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The city of Tekoa will host an Association of Washington Cities (AWC) elected officials training session March 26 at 7 p.m. in city hall. Officials from all county towns are invited to the progam which will be presented by Roger Neal, AWC risk management specialist. The session will be about how to minimize risks to a city by improving safety and reducing liability. “They’re going to let us know things we should do, or things we shouldn’t do,” said Tekoa Mayor John Jaeger....
Vacations of a short seasonal road south of Colfax and two road segments at Tilma east of Tekoa were approved March 4 by the county commissioners. The Cocking-Snyder Road is a short segment which intersects with the Parvin Road about a half mile east of Highway 195. The road at one time served a homestead in the area. Length of the road was .17 of a mile. Also approved for vacation were segments of the North Hangman Road and the Stateline Road at Tilma. The Hangman Road segment was a short link between Highway 274 and the Old Catholic Cemetery...
A call for "all available officers" went out at 4:47 p.m. Monday from the Whitman County jail after an inmate allegedly assaulted an officer during meal service. Inmate Kerry E. Morrison, 26, was later arrested on a charge of custodial assault of a jailer by Deputy James Pellissier. According to the report, Officer Brett Keller and Jail Commander Scotty Anderson were serving dinner to inmates in the jail's orange section when Morrison stood up and hit Keller in the face. Keller was in the process of pouring juice for the inmates' dinner. The...
A pickup pulls away from the Steptoe Friendly Mart Monday afternoon after the driver was unsuccessful in an attempt to purchase gas. The owners of the mini mart stopped purchasing gas some time ago, but will begin stocking gas in the near future. Steptoe Friendly Mart doesn’t have gasoline to sell at present, and its grocery shelves are a bit bare, but the owners say that will change. An employee at the mini-mart said the owner stopped purchasing gas. The worker also said the store still has the same groceries, but has cut down on some b...
Thia Anderson and her coyote catch. Anderson’s hunt will be showcased on Queens of Camo. She shot her first deer while pregnant with her first child. Thia Anderson, a Palouse hunteress, was chosen in February as one of four women for the production of “Queens of Camo.” Cameras follow these women on their outings. The show can be seen on the internet at huntit.tv and is being pitched by producers to appear on The Pursuit Channel and a new network beginning in June called the Hunt Channel. Anderson moved to Palouse three years ago after spend...
Margo Balzarini of Colfax and Patricia Arnold of Thornton opened Palouse River Quilts Monday on Main Street in Colfax. Their store is the fourth fabric business to operate at the site. They have spent the past two months painting and making other preparations for opening the business. The store will operate Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. They will offer fabrics, patterns, thread and other supplies for quilting and embroidery. They also plan to offer class sessions and allow quilters to wrap up unf... Full story
County public works officials and the contractor for the Airport Road project checked out the site last week to get some idea when work will start up again. Public Works Director Mark Storey said the project needs more time to dry out before work can resume. Storey said the site probably needs two to three weeks to dry out. He added they found some signs of motorists who had attempted to get through the blocked off road segments and left mud pits. The project was shut down late last fall because of winter conditions and interference from driver...
Whitman County teams competed at the Ellensburg State Robotics Competition Feb. 23 and the three county rookie F.I.R.S.T. Lego League teams all were rewarded. Each of the teams of fourth through eighth-graders qualified to go to Ellensburg by placing in the top seven at an event in Cheney in January. The theme for this year’s competitions was “Senior Solutions,” which refers to using robot technology to aid senior citizens. At the Ellensburg state competition, the Colfax-based 4H Palouse Area Robotics Team (PART), named “ROBOTS,” received...
An eagle keeps a watchful eye on its nest along the North Palouse River. Whether it’s sitting on eggs or just taking a rest is anybody’s guess. At least one American bald eagle has settled in a nest along the North Fork of the Palouse River in the Glenwood area. According to the Bald Eagle Institute, the American Bald Eagle is the only eagle unique to North America. The bird of prey builds the largest nest of any North American bird and the largest tree nests ever recorded for any animal species, up to 13 feet deep, eight feet wide and wei...
A $250,000 capital levy for security improvements for the Colfax School District buildings has been submitted and certified for election. The Whitman County Auditor’s election office will send out ballots two weeks before the April 23 voting day. Michael Morgan, Superintendent for the Colfax School District, said Monday night that the project’s architect, Laurence Rose of Design West in Pullman, will appear at a community presentation regarding the levy in the coming weeks. The levy’s proposals include an electronic door-lock system, a re-de...
The sheriff's office has issued a missing person report for Donavin D. Stapert, 17. The youth was last seen in Malden March 7 at 2:20 a.m. He reportedly made a comment that he intended to catch a bus back to Oregon. Deputies believe he could be in Spokane or Grants Pass, Ore. Stapert is 5-4 and weighs 140 pounds. He was wearing a hooded sweatshirt with blue jeans with a hole in the left knee and blue Nike shoes with white soles. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact Sgt. Dan Brown or Sgt. Chris Chapman at the sheriff's...
The family and the business, from left to right, Russell Terry, Cliff Melton, Tonya Melton, Richard Terry and Lucy Terry stand in front of the shop building. It once was used to store city equipment. Now it’s housing economic development. That is the goal of a Tekoa business incubator program which has a new, prospering tenant in the old city shop building. Melton Metal Fabricating and Precision Millwrights, LLC, moved in on North Crosby Street after its founding Jan. 1, 2012. Cliff Melton is a... Full story
St. John Post Office In spite of letter campaigns and an overflowing public meeting, the St. John Post Office’s hours are reduced from eight to six hours daily and veteran postmaster, Bill Corder, is now working at the LaCrosse Post Office. Corder, who was St. John postmaster for almost 20 years, transferred to LaCrosse because his position in St. John was reduced to six hours a day. Linda Whitman of Benge, who formally held the LaCrosse job, now works the six-hour stint in St. John. She said she waves to Corder as he commutes south to L...
From Hilty Road one clear evening last week, Steptoe Butte was shining among the hills of the Palouse. The evening was so clear, the wind turbines near Oakesdale also could be seen to the left of the butte....
NOTICE OF A MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (M-DNS) AND A CONDITIONAL USE HEARING The Whitman County Planning Office issued a Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance (M-DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following project: Whitman County Public Works proposes several improvements to their solid waste facility involving construction of a new waste transfer building, construction of new site access roads, improvements to existing roads, paving and drainage improvements to the wood waste... Full story
