Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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A plan to write approximately $200,000 off the county’s ledger is still in place, but county commissioners again Monday delayed a final decision to do so. Commissioner Greg Partch said county finance authorities are still reviewing bank statements to spot any variations in the amount of the write-off. Over the past decade, the county’s books have shown that, at last count, some $200,000 was recorded as invested in the county’s general ledger that can not be proven by bank statements. Treasurer Robert Lothspeich said those investments, in addit...
The Washington Department of Ecology and staff from the town of Garfield have contained a spill of used crankcase oil that was flowing from a storm drain into Silver Creek, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the department. The Palouse Conservation District was conducting water sampling Monday near Third Street in Garfield when they saw thick, black sludge coming out of a culvert from the storm drain system. A Garfield crew quickly placed hay bales and sheets of tin to build a catch basin at the storm drain outflow. An Ecology...
These reports are from the previous four issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated. Colfax arrest in drug case A $5,000 bail was set for Holly Herne, 22, Colfax, who was arrested in Colfax Friday afternoon on probable charges of possession of illegal drugs with intent to deliver. A report filed with the court alleges an informant was used to arrange purchase of hydrocodone in December and methamphetamine in January. Gunshot...
NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Whitman County, Washington will meet in its office in the Whitman County Commissioners’ Chambers, in the Courthouse in Colfax, Washington on Monday, the 7th day of March 2011, at the hour of 11:00 a.m. for the purpose of considering an Amendment to Whitman County’s Six-Year Road Program (2011 - 2016), at which time and place any taxpayer may appear and be heard for or against said program. Handicap access for the Whitman County Courthouse is available at the Mil...
