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OAKESDALE — After the Oakesdale Nighthawks won the girls state championship in volleyball during this past fall sports season, many of the girls on that team are hungry for another state championship, this time on the hardwood. The Nighthawks entered the basketball tournament as the number six overall seed, however, they faced a strong opponent in their opening round match. Oakesdale faced the number three seed Waterville-Mansfield, who took down Oakesdale, 56-33. The game was played on Saturday, Feb. 24, in Wenatchee. “Waterville was tou...
OAKESDALE - At the conclusion of the district playoffs, the Oakesdale Nighthawks took their second-place district finish to the 1B WIAA State basketball tournament. Oakesdale entered the state tournament as the number 12 overall seed. The Nighthawks played a loser-out match on Friday, Feb. 23, in Central Valley. The game was played against the 13 overall seed, Sound Christian Academy. Oakesdale were the only Whitman County 1B team to qualify for the boys state tournament. Against Sound...
TEKOA - Before the 1B state tournament opening rounds took place, the 1B All-League teams were announced just before the district championship games in Dayton. On the girls side, 11 players from three teams were recognized, as well as the Oakesdale head coach, Heidi Perry, receiving Coach Of The Year honors. For the Oakesdale girls, seniors Payton Davis and Samantha Holling, junior Lucy Hockett, sophomore Bradyn Henley and freshman Grace Perry were recognized. For the Garfield-Palouse Vikings,...
COLTON — Weekly gun club results are as follows: Colton: 16-yard shooters: Aspen Vandevender, 25. Cecil Boles, 25. Jon Dahmen, 25. Brien Deatley, 25. Sean Lewis, 25. Bill Macklet, 25. Guy Olson, 25. Terry Roberts, 25. Daren Steele, 25. Brandon Vandevender, 25. Cole Zacha, 25. Women 16-yard shooters: Aspen Vandevender, 25. Jann Morbeck, 23. Stacy Harmon, 21. Junior 16-yard shooter: Wade Moser, 20. Jack Reisenauer, 15. Chase Sanderson, 15. Dusty: Division III: Mark Walker, 24. Stetson Steiger, 24. Colton Therian, 23. Tyler Wuestney, 23. Women: A...
PALOUSE — Entering the WIAA 1B basketball state tournament as the number 12 overall seed, the Garfield-Palouse Vikings girls basketball team knocked off the number 13 overall seed, Pateros, to advance to the round of 12. The game was played on Saturday, Feb. 14, and took place in Cheney. Garfield-Palouse scored 11 points in both the first and second quarters, then exploded for 30 second-half points to secure the 52-36 victory. After the first, the Vikings held a one-point lead as they held Pateros to 10 points. During the second quarter, the Vi...
COLFAX - Defending state champions, the Colfax Bulldogs girls basketball team look to retain their title in the 2024 2B state championship tournament. The girls took on fifth seed Rainier on Friday, Feb. 23, in West Valley. As the fourth overall seed, the Bulldogs took care of business, defeating Rainier 57-32 to advance automatically to the quarterfinal round. Colfax opened the game with a 16-15 first quarter advantage. Rainier's Angelica Askey scored 11 first quarter points, including three...
COLFAX - Convicted child rapist and former Tekoa resident Carl Shelton, 23, wanted on a nationwide warrant out of Whitman County, turned himself into the Sheriff's Office on Friday afternoon, Feb. 26. Shelton failed to appear in court for a probation violation hearing, resulting in a nationwide warrant for his arrest issued by Superior Court Judge Gary Libey. Shelton pled guilty to second-degree child rape for assaulting a girl in Tekoa in 2020. He was sentenced by Libey to six months in jail...
COLFAX — The City of Colfax Public Works department received a $5,105,525 loan for 20, years for water at a 1.38% interest rate. Colfax Public Works Director Matt Hammer told City Council members in the Tuesday, Feb. 20 council meeting that the council had approved their application for a $6 million loan, which they ended up getting the $5 million instead. Hammer told council members they also received $900,000 in grants. “That’s going to go towards some of the booster station rehabilitation,” Hammer told the Gazette Thursday, Feb. 22, adding...
COLFAX — The Colfax City Council met for their second meeting of the month on Tuesday, Feb. 20, to rescind Ordinance 24-04, vacate Alley Lower and Upper A Street, and address the Building Code Updates. In new business, Mayor Jim Retzer opened rescinding Ordinance 24-04 to vacate Alley Lower and Upper A Street. Council members discussed that the property owners did not want to move forward with it due to having to provide a new legal description with the vacated portions, so the formality to repeal the ordinance had to be addressed in the c...
COLFAX — The City of Colfax City Council passed their water goal 13.26.010 in a public hearing held Monday, Feb. 5, to improve and upgrade the water system and reduce parks and government irrigation by the year 2026. Colfax Public Works Director Matt Hammer said the goals are achievable just with participation from the residents of Colfax. “The biggest impact will come to parks,” he said. The goal is to continue improving and upgrading the water system to achieve 10% or less Distribution System Leakage (DSL) and reduce customer usage durin...
COLFAX — With the Presidential Primary approaching on Tuesday, Mar. 12, Whitman County Auditor Sandy Jamison reminds voters that on this election’s ballot, they have to declare a party affiliation of either Republican or Democrat, or their vote will not be counted in the primary election. Jamison said every registered voter will receive a ballot for the Presidential Primary that happens every four years, in the year that a president will be elected, with the Washington presidential primary taking place in March. “The only purpose of this ballo...
As the Trump campaign actively courts deep-pocketed donors, it's worth looking at which groups and industries have donated most heavily to him during the current election cycle. Stacker examined Federal Election Commission data compiled by OpenSecrets to find the 19 industries that contributed the most to Trump's 2024 campaign committee, as well as any super PACs or hybrid PACs working on his behalf, as of Feb. 2. The list is ranked based on the portion of that industry's presidential donations...
TEKOA - The effort to bring candidates for public office to town to interact with area voters and present their platforms has landed a gubernatorial candidate. The Tekoa Events Center on Crosby Street will host a meet-and-greet for former Congressman Dave Reichert, R-Auburn, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 6. Food and beverages will be available from C&Ds Tekoa Bar and Grill. Following the relaxed event, the 73-year-old Reichert will head down the street to Empire Theater, 126 S. Crosby St., to...
COLFAX - Clarkston's removal of a homeless camp is pushing some indigent residents into Whitman County. During the Tuesday, Feb. 20, Colfax City Council meeting, Councilwoman Crystn Guenthner asked officer Perry Tate, during the Police Department report, about a man she had seen sleeping along Main Street. Guenthner raised concerns about whether the city would see more homeless people due to the recent removal 306 Fifth St. camp in Clarkston. She isn't the only one raising questions. Whitman...
SPOKANE VALLEY – The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office deputy who roughed up a Colfax man on Aug. 14, 2023, may be charged in the case. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, the Spokane Police Department determined there is probable cause to charge Sgt. Clay V. Hilton with second-degree assault. “The case has been forwarded to the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office for review,” Spokane County Sheriff John F. Nowels said in a press release following the conclusion of the independent police investigation. Hilton is accused of beating Kevin Hinton, 62, of Colfax...
COLFAX — Simeon Lippert, 33, of Missoula Mont., and Cynthia Dvorak, 56, of Colfax, were arrested Friday, Feb. 23, on several allegations, including 1st-degree burglary and possession of methamphetamine. According to a probable cause report by Whitman County Sheriff Deputy Cory Alcantar, at approximately 5:36 p.m., deputies got a report of trespassing at 801 Garfield-Farmington Road. According to reports, the property owner, Justine Germen, reported a tall, slender male wearing a baseball cap with a cross-body satchel, later confirmed to be Lipp...
Since the public launch of Open AI's ChatGPT in November 2022, artificial intelligence tools have become widely used by the general public. But one group was particularly quick to embrace the burgeoning technology: teenagers. According to a December 2023 report by ACT Inc., the creator and administrator of the standardized test for college-bound students, nearly half of the surveyed high school students (46%) reported using AI tools, especially ChatGPT, to help them with their studies. These...
Annette Louise Clausen, 98, of Tekoa, Wash., passed away in her home on the evening of March 2, 2024. Annette was born on November 28, 1925, in Madera Col., Calif., to George Joseph and Alice Lena Waddell. The family moved to Idaho when Annette was a young child. She spent the remainder of her childhood in the Potlatch area where she worked on the family farm alongside her cousins. Annette graduated from Potlatch High School and went on to study education at The Normal School in Lewiston,... Full story
