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Serving Whitman County since 1877
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COLFAX —The Whitman County Jail reported the following individuals booked from March 15 –21: March 15 11:54 p.m.- Subject cited and released Main Street. March 16 7:40 p.m.- False information to police A Avenue. March 17 11:09 a.m.- Agency assist South Mill Street. March 18 4:19 a.m.- Cardiac/respiratory arrest West Fairview Street. 8:45 a.m.- APS referral South Hillcrest Drive. 8:59 a.m.- APS referral South Hillcrest Drive. March 19 1:00 p.m.- APS referral North Main Street. 1:02 p.m.- APS referral North Main Street. March 20 1:29 p.m.- Par...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from March 19 – 25: March 19 11:59 a.m.- West Nob Hill Street, St. John High School. DARE. 4:19 p.m.- Garfield. Suspicious person/circumstance 6:59 p.m.- North Crystal Avenue, LaCrosse. DWLS. 7:13 p.m.- Tekoa. Civil call. 10:04 p.m.- West Jackson Street, Oakesdale. Suicidal subject. March 20 12:39 p.m.- South Grand Avenue, Pullman. Warrant arrest. 7:35 a.m.- West Poplar Street, Tekoa. Welfare check. 8:50 a.m.- North Broadway Street, Tekoa. DARE. 9:30 a.m.- North...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Assessor’s Office reported the following land transactions from March 15-25: March 15 Thomas Joseph Hanson, Pullman, Wash., sold 310 Southeast Bellevue Street, Pullman, Wash., to Millicent Nderitu and Brian Kamau, Pullman, Wash., parcel 1-1225-99-05-08-0000, selling price $456,000, Statutory Warranty Deed. March 18 Bobo Spec, LLC, a Washington Liability Company, Pullman, Wash., sold 540 SW Wallowa Street, Pullman, Wash., to John and Virginia Peterson, Moses Lake, Wash., parcel 1-1221-00-02-10-0000, selling price $59...
ENDICOTT — The Endicott Seventh Day Adventist Church has closed, holding it’s last official Sabbath on Saturday, March 2, due to a lack of members. The church building is located at 101 Banta Street in Endicott, Washington, and is owned by the Upper Columbia Conference of Seventh Day Adventists. Congregation member Chuck Jordan’s father helped to build the building in the 50s, which was dedicated in 1958. “In the beginning it was about 80 members strong, and over the years as families moved on and retired it just got to be a small congreg...
CLARKSTON — A drug task force has arrested a suspected drug dealer and seized a “large number of pills” believed to be fentanyl. Justin W. Hoffman, 38, of Clarkston, was arrested Thursday, March 21, and booked into the Asotin County Jail on a charge of possession of a controlled substance (fentanyl) with intent to deliver. According to Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers, who also serves as commander of the Quad Cities Drug Task Force, Hoffman was arrested following a traffic stop. “Detectives had been actively monitoring the subject...
COLFAX - Seven Colfax High School junior girls went on a mission to determine Colfax's Distinguished Young Woman for 2025 on Friday, March 22, with the title going to Karly Wigen, first alternate Marchele McNeilly, and second alternate Ava Swan. The Colfax Auditorium was packed with friends, and family of the juniors agents #001 McNeilly, #002 Paige Cocking, #003 Karly Wigen, #004 Sunni Ng, #005 Dory Doty, #006 Swan, and #007 Claire Rowland. As Distinguished Young Woman of Colfax for 2025,...
PALOUSE — Harvest Hills Wind Project officials are seeking to communicate with residents on the proposed construction of wind turbines near Kamiak Butte. Project Developer Shane Roche said the goal is to be responsible and work with landowners, and the rest of the community. Roche said that Steelhead Americas has released its finalized Economic Impact Study showing the details of economic impacts that the project is projected to have on Whitman County. The report has four effects the project is expected to have on Whitman County, including s...
COLFAX — Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics will continue to offer obstetrics services while working with the state to meet abortion-related requirements. During the Wednesday, March 20, Whitman County Public Hospital District Commission meeting, four commissioners voted to continue obstetric services. Commissioner Kathy Wride abstained from the vote. The meeting took place in the administrative annex at the hospital. Only about 10 people were allowed; many of those seats were occupied by hospital employees, forcing the public outside. A h...
It’s not a private hospital. Apparently, Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics employees and commissioners need to be reminded that they work for the taxpayers. But, from the way the Whitman County Public Hospital District No. 3 Commission meeting was conducted March 20, it appears they’ve gotten too big for their britches. From our perspective, the leadership at the hospital may have violated several provisions of the state Open Public Meetings Act at last week’s meeting. Let’s start with th...
PULLMAN — A Washington State University police officer is on administrative leave after firing his gun at a suspect March 27. Officials have yet to identify the officer involved. Meanwhile, John Bazan, 20, of Pullman, is being held in the Whitman County Jail on charges of obstructing a law enforcement officer, intimidating a public servant and resisting arrest. The leave and arrest follow an 11:22 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, report of a man with a knife. Police arriving on scene said Bazan had his hands in his sweatshirt pockets and began to m...
UPDATE: PULLMAN - The Whitman County Coroner's Office confirmed the identity of the woman found deceased on 600 N.W. Block of Fisk Street on Tuesday, March 26 in Pullman in a press release on Friday, March 29. Whitman County Coroner Annie Pillars confirmed Jamie Anne Wilson-Spray, 25, of Pullman was the deceased. According to the report, the investigation is ongoing, with no other information available at this time. Wilson-Spray was found in a trailer March 26, at Sevdy’s, a trailer park at 605...
