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Why Caucus? The campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have showcased ideas and policies which will shape the future, but it is at the precinct level where the ideas that you support begin their journey to the Democratic Party’s platform. Washington Democrats have 109 delegates to send to the National Convention. Those delegates will not only elect the nominee, they will be debating the plans and ideas of the two campaigns. Delegates are allotted according to the percentage of Bernie and Hillary supporters who attend. So, if you would... Full story
Donald Trump will never be mistaken for a cosmopolitan, but he will bring a distinctively European flavor to the 2016 presidential election, should he win the Republican nomination. As in continental Europe, the two parties in a Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton race would accept the basic parameters of the welfare state, and the debate about the size of government -- so central to American politics for decades -- would fade to the background. No matter how appalled the left may be by Trump, his prospective takeover of the GOP would be a watershed...
Sure, he may be a racist, a misogynist, a dangerous demagogue who unleashes the worst instincts of scared, ignorant bigots, but there is one fact about him that suggests Donald Trump is not all bad: He has terrified his party's establishment. That is a good thing. These are the Republican muckety-mucks who for generations have been the paid protectors of their super-wealthy patrons, oftentimes resorting to a camouflaged version of the same ugliness. The difference is they've relied on polite code to exploit the intolerance. President Barack Oba...
Once again Colton girls took the state championship in 1B basketball. This is the school's eighth straight championship. The girls have not been unbeatable, but they have been unstoppable. In fact, they have lost one game in three years. “Unstoppable” is one word to describe the dynasty. Another is “dominant.” Remember, this is high school. Every year students graduate and others come in as freshmen. The team is not the same as the one which started the championship streak eight years ago. Each year the Colton team had a different makeup.... Full story
These reports are from the previous four issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated. The present passing lane located south of the Trestle Creek Road intersection would be extended under the state plan for added passing lanes on Highway 195. A new northbound passing lane has been proposed on the other side of the highway in this general location. See full story below. CITY... Full story
Colfax Bulldogs again ended the state tournament with a sixth place finish. In front, from the left, are coach Corey Baerlocher and the team’s five seniors, Ashtyn Aune, Katelyn Scholz, Kylie Gronning, Olivia Mellor and Sidney Sheer. In back are Alexie Smith, Abbie Miller, Taylor Garcia, Carmen Gfeller, Greta Geier, Faith Markley, Piper Cai and assistant coaches Emily Dawson and Jordan Holmes. Assistant coach Joel Warwick is in back at left. Four Bulldogs seek a part of the action in a tussle fo...
Vikings senior Matt Holbrook is interviewed by KHQ television, surrounded by his teammates and coach Steve Swinney, at right, after Gar/Pal’s win over Seattle Lutheran Saturday at Spokane Arena. The team gathers before the fourth-place trophy presentation. Gar/Pal’s finish is the first state placing in seven years. The Gar/Pal boys suited up in Spokane and shed a cloak of disappointment. Making state after two years of heartbreak short of the goal, the 2015-16 team brings back the fourth-place 1...
Colton players walk toward the gold-ball presentation just after beating Republic in the 1B championship in Spokane. Zoe Moser eyes an opening to the basket for two of her 24 points against Republic in the state championship game. As an eighth-grade team manager at the state tournament, Zoe Moser inadvertently tossed a ball into an air duct and it disappeared. It proved like a coin in a slot, and Spokane Arena returned her four gold balls. The senior guard led her team to their eighth-straight 1...
Two Burlington, Wash., residents were arrested in Palouse Sunday night with one of them subsequently listed as a suspect in a counterfeit case. According to the arrest report filed by Palouse Officer Joe Handley, a car driven by Skyeler Nelson, 23, was stopped on Main Street for suspected drunken driving. A search of the vehicle turned up evidence of drug use, and 25 $100 bills inside a Gideon bible behind the driver's seat. An Epson three-in-one printer was seized from the trunk, along with a $100 bill alleged to be the original which was... Full story
Hearings are set for March 21 at 10 a.m. in the county commissioners chambers for four proposed cluster residential re-zones near Pullman. The potential change comes as a result of the county's tax sharing agreement with Pullman, which set a deadline of Dec. 31 of last year for cluster re-zoning – which allows landowners to develop land for houses. The new tax sharing plan permits no further clustering. The areas in question are all in an agriculture district around Pullman within a half-mile o...
A new business sign was installed at Sol Vallarta Tuesday morning and afternoon. The old sign, which had been at the business for 23 years, was taken down and apart before being hauled away. The $7,000 bill for the sign was paid for by Pepsi, and the Pepsi logo takes up about a third of the new signage above the business logo. The new sign is also smaller. Juan Rodriguez, manager at Sol Vallarta, said this sign is about half the size of the original....
The Port of Whitman County March 3 approved additional work and changes at Boyer Park and Marina, where construction has been underway to add new RV spaces and install four cabins in the campgrounds. Port staffer Kara Riebold informed the commissioners of needed additions to the RV expansion portion of the project, which amounts to an additional $44,605 to the project cost. The Port Jan. 7 previously approved an earlier change order to the project, which involved changing the original engineer design. Those changes included paving a gravel road... Full story
Last week, WSU asked its students, alumni and supporters to donate for the annual Cougs Give Day which raises money to support the students, research and service mission of WSU. This year potential donors were urged to "take the leap" and donate, playing off of Feb. 29 Leap Day. The school also chose to mark the annual fundraiser on Leap Day in honor on the late WSU President Elson S. Floyd, who died last June after a battle with colon cancer. President Floyd's birthday was Feb 29. During the two-day fundraiser, the school raised $416,602...
aFirst row: Macy Bishop, Clare Jacobs, Nicole Coyle. Second row: Darshil Shah, Tanmay Garg, Micah Brewer, Callum McCubbin, Spencer Hatch, Riley Kopp, Tristan Call, Sara Moore, McKenzie Peringer, Aaron Johnson, Francis O’Toole, Josh Heithe. Third row: Connor Johnson, Steve Warnecke, Aaron Su, Mike Milano, Keith Stormo, Ben Herrmann, Cameron Dearien, Logan Gorence, Jason Dearien. Fourth row: Bill Herrmann, Kenji Yamamoto, Alan Love. The 4-H Palouse Area Robotics Team completed their first c...
Front row left-right: Mark Sawyer (Mentor), Ben Schaffer, Tyson White, Levi Teare, Cortney Finch, Kristian Gibler, Kate Wilson. Back row: left-right: Mikel Nisse (Mentor), Seth Thompson, Logan Estes, Willy Treese, Dave Tharp (Mentor), Matthew Anderson, Kris Gibler (Mentor). The new Garfield/Palouse High School robotics team took second place in their first competition. The new “Vikotics” team, formed this year by new Gar/Pal teacher Mark Sawyer, competed at a Pacific Northwest District West Val...
A finding on the death of Pamela Moulton, Deary, Idaho resident, who died last Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, while working at Holiday Inn Express in Pullman, was issued late March 2 by County Coroner Pete Martin. He said Moulton died from a spontaneous rupture of a berry aneurysm with severe bleeding of the brain. The manner of death was determined to be natural. She was 56....
The body of Joshua Timmermans, 32, Endicott, was found at about 9 a.m. Tuesday submerged in a creek about 500 yards from a 1981 Datsun pickup which was found at a crash scene reported Monday night on the Endicott Road about three miles west of Diamond. Deputies who responded to the crash were unable to find the driver of the pickup in a night search in which they used night vision and an infrared device to scan the area. The search was resumed Tuesday morning in daylight after deputies identified Timmermans to be the driver of the truck and... Full story
Anyone looking to get some extra sleep this weekend may want to go to bed earlier than normal Saturday night. Clocks “spring forward” at 2 a.m. Sunday, meaning the hour jumps immediately to 3 a.m. and an hour of sleep is lost. Smartphones and computers are likely to automatically note the change, but other clocks will need to be set forward manually. The shift in the clocks will add an hour of daylight to the evening. Daylight Saving Time will end Nov. 6. First proposed in 1784 by Benjamin Franklin, Daylight Saving Time was not used until Wor...
It may not be Taco Tuesday, but Taco Trauma is hitting St. John Friday. The 27th annual Taco Trauma event will be at the St. John Community Building tomorrow, March 11, and promises good food, live music, more good food and a beer and margarita garden. The Taco Trauma fundraiser was started in 1989 by the St. John Community Club and has been a staple ever since. The funds raised will benefit improvements to the St. John Community Building, fairgrounds and barns. The fun is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., with families welcome from 6-9 p.m. After... Full story
An Albion resident is raising funds for the food pantry there, with the hope that the pantry can be better stocked to fit overall dietary needs. Ashley Tetzlaff, who moved with her husband and two daughters from Pullman to Albion two months ago, used money from her own pocket last month to help bring more of a variety of foods to the pantry for the families and individuals served. “My husband and I made a commitment when we were first married to set aside a certain amount of money each month to give away,” she said. “I actually used two months... Full story
Skate park helpers, from left, Parker Wilson, Matt Hardin, Dan Prasil and Nick Stack. All are skateboarders from the surrounding area. The Palouse skate park has received a $15,000 Tony Hawk Foundation grant, which will go to concrete and other construction costs in the project’s home stretch. Organizers applied for the grant in January. It will put the Tony Kettel Skate Gardens effort to within $6,000 of the final funding to complete the work. “This gift is a major boost to our project fun... Full story
Keely Campbell and Bryce Ryen stand in the hole between the Rosalia country store and Campbell’s restaurant. Campbell’s handwritten chalk menu takes up much of the space on one of the walls. Rosalia’s newest business and restaurant had such a successful March 1 opening night that proprietor Keely Campbell had to add an additional oven to meet the demand the next day. “It was insane,” Campbell said. “I had 40 to 50 people in the door at 5 p.m. The wait was long.” Campbell opened the doors to... Full story
The eighth time was another charm for the Colton girls as they beat Republic 54-40 Saturday for their record eighth-consecutive 1B state championship. From left, Abby Kelly, Brooke Kimberling, Jordyn Moehrle, Dakota Patchen, MaryAnn Jacobs, Rachel Meyer, Zoe Moser, Meghan Devorak, Kendyl Druffel and coach Clark Vining.... Full story
