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The City of Palouse and the state’s Department of Ecology have received a court order for a prospective consent decree for purchase of contaminated property along Main Street in Palouse. The city and Department of Ecology filed a joint motion for the court decree for the property which has been the object of a “Brownsfield” cleanup operation on Main Street in Palouse. The 28-page filing spells out provisions for the purchase of the property including hold harmless clauses related to city or state actions or omissions which could some day be br... Full story
Roy Gene Carter, 48, Albion, was sentenced to a year in jail with all but seven days suspended after pleading guilty in superior court Jan. 6 to charges of fourth degree assault and trespassing. Carter was credited with two days time served after he was arrested last Aug. 27. He was ordered to serve the remaining five days in jail. Carter was arrested after a deputy responded to a report of an intoxicated man who was trespassing on a neighbor’s property in Albion. Carter was described to the court Friday as an alcoholic who had been in r... Full story
Three weeks after starting a second term on the Colfax City council, Jeremiah Roberts Tuesday night announced he was resigning his seat on the council. Roberts said he was ending his city council career due to “unforseen circumstances.” He then got up and left the meeting before the start of the business part of the meeting. Roberts ran unopposed for a second term on his seat on the council. He was elected four years ago when he also ran unopposed for a vacant seat on the council. Roberts was one of the council members who questioned act...
A Kansas fund spent $13.6 million last week to purchase a 25 percent share in bad loans from the Bank of Whitman portfolio. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which shut down Bank of Whitman in August, set up a limited liability corporation to hold 62 loans that had an unpaid balance of $101 million from the Colfax-based bank. Mariner Real Estate Partners III, based in Leawood Kansas, announced in a press release Jan. 11 it had outbid eight other firms for the share of Bank of Whitman loans. The loans were bought at a 46 percent discount. LaJ... Full story
Palouse Community Center board president Scott Beeson speaks at the building’s dedication Saturday morning, Jan. 14. “It is our new Palouse Community Center and we are very proud,” said board vice president Corey Laughary in dedicating the building. “This will be our new home for, who knows, the next 100 years?” Mayor Michael Echanove also spoke, noting the costs and effort which went into the project: “We did this without one tax dollar.” The grand opening lasted throughout the day, culminating in music and dancing to the music of Blue Highw... Full story
Losing money inspecting farm structures, Whitman County is considering increases to its fees to permit those buildings. Building Official Dan Gladwill reported to county commissioners Tuesday he collected $2,700 in fees to permit ag structures. Those same buildings, if permitted without the ag exemption would have generated around $17,000 in fees. In 2009, responding to limits set by the legislature, Whitman County reduced its fees to permit ag buildings so farmers paid only Gladwill’s time on the permit and his fuel to inspect the buildings. N...
forecast Central County Thursday: Snow of up to eight inches possible. High around 30. Snow of up to five inches overnight. Low around 29. Friday: Warming, with snow turning to rain after 10 a.m. High around 35. Rain to continue overnight. Low around 35. Saturday: Rain througout the day with a high near 39. Showers turn to snow overnight. Low around 27. Sunday: Cloudy with a chance of showers. high near 34. Flurries overnight. Low around 26. Monday thru Wednesday: Cloudy with rain and snow mixed. Daytime highs in upper-30s. Overnight lows in...
A Food Bank has come to Palouse, and Annette Klover, its co-founder/director knows the cause firsthand. Opening at the new community center on the fourth Wednesday of each month, the Palouse Food Bank was spearheaded in part by Klover. Her path to the effort stretches from Long Beach, Calif., through Clarkston, Asotin and finally Pullman and Palouse. Klover raised two children on three jobs, peanut butter, eggs and oatmeal. Oftentimes there was not much more. “We were hungry, we were cold,” she... Full story
Student store opens at Jennings elementary The Bullpups School Store opened last Thursday, Jan. 12, in Jason Cooper’s special education classroom at Jennings Elementary in Colfax. At 11:25 Cooper’s door swung open and the first customers streamed in from the playground. The first-graders were the first to see it. They crowded around the merchandise: bracelets, notepads, pencils, mini-erasers, bookmarks and glow-in-the-dark sunglasses. Soon they approached the table with the cashbox, manned by...
Lawyers began looking into the legality of Whitman County’s agreement with Hawkins Companies this week, while one of the county’s most prominent businessmen said he was “shocked” by the deal. County commissioners voted 2 to 1 two weeks ago to add $5.9 million to a 2008 agreement that obliged the county to pay for $9.1 million worth of public infrastructure at the 714-000-square-foot shopping center proposed by Boise-based Hawkins Companies. Pullman attorney Timothy Esser last Thursday submitted a public records request to commissioners for all...
Residents of the Palouse were bracing for an epic blizzard expected to sweep the region Wednesday and Thursday. National Weather Service officials issued a two-day winter storm warning for the Palouse to cover Wednesday and Thursday. They were predicting 12 inches of snow Wednesday, with an additional six inches Thursday. Snow began falling Monday, but the front of the big storm hit Tuesday night. David Jones, conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation District in Colfax, said he measured three inches of new snow Wednesday... Full story
