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Colfax girls hit their groove for an amazing finish Monday night to take a two-point overtime win over a tough Northwest Christian team and advance to Friday night’s championship game against Reardan. The Bulldogs trailed by 11 points going into the final quarter of Monday night’s semi-final round and roared for 21 points in the last period to tie the Crusaders at 44-44 in regulation time. They then tagged another seven points in the overtime to win by two points, 51-49. That two-point gap was the Bulldogs’ largest lead for the game. “They...
Whitman County Parks Board seeks to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Jim Sharp of Rosalia. Mr. Sharp, who was appointed to the board in January 2009, died Dec. 20. The board is particularly interested in filling the seat with an applicant from the north and western parts of the county, areas which are under-represented on the board. However, any interested county resident is invited to apply. During the summer months, the board meets at the parks. Any interested people may contact Parks Director Tim Myers at the parks office in Colfax...
Tekoa-Oakesdale fans celebrate in a packed gym after a dramatic final-seconds win for the girls over the Rosalia Spartans Friday night, Feb. 10. The victory sends the Nighthawks to the district championship game this Friday vs. Colton....
Claiming the title of “Princess Buttercup,” seven-year-old Angelina Widman, back, brought in to the Gazette office, along with her younger siblings Reed and Sofia, the first buttercups of the season last Thursday, Feb. 9, claiming the 2012 Gazette buttercup Sweepstake prize. Angelina has won the Buttercup grand prize, a U.S. dollar bill, for the past five years. Reed has joined in the victory for the past four years, while this was Sofia’s first appearance in the buttercup victor’s circle. The trio are the children of Allen and Emmy Widman.... Full story
Colfax School District has refinanced its callable 2003 bonds in order to take advantage of lower interest rates. The refinancing will save district taxpayers more than $290,000 during the next eight years. Colfax Supt. Michael Morgan emphasized the savings to taxpayers will be realized through reduced tax levies for the bond redemption fund. “This is a direct savings to our community members in the form of taxes they expected, but will not have to pay,” Morgan said. The Colfax School Board accomplished these savings by approving issuance of...
Central County Thursday: Rain mid-day with winds of 10 mph and a high around 42. Snow showers possible overnight as low dips to 32. Friday: Mostly cloudy with evening rain. High around 45. Winds and rain overnight. Low around 34. Saturday: Mostly cloudy with early morning snow. High near 38. Snow flurries overnight. Low around 28. Sunday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow. High 38. Snow showers overnight. Low around 27. Monday thru Wednesday: Rain in the day, snow at night. Daytime highs in mid-40s. Overnight lows around... Full story
Whitman County’s building department’s new schedule of fees for building permits on ag structures will be based on a valuation average of $7.50 per square foot. The fee will be based on the resulting valuation. The Gazette last week incorrectly reported the permit fee would cost $7.50 per square foot.... Full story
Whitman County commissioners selected Spokane attorney Milton Rowland Monday to represent the county in the injunction suit filed by the Organization to Void Illegal Conduct. “He’s very well respected in Spokane. I think he could represent us quite well,” Commissioner Greg Partch told his fellow commissioners Pat O’Neill and Michael Largent in a workshop session Monday morning. Commissioners met with Rowland Monday morning to prepare a petition to superior court for approval to have Rowland represent the county instead of Prosecutor Denis Tracy...
Colton teams rolling into finals The John L. Hardy Gymnasium in Endicott will be packed to the rafters this weekend as SE basketball teams decide which four teams advance to the next round of the state 1B playoffs. The playoff mode was absent at Endicott last year when athletic directors in the league decided to conduct the SE final round at Colfax. Tournament action opened at Endicott Tuesday, with four elimination games after the league played two rounds of girls and boys elimination games at the home courts of the highest seeded teams....
Voters handed Whitman County schools and the town of Rosalia a nice little Valentine Tuesday night, easily approving all 11 funding requests in election night returns. “It’s a perfect Valentine’s gift,” said Supt. Michael Morgan, of the Colfax School District. Colfax, along with Colton, Endicott, Oakesdale and St. John asked voters for increased maintenance and operations levies for upcoming school years, hoping local funding would stave off cuts expected to come from state funding. “I think people know how important our levies are, and that...
Charred and blackened under the burnt beams and collapsed roof of a Colfax storage shed were four four-wheelers, a Model A hot rod, two boats, a trailer and a 1999 Porsche Carrera. All were destroyed last Wednesday night by a three-hour fire which also destroyed the storage building off the Walla Walla Highway just west of Colfax. The hot fire was fueled by the contents of the vehicle tanks, and the long battle was hampered by its location which lacked hydrants. Firefighters actually ran out of water for five to six minutes until tanker truck c...
