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With only 11 of wrestlers competing at the Springdale invitational Saturday,Colfax-Garfield/Palouse wrestlers bagged six first place finishes at the Springdale tournament Saturday,. They had one second, one third, and one fourth. Winning titles were Trapper Askins (GP)-132, Mitch Barnkey-138, Reggie Jones-152, Brandon Arneson 170, Brian DeYoung 195, and Nick McAdams 220. Travis Knauff finished second to Barney in the 138 class, and Dane Hall placed third at 138. . Trevin Kennedy was fourth in...
Colfax girls ran three more wins over the week to bump their NE league mark to 8-0. The Bulldogs Tuesday finished the run with a 62-41 home win over Reardan after posting a big lead in the first half. The home win Tuesday followed 47-23 crunch to the Wilbur-Creston Wildcats on the home court Saturday and a tougher 47-39 win at Springdale Friday. Amara Huber led Colfax against Reardan with 18 points with 15 of those going down in the first half. The Bulldogs led 39-23 at the half, and each team...
Garfield-Palouse continued to dominate the Southeast 1B league this week, although in a slightly more muted fashion, beating second-place Pomeroy by 23 points. A night before, the Vikings (13-0) delivered a 50-point win over Liberty Christian. In other league action, Colton beat St. John-Endicott and Touchet. On Tuesday night, the Vikings won at Dayton 70-8. Garfield-Palouse 70, Dayton 8 Matt Holbrook led with 20 points while Mitch Jamison added 15 and Hunter Woltering had eight points and 10...
Colfax boys put the binders on a fast-moving Reardan team Tuesday night to finish a 3-0 league week a 68-46 win. The Indians, again rolling with a speed game and shooting spurts, kept pace with Colfax in the first quarter but began to lose ground in the middle two quarters. The win over Reardan followed a tough win over Wilbur/Creston on the home court Saturday and a strong win at Mary Walker of Springdale Friday. Colfax is now 7-1 in the league race behind the Liberty Lancers who have bumped...
Colfax grad Brandon Gfeller hit a career high 23 points Saturday to lead the Montana Grizzlies to a 98-64 win over Idaho State at Pocatello. Gfeller hit four three-point shots in the game. The Grizzlies are now 3-1 in the Big Sky. third place....
Tekoa/Rosalia boys snapped a 12-game losing streak Saturday night with a 52-48 win over Kettle Falls in a battle of the two last-place NE teams. . The win left the Timberwolves at 1-7 in the league with Kettle at 0-8. Junior guard Cooper Angelo put down a league high six three pointers to total 28 points in the home win. TR staked an eight-point lead after the first quarter, lost half of it by halftime and weathered a Kettle rally in the final frame. Tuesday Northwest Christian rolled to Rosalia and downed the Timberwolves 58-36 with a 35-14...
The 22nd Annual Washington Cattleman’s Association sponsored WCA Bull Test has issued a progress report for the first 60-day test period of their 120-day feed test. The test site is located 15 miles north of the Tri-Cities at the Bonina Feed and Sale Facility at Eltopia and is under the sponsorship of the Washington Cattleman Association. One hundred thirty-three bulls are being tested this year, including Angus, Red Angus, Horned and Polled Herefords, Simmentals and SimAngus. These bulls represent the top genetics from the Northwest’s top see...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, and its dredging contractor American Construction Company, began lower Snake River dredging Monday at the downstream lock approach of Ice Harbor Dam, plus at the confluence of the Snake-Clearwater rivers in the Lewiston-Clarkston area. Dredging vessels and equipment will also be moving between the dredging locations and the dredged material placement site, River Mile 116, during this time. The dredging is likely to involve a 24-hour-a-day operation. The contractor placed water quality...
A place to get out of the fog might be Boyer Park and Marina. Although traffic at the park and marina is lighter than in the summer months, the Snake River Bar and Grill is open for lunch and dinner. Concessionaire Teri Haas said she and husband Leo considered closing the restaurant during January but decided they want to serve customers all year around. The Haas duo this month started their second year as concessionaires at Boyer. The restaurant is open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday for lunch and dinner, with reservations requested...
This was the scene at the Colfax cemetery on Monday morning as fog enveloped not only Colfax but much of the Palouse. The fog also caused some ice on area roads and motorists were advised to use caution. The fog continued to hug the area on Tuesday but is due to clear out this week. Forecasts call for rain possibly mixed with snow this weekend....
When Becky Hubner graduated from Oakesdale High School in 1971, she didn’t know she would write a book. “That wasn’t on my bucket list,” she said. Her brother is Rod Hubner of Oakesdale. But she and her husband, Tim Hattenburg, recently had their first book, “Death Ride, A Little Boy’s Night of Terror,” published. They will be signing their book at Main Street Books on Feb. 14, from 1 to 4 p.m. Tim, who was a Spokane Valley teacher, said a former student started researching a murder in eas...
U.S. Air National Guard Airman 1st Class McCall M. Daniels, daughter of Mark and Colleen Daniels of Rosalia, graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. A 2010 graduate of Catholic High School, Huntsville, Alaska, she earned an associate degree in 2014 from Spokane Falls Community College....
The City of Palouse is seeking people to serve on the Palouse Planning Commission. The unpaid Planning Commission meets a minimum of four times per year, and more if needed. Interested residents are asked to submit a short letter of interest to city hall by Jan. 28. Letters may be dropped off at 120 East Main Street or mailed to P.O. Box 248, Palouse, 99161. A third option is to send by e-mail to [email protected]....
U.S. Air National Guard Airman 1st Class McCall M. Daniels, daughter of Mark and Colleen Daniels of Rosalia, graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. A 2010 graduate of Catholic High School, Huntsville, Alaska, she earned an associate degree in 2014 from Spokane Falls Community College....
Cold temperatures and fog settled in Colfax. Ice lined the North Fork of the Palouse River by the baseball fields....
The Colfax School District will now look to find a new principal and superintendent this spring following the resignation of Buck Marsh, which was reported at Monday night’s school board meeting. Marsh submitted a letter Dec. 29, after first discussing the matter with board members in an executive session Dec. 8. Marsh will work through the end of his contract, June 30, his third school-year as the Colfax principal. “I’m going to pursue other possibilities in district leadership,” said Marsh, who received his doctorate degree in educati...
Ryland Deane, Tekoa sophomore, has this detailed line drawing on display on the main floor of the library. Alexis Maki, Colfax sophomore, submitted this bright acrylic flower painting for the display. High school artists were honored at the library Monday during the start of a reception for the Rural Alliance High School Art Show. The exhibit will be at the library through Jan. 23. Student paintings, drawings, pottery and collage work will be on display on both floors of the library. In...
A formal charge of felony eluding was filed in superior court Monday against John Lee, 29, Moscow, before he made a first appearance in court. Judge David Frazier also informed Lee that arrest warrants had been filed for three charges of first-degree murder and one charge of attempted first degree murder in Idaho Second District Court in Latah County. Lee has officially been ordered to be detained here on the Latah County warrants. Lee, who was booked into jail here late Saturday afternoon,...
MEETING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Whitman County LEOFF I Board holds its regular meetings on the 4th Tuesday of January, February, March, October, November and December unless otherwise noted, at 10:00 a.m. in the Whitman County Commissioners’ Conference Room located in the Whitman County Courthouse, 400 N. Main Street, Colfax, Washington. Meeting dates for 2015 are as follows: January 27, 2015, February 24, 2015 (Cancelled), March 24, 2015, October 27, 2015, November 17, 2015 (3rd Tuesday), December 15, 2015 (3rd Tuesday). A...
