Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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COLFAX - A fire started behind a shut off oven that led to severe damage to a home on Dec. 28. No one was home when the fire started, according to Colfax Fire Capt. Tim Tingley. The fire is described as tragic as the home on State Route 272 belongs to Colfax City Clerk Lynda Cramlich, the daughter of former Colfax fire chief Jim Krouse. She lost her father to a heart attack while he was fighting a fire last August. The fire started behind the oven, which was off while the home was empty, said...
OLYMPIA — The public and lawmakers are being barred from in-person participation in the state legislative process again this year in the state House of Representatives. On Friday, House members voted along party lines, with Democrats citing the continuing coronavirus pandemic and voting to continue to bar in-person debate and testimony. All House Republicans voted for reopening legislative processes to lawmakers and the public. But the ban isn’t permanently planned. Democrats noted the need to prohibit in-person actions will be reviewed eve...
COLFAX — Blowing snow and crashes kept law enforcement busy Tuesday following an overnight storm. The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to more than 20 crashes during Monday’s snowstorm, Sheriff Brett Myers said. The Washington State Patrol responded to at least 10 more. After yesterday’s storm, many cars were left stuck and remain stranded. All reported crashes were handled within a 36 hour window, Myers said. There were no injuries reported. The vast majority of roads that shut by...
PULLMAN - Whitman County has its first baby of 2022. Nora Joan Kawula was delivered at 3:48 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 3, at the Pullman Regional Hospital. Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics has yet to see its first baby born in 2022. Officials there said no mothers were in the delivery stages, at press time. Nora was welcomed by her mother, Margot Gilder, 27, and father, Evan Kawula, 33. She weighed 8 pounds and 6 ounces. She was 21 inches long. Nora - whose name was inspired by the parents'...
