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REAL ESTATE Claude Lisenbee, Spanaway, as to an undivided interest in a separate estate, to S & S Farms, Thornton, land parcels east of Thornton, $118,025, Feb. 12. Douglas and Suzanne Schuster, St. John, to Charles Voiselle, house on S. Main Street, St. John, $40,000, Feb. 12. Iris Holway, Palouse, to Kenneth and Rochelle Pederesen. Palouse, house on 9th Street, Palouse, $123,000, Feb. 12. Wallace Trust to Tony Hopkins, quit claim on house on E. Front Street, Albion, $5,000, Feb. 12. Sarah Jo McIntyre, Marshall, to Emily Niehuis, Pullman 1995...
Do good military commanders make good education leaders? That is a question which Montana’s Higher Education Commission will answer in the coming years. However, if the new University of Montana president follows the pattern set by former Seattle Public School Superintendent John Stanford and Clark College President Bob Knight, the answer will be a resounding yes. Seth Bodnar, 38, is the youngest UM president since World War II. He started in January. He doesn’t have the coveted title “Ph.D.” His key academic credentials include Rhodes and Tru...
Appreciations On behalf of all of us at Whitman County Library, I want to express our sincere appreciation to local voters for restoring the library’s tax levy rate. I also want to thank the many businesses and individuals who’ve donated and volunteered over the years. We are honored to serve you from 14 countywide locations, online and through outreach programming, but it definitely wouldn’t be possible without generous supporters like you. Thank you for helping WCL make a positive difference in our communities and in the lives of the peopl...
The Pentagon has confirmed that it is in the preliminary stages of planning a military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue -- one of President Donald Trump's fondest desires. Trump was, understandably, impressed in a visit to France last July by the pageantry of the Bastille Day parade. The parade dates back to the 1880s. Nothing the United States comes up with will match its resonance or its beloved, unifying nature. Trump's motivation for ordering up a parade anyway is pretty obvious. He likes big, brassy displays, and he gets a kick out of...
There are so many problems in making a charge of sexual misbehavior and even more starkly when it comes to accusations of domestic abuse. Not the least of this is when Person No. 1 (usually a woman) points the finger at Person No. 2 (usually a man). When the man denies the allegations, we often are left with uncertainty over which one to believe. That's exactly what the administration faced with two key people on the president's staff -- Rob Porter, the man who handled all the presidential paperwork and the most-classified material, along with...
Since when has mass murder been a political issue? Last week, 17 students and staff were gunned down in a Florida high school. Others were wounded. The shooter was an expelled student with a long history of troubled behavior. Apparently, the FBI was warned about him. Local social services and local law enforcement knew of him because of multiple contacts. Despite this, he was able to purchase a semi-automatic assault-style rifle and carry out his killing spree. Since that horrific day, a cry has gone out that this should never happen again in...
Gar/Pal senior Payson Griner stands up Oakesdale’s Lizzy Perry in a game that went to the last possession. Gar/Pal sophomore forward Blake Jones takes the ball up against Pomeroy. Colton junior Reece Chadwick drives the lane against Garfield/Palouse. Gar/Pal junior forward Caden Sanderson leaves the floor with his team, nose bloody, after the win over Colton. Colton coach Clark Vining gathers his team before tip-off of the championship game against Pomeroy. Oakesdale junior Logan Reed scores a...
Caleb Berquist, who had the final go-ahead shot for Colfax against Northwest Christian, drives for paint against Tanner Abbott in the second half of the boys’ game against the Gorillas. Piper Cai goes up for a shot over Davenport’s Sydney Zeiler. Shyah Antoine tries to get the handle on a rebound. Carmen Gfeller went the full length of the court on a steal for one of the highlights in the Bulldogs’ 13-0 run at the start of the girls game against the Gorillas. Lainy Jacobsen is left for the G...
The Colton girls took their 11th consecutive District Nine championship in Walla Walla last Friday with a 45-33 win over Pomeroy, who had played tight with them in the regular season. Colton took a steady, early lead as the game started, and kept it while the Pirates’ boys team sat in the bleachers holding giant cardboard faces of the girls. The cardboard remained at their knees, though, as Colton’s Dakota Patchen drove to the basket to make it 20-6 Wildcats with 1:30 left in the second qua...
Colfax boys Saturday at West Valley kept in the hunt for state action with a 61-52 win over Davenport to capture the NE league’s consolation bracket and the third ticket to state action. The Bulldogs are now in the state’s round of 16 teams which will be pared down to eight teams for the final three days of state action next week at the Spokane Arena. Colfax is booked to play Crosspoint Academy of Bremerton Saturday at Pullman High School. The 6 p.m. game is among a series of playoff rounds which will be hosted at Pullman. Crosspoint will arr...
Augie Allenbach pins Tucker Duranleau on his way to third at the state Mat Classic. Colfax wrestlers Saturday finished fifth among 37 B and 2B finishers at the state Mat Classic in the Tacoma Dome. The seven Bulldogs finished with 76 points behind the impressive 286.5 points stacked up by Tonasket. Reardan, the regional winner last week, placed second with 167.5 points. Coach Dennis Gransbery noted the local contingent actually could have scored in third place if the points scored by Caden Noha...
How many times did Parker Druffel and Reece Chadwick block Ely Hawkins’ shots? Two less than needed for Colton Saturday afternoon, Feb. 17, as Hawkins hit a late three-pointer and an inside bank shot to secure a tight game in Walla Walla with both teams’ seasons on the line. “There were a lot of nervous moments Saturday,” said Gar/Pal coach Steve Swinney of the final game of the District Nine tournament. The Vikings won 64-56, sending them to regionals. Blake Jones scored 18 points with 10 rebou...
Above: Colfax senior Abbie Miller drives the baseline against Davenport's Janaye Wilkie. Below: Bulldog girls leap off the bench after the final buzzer seals their win Saturday. Colfax girls detonated for a 13-0 lead Saturday against Davenport and held on through a dramatic finish to win the NE championship game at West Valley. The girls finish with a 58-54 win to finish a 3-0 run in the NE and take home the NE trophy. Despite winning the NE title, the Bulldog girls landed in the number-five...
Navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers will be closed down in March for annual maintenance and repairs. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct routine annual inspections, preventative maintenance and repairs at all navigation locks in the system during March....
Avista urges customers to be alert for anyone pretending to be from Avista. Be aware of anyone who shows up unexpectedly at your home asking for inside access or uses high pressure tactics to demand immediate payment to avoid having your service disconnected. Avista employees and contractors all carry an Avista photo ID badge. Avista employees and contractors typically do not need access to the inside of a home unless the occupant contacted Avista directly about a specific problem. Customers with a past due account receive an advance...
The town of Garfield is moving ahead with a plan to build a solar farm to power one of two town water pumps in a proposed loan and construction package set up by Apollo Solutions of Kennewick, Wash. Similar to a deal the company put together for Palouse to build a solar array in 2016 to power one of its pumps, Apollo is looking to finalize a grant application with which they aim to receive $525,000 from a private firm on the west side of the state. Ulimately the Garfield proposal would involve...
Pullman Police Department, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will host a one-day workshop to enhance preparedness against active shooter incidents. The sessions will be March 14 at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Faraday Hall, 1825 Schweitzer Drive, Pullman. Subjects will include developing an emergency action plan with guidance from expert instructors; identifying strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in physical security and planning; learning how to prevent active shooter incidents by recognizing...
Planning for port properties Left to right: Port commissioners Kristine Meyer, Tom Kammerzell and John Love listen as Daniel Iacofano, Dan Amsden and Alisa Pyszka present their vision for the future. Port of Whitman Commissioners sat through two presentations Friday as the beginning of a planning process for port property north of Pullman. “I’m excited for what it could mean eventually,” said Kristine Meyer, port commissioner, during the presentations. The port is trying to determine what to do...
At left: Judge Gary Libey administers the oath of office to Annie Pillers in the county commissioners chambers Tuesday. Pillers will take over as county coroner March 1 at 12:01 a.m., succeeding Pete Martin, who held the job for 37 years. Above: Commissioners present Pillers with a certificate. “I expect you to serve longer than our former coroner,”Commissioner Michael Largent said. “Now we’ve got somebody that actually knows how to do a budget....
Gene Webb with a pair of his blonde Belgiums is part of a new display at St. John Heritage Museum which pays tribute to “people we don’t want to forget” according to Lydia Smith, museum board member. The new wall of the museum will periodically change displays to honor different people who have made in impact on St. John. The first of a new series of displays is up at St. John Heritage Museum. The museum added a wall earlier this month honoring “people we don’t want to forget,” according t...
Whitman County Elections staff counted 1,780 ballots Friday, bringing the voter turnout to 35.43 percent. An additional 200 ballots remain to be to counted, included ones to be reviewed by the canvas board before certification Feb. 23. Approval rating went up for the City of Pullman’s two bonds and all propositions for Colfax, Garfield, Colton and St. John school districts. The lone measure to fail in the first count still lacked the votes to pass. Rosalia’s streets levy for $95,000 gained 14 yes votes, but was countered by 13 nos, keeping it...
Plans move ahead at the Colfax School District this week after the $18.9 million facilities bond that garnered 73 percent voter approval. The high margin was noted by many supporters, including a building committee which worked for 13 months preparing the measure. “To receive such public approval on such an important issue for us, we’re just thrilled,” said Superintendent Jerry Pugh. A meeting Friday, Feb. 23, at Pugh’s office will include district consultant Dax Logsdon and architect Ned War...
Oakesdale senior Emma Perry shoots against Garfield/Palouse in a win over the Vikings in the 1B District Nine tournament Feb. 17 in Walla Walla. Colton won the tournament to advance to regionals this weekend as a state no. 1 seed....
A CAMP process meeting put on by the State Parks’ will be held in Colfax Monday, Feb. 26, from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. at the Whitman County Library’s main branch as part of the second phase of a public planning process for Steptoe Butte. State Parks is considering buying land on the butte from private individuals to maintain as a park and public area. Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission staff will host two Whitman County workshops next week in a second phase of a public planning pro...
