Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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Whitman County commissioners drew fresh fire Monday – hearing criticism of their decision to hold Sheriff Brett Myers’ 2010 budget to what he said is a bare bones level. Uniontown resident Marilyn Burg wrote a letter critical of the decision, and Doug Harris, a Seattle policeman and Colfax native, addressed commissioners during Monday morning’s regular meeting. The 2010 budget which commissioners approved last month gave the sheriff $2,904,537 – more than $43,000 less than Myers said he needed. At the time it was passed, Myers said it was a s... Full story
Workers with Jimmy’s Roofing of Spokane crawl along the top of Rosalia’s Performing Arts Center Monday afternoon. The crew was replacing a leaky roof on the former Rosalia Christian Church. The crew expected to finish Tuesday. Rosalia’s Performing Arts Center has a new roof this week, ending a battle to keep water out of the building, formerly the Rosalia Christian Church. Crews with Jimmy’s Roofing of Spokane have been on the old church roof for the past week, putting an end to the problem of the leak. Bob Hill, a member of the town council...
County commissioners made a second, higher offer of $100,000 to purchase the Pullman health department office Tuesday. Their counter offer came after a $115,000 offer made by the office owner, Pullman Regional Hospital Foundation, from whom the county has leased the office. The foundation board told commissioners in the fall they wanted out of the landlord business, leaving the county with the choice of buying the space or moving the office elsewhere. The lease ends July 31. County commissioners last month made an intial offer of $94,000. The h...
Belmont will indeed be the home of 4,500 tons of liquid chlorine. After receiving approval from several federal agencies, Canexus of Vancouver, British Columbia, is going ahead with its plans to park 50 railroad tanker cars filled with liquid chlorine on the siding track at Belmont. The Washington and Idaho Railway will store the cars for Canexus as a security precaution during the 2010 Winter Olympics. Early next month, a fence will be built around the future site of the cars at Belmont. Tank cars built to store the chlorine have been parked o...
After hearing objections from property owners who would be affected, Whitman County commissioners Monday decided to wait until their next official meeting, Feb. 1, before making a decision on vacating four segments of county road. The residents spoke against the county’s plan during a public hearing Monday in the commissioners’ meeting room. In total, the road segments amount to less than two miles. Bert Loucks of Tekoa (front right) points out his property on the Campbell road to commissioners Pat O’Neill and Greg Partch (left) and Publi...
Colfax school district is mere weeks away from running a greatly increased levy proposal in front of district voters Feb. 9. Due to the looming threat of the state legislation yanking levy equalization funds for the next school year, the district is asking for an almost 40 percent increase in the levy as insurance. “What we’re asking the community to do is pay for what the state has so far been responsible for,” said Supt. Michael Morgan Jan. 12 to a small audience in the high school cafeteria. Voters will be asked to approve a maint... Full story
Above: Sheriff Brett Myers holds a handful of marijuana collected from a Quad Cities Drug Enforcement Task Force bust. Top left, a collection of drug paraphernalia collected by the sheriff’s office. Would the financial worries of governments in Washington go up in smoke if citizens or legislators decide to legalize marijuana? Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, D-Seattle, told the state House of Representatives last week the state could reap as much as $300 million in taxes and fees every biennium by legalizing the drug and regulating its growth and s... Full story
NOTICE OF CALL FOR BIDS BID FOR TWO (2) TRUCK BOXES, PINTLE HITCH AND HYDRAULICS COMPLETE WHITMAN COUNTY STATE OF WASHINGTON Sealed bids will be received on the following proposal by the Board of County Commissioners of Whitman County, State of Washington, at its office in the Whitman County Courthouse in Colfax, Washington, until 11:00 Pacific Time, on February 16, 2010 at which time they will be opened and publicly read. Handicap access may be obtained by the Mill Street entrance to the Courthouse. Each bid is to be separately sealed in an...
8 years ago January 23, 1885 Hon. Schuyler Colfax, who was vice president under Grant, dropped dead in a railroad depot in Minnesota on the 13th of January. Cause: heart disease. At one time Mr. Colfax was one of the most popular men in the nation, but an alleged connection with the celebrated Credit Mobilier frauds caused him to sink in popular esteem much faster than he had risen. At the time of his death he was 61 years, 9 months and 20 days old, and was engaged in lecturing. This city takes its name from Mr. Colfax. From Conductor Goldie... Full story
