Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Sorted by date Results 26 - 41 of 41
COLFAX – Local business owners can direct taxes back into the community under the Washington Main Street program. Washington businesses can direct their B&O or PU taxes to the Colfax Downtown Association instead of paying taxes and letting the government allocate the funding, local officials said. Businesses get a 75% contribution credit to use towards the taxes owed for the following year and they also get to use that contribution as a charitable donation write-off for the current tax year, Downtown Association Executive Director Whitney B...
ROSALIA – Rosalia is celebrating its 150th anniversary with the return of Battle Days and the All Class Reunion after a two-year absence. Lori Furman moved to Rosalia three years ago and immediately joined the Battle Days committee. She dedicated much of her time to the event. Furman took on the roles of secretary and treasurer for the board of directors. Battle Days have been a long-running event and is marking its 51st annual event in 2022 on June 4. “We are finally going to have a Battle Days and it’s been in the works since COVID-19 start...
COLFAX – A Pullman man facomg seven felony charges may have a new one added after damaging a jail cell. Jamil M. Fields, 26, is charged with drive-by shooting, second-degree kidnapping and five counts of second-degree assault in Whitman County Superior Court. He may also be charged with second-degree malicious mischief after damaging a window in the Whitman County Jail with an improvised tool March 1. The damages left the cell unusable for four days, the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office reported. A deputy assisted correction officers with the...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS - Avelo Airlines will soon be providing nonstop service from Spokane to Hollywood Burbank. The news announced in a March 10 press release will see introductory one-way fares between Spokane International Airport and Hollywood Burbank Airport starting at $69. Fare's must be booked by March 24 to receive the introductory rate. Avelo operates the Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft series. The service is offered on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with the inaugural flight lifting off...
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee said lawmakers delivered on his call to take “big, bold, action,” after the 60-day legislative session closed March 10, working until the midnight deadline to pass a $64.1 billion supplemental state budget. In addition to boosting spending by $5 billion in the current biennium, legislators approved the first major transportation funding package since 2015. Here’s what passed: Longterm care One of the earliest actions was to halt the state’s long-term care benefit program by 18-months. Both Democrats and Republica...
COLFAX – A California man is being held here on $3 million bail after being arrested March 7 on a third-degree murder warrant. An extradition hearing for Francisco Real, 32, is scheduled for April 8; he was booked into the Whitman County Jail on a Long Beach (Calif.) District Court warrant for third-degree murder and prohibited firearm access, jail records show. Real is contesting extradition. The Los Angeles Police Department alerted the Pullman police Real was hiding with an acquaintance in Pullman, records show. He was tracked to an a...
OLYMPIA – Rep. Mary Dye's bill to allow temporary judges in single-judge courtrooms is awaiting the governor's signature after clearing the Leglislature before it adjourned. Dye, a 9th District Republican legislator who represents Whitman County and neighboring areas, is the author of House Bill 1825. It sets procedures to allow the chief justice of the state Supreme Court to appoint a temporary judge to fill in when needed. The state House of Representatives concurred on March 7 to a Senate ame...
COLFAX – Two men have reopened Marshall Munitions for special orders, with plans to offer online services in the coming month. Earl Marshall of Colfax and Mark Shelton of Sacramento, Calif., are operating by requested order now, but plan to expand online and their 220 S. Main St. physical business this year. Marshall Munitions opened in October of 2021, but closed due to supply shortages. The co-owners reopened in January, with the hopes of boosting the Whitman County economy. “We want to establish our name and brand as a go-to brand of amm...
COLFAX - Backed-up pipes have caused plumbing issues for the Whitman County Jail. During a Whitman County Commission meeting last week, Sheriff Brett Myers reported "roughly a month and a half ago, the pipes were blocked and a leak started, once again." Three years ago, the jail reported an issue with the pipes, where a backup so severe occurred that parts of the basement flooded, he said. "It's been a really crappy situation," Myers said of ongoing jail plumbing issues. The second and third...
SPOKANE – The state Department of Fish and Wildlife will reopen most of its facilities to the public starting Monday, March 21. “When we closed our offices and hatcheries to the public in March 2020 due to the pandemic, I hoped we’d reopen a few months later; obviously that didn’t happen,” Director Kelly Susewind said Monday, March 14. “Here we are two years later, having adapted to provide our services virtually, and we are so excited to be able to serve you in person again.” Staff is being required to wear masks; the public is not. This ope...
OLYMPIA — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking help marking more than 110 million hatchery salmon and steelhead before being released into state waters. The mass-marking program has played a vital role in salmon management since the mid-1990s, officials said. Hatchery fish are marked by clipping their adipose fin while still in the fry stage, before being released. This marking helps differentiate hatchery fish from wild fish, officials said. “This work is essential to fishing throughout the state, and critical to salmon con...
OLYMPIA — The state Fish and Wildlife Commission will make decisions on spring black bear rule-making, commercial shellfish rules, land transactions, and hear briefings on the 2022 season-setting process when it meets this weekend. The virtual sessions begin today, Thursday, March 17, and continue through Saturday, March 19. The commission will have a wildlife committee meeting Thursday to hear a briefing from state Department of Fish and Wildlife staff on the 2022 hunting season. Staff will also discuss the game management plan planning p...
COLFAX – Special Olympics return as an in-person event in Whitman County on Saturday. The local Special Olympics is at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Colfax First Baptist Church at 200 N. Mill St. The event starts with an awards ceremony for all basketball participants in the gymnasium. It’s followed by news on the spring season and “thank you” awards. It concludes with the Polar Pop, which is athletes popping water balloons on the athlete’s choice of coaches, according to Whitman County Special Olympics Program Coordinator Debbie Niehenke....
COLFAX – A local wrestling enthusiast and long-time coach is calling the Saturday, March 12, Colfax Little Guy tournament a success. According to Jack McBridge, 322 wresters participated in the event at Colfax High School. The grapplers came from St. Maries, Kellogg and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, as well as Clarkston, Tekoa, Rosalia, Pomeroy and Okanogan, among other areas. As many as 10 matches were going on at a time, he said, noting wrestlers ranged in age from 5-14 years old. And while a few local wrestlers medaled, McBride said the real suc...
