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Real estate sales Mel Olson, Cheney, to S&S Construction & Sales LLC, Colfax, lot on E. Thorn in Colfax, $20,000, Jan. 15. Wells Fargo Bank, Denver, to Dennis and Wanda McIntyre, Uniontown, house on S. Montgomery Street in Uniontown, $68,000, Jan. 15. Casey M. Choate and Carolyn L. Piemons, Lake Oswego, Ore., to Jason and Sheree Bustamante, Pullman, 1980 14x60 mobile home on S. Grand Avenue in Pullman, $16,500, Jan. 15. Phyllis C. Russell, Pullman, to Shane Brown, Colfax, 1977 14x60 mobile home on NW Fisk Street in Pullman, $1,000, Jan. 16.... Full story
Parting words President Nixon: “I am not a crook!” Governor Christie: “I am not a bully!” Me: “I am not convinced!” Jerry Harnois, Oakesdale Deputies support The Whitman County Deputy Sheriff’s Association members would like to encourage your support of Proposition One, on the February 11 county wide ballot. This modest levy increase will provide revenue essential for the continued staffing, maintenance and resources of the county to include Public Safety. It is what allows us to protect and serve all of the communities in Whitman County. How w...
Improving Highway 167 could help change the face of global commerce and the future of Washington state. Really. Traffic congestion is causing bottlenecks at our ports, creating costly delays for the shippers that use Puget Sound ports. Failing to eliminate that congestion will make our ports less competitive, costing us jobs, business and tax revenues. That is true now more than ever. This legislative session, the transportation improvements to be voted on by legislators in Olympia are linked to world trade and events in Panama, 3,600 miles... Full story
To my knowledge, this memo has not been sent, but it should: From: Top Republican Officials To: Party 2014 Candidates People: Don’t do or say anything stupid. That is all. And from the same guy, a note to the GOP members of the House and Senate seeking re-election: A “do-nothing Congress” is a good thing. Or as one of them, Rep. Charlie Dent, told The New York Times: “It’s pretty clear to me in the House, we don’t want to make ourselves the issue.” Unless they make themselves the issue by going crazy doing something like forcing the nation in...
At the end of Sunday’s NFC Championship game, Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman’s antics exposed him to the nation as the classless loudmouth he was already known to be in the northwest. But he’s also smart. He went to Stanford, where football coach David Shaw adamantly says the school does not lower entrance standards for athletes. He wasn’t the head coach then but there’s no reason to think Stanford’s policy was different just a few years ago than it is now. What Sherman was right about was that 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick... Full story
Evan Lord (left) of Colfax took out Earl Oppelt of Waitsburg/Prescott in the first round of the 195 class. Kevin Knauff of Garfield/Palouse put the top side pressure on Tyler Brooks of Waitsburg/Prescott. Knauff also booked three wins in the Colfax meet. Colfax hosted five teams on two mats Thursday for a league competition. Guests for the event were Reardan, Wilbur-Creston-Keller, Liberty, Davenport and Waitsburg/Prescott. The event totaled 65 matches over three rounds of competition. Overall,...
These reports are from the previous three issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated. FOX TRANSMITTER FAILS Colfax was among many towns in eastern Washington who saw television screens lock up during Sunday afternoon’s NFL playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. The outage, which locked up screens for more than 10 minutes in the second half was b...
After a double-overtime battle in Rosalia three weeks ago between Colton and the Spartans, they met again last Friday in the Wildcats’ gym. This time, the Spartans made like the Colton girls, and blew out their opponents by 28 points. In a game which Rosalia controlled from the start, Spartans’ guard Steven Maley went out early in the fourth quarter after running into the Wildcats’ Dalton Patchen on a drive. Maley, in a knee brace, initially got up, hopped free then fell to the floor again...
Kayla Johnson, the daughter of Bryan and Debbie Johnson of Colfax, led Whitworth University with 22 points in a win over Linfield Jan. 18....
Colfax girls will again take a shot at the undefeated record of Northwest Christian Friday when they travel to Colbert for an NE rematch with the Crusader girls. The Crusaders will host after advancing their undefeated season record to 17-0 and 11-0 in the league last weekend. Colfax came within a point of stopping the Crusaders in the first league round Jan. 3 at Colfax. The Crusaders left Colfax with a 66-65 win after Rachel Bozlee erased an early Colfax lead with a blitz of four three-point... Full story
Colfax boys over the weekend sustained two more league losses to drop in the NE standings. The Bulldogs finished the weekend with a 5-6 mark in the league for fifth place in the standings. The two losses extended a string of four straight defeates in the NE league race. Tuesday, the Bulldogs bounced back to the win side with a 70-57 non-league win over a big Waitsburg/Prescott club at Waitsburg. The Bulldog put together three strong quarters and fought off the Cardinal charge in the last frame....
Colton's undefeated girls, who had just one league game over the weekend, are slated to travel north to Tekoa Friday night for a second round collision between the league leaders. The Nighthawks, whose lone defeat for the year was to the Wildcats, rolled up two more wins in the league run over the weekend to remain in chase. The two league leaders have a two-game edge on the rest of the pack with three more weeks remaining in the nine-team SE race. Colton Friday posted a 68-23 win over fifth...
Lindgren 5, Jacey Johnson 9, Mattie Jo Johnson 16, Olivia Pakootas 2, Lindsey Lindgren 2, Kimberly Groom 14. Pomeroy: Kacey Halbert 5, Emily Jentz 2, Torrie Koller 4, Ireland Mayfield 11, Savannah Ruark 6, Mackenzie Monahan 7. Liberty Christian 45-LaCrosse/ Washtucna/Kahlotus 30: 15/5 4/10 19/6 7/9: Sarah Croskey 19, Melody Bush 5, Karlee Souge 2, Isabella Loera 6, Roe 1,Wynter Greeno 11. LWK: Lindsey Miller 10, Jazzmyn Gordon 8, Jessica Guske 3, LeAnne Blauert 4, Kadie Whinery 5. Saturday scoring: Pomeroy 50-St.John/Endicott 49: 10/17 10/15 13...
The Palouse City Council discussed what its next efforts may be to add to the town’s fire equipment reserve fund Jan. 14. The matter came up after the failure of a levy lid lift proposal in November by one vote. The measure would have raised the town’s property tax baseline in order to direct more money to the fire department’s reserves. Instead of Palouse’s current tax rate of $2.49 per $1,000 of assessed property value, the ballot measure would have raised it to $3.10 per $1,000. The effect... Full story
The main elevator in the courthouse broke down late last week putting those who could not use the stairs to get to the second floor headed in the direction of the jail. The elevator has not been upgraded since the courthouse was built in 1954 and if something breaks on it, parts are more and more difficult to find, said Bob Reynolds, county facilities and maintenance manager. Those not able to use the stairway were asked to notify a member of the assessor’s staff in the office near the elevator. They were escorted to the jail’s elevator and... Full story
Last week the U.S. Census Bureau released a report on the nation’s poverty level. Whitman County’s poverty level is more than 30 percent, more than double the poverty levels of surrounding counties and has the highest poverty level in the entire state. The Census Bureau defined the poverty line as $23,283 a year for a family of four or $11,945 for a person under the age of 65. Taking a look at the Inland Northwest, Whitman County shows up as having the highest percentage of people living in poverty in the state with nearly a third of the popula...
Last week the U.S. Census Bureau released a report on the nation’s poverty level. Whitman County’s poverty level is more than 30 percent, more than double the poverty levels of surrounding counties and has the highest poverty level in the entire state. The Census Bureau defined the poverty line as $23,283 a year for a family of four or $11,945 for a person under the age of 65. Taking a look at the Inland Northwest, Whitman County shows up as having the highest percentage of people living in poverty in the state with nearly a third of the popula...
The Whitman County library district rate request on the Feb. 11 ballot would mean an increase of 7.08 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuaton. Last week’s Gazette rundown of election requests on the ballot incorrectly reported that the proposal seeks an increase of 50 cents. The library is asking voters in the district to approve a return of the tax levy rate to the limit of 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuaton. Under the state’s 2001 Initiative 747, which limits tax entities to an annual one percent increase in revenue from property tax...
Fog froze on the trees lining the entryway to the Colfax Cemetery on Sunday morning....
Approximately 50 people from the LaCrosse area last Thursday attended a meeting hosted by LaCrosse Community Pride to discuss ways to continue to get the town back on the map. The Pride group invited Robin Ohlgren of the Southeast Washington Economic Development Association to conduct roundtable discussions about LaCrosse’s assets, improvements and additional economic development. The session was in the gathering place segment of the restored LaCrosse Market building. Pride board member Alex M...
Diana Frey of Colfax is bringing a world of experience to the Colfax Chamber of Commerce as the new president. She takes over the chamber’s top office from Debi Anderson. Frey, 34, has been on the chamber board since 2012 and has participated in most chamber activities including Hullabaloo, the micro brew and wine auction and marketing and advertising. “My background has helped me get here,” she said. Frey spent most of her life in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. After completing high school, Frey served in the U.S. Army for five and a half...
Whitman County commissioners Tuesday morning saw a second marijuana producer application cross their desks, this time for the Thornton area, but they discussed the possibility of banning the plant altogether in rural areas of the county. The state Attorney General last week formally stated that cities and counties can outlaw recreational marijuana businesses, even though voters approved I-502 legalizing marijuana in 2012. Responding to a request for clarification from the state Liquor Control Board, the AG’s office said I-502 doesn’t ove... Full story
Staff members from the state Department of Ecology will attend a second meeting in Colfax on Feb. 13. Whitman Conservation District chairman Walter Riley confirmed that DOE will attend at 3 p.m., immediately following the conservation district’s meeting at 1 p.m. at the county’s Public Service Building. Riley said the DOE staff will follow up with answers to questions brought up at the last meeting held in December. Farmers and livestock producers crowded the Public Service Building auditorium Dec. 12. Because so many landowners were upset by...
It went up Mill Street and turned into the dark lane behind the Colfax Post Office. Gray-black in color, the all-armored steel “Peacekeeper” vehicle carried 13 men standing on an iron bar on either side carrying AR-15 rifles. They stopped behind Columbia Bank. The camouflaged group jumped off the rails in silence and marched in a line, guns pointed from their shoulders. Inside the bank, they didn’t know what they would face other than a hostage situation. Their arrival was the first of three...
NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Whitman County, Washington, will consider the Report of the County Road Engineer for the name change of County Road No. 9007, Wilma Port Road East in Section 19, Township 11 North, Range 46 East, W.M. in Whitman County, Washington. THAT A HEARING on said name change will be held in the office of the Whitman County Commissioners in the Courthouse in Colfax, Washington on the 18th day of February, 2014, at the hour of 11:05 a.m., at which time and place all...
