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REAL ESTATE Correction: Alexander and Echoe Cornwall, Pullman, to Nicolas and Joni Ford, Uniontown, house on NW Bella Vista Drive, Pullman, $281,000, March 30. (Sellers incorrect in last week's report.) Dee Ana S. Bell, Walla Walla, to Douglas and Lee Ann Otte, Oak Harbor, house on NW Valhalla Drive, Pullman, $285,000. March 30. Jason and Emma Goodson, Lexington, Ky. to Michael Small and Danielle Hester, house on SW Campus View Drive, Pullman, $415,000, March 30 . Eric and Susan Doering, Lewiston, to Michael and Megan Dorman, Colfax, house on... Full story
I finished my taxes a few weeks ahead of the deadline. Yippee!!! Now I can worry about something else. When I talk to my friends, I find I am one of the few who prepares their own tax returns. Most are afraid to make a mistake or decide not to spend the time. The IRS publishes estimates of the time required to prepare each form. They are pretty accurate. By the time I read the instructions, sorted my files into the appropriate piles, and completed the forms, I had invested more than three full days. I recall a big IRS push a few tax seasons...
Any trade war between the United States and China is worrisome, but if it escalated and tariffs are imposed, it will hit Washington particularly hard. Avoiding that possibility should be our primary goal. Our state is our nation’s third largest exporter with more than half of the containers leaving the Puget Sound heading to China. The Port of Seattle estimated that China trade alone accounted for $18 billion last year and 40 percent of our state’s jobs are now tied to trade. President Trump has proposed tariffs as a bargaining chip to get a b...
“Traitor” Trump One of many things I can't understand about the supporters of "Treasonous" Trump is the extreme hypocrisy of otherwise honorable, God fearing people. Multiple evangelistic and other Christian leaders have publicly given "Adulterous" Trump a "mulligan" on his many violations of the Ten Commandments -- What?? A mulligan like in a golf game!! What happened to morals? This son-of-a-gun screwed around on his third wife with at least two other women while his wife was taking care of their newborn child! Also, it is very well kno...
President Donald Trump gets results. His attacks on Amazon have tanked the company's stock. It's hard to think of a more pointlessly destructive act of presidential jawboning in our history. The online retailer is a jewel of our market economy that has delivered more choice and convenience at a lower cost. The backdrop for Trump's animosity is that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post, which, like much of the major media, is unrelentingly hostile to the president. The bias of the Post is nothing new, nor should it be taken out on the...
Does anybody know or care where Laura Ingraham is "vacationing"? Ingraham, who has been a mouthpiece for right-wing nastiness for decades, recently had gravitated to a perch at Fox News (where else?) to do the venomous schtick that has brought her fame and fortune. But then she crossed the teeny-bopper. Not just any teeny-bopper. This is David Hogg, the extremely telegenic Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School senior and survivor of the shooting massacre there on Valentine's Day. He's a founder of the Never Again MSD movement and a leader of...
The last presidential election was targeted by Russia and others. The alleged purpose was to sway the results towards Donald Trump. Allegations claim that hackers gained access to 21 state voting systems, although reportedly no votes were changed in those systems. These breaches were the most direct attack on the election process. Yet, during the campaign, other attacks occurred. False news, fake endorsements and the like were disseminated to confuse and influence votes in favor of Trump. Some call the efforts “meddling.” Others call them dir...
A mirror was knocked off a 2009 Chevrolet pickup truck late Friday. The pickup has been parked along N. Main in front of the courthouse by a St. John resident. He found the mirror in the street when he returned to the truck, according to the city police report....
Colfax golfers again posted another solid team win Tuesday in a league round on the 18-hole course at Colville. The Bulldogs finished with the second, third and fifth place scores on the par 72 course. Tekoa/Rosalia’s Dawson Strobel topped the field with a two-under score of 70. Chance Weitze finished a stroke behind Strobel with a 71 for second place. Augie Allenbach finished third with a 75, and Bennett Gray was fifth with a 77. Team scores were not posted at the end of Tuesday’s play, but the high individual finishes pointed to a solid Col...
Colfax softball team took two big wins in a makeup trip to Reardan Monday. The Bulldogs booked a 22-3 win in the first game, which was shut down after three innings. Colfax Pitcher Abbie Miller allowed the Indians five hits in the opener and struck out three batters. Reardan used two pitchers and allowed the Bulldogs 19 walks over the three innings. Freshman Perry Imler doubled and tripled to lead the seven-hit Colfax offense. Chelsea Becker tripled and Maddy Shrope paired singles. Colfax posted at 21-1 win in the second game with Kennedy... Full story
The Colton girls were set to go to Orofino Tuesday but it was canceled due to weather. Next on the schedule was a game at Colfax today, April 12, which was canceled due to a scheduling issue for the 2B Bulldogs. So Colton looks ahead to the weekend, a home doubleheader Saturday against Garfield/Palouse at 2:30 p.m. After that, the Wildcats (3-1) will play again at home Monday, April 16 against Orofino.... Full story
1B baseball should return to action late this week after Spring break and subsequent rainouts. Garfield/Palouse plays at Colton Saturday, April 14, for a doubleheader followed by a home game against Touchet April 17 (at Garfield). St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse plays at Potlatch Thursday at 4:30 p.m. followed by a game at Asotin April 16 at 4 p.m. They play at home next (in Endicott) Thursday, April 19, against Liberty. Colton, whose game at Orofino was rained out Tuesday, will host Gar/Pal Saturday, followed by another scheduled game against... Full story
The Gar/Pal girls are back on the softball diamond, fielding a team again after two seasons without. Led by two seniors – institutions of Vikings’ girls sports for the past four years, Payson Griner and Katie Arrasmith – and four eighth-graders filling out a 12-name roster, the team has started 1-2 on the year. Beginning with a 16-3 loss at Pomeroy March 20, they followed that with a 20-10 win at Touchet in a doubleheader, losing the second game by the same score, 20-10. Griner and Arras...
Colfax pitcher Cal Gregory had a no-hitter going all the way to the last out against Liberty in the second game Friday at Pullman. Colfax baseball players moved their record to 8-0 with two wins over Liberty Friday afternoon at WSU’s Bailey-Brayton Field. The Bulldog-Lancer games were moved to the WSU carpet because rain last week put the Liberty field out of commission. Colfax took the first game 12-1 with Parker Huber allowing the Lancers just two hits. The Bulldogs rapped seven hits in the op...
Josie Riebold seals a win for Colfax with a lean at the line in the 4X100 relay. She edged St. George's Taylor Sande. Oakesdale girls rolled up 142.5 points Tuesday at Colfax to top a 12-team meet with entries from the 1B and 2B schools. Oakesdale led number-two Asotin by 14 points. St. George's girls placed third with 99.5 and Colfax girls placed fourth with 79.5. Northwest Christian boys edged Colfax by five points to take the boys side of the meet with 119.5 points. Asotin placed third on...
Kyle Dixon was approved for the new title of city administrator by the Palouse city council March 27, signifying the scope of work he has been doing. The matter was brought up in January and then tabled, as part of a process by city councilman Mark Wilcomb to gather position descriptions for city employees. Dixon, formerly the town’s clerk/treasurer, will continue his work administrating projects from the town solar farm to plans for the wastewater treatment facility and most recently, writing an application for county .09 funds to build a t...
Liz Mann, co-owner with husband Dale of the Palouse Hyde Out tavern in Colfax, will have her head shaved to help raise money for the upcoming St. Baldrick’s fundraiser. St. Baldrick’s Foundation is dedicated to fighting childhood cancers. The photo Liz is holding is of her mother during cancer treatment making potato salad, the same recipe offered at the Hyde Out. Liz Mann still remembers the day they shaved her mom’s hair. Her mother, Aloma, had been diagnosed with throat cancer and had gone...
Left to right: Evon and Daryl Magg, Boyer managers, and Teri and Steve Klontz, concessionaires, report at a Port of Whitman commissioners’ meeting. After only four days of taking reservations for Boyer Park and Marina, the peak season between May and September is already about 50 percent full. That was one of several items conveyed to Port of Whitman commissioners Thursday, April 5, by the new concessionaires, Steve and Teri Klontz who intend to bring a KOA franchise to the park. The Klontzs c... Full story
A stretch of land has been given to the City of Palouse across the North Fork of the Palouse river from downtown. The Chris Boyd family of Palouse made the gift last week of a one-eighth mile long, 50 to 70-foot wide strip from the riverbank up the hill to Shady Lane, the dirt path featured in the hay ride part of Haunted Palouse each October. The strip begins at the South River Road bridge at the east end of Main Street, and ends at the footbridge, which spans the river across from the Post... Full story
Last week’s photos of the Endicott Easter egg hunt were taken by Endicott resident Liz Nelson. It was inadvertently omitted last week.... Full story
Lamont Grain Growers will officially become part of Ritzville Warehouse Co. July 1. The merger follows approximately five years of consideration. “We were one of the smallest grain companies left in the state,” said Jim Fuhrman, general manager since 2001. Members of Lamont Grain Growers Feb. 1 returned a vote of 93 percent in favor of the merger. Lamont used to have 30 producers, but is now down to 18. They have 130 members including landowners who are spread all over the nation and the wor...
There will be 205 trout swimming around downtown St. John for the specific purpose of getting hooked by children age 12 and younger. The fish are the center piece of a fishing derby hosted by Heritage Hardware, but all the St. John businesses are participating with sales and specials during the event. The fishing derby will be Saturday, April 14, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Heritage Hardware on Front Street in St. John. An 8x20 foot pond has been constructed next to the store with pallets as the frame. The pond was filled by the St. John Fire Departmen...
Paul Cocking, left, accepts a 2018 State Historic Officer Award from Michael Houser. More chairs, and then more chairs were brought out at The Center Wednesday night in Colfax, April 4, as a large crowd gathered for a presentation on the Washington Barn registry and northwest barns, given by Michael Houser, Washington’s state architectural historian. The evening began with the 2018 State Historic Officer Award for barn rehabilitation given to Paul Cocking of Colfax, who owns the 1919 Kramlich B... Full story
Although located in the heart of the WSU campus, the new Jordan Schnitzer D. Museum of Art WSU provides a place to expand minds and encourage creative thinking for all of Whitman County and beyond. Grand opening of the museum was Friday, April 6. The reception drew a standing-room-only crowd to the Crimson Cube, so nicknamed for its box build wrapped in reflective crimson glass. The largest public fine arts facility east of the Cascades, the building features six galleries free to the public....
Eric Weitze took this photo on Monday, April 9, of a wind turbine blade on a semi trailer parked at Cashup Flat. The blade was on its way to the wind farm at Naff Ridge northeast of Thornton near Highway 195.... Full story
