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A great mystery has captured the attention of the world. Speculation and conjecture are filling the airwaves. Few facts are known, other than a Boeing 777 on Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 with 239 passengers aboard disappeared on route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It went off radar and, but for occasional, cryptic “pings,” never reappeared. The plane has been missing for nearly two weeks now. More than 26 different countries are involved in the search and investigation. A search was started in the area of its last known location and pro...
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. CAROTHERS ROAD POT CHARGES FILED HERE AFTER U.S. COURT DEFERS William Dougherty III, 30, who was arrested after officers said they found a temporary greenhouse with a large marijuana grow operation on a place he was renting on Carothers Road, has been summoned to appear in court March 28 after formal charges were filed against him Tuesday,...
Colfax baseball Coach Mike Parrish reports the Bulldogs have a record 32 players out for the team this year with a lot of veterans back. The Bulldogs will start their season at the Asotin tournament Saturday with a game against Potlatch at 2 p.m. and a game against the Colton Wildcats at 4:30. Colfax last year posted an overall 18-5 record and advanced to the state’s final eight playoff round before they were stopped by the DeSales Irish. The Bulldogs topped Northwest Christian in both NE rounds and then were tripped by the Crusaders in the p... Full story
Development of the Kendall Yards last year in Spokane has provided a new link for bicycle trail riders from Whitman County and other points of origin. The Kendall Yard project is located near downtown Spokane west of Riverfront Park. As a side benefit of the project, developers were required to finish a rough section of the Centennial Trail which crosses in front of the project along the north bank of the Spokane River across from downtown Spokane. The Centennial Trail, which starts along Coeur...
Pictured below, Erwin Hall of Colfax accepts a memorial in honor of his deceased son, Doug Hall, a long-time coach for Little Guy wrestlers in Colfax and a key organizer of many of the junior wrestling events in Colfax. Presenting the award were Clayton and Shari Lord and Gary Newton. The all-day event March 8 brought junior wrestlers from 13 teams around the area to compete on six mats in the Colfax gym. Pictured at top left, Ryan Anderson struggles with his foe in the Little Guys wrestling...
Colfax Golf Course plans a grand opening for Friday with a remodeled club building and introduction of a new manager, Trent Goetz, who has operated the Airway Hills Miniature Golf Course on Airport Road in Pullman. Assisting Goetz will be Reece Barron. The Colfax course has already been open for play, and Tim Heiydt is back as course superintendent. Friday's event will be the opener for the club building which has undergone an extensive remodeling project. The club plans a happy hour beginning at 5 p.m. and lasagna dinner at 6:30. People who... Full story
Colfax basketball team capped off the season run with an awards banquet last Tuesday, March 1, in the high school cafeteria. Coach Reece Jenkin noted the team over the season learned how to deal with adversity and he looks forward to the future after building a foundation with some hard-fought games this year, particularly at the end of the season when the young Colfax squad was very close to a breakthrough against some veteran league foes. After two season runs all the way to the championship...
Colfax boys topped team honors Tuesday with a 218 in the season opener. Other team scores were 244 for Lind/Ritzville/Sprague and 320 for Inchelium. Kasey Johnson booked a two-over 37 for medalist honors, and Sawyer Spackman of St. George's hit a 38. Tied for third were Hunter and Chance Weitz and Jimmy Psomas of St. George's all with 39. Skylar Kersten topped the girls score with a 50. McKenna Davies of Colfax hit a 52, and Kylie Gronning hit a 56.... Full story
Colfax softball coach Terry Eng noted last year’s team was made up of a lot of sophomores who had a successful year, and most of those players are back as juniors to make another run at it. Colfax is scheduled to start the season with a doubleheader today at Freeman. Lone graduate off the squad from last year was Rachel Robinson, one of the key players on the team. Robinson was named for all-league honors at catcher last year and led the Colfax offense with a .538 batting average. She hit three homers during the season. Coach Eng has moved B... Full story
The Palouse Conservation District, Palouse-Rock Lake Conservation District and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will present a conservation workshop for producers and landowners of Whitman County on Monday, March 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Schweitzer Event Center in Pullman. The workshop will include presentations on new farm techniques and conservation practices that can improve on-farm operations. Conservation professionals will deliver presentations on topics such as no-till farming, cost-share programs for improving farm...
LaCrosse Community Pride will host “A Community Conversation” tonight (Thursday) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the LaCrosse Market. This is a follow-up from the Jan. 16 meeting when about 50 people discussed ways to get LaCrosse back on the map. The Pride group invited Robin Ohlgren of the Southeast Washington Economic Development Association to conduct roundtable discussions about LaCrosse’s assets, improvements and additional economic development. The “Strategies for Success: Building Upon a Great Start,” presentation was complete with historica...
Voters approval of a levy lid lift in Palouse has led to discussion by the city council about returning the third police officer to full-time. The idea was brought up by Councilman Rick Wekenman, the chairman of the Police, Fire and Safety Committee, who talked about it at the Feb. 25 council meeting. It came up after Mayor Michael Echanove announced that the levy lid lift proposal from last November had actually passed, correcting the previous belief that it had failed. The mix-up was due to a...
The Rosalia Volunteer Firefighters Association hosted a benefit spaghetti feed and auction for Jeff Trull on March 16. Trull is a Rosalia High School graduate and has lived with multiple sclerosis for quite some time and was recently diagnosed with ALS. The fire department held the benefit to help defray the cost of medical expenses. Approximately 200 people attended the benefit and more than 130 items were auctioned off. Trull is the son of Larry and Gail Trull of Rosalia. He is currently...
Whitman Conser-vation District appointed new officers at its March 13 meeting. They are David Lange, chairman; Cory Aeschliman, vice chairman; Jan Turney, auditor; Rhod McIntosh, secretary; and Walter Riley, board member. Riley was acknowledged by the other board members for being chairman for the last three years. During the meeting, the board read an acceptance letter for a water quality program submitted by Dennis and Jan Moore of Hay. WCD Natural Resource Coordinator Nancy Hoobler said she is working with additional conservation district...
NOTICE OF MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (M-DNS) AND A PROPOSED CONDITONAL 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 followingproject: Whitgrow Company proposes a conditional use to add a truck scale, and to modify the existing agricultural storage site on 3.0 acres of property located in the Town of Sunset, WA on 33 Front Street, bordered by Jim Henning Rd- and Harry Davis Rd. in the N 1/2 of...
A power outage caused Rosalia residents to go without water for a short time this weekend. According to Rosalia Mayor Nan Konishi, the town experienced a power outage about 1:30 a.m. on Friday which was repaired by Avista at 12:30 p.m. Friday afternoon. “Everything appeared to be fine until I got a phone call on Sunday from a person who lives up on the hill who had no water,” Konishi said. The pumps at the water plant had not turned on after the power outage and the town’s reservoir was empty. Konishi said an automatic alarm normally alert...
During the regular Monday morning workshop, Whitman County Commissioner Art Swannack discussed a possible rental agreement with the Whitman Conservation District. WCD is looking for new office space since the Natural Resources Conservation Service developed a new policy about charging rent to the conservation district that would amount to $25,000 annually. The conservation district board said that the district can’t afford the rent and have elected to move its office by mid-summer. One of the possible office spaces the district is investigating...
Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers asked the county commissioners Monday to add more than $50,000 to the sheriff’s budget, most of which would be for a deputy’s salary. At the end of last fall’s budgeting sessions by the commission, one deputy position was eliminated in cutback’s of the sheriff’s budget for 2014. Myers budget was cut $323,000 from his original budget proposal of $3.5 million. Myers at the commission workshop session Monday said he has a deputy in training now, and he needs to know what the next step will be – to let the dep... Full story
A marijuana growing and processing application from a town resident was discussed at a town meeting in Garfield Monday night. About 20 people gathered at the community center for a meeting called by the town’s planning and zoning committee. The application was filed by Debra Lantzy who lives on 10th Street. If approved by the state, it would allow her to grow marijuana for sale to licensed retail operations. Lantzy’s business would have no retail element in Garfield. The evening included an int... Full story
The state Department of Transportation has turned down a request to pay for City of Colfax expenses in combating the Feb. 12 flood in downtown Colfax. Mayor Todd Vanek reported on the DOT response at Monday night’s city council session. Vanek met with DOT officials March 4 and received a letter three days later from Keith Metcalf, regional administrator for the Department of Transportation. The letter said the DOT was “unable to participate” in the cleanup costs incurred by the City of Colfax from the downtown flood. The mayor subse...
The Oakesdale School District will put forth a new school construction bond to the voters April 22. The ballot follows the failure of a previous one in February. The new proposal features less remodeling and more new construction, including a new building for the elementary school, library and office area, which would link the high school building to the gymnasium. Voters will be asked to approve a $7.1 million bond proposal, compared to the $7.16 million proposal which failed to get the... Full story
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee is surrounded by Washtucna Elementary School students after he signed a bill Tuesday designating Palouse Falls as the official Washington state waterfall. The measure passed through the House of Representatives and Senate after the idea was suggested by the grade school students. Palouse Falls is within Palouse Falls State Park about an hour from Colfax. The falls drop about 200 feet from an upper to lower falls in a 377-foot canyon. The falls and canyon were...
