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TEKOA - Tekoa School District suspended all in-person learning and activities at the junior and senior high school through Friday due to a COVID outbreak. "This decision was not made lightly," wrote a school official. "This is the best option to reduce COVID-19 transmission and keep everyone safe. The health and well-being of everyone in the school is our top priority." The closure is "due to a significant increase in COVID-19 cases with students and staff." Junior and high school students are...
PALOUSE — Leslie Jo Sena is the new Palouse City Council member filling the vacant position 3. Two residents expressed an interest in being on the city council through submitted letters. Sena and Ron Weller were scheduled to be at the city council meeting on Jan. 11 for interviews. Mayor Tim Sievers presented questions for the applicants, according to council meeting minutes. Weller did not attend the meeting leaving Sena to answer the questions alone. Council moved to an executive session for 11 minutes to discuss the interview. C...
SPOKANE — A former Whitman County Assessor’s Office employee was murdered allegedly by her husband in a faked suicide. Shannon Ayers, 58, was shot in the head and died on Jan. 19 in Spokane. Her husband, Dean Ayers, 55, of Spokane, called 9-1-1 around 11 p.m. to report his wife committed suicide with his pistol that he kept under his pillow on their bed. Spokane deputies arrived to find her still alive despite a gunshot wound and a 9 mm pistol in her right hand, according to investigators. She was shot on the left side of her head from 8-1...
COLFAX - It took something huge to get Terry "the Barber" to close his barbershop in Colfax after 38 years of haircuts and conversations. It took cancer. Terry Vietz was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, said his wife, Jacqueline Mitzimberg-Vietz. He decided to become a barber after being a logger. The logging jobs began disappearing owl habitat ended numerous jobs and decimated the logging industry. In 1981, Terry attended barber school graduating the next year. In 1983 he started...
Roman F. Caylor was born on Jan. 13, 2022, to Chris and Jennifer Caylor, of Palouse. He weighed 8 pounds. Grandparents are Charles Caylor and Sheryl Cameron, of Pullman, and Joan and Kevin Kelhofer, of Mequon, Wis., and David Skegfind, of Oshkosh, Wis. Evelyn M. Abrams was born on Jan. 18, 2022, to Richard and Kathryn Abrams, of Pullman. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces. Grandparents are Dick and Trudy Abrams, of Worley, Idaho, and Jeff and Fran Hirschfelder, of Genesee, Idaho. She joins her sister Ira (2). Peter S. Robinson was born on Jan....
CHENEY - Wrestlers may lose a regional tournament and qualify directly for the state Mat Classic tournament. The proposal is to be determined by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), according to WIAA spokesman Casey Johnson. "The board is looking to make the decision this week," Johnson said. "The proposal is to eliminate regionals." Eliminating regional tournaments would mean that wrestlers would qualify for state at their district or sub-regional tournament. Unlike...
ROSALIA - The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves (6-4) boys basketball team dropped in the state rankings following their 75-67 loss to the Yakama Nation Eagles (5-5) in a Class 1B matchup on Jan. 15. It was the second loss for Tekoa-Rosalia in two nights. As the Timberwolves dropped to No. 19 in state 1B rankings, the Eagles climbed to No. 16 after the win. The Eagles were on fire in the first quarter of the game, putting up 17 points while holding the Timberwolves to just 10. Tekoa-Rosalia closed the...
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