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An effort to establish a retail marijuana shop just west of the Washington-Idaho border on the Pullman-Moscow Highway took an advance recently with the retailer acquiring the site. The building and property sold for $750,000. The retail shop has been proposed at the former Crossroads Nursery site on the north side of the highway east of the Pullman-Moscow Airport Road. A conditional use permit for the shop was approved by the Whitman County Board of Adjustment in October 2016, and the shop, once opened, will be approximately 4,500 feet from...
Washington State Department of Transportation has completed its railroad engineering and approved the overall West Whitman Street revitalization plan for Palouse. The project includes a 550-foot section of street and railroad tracks with a new drainage system as well as sidewalks, curb, gutter and lighting. A call for bids will go out next week with a deadline of March 29 on the project, estimated to cost $575,000 to $650,000. “We are ready to go,” said Munir Daud, Palouse city engineer. Onc...
In another effort to get locals shopping downtown, the Colfax Downtown Association has released a new mobile phone application that can offer incentives to shoppers. Colfax Insider was released recently in the Google Play and Apple App stores and is available on Android and iOS devices. “Colfax Insider is the app that rewards you for exploring Colfax, Washington, the Heart of the Palouse,” the app description reads. “The more places you visit around Colfax, the more points you can earn and redeem for goods or services at rewards locat... Full story
An 800-foot section of track with a trestle at Garfield moved up on the the town agenda after ice backed against it last week and caused flooding. Mayor Ray McCown said the trestle's footings are really the last obstruction along Silver Creek in Garfield. Last week's ice jam, which flooded a barn when Silver Creek went over its bank, again illustrated how the trestle can cause problems in high water. McCown said the trestle is part of what was once the Inland Electric line which went through Garfield in its run along towns on the east side of... Full story
Tom Mohr with some of his work at his current residence in Colfax. In September of 2001, Tom Mohr and his wife lived across the street from the World Trade Center in New York. Working for Dow Jones in the art department for Barron's magazine, he was on vacation on the day the Trade Center buildings were destroyed by hijacked airliners. Unable to return to their damaged apartment, Mohr later came up with a plan to go on the road. He and wife Jil left in December of 2002 on a journey that... Full story
Tom Kammerzell shared this photo to show how well the airport’s wetland mitigation is working on his property. Water is shown collecting following recent snow melt and rainfall. Last week, Tom Kammerzell reported that the wetland mitigation related to the Pullman-Moscow Runway Realignment is working as it was designed to. Kammerzell shared photos with the Gazette of water collecting from recent snow melt and rainfall at the mitigation site. “During that floodwater, it was dissipating just the...
Colfax High graduate Mitch Barney placed in the Southeast Wrestling Conference Tournament Feb. 11 in Greensboro, N.C., Barney, a freshman business major at Southern Virginia University (Division III), wrestles in the 157-pound class. He placed second in Washington state last year at 152 pounds as a senior at Colfax.... Full story
Travis Knauff of Garfield/Palouse scored a second-round pin over Luke Wellander of Adna in his first match at Tacoma. Knauff finished with a third-place medal after an 8-4 win over league foe Thomas Perryman of Reardan in the consolation final. For more wrestling pictures, see Weekly Pages: Feb. 23. Dane Hall of Colfax and Travis Knauff of Garfield/Palouse each placed third in the state wrestling finals, the Mat Classic, at Tacoma Saturday. The two wrestlers were part of a five-member delegation...
Colfax boys came to the end of their hoop season Saturday in the last round of the NE district play at West Valley High School. The Bulldogs were downed by St. George's 62-49 in the game for the third and last NE ticket to the states's round of 16 finalists. Colfax went into the last-chance game after hammering Lind/Ritzville/Sprague 60-21 in the NE's Thursday elimination round. They dropped into the consolation bracket Feb. 15 after being hammered by Northwest Christian, the NE league's juggernaut, 65-44 in the semi-final round. The...
Colton sophomore Luke Vining drives in the district second-place game against Waitsburg. Dark bus rides on snowy roads define basketball season. But to board the bus again in lighter sky, a tinge of warmth in the air, is the sport's goal. The Colton boys got there, outlasting the rest of the Southeast 1B league last weekend to join Pomeroy as the two teams to advanced into spring and regionals – one last step to state. Spring has been good to the Wildcats in recent years, with state baseball c...
Colton’s Kendyl Druffel and Pomeroy’s Kacey Halbert, both seniors, in the thick of the district championship game. Colton’s Dakota Patchen rises for two last Friday in Colfax. Oakesdale’s Logan Reed looks to the basket against Pomeroy. For a moment, they sparked a thought. The Pomeroy girls, playing Colton in the district title game last Friday, were still tight with the eight-time defending 1B state champions at the end of the third quarter. Then came the idea – an inkling in some minds in...
Colfax’s Greta Geier goes up for a shot over Lydia Bergquist, left, and Claire Henning of St. George’s. Two big comeback wins in the last rounds of the NE district show at West Valley advanced the Colfax girls to the state playoffs which will have a revised format this year. Colfax finished among the top eight of 16 state qualifiers and will face Dayton Saturday in a regional game to determine where they will start in the state tournament next week in Spokane. Colfax made the cut Saturday in... Full story
A new website, snow make-up days and a baseball arrangement were discussed at the Colfax School Board meeting Monday night, Feb. 13. Superintendent Jerry Pugh opened the meeting with a demonstration of a newly re-designed district website, which he worked on with Tony Lewis, director of technology. “Very nice,” said Board President David Nails. “That was much needed.” Pugh then informed the board of a request from LaCrosse to allow its students to play baseball in Colfax. At least one boy has...
-Diane Nebel photo Brilliant rays of morning sunlight illuminate the waning winter, casting pastel hues on the snow and silhouetting the skeletons of hibernating trees....
The Widmans of Rosalia again brought in the first buttercup of the year to the Gazette Feb. 17. Tipped off by a neighbor the night before, Reed Widman, 9, and Sonia Widman, 6, went looking with Daxton Chappelle, 10. They each received $1 from Publisher Gordon Forgey. It was their ninth consecutive year claiming the prize....
The Town of Garfield’s restaurant space is drawing new interest with a movie production investing to improve it and a local man in discussions to use it to open a food operation. Since December, cast and crew for “The Last Champion,” a movie being filmed in and around Garfield and the Palouse, has used the space. Preparing for filming, the production installed new flooring, new formica on the counter, covering on booths and a new ceiling. As per the agreement, the estimated $20,000 in improvemen...
-R. Jones photo Colfax junior Dane Hall rolls to a 4-1 decision over Colby Hutchinson of Kalama in the first round of the state Mat Classic at Tacoma. Hall and Travis Knauff of Garfield/Palouse topped the local entry with third-place finishes at the Tacoma Dome.... Full story
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDWF) recently received a report of a possible wolf sighting in Endicott, but the department was unable to confirm the sighting. A report was received in January of two wolves being spotted in or near Endicott over the course of two days, with tracks observed and spotted in the snow. Madonna Luers, public information officer for the WDFW eastern region, told the Gazette the sighting was not able to be confirmed, though it is not impossible. “We’ve had legitimate wolf sightings in Whitman Cou... Full story
The Town of Rosalia had the lone failing levy proposal in the Feb. 14 special election, with election night returns showing the street fund levy at approximately 54 percent approval. The levy needed 60 percent to pass. Rosalia Mayor Nanette Konishi told the Gazette the town will plan to try again on its levy in November. “We knew going in that there was a chance it wouldn’t pass,” said Konishi. “It’s always difficult to run a levy in February because you don’t get the same turnout you would in the November election.” The town chose to run... Full story
Hoping to discuss the county's plan to address state audit findings and recommendations made by the Government Finance Officers Association, county commissioners Tuesday invited Auditor Eunice Coker to a meeting in their chambers. “We're trying to move the process forward with the GFOA recommendations, and there's some steps that need to be taken in order to get the system up and all the departments communicating,” said Commissioner Dean Kinzer. The commissioners last month made the invitation to Coker to meet with them Tuesday this week, and...
