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STEPTOE - Senator Mark Schoesler, 9th District, learned that Washington State Parks is removing the restroom at the top of Whitman County's Steptoe Butte State Park Heritage Site and strongly opposes the Parks administration's decision. Sen. Schoesler said that while he is happy they are repaving the road to the top of the butte, he strongly spoke out against the decision to close the service in a press release from Friday, Jan. 26. "The top of the butte is very isolated. Anyone having a picnic...
MOSCOW –– The trial of Bryan Kohberger could be pushed back to summer 2025, pending a decision by the Latah County District Judge John Judge. Kohberger, 29, has been charged with four counts of murder and one count of felony burglary in connection with the Nov. 13, 2022, stabbing deaths of Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, at a residency on the University of Idaho campus. He will face the death penalty if convicted. Two hearings took place on Frida...
PULLMAN –– A Pullman man was arrested for Residential Burglary, Stalking and 3rd Degree Malicious Mischief. Preston Rae Farrell, 22, was arrested and booked into the Whitman County Jail on Saturday, Jan. 27, and is currently held on a $250,000 bond or $25,000 cash bail. The incident unfolded on Saturday, Jan. 27, when Alexis S. Ocampo, residing at a North East Terre View Dr apartment, reported a burglary and threats involving her ex-boyfriend, Ferrell. The Pullman Police Department swiftly responded to the distress call, leading to Fer...
CLARKSTON –– Detectives with Quad Cities Drug Task Force (QCDTF) arrested a man last Thursday, Jan. 25, for felony charges related to possession with the intent to deliver fentanyl/heroin. Detectives from the Asotin County Sheriff’s Office, Lewiston PD, Clarkston PD, Idaho State Police and the Washington State Patrol spent several weeks working on an investigation into 69-year-old Robert Bergamo of Clarkston. Reports say the investigation led to the arrest of Bergamo, who had been actively trafficking fentanyl into the Lewiston and Lapwa...
COLFAX- Residents say they are apprehensive about a plan by the State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to build a roundabout at the U.S. Highway 195 and state Highway 26 interchange here in town. "We don't want it to happen," resident Diana King said Monday. King is among several apprehensive residents who attended a presentation Wednesday, Jan. 31, about the state's plan to replace the aging bridges over the North Palouse River with a roundabout. The state is proposing a $13 million...
OAKESDALE - With one road game left to play for the Oakesdale Nighthawks girls basketball team in the regular season, Oakesdale took care of business on their home floor for senior night. Three seniors were recognized before the game began, they were: Payton Davis, Brieyn Henley, and Samantha Holling. "Our three seniors are exceptional young ladies and each of them brings a leadership quality that is essential to our team's cohesiveness and chemistry. Sam is our veteran leader and her team's...
COLFAX - Senior Night for the Colfax Bulldog wrestling team took place Tuesday, Jan. 23, in Colfax. Walker Montgomery, wrestling for Garfield-Palouse, competing and training with the Colfax team, and Tristen Burd, from Oakesdale, wrestling with Colfax were recognized prior to the meet. Nine schools traveled to Colfax to compete in the league meet. The schools were: Colfax, Pomeroy, Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, Asotin, Liberty, Waitsburg, Davenport, Reardan, and Northwest Christian. The meet saw each...
DAVENPORT—Despite advocacy from School District administration, Davenport will remain a 2B school for at least the next four years. Davenport’s appeal to move down to 1B was rejected by the WIAA last weekend after the Northeast 1B League voted against accepting Davenport into the league. The WIAA released classification numbers for the 2024-28 cycle Sunday, Jan. 21. Davenport came in at 131.88 students, which is the number of ninth through 11th grade students adjusted for direct certification. Seniors are not counted when determining cla...
COLTON — The Colton Wildcats will host their basketball senior night festivities this Friday, Feb. 2, in Colton. Both the girls and boys team will take on the Oakesdale Nighthawks. The girls will recognize two seniors, guard Kyndra Stout, and point guard Kaydee Heitstuman. They will be recognized before tip-off of the girls game at 6 p.m. The boys will recognize their lone senior, Matthew Reisenauer. He will be recognized before the boys take on Oakesdale at 7:30 p.m. The game will be the final game for the Wildcat boys, the girls have a c...
ST. JOHN - St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse won two-of-three games before sliding into a three-game losing streak to end their season. During the three games was senior night for two Eagle players, they were: Matthew DeFord and Landen Miller. DeFord and Miller were recognized before their game on Tuesday, Jan. 23, against the Odessa Tigers, in St. John. Both the Eagles and Tigers battled throughout the first three quarters, it was not until the end when Odessa pulled away to take the 71-54 victory....
OAKESDALE - Oakesdale Nighthawks had a busy senior night, recognizing four basketball players and one wrestler. Will Lanius, Logan Brown, Daxton Chappell, and Jaxon Eads were the basketball players, and Tristen Burd was recognized for wrestling. All four of the basketball seniors have been vital to the success of the Nighthawks basketball team during the 2023-24 season. With just one regular season game left to play, Oakesdale are in a great spot for a district playoff berth, should they take...
TEKOA - Basketball in Whitman County is transitioning from regular season play to district playoff play, however, senior nights took place across the county last week for many schools. Tekoa-Rosalia saw six boy basketball players recognized and one girl player. There was also one cheerleader recognized. Senior night in Tekoa concluded a two-game week for the Timberwolves, who took on the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles on Friday, Jan. 26, in St. John. Tekoa-Rosalia would prove too strong...
COLTON — The Colton Gun Club competed in their third week of action in the Camas CPTA League shoot. There were 65 total shooters on the day, with results for Colton as follows: 16 yard scores: Rachel Kennedy, 25. Steven Bremer, 25. Bill Christian, 25. Zarn Clausen, 25. Jim Curran, 25. Dave Scharnhorst, 25. Dan Warner, 25. Women 16 yard shooters: Rachel Kennedy, 25. Stacy Harman, 24. Erin Bauer, 23. Carisa King, 22. Junior 16 yard shooters: Wade Moser, 19. Ben Reisenauer, 12. Jack Reisenauer, 11. Chase Sanderson, 11. At the Endicott gun club, t...
COLFAX - Near the conclusion of the 2023-24 regular season, four 2B WIAA teams are undefeated. One of the four is the Colfax Bulldogs, who hold a 20-0 record on the season after winning two games in the final week of the regular season to finish first in the district with a 13-0 district record. With 20 wins on the season heading into the district playoffs, they are one win away from the most wins since the 2014-15 season, when the team won 21 games, however, that includes playoff wins. Since...
COLFAX - The Colfax Bulldogs girls basketball team captured first place in the 2B districts regular season after winning 13 district games in the 2023-24 season. Last season, the Bulldogs ended their regular season with a 14-0 record on route to a state championship, and undefeated season. The 2023-24 team have lost four games this season, however, only two of those losses were against 2B teams Warden and Mabton. Heading into district playoffs, the Bulldogs are ranked ninth overall for the 2B...
PALOUSE - On a festive night filled with excitement and basketball, the Garfield-Palouse Vikings girls basketball team pulled off an upset against their Whitman County foe, Colton Wildcats. The game was played on Friday, Jan. 26, and was senior night for both the Vikings girls and boys athletes. For the girls, their senior, Zoe Laughary, was recognized. "Zoe has been a tremendous leader for us. She played a role on our third place team a couple years ago so she knows what it takes as far as...
