hoping to open the Cellar Thursday, Nov. 10, hours will be 3-7 p.m. The Cellar is a wine shop, DeHart explained, unlike her wine bar Pairings Fine Art and wine it will not have wine tasting, “It will also have specialty teas, salami, and other types of food,” DeHart said, noting that the wine will be from all over the world. “The wine bar at Pairings only sells glasses of Paci...
COLFAX—The Colfax Chamber of Commerce is launching a program supporting small business. The Chamber kicked off its marketing efforts Tuesday, Nov. 1 with Passport to Colfax which runs through Saturday, Dec. 3. “Small business is the backbone of our economy. 64 percent of our new jobs in the US come from small business,” said Colfax Chamber of Commerce Director Molly Keogh, “When people spend their dollars locally, more money stays local. On average, for every $100 spent locally, $68 of that stays in Colfax.” In addition to increased marketing...
PULLMAN — Washington State University Police Sergeant, Matt Kuhrt who engaged in sexual activity while on duty, resigned Tuesday, Nov. 1. Reports say a university investigation of former WSU Police Sgt. Matt Kuhrt show he disobeyed WSU policies regarding sexual harassment, improperly used university resources, and violated the department’s policy manual. Reports say investigations uncovered that the sergeant had engaged in predatory grooming behavior while in a supervisory role, made sexually explicit comments to coworkers, subjected cow...
COLFAX-Former and present FFA Members got the chance to compete at the 95 National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana Oct. 24 through Oct. 29. The Colfax FFA Agricultural Sales team including Harley Hennigar, JP Wigen, Nathan de Avila and Marchele McNeilly represented the state of Washington throughout the final week of October. The team sold Purina supplements for the cattle stockyard industry. Through active questioning and sales techniques, team members chose the best feed...
COLFAX— A Pullman man has been sentenced in Whitman County Superior Court on Friday Nov. 4, to prison for 45 months. Joshua Bewick, 32, of Pullman, was arrested following a March traffic stop on Main Street in downtown Colfax, records show. Deputies obtained a search warrant for his car and uncovered about 500 fentanyl pills, heroin, scales and cash, records show. Following his arrest, Bewick was charged with a felony for possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor driving while license suspended, records show. Whitman County S...
COLFAX — A rematch for a county commissioner seat is looking much like the first go-round. Preliminary results in the Nov. 8 general election show incumbent Michael Largent, a Republican, taking the lead over challenger John-Mark Mahnkey, a Democrat. When contacted after the first count, Largent was positive about how the results are looking, so far. “It appears to be a mirror image of the primary,” he said, “At this stage of the game, it’s too early to call it one way or another. It looks positive, so far.” Opponent Mahnkey agrees it’s too ea...
