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COLFAX – Current Perkins House Volunteer Coordinator, Nancy Rothwell is set to retire after over five years of being coordinator. Rothwell is originally an antique dealer from Seattle. After retiring from her physical therapist job there she moved to Colfax. Upon noticing that the Perkins house needed a lot of help, she started to volunteer her time there. "I'm a painter and a physical therapist. Healthcare fine arts and antiques," Perkins said. After a while volunteering the Perkins House n...
In an interview with Gazette intern reporter Reid Thompson, Frank Watson, 79 of St. John spoke about his life and his time in the service. “Are you originally from the area?” Thompson asked, starting the interview, to which Watson responded that he and his wife were both born in Blue Springs, Missouri, “we went to high school together, she was my only girlfriend,” Watson said. After high school, Watson left to play football at West Point in 1960. Watson’s wife would go to college in Kansas, a...
COLFAX – Local Craig VanTine was nominated for the Washington State Department of transportation ‘Wall of Fame,’ winning a spot this year. Council on Aging and Human Services, Executive Director, Paige Collins put a nomination in for VanTine a couple months ago when she noticed a WSDOT weekly email with a call for nominations. “I couldn’t believe no one has nominated him before. He has been working for COAST for a long time, and he works so hard,” she said. Those within the state department...
COLFAX – Colfax resident and children's author Kay M. Bates, 33, bounced around a lot growing up. Starting in California and the Seattle area, it was when her father went to WSU that she found what she calls home: the Palouse. Bates imagined that she would be a writer when she was a kid. "I had a friend in California who I would have writing contests to see who could write it faster," Bates said. "I was 11, and the story was 39 pages long." As she grew up though she started looking into d...
COLFAX – Amber Sitter, 31 and Raymond Cooper, 37 both of Spokane Valley were arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, as well as unlawful possession of a firearm Sunday, Sept. 18, reports say. Sitter, and Cooper were to make their first appearance yesterday, Monday Sept. 19 in Whitman County Superior Court. The suspect's vehicle was stopped for a traffic violation by Whitman County deputies while traveling northbound in downtown Colfax Sunday evening. Reports s...
ROSALIA – Owner's of the Red Brick Cafe in Rosalia, Kris Hemenway-Sheets, 69, and husband Gary Sheets, 70 have made the reluctant decision to close their doors for the winter. The cafe will be officially closed Friday, Sept. 30, its last day open, Thurs. 29. The cafe will also be closed next Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 1 p.m. due to catering for two big group parties. The Red Brick Cafe opened in 2018, and is the only family cafe in Rosalia. There is a bar where children are not allowed, and a coffee s...
OAKESDALE – This weekend, Saturday, Sept. 24, ruckers will be gathering at Steptoe Butte to honor the fallen. Starting at Steptoe Butte at 7 a.m. there will be a 10K on Ragon/Hume Road at 10:30 a.m., and a 5K on Huggins Road/Hume Road at 11:45 a.m. The Ruckers are expected to arrive in Oakesdale at 12:30-1p.m., and will be joined by the mini ruckers on the last mile. "This weekend is about marching for heroes. It's about honoring the memory of a hero in your world. All heroes in general," s...
COLFAX – The seventh annual Colfax Fly-In and Pancake Breakfast will take place from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Port of Business Air Center, 707 Flight Line Drive. The family-friendly event is free, featuring experimental to antique aircraft displays. There will be a civil air patrol flight simulation and a classic car show. The Colfax Rotary Club will serve a pancake, sausage, and scrambled egg breakfast for $9 a person. According to Fly-In Coordinator Barney Buckley, the e...
Whitman County Library Colfax branch hosted the authors of “Cashup Davis: The Inspiring Life of a Secret Mentor.” The author's Jeff Burnside and Gordon Davis, Davis’ great-grandson, read from the biography about the life of Palouse pioneer, Cashup Davis Monday, Sept. 19. They spoke of Cashup Davis' successes in front of his famous telescope and top hat. Under all the chairs, bags of apples were placed, which Cashup was known for. Everyone took a bite together at the end. "Everyone has a littl...
After all the restrictions of the pandemic, Palouse residents and surrounding communities were excited to celebrate at the Palouse Empire Fair Thursday Sept. 8-11. The Palouse Empire Fair's mission is to promote, develop and improve the agriculture, livestock, business, industry and home life of resident families, youth and visitors. Gates and animal barns opened at 8 a.m. Thursday Sept. 8 through Sunday, Sept. 11. The Fair kicked off with a Senior Citizen Pancake Breakfast sponsored by the...
COLFAX – Local Colfax ranch owner Tess Griffiths reported to the cops that 12 hundred dollars worth of diesel, a thousand gallons, was stolen from her families ranch on Friday or Saturday night. “I reported it yesterday. I made a police report,” said Griffiths, “We’ve got farmers there planting seed for us, so it’s very inconvenient. We already paid for it, and it was very expensive.” Griffiths hopes the cops look into it, but wanted to tell the community. “We’re from Seattle originally. “We m...
MALDEN – The communities of Malden and Pine City, located in northern Whitman County mostly destroyed by a firestorm in 2020, hosted a public event on Sunday, Sept. 11 from 2 -5 p.m. celebrate recovery efforts. Two years ago the Babb Road Fire destroyed most of the buildings in the communities, torching over a hundred homes, and 15,000 acres. The Pine Creek Community Resoration Long Term Recovery Organization and the Town of Malden hosted the event, called Malden-Pine City Revival. The event included free hot dogs, games, live music, and d...
COLFAX – Local painter Nancy Rothwell's "Chaos in the Ukraine," is being exhibited at The Libey Gallery M-F 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sat. 1-5 p.m. Rothwell's acrylic collage, inspired by an interview on the news of a Ukrainian farmer in the midst of war will be on display in the Libey Gallery adjacent to the Colfax Library now through the end of the year. Rothwell was watching the news when a journalist asked a farmer, "Why are all your cows inside the barn on such a nice day?" The farmer r...
GARFIELD – Current Garfield-Palouse high school assistant FFA advisor for Garfield-Palouse, CJ Clark, 22 had more than the pandemic to deal with in the last four years. Originally from Richland, Washington Clark explained that two weeks after graduating high school in 2019, he started to develop health problems. "I had pain in my stomach. They kept calling it pancreatitis," Clark said. Clark would then move in with his stepmom in Gresham Oregon, who got him into the hospital the next day. "...
COLFAX – Colfax FFA member Cotton Booker has been named an American Star finalist in the Agribusiness category. The National FFA American Start Award represents the best of the best among thousands of American FFA Degree recipients. The award recognizes members who developed skills in agriculture through the completion of a supervised agricultural experience project (SAE). "There's only been very few people who have gotten the honor in the state of washington," said FFA advisor Michael H...
GARFIELD—On the evening of Sunday, Sept. 4, deputies with the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call at a home in Garfield, WA where one of the residents was allegedly robbed at gunpoint. Deputies believed the couple was traveling back to their residence in Pullman, reports say. The Pullman Police Department assisted Whitman County Sheriff’s office in stopping the couple while entering Pullman. Hernandez and Valdez were taken into custody. Deputies were granted a search warra...
PULLMAN – The Pullman Regional Hospital women’s Leadership Guild is hosting its annual Non-Profit Night on Thursday, Sept. 8 at the WSU Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center, at 6 p.m. Seven non-profit agencies have applied for $2,000 in grant funding from the women’s Leadership Guild and will each present their mission and project requests for funding. Women’s Leadership Guild members will vote to award funding for the 2022-23 grant cycle, the guild has $10,000 in grant funding available. Establi...
PULLMAN – Chief Development and External Relations Officer, Reuben Mayes, at Pullman Regional Hospital has taken a new positions with Seattle Children’s Hospital as the Regional Partnerships and Philanthropy Officer. Reuben’s last day is Sept. 30. Mayes started his career at Pullman Regional Hospital in 2013 and helped raise more than $20 million through donations, fundraising events and grant awards. The hosptial has used the philanthropic funds to remodel and build patient care spaces, purch...
This year Brooke Russell, 17, from Hayden Idaho, is spearheading the rodeo as the Palouse Empire Fair’s rodeo queen. For Russell representing the palouse and being the face of the Palouse Rodeo Association is an honor. “I have definitely loved it, it has opened up a lot of opportunities for me and I could not be happier representing a community such as the palouse,” Russell said. Russell explained that being the rodeo queen entails bringing everyone together and showing them how great the rodeo...
COLFAX – This year's Palouse Empire Fair Rodeo is hosting Rodeo Clown, Bert Davis. Davis has spent forty-three years as a rodeo performer starting his career performing in 1974 at the age of 16 as a rodeo bullfighter, working with senior clowns and bullfighters until he started performing solo. Davis has worked special events in forty-five states, five canadian provinces, and in Australia. Davis was on America's Got Talent in 2010, season 5. "We made it the Vegas round," Davis said. "They w...
COLFAX – Rodeo royalty advisor and the Secretary of rodeo association, Diana Moser, 47 has been advising future rodeo queens for the last 22 years. “I coordinate the royalty program every year. I am there advisor throughout their whole reigning year from January 1 of the year to their reign on December 31,” Moser said, “They don’t technically start their queen year until January 31.” Moser loves her role helping rodeo queens become the best version of themselves they can be. “It’s been...
COLFAX – Get ready for some good old-fashioned fun next week. The Palouse Empire Fair is set for Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 8-11, and local agriculture will be on full display at the fairgrounds west of Colfax. There will be carnival rides and games provided by Davis Northwest Shows, food and commercial vendors, animal and still-life exhibits, as well as other activities. Local 4-H and FFA members will also host a number of activities that will include livestock judging and awards This year, Eddie Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry will p...
ST. JOHN – Two area men were remembered following the Saturday, Aug. 26, sprint boat races at Webb's Slough. The ashes of Richie Baltierra of St. John were spread on the waters after the racing. Baltierra passed away two years ago. The ashes were spread by local sprint boat racers Michael Thomas and Clint O'Keefe, who drive and pilot the Dangerous Curves boat. "His wife asked us to spread just a little bit," Thomas said, noting his boat also sported a memorial for local resident and his f...
SPOKANE – The State Bank Northwest has announced the bank opening in Whitman County and South Spokane. The Colfax and Rockford full service branches will open September 1. Hours will be 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday through Friday The Colfax office will be located at 224 Main Street, staffed by Sr. Vice- President/Ag Lending Officer, Tim Bruya, Vice President/ Ag Lending Officer, Mike Roberts, Commercial Loan Assistant, Yuki Lee, and Universal Banker, Angel Crook. "We are pleased to welcome two n...
COLFAX — Additional funding has been awarded to the Whitman County District Court to expand therapeutic services. The court recently received grants include: • $115,000 to support a community justice counselor/director position. • $232,000 for therapeutic court services. This is added to an original $181,900 grant that the Whitman County District Court secured over $528,000 for therapeutic services. “The creation of our community court revealed two challenges,” District Court Judge John Hart said. “We immediately recognized an overwhelmin...
