Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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COLFAX — The Whitman County Cattlemen’s Association is offering scholarships for students. “Each scholarship awarded will be no less than $1,000,” stated a representative. To be eligible, a student must: • Have a home address in Whitman County • Must be a graduating high school senior (or home schooled equivalent) • Must be continuing their course of study in an agriculture related field at a two or four year college, university, trade or technical school The application deadline is April 15. Applications are available from Whitman Count...
COLFAX — A citizen repaired property damage and Whitman County commissioners must decide if they are going to pay him. A fertilizer truck tipped over and spilled along Almota Road last October, according to the county. An adjacent landowner took it upon himself to facilitate repairs to the drainage. County commissioners are now discussing whether they should reimburse him for materials, pay him for work, or decline as repairs are the responsibility of public works. Whitman County Public Works Director Mark Storey explained to commissioners Mond...
COLFAX - Whitman County was hit with a cyber-attack as the county's Tax Sifter link reached 8,000 hits in an hour on Jan. 28. County Information Technology Director Lance Bishop reported to county commissioners Monday about the cyber-attack. Afterwards, the department installed a captcha to distinguish a human user to prevent such attacks. It led to the attacks shifting to the county website as a whole. Soon a series of "phishing" e-mails began to arrive, purportedly from established contacts, a...
COLFAX — The ribbon cutting for a new Whitman County household waste facility was canceled before being booked. The new moderate risk waste facility cost nearly $1 million and is located at the waste transfer station south of Colfax. Public Works Director Mark Storey reported the building is “substantially complete.” An inspection by the health department would come next before hazardous materials are allowed to be brought in. “We’re very close,” said Storey. He asked for a decision on whether commissioners wanted to hold a ceremony on...
ROSALIA – Rosalia, Malden, and Thornton voters will decide whether to re-draw its five school board districts into three on the Feb. 9 ballot. The plan would keep all current boardmembers, but make it so one person represents each of three larger districts, along with two at-large members. “If you have two good boardmembers in one district, you lose out,” said Rosalia School District Superintendent Rick Linehan. The current rule is only one person from a district may serve on the board. If approved, the three equally divided districts would...
PULLMAN – Four students took the school board to task Wednesday night for failing to get them back on campus. The governor and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have called for in-person learning. The Pullman School District is among the last holdouts generally keeping students off-campus in Whitman County. During a digital school board meeting, students Collin Bannister, Maddie Weber, Maxwell Cordova and Hanna Talbot called on the board to get school campuses open and operating. “My peers and I are here tonight because we...
PULLMAN – Even though few students have returned to on-campus learning, the School District will be handing out $725,000 in bonuses to employees. The School District announced Wednesday that teachers and other full-time employees will received $2,000 bonuses. Part-time employees will receive $1,000. School officials said the funds will come from the savings the district has realized by keeping most students off campus during the coronavirus shutdowns. Pullman schools are the last in Whitman County to return most students to on-campus learning....
COLFAX — Two of three school propositions in Whitman County's special election Tuesday, Feb. 9, were passing in the first ballot count . The Colton and Rosalia measures were leaning toward approval, but Lamont's tax levy request was failing. In Lamont, the vote was 19 votes opposed (59%) to 13 in favor (41%). The Lamont School District is seeking a two-year replacement educational programs and operations levy, to be collected at a rate of $2.50 per $1,000 in assessed property valuation. Total funding brought in would be $130,000 in 2022 and $...
LAMONT — A requested two-year replacement educational programs and operations levy continued to fall short Wednesday, Feb. 10, following a tally of late-arriving ballots in the special election. As of 3:51 p.m., the measure that would have collected $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed property valuation each of the next two years was failing, 24-28, garnering only 46.15% support. If approved, the tax levy was expected to bring in $130,000 in 2022 and $132,000 in 2023. The owner of a home valued at $200,000 would have paid $500 in taxes annually u...
RITZVILLE - The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for Adams, Grant, Whitman and southern Lincoln counties. Hazardous winter weather will begin today with sustained winds of 20-24 mph and wind gusts up to 39 mph possible across the region. "Very cold wind chills are expected to accompany the winds," the outlook said, noting tonight's low will be about 9 degrees, with wind chills dipping to -8 degrees. Frigid temperatures are expected to continue Friday and Saturday...
