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COLFAX – The Whitman County Cattlemen’s Association is offering one or more scholarships this year. Each scholarship awarded is $1,000 or more. • The scholarship application process is open to the following: • Residents of Whitman County • A graduating high school senior (or home schooled equivalent) • Studying agriculture related field at a college, university, trade or technical school The application deadline is April 15. Applications are available from Whitman County high school counselors, via email request to wcca2011@gm...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Public Health said a death of an adult due to flu complications in the “first week of January.” “The adult tested positive for influenza A and negative for COVID-19,” according to the Public Health Department. The actual cause of death was not released, nor the age of the patient. “To protect the privacy of the family and individual, no further details will be released” the agency stated. The 2020-21 flu season influenza cases and deaths were historically low, but the health agency said cases of influenza and...
LaCROSSE – The Washington State School Directors' Association presented awards for School Board of Distinction for 2021 to five LaCrosse School District board members. Board members Cat Wigen, Mike Stubbs, Terry Miller, Harmon Smith, and Tami Schwartz received certificates at the annual WSSFDA conference. The state has 295 school districts and this year, 34 school boards were recognized as Boards of Distinction. LaCrosse School Board was one of four school boards from the small school d...
COLFAX – Nine school districts are seeking levy approvals from voters on Feb. 8. A levy is a property tax. It costs the landowner a set amount for every $1,000 of assessed property value. If the amount is $2 for every $100,000 the property is worth, the approved levy would cost the landowner $200 per year. Levies fund programs not covered by state funding. People living in the school district can vote on whether to approve or reject levies. Many are placement levies, meaning an older levy is expiring and the new one would take its place. Colfax...
COLFAX – Packaged methamphetamine and stolen items were found inside a vehicle stopped by Whitman County sheriff’s deputies on Jan. 25. Deputies stopped the vehicle for a licensing violation near Red Wolf Bridge on State Highway 128 in southern Whitman County. The vehicle matched a description of one involved in a Uniontown burglary attempt a week earlier, according to Sheriff Brett Myers. The driver, Randy Skalicky, 30, of Lewiston, Idaho, spoke to deputies and allegedly admitted to the attempted burglary. “He also told the deputy he had d...
MALDEN – The Ford Motor Co. donated $25,000 to the Innovia Foundation to be used in the rebuilding of Malden and Pine City. The Babb Road wildfire devastated the communities Sept. 7, 2020. Officials estimated 80% of the structures in each community were destroyed, including City Hall and the Post Office. “We are honored to partner with The Ford Motor Co. and Innovia Foundation to ensure residents, in the Pine Creek community, have the resources they need to rebuild and recover from wildfires that devastated the region,” Wendle Motors Gener...
PALOUSE - The Garfield-Palouse girls basketball team (12-4) has won three of its last four games. The Vikings girls topped Tekoa-Rosalia, 56-12, on Jan. 19, but fell to Pomeroy, 44-42, on Jan. 22. The local girls bounced back Jan. 25 to knock off Colton, 53-48, and then notched a anotehr win Jan. 28 over Oakesdale, 41-22. Meanwhile, the Vikings boys have lost three of their last four games. The boys dunked the DeSales Fighting Irish, 52-37, on Jan. 15, then lost to Tekoa-Rosalia, 51-36, on Jan....
SPANGLE — Tekoa-Rosalia leads the four-girl Whitman County contingent into the North Subregional wrestling tournament on Saturday at Liberty (Spangle) High School. The Timberwolves have senior Jesse Casey entered at 135 pounds and freshman Alexis Taylor competing at 145. Tekoa-Rosalia is the largest team from the county entered in the tournament at the school on Spangle-Waverly Road, about 3 miles southeast of Spangle. Taylor enters the tournament at 10-1, while Casey enters at 5-5. Other Whitman County girls in the tournament include Sydney S...
COLBERT - Two Whitman County wrestlers qualified on Jan. 29 for the regional tournament. Walker Montgomery, a Garfield-Palouse sophomore at 120 pounds, and Trentin Ensley, a Colfax senior at 182 pounds, placed in the District 7/9 tournament at Northwest Christian. Tekoa-Rosalia freshman Cullen Billings was eliminated in the 145-pound class. Montgomery finished fifth in his weight to advance. He opened the tournament with a bye then was pinned by Republic-Curlew freshman Emaan Sandhu in 1:17. He...
Jan. 31 - Feb. 4 Colfax Monday – Fiesta Taco Salad: Chips, Cheese, Olives, Tomatoes, Salsa, & Sour Cream; Sliced Peaches, Dessert Thursday – Corn Chowder, Green Salad, Fruit, Dessert Colton Wednesday – Pork Roast, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Beets, Salad, Apple Sauce, Birthday Dessert Endicott Tuesday – NO MEAL LaCrosse Tuesday – Pork Roast, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Beets, Salad, Apple Sauce, Birthday Dessert Oakesdale Wednesday – Homemade Biscuits and Gravy Palouse Wednesday – Pork Roast, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Beets, Salad, Apple Sauce, Birthd... Full story
