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Serving Whitman County since 1877
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COLFAX — On Friday, March 1, more than two dozen lakes in Eastern Washington opened for trout fishing. The lakes in Whitman County currently open for trout fishing are: Pampa Pond: Located on State Highway 26 near LaCrosse. Rock Lake: Open year round in Whitman County. Trout fishing information can be found by going to the WDFW’s website. To fish in Washington, “anglers” must have a valid fishing license. Such licenses can be purchased online, or at various license dealers across Washington. There are six license dealers in Whitman County,...
COLFAX - The reigning 2B state championship girls basketball team, the Colfax Bulldogs, saw their title defense end with two-straight losses in the 2023-24 state championship tournament. With the exit, the Bulldogs failed to claim hardware from this season's tournament, however, the team is hungry for next season. "We are definitely disappointed in how our season ended, but do not want to lose sight of the accomplishments of our team. It would have been easy for our girl's to lose faith when we...
OAKESDALE - After entering the 1B WIAA State Tournament as the number 12 overall seed, the Oakesdale Nighthawks boys team season came to an end in the round of 12. The round of 12 game was played on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the Spokane Arena against the number five seeded Neah Bay Red Devils. To get to the game against Neah Bay, Oakesdale took on Sound Christian Academy on Friday, Feb, 23, in Central Valley. Oakesdale handled Sound Christian Academy, earning the 56-44 victory to set them up in a...
OAKESDALE - The Oakesdake Nighthawks girls High School student-athletes are bringing home more hardware for the 2023-24 sports year. In the fall, the girls took home the state championship trophy in volleyball, their third-straight. This winter season, the Nighthawk girls brought home a fourth-place trophy in basketball. The first time most of this group stepped on the court together was July 2023 at the Gonzaga Team Camp. The last time Payton played was five games during the 2021 Covid...
COLFAX - For the second straight season, a basketball program in Colfax have taken home the 2B WIAA state championship trophy. Last season was the Colfax Bulldog girls team with a perfect 28-0 season with a state championship. This time around, the boys team went 29-0, capping off their season with a dominant 65-52 victory over Columbia (Burbank) in the state title game. With the undefeated season, the Bulldogs were one of two teams in the state of Washington, regardless of classification, to...
PALOUSE - As the 12th overall seed in the 1B WIAA girls basketball tournament, the Garfield-Palouse Vikings girls basketball team played three games in three days, falling one game short of earning a trophy, however, the team exceeded expectations. The first game for the Vikings in the Spokane Arena was played on Wednesday, Feb. 28, against the number five overall seeded Almira-Coulee/Hartline Warriors. The Vikings won the first and fourth quarters, and lost the second and third quarters. The...
COLFAX —The Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinic (WHMC) Board of Commissioners held a Special Meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 7, to hear further public comment on the decision to close the hospital's obstetrics services, which was made at the Wednesday, Feb. 21 commissioner meeting. Several community members gathered in the Colfax Library Center to hear, and those registered to speak stated their thoughts in three minutes. WHMC Board of Commissioners President Georgie Leinweber started the meeting by reiterating that the purpose of t...
