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Palouse Public Works department has completed cleaning the sewer plant’s lift pump station and had to remove items which should have never been flushed down a toilet. The department notes only human waste and toilet paper should be flushed down toilets. Other items can cause extensive and costly demage....
A North Fork Palouse River information meeting will be hosted by Palouse Conservation District March 5 at 7 p.m. at the Palouse Community Center. Items on the agenda include water quality and the Department of Ecology’s role in it; input from stakeholders on Conservation District direction, its activities and 2012 projects; an update on Whitman County Agricultural Conservation Practices survey and how to obtain cost-sharing for conservation projects. Light refreshments will be provided. Landowners, livestock producers, local residents and a... Full story
THURSDAY A 9-year-old Bremerton boy appeared in court dressed in an orange prison jump suit after a gun he brought to school in his backpack went off and critically wounded an 8-year-old classmate. The boy was held on $50,000 bail on charges of third-degree assault, unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm on school grounds. The boy faces up to 30 days detention, a year of probation and 150 hours of community service for each count. U.S. Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, accused of the largest leak of classified...
Mary Skoglund of Moscow is the new dietitian for the Whitman County Health Department. She holds a degree in food nutrition from the University of Idaho. Skoglund began her post in January....
Survey results are in for the Uniontown-Colton community improvement effort. A total of 546 surveys were sent out by the Uniontown Community Development Association and 30 percent came back, according to WSU survey monitors. “We are so pleased we got so much response,” said Dale Miller, UCDA president. The rate of return puts the factor for confidence in the results at plus or minus five percent, Miller said. “It was quite encouraging, in my opinion,” said Colton Mayor Jerry Weber. “It rea... Full story
The 2012 edition of the Directory of Elected and Appointed Officials, compiled by The League of Women Voters of Pullman, has just been released. The brochure is distributed free to the public. It contains contact information for all city and county elected officials including appointed members of boards and commissions. Phone numbers, e-mail and mailing addresses are listed for elected representatives. Free copies of the directory can be found in Colfax at the Whitman County Commissioners’ Office, Auditor’s Office, Library and the Port of Whi...
Colfax Supt. Michael Morgan reported on plans for the two-month process to hire a new principal for Colfax High School at Monday night’s school board session. Resignation of Principal Gary Weitz, who has served the district since 2006, was accepted by the board at its previous meeting. He will depart at the end of the school year. Morgan and staff plan to have his replacement by July 1. The superintendent told the board that he is meeting with teachers and staff to gather input and aims to h...
Pullman Kiwanis Club and the Associated Students of WSU have each donated $600 for the purchase of a Fatal Vision “Beer Goggles” kit to use in community education program by the Pullman Police Department. The kit will be used to simulate impairment caused by blood alcohol content. It can simulate impairment at distinct levels. Pullman officers made approximately 135 presentations to students in 2010. Chief Gary Jenkins noted the goggles tool will help deliver a lesson to people of all ages about the misuse and abuse of alcohol and other dru... Full story
Pullman League of Women Voters will sponsor a panel on privatization of public services and governmental functions Monday, March 5, from 7 to 9 in the Hecht Room of Neill Public Library....
Economics of farming with direct seed systems will be the topic of the Colfax Palouse Direct Seeders’ last monthly breakfast meeting of the season next Thursday, March 8. Kate Painter, a Colfax farmer and University of Idaho economist, will present her recent research on the economics of direct seeding. Painter will also share a program which will allow farmers to crunch the numbers themselves. LaCrosse farmer Steve Camp will also speak to the group, sharing his direct seed experiences, especially in regards to how he uses it to plant o... Full story
Central County Thursday: Cloudy with snow showers. High of 37. Wind from the west up to 23 mph. Snow possible overnight. Low around 25. Friday: Mostly cloudy and windy with a high near 40. Clouds with a chance of snow overnight. Low around 32. Saturday: Cloudy with rain. High near 47. Rain, potentially freezing rain overnight. Low around 33. Sunday: Partly cloudy with a high near 48. Chance of rain overnight. Low around 32. Monday thru Wednesday: Rain in day, snow possible at night. Highs in 40s. Lows just below freezing....
Garfield and Palouse school boards at a joint meeting last Thursday, Feb. 23, approved continued consideration of combining fifth grades. Superintendents Bev Fox of Palouse and Zane Wells of Garfield will now seek teacher input on the proposal. A shared fifth-grade would expand the co-op between the two districts which now involves grades six through twelve. Both Fox and Wells said the fifth-grade could be combined by the 2012-13 school year although several factors have to be considered. Wells...
Rare for Republicans in Whitman County, the party’s caucus Saturday will be a part of the national presidential pre-season. “With the 2010 elections, things kind of made a bit of a turn,” said Sharon Hall of Pullman, chair of the county GOP. “Now, given where the presidential race is, Washington could be a state that makes a difference in the way this all shakes out.” Results from the Saturday caucus will not bind GOP delegates to candidates. The vote will, though, give candidates a sense of who is preferred by voters in Whitman County an...
Superior Court Judge David Frazier late Tuesday night gave Whitman County commissioners the authority to hire an outside attorney to represent the county in the injunction suit filed over the Hawkins shopping center. Tuesday’s ruling removes Frazier’s rejection of the lawyer proposal last week. In his reverse decision, Frazier said the question of Prosecutor Denis Tracy’s ability to objectively defend the county was a “complicated and reasonably debatable issue.” Commissioners also revised their proposed contract to hire Spokane Attorney...
Steptoe's Friendly Mart is the town's one-stop shop for coffee, smokes, beer, groceries and slices of beef jerky. Friday it will also become the town's Village Post Office. Now, the Friendly Mart will sell stamps and flat-rate packages in addition to renting out mailboxes. Post boxes were installed Tuesday, as was a mailbox on the Friendly Mart's front step. Postal officials will have a ceremony to christen the agency's new office at 10 a.m. Friday. Ed Patton who works at the Friendly Mart said Tuesday he was still unsure what the new duties...
