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Matthew Sutherland, a 25-year-old Democrat who is challenging Joe Schmick of Colfax for the District 9 legislative seat, is an officer candidate in the Washington National Guard. Sutherland joined the U.S. Army when he was 17. He has earned a bachelor's degree in political science at Washington State University and is now studying for a master's degree in global security policy. Though much of his adult life has been spent in the Palouse area, Sutherland grew up near Seattle where his father...
The future of the Steptoe Butte State Park was discussed at a public hearing in Colfax on Thursday, June 14. Kent Bassett, his late wife, Elaine, and Joan and Ray Folwell of Pullman bought the land north of Colfax, which encompasses more than 400 acres, about two years ago for $638,000 with hopes to preserve the area. The area is one of the last remnants of Palouse prairie, houses multiple rare species of plants and animals and is designated as a National Natural Landmark. Washington's...
With the Aug. 7 primary election seven weeks away, Rob Rembert leads the three candidates for District Court judge with $18,638 in campaign contributions and $19,641 in expenditures, according to the state Public Disclosure Commision listing as of Monday. He is followed by John Hart with $7,446 in contributions and $6,103 in expenditures. Third in the money race is Dan Lebeau who has raised $2,592 and spent $5,654. All three are from Pullman. For District 9 State Representative, incumbent...
A Palouse Tables Project scavenger hunt and community meeting June 30 will be part of a collaborative effort with the Community Action Center aimed at addressing food security. The scavenger hunt will begin at 1 p.m. at the Whitman County Library. Participants will receive a guided map of stops around downtown Colfax where they can learn from organizations about each part of the food system, including growing, processing, distributing, consumption and food waste. Prizes will be awarded to the first three groups to complete the scavenger hunt....
Three Rosalia School District administrators will retire at the end of the 2018 school year after more than 68 combined years of service. Rosalia secretary Leslie Gunnels will retire later this month after 28 years with the district. A Rosalia High School graduate, Gunnels went on to graduate from Eastern Washington University, where she met her husband and moved with him to Missoula, Mont. With a family to take care of, Gunnels sought a town for her two sons to call home – a permanent one where they wouldn't have to change schools every few m...
Pacific Northwest Farmer’s Cooperative (PNW) plans to hire between 60 and 70 temporary workers to help with this year’s large harvest. “It’s looking big,” David Weitz of PNW’s Grain Division said of this season’s harvest. Weitz said less peas and more garbanzo beans have been grown locally this year compared to last year. The region’s weather has cooperated to create high expectations for this year’s crop yields amongst farmers, he added. “The weather has been very promising. We’ve had a lot of moisture and it hasn’t been very hot so far,...
Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers participated in a candidates town hall meeting last Thursday, May 31, to a packed room at Pullman’s Pioneer Center. McMorris Rodgers began by listing a range of issues important to her, including her work to protect local dams and improve the hydropower relicensing process, making it easier for medical students in Washington to find residency programs and acknowledging the high employment and consumer confidence rates across the country. After her initial statements, McMorris Rodgers opened up to q...
At the Port of Whitman County meeting Thursday, commissioners discussed a recent visit paid by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general, Todd T. Semonite, to local Snake River dams. Gen. Semonite, who began serving with the corps about a year ago, came from Washington, D.C., to visit Ice Harbor, Lower Granite and Dworshak dams May 15 with members of the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association. “This is very unique,” Port Commissioner Tom Kammerzell said. “It was excellent that, being...
The Colfax Council on Aging and Human Services (COA) May 23 held an appreciation dinner to honor the service of more than 50 volunteers in attendance. “We have a wide variety of volunteers and they put in a lot of hours,” said COA executive director Paige Collins. “We just wanted to gather them all once a year to really, simply tell them ‘thank you.’” Breaking from years past, event organizers decided not to book live entertainment for the dinner, taking feedback from attendees saying they wanted nothing more than “a nice dinner and to visit...
At Boyer Park and Marina on June 2, The Port of Whitman County will host the second annual Snake River Family Festival to celebrate all the quality of life and economic benefits afforded to the region by the Columbia and Snake River waterways. The event is free and open to the public and will run from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday. “Everything is looking fantastic,” said Linda Olson, port staff member who is organizing this year’s event. “Things have actually come together really well so far.” The event will feature live music from local blu...
Colfax Chamber of Commerce’s First Thursday event will debut with the June edition next Thursday, June 7, from 3 until 9 p.m. The monthly celebration will feature a diverse range of goods from 25 different businesses with everything from essential oils to lemonade for sale. Those in attendance can win $100 cash by entering receipts from the local vendors in a raffle at the Explore Colfax booth on Spring Street, with each receipt good for an additional contest entry. Attendees can find a new read at the Colfax Library’s book sale. A beer gar...
High schools across Whitman County will graduate 339 seniors over the next two weekends during the “pomp and circumstance” marches for each school. The class of 2018 marks an increase of 40 graduates from last year's total of 299. The numbers compare with 306 graduating students in 2015 and 305 in 2014. Three schools in the county – Garfield/Palouse, Colfax and Rosalia – collectively increased their graduation numbers over last year's by 22. St. John/Endicott, LaCrosse and Tekoa saw their number of graduating seniors collectively drop by 12 s...
Members of the IOOF started the event in 1970, paying homage to the Indian War of 1878 when Col. Edward Steptoe took a final stand against warriors on what is now the Steptoe monument site on the east hill of Rosalia. Today, the event is known as Battle Days and will play out this weekend. Beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, June 1, a variety of acts will be showcased during a teen talent show at Rosalia High School. Saturday’s festivities kick off at the fire station at 7 a.m.. where Boy Scouts will serve breakfast until 9:30 am. Food vendors and l...
Thirteen members of the Lewis-Clark Antique Power Club drove vintage tractors some 34 miles along county roads in south Whitman County Saturday. Participants of the third annual tractor drive began and ended their four-hour ride in Johnson, waving to families as they passed by at a leisurely 10 miles per hour. At 70 years or older, many of the vintage tractors have been around longer than those driving them. “A lot of us grew up with these tractors,” said former LCAPC president Everett Martin, w...
