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COLFAX - Sugar Babe bakery is the latest offering at the Colfax Mercantile. It opened on April 16 and offers items made on the premises such as cookies, pastries, scones, cinnamon rolls, and more, with vegan and gluten-free options. Owned and operated by Melanie Voorhees and her wife Dani, the business began with Melanie baking items at home to sell to support a non-profit she co-founded with Dani. It helps cover the costs for people's emergency pet expenses. Melanie and Dani moved to Colfax...
GARFIELD – Garfield-Palouse Vikings softball split the April 20 doubleheader with the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves. The Vikings won the first game 16-6 and advanced their record to 7-3 for the season. Garfield-Palouse Junior Kenzie Pedersen was the starting pitcher and had 7 strikeouts and walked 2 batters. The Vikings got off to a slow start with the Timberwolves keeping pace. The fourth inning is when the game changed. "The girls were hitting the ball and it was a pretty close game until the f...
COLFAX - Bulldogs softball has a nice problem to have. "We're not getting a lot of innings in (though) we're getting games in," said Colfax Coach Tracy Imler. The problem persisted last Friday on Senior Day at McDonald Park playing against the Lind-Ritzville-Sprague-Washtucna-Kahlotus Broncos. Colfax built a 15-0 lead off of a solo home run from Helina Hahn to get the game called in the fourth inning under the mercy rule. In the second game, a 12-0 lead also ended in the fourth inning....
HARRINGTON – Tekoa-Rosalia Golf played 18-holes at the Harrington Golf & Country Club on April 22. "It's a very hard course," she said. "Some of them are new and this is their first year golfing anywhere other than Tekoa." Three days earlier four members of the team played Chewelah Golf & Country Club for an 18-hole match on April 19. They were senior Ava Rambo, junior Josh Bonham, sophomore Kellen Tee, and freshman Maddie Haas, according to Coach Angie Rambo. "It was a fun ... learning e...
COLTON – The Colton Wildcats celebrated Senior Day with their first win of the season, beating Liberty Christian 15-5 on April 24. “It was exciting for our first win of the season,” said Colton Coach Steve Judy. “The guys were really happy we got the win. We steadily tried to improve and this shows we can have discipline at the plate and put it all together.” The win at home was during Senior Day for the Wildcats. Their three seniors are Kelton Devlin, Trent Druffel, and Austin Jones. The team conducted a presentation with the players...
COLTON – Colton was looking for their first win of the season against Pomeroy until errors changed the momentum allowing the Pirates to sweep the doubleheader. The Colton Wildcats (0-9) lost games, 22-4 and 12-8 on April 20. First game ended after three innings because the Pomeroy Pirates led by 15. “It was just a lot of errors and quite a few walks,” said Coach Steve Judy. “It was our inability to get it over the plate.” Colton pitcher Kane Weiker started the game and Trent Druffel stepped in, then. Lane Peters came in to throw one pitch. Th...
The Colfax Men’s Club Spring Golf League 2021 began its nine-week on April 15 after cancellation last year. A total of 14 teams of four players each are divided into an A-League and B-League. Week eight will be the playoffs followed by Ace of Aces on the final June 17....
RITZVILLE - Bulldogs baseball went to Ritzville for ten innings of work across two games April 23. Colfax (8-0) beat Lind-Ritzville-Sprague 21-5 and 21-8, each game shortened by the mercy rule. J.D. Peterson and Sam Kopp started on the mound for Colfax and Kit Hockett made his debut for the year as a relief pitcher for both games. At the plate, the Bulldogs delivered multiple hits from Kolby Sisk, Ryan Henning, Layne Gingerich, Anthony Becker, Kyle Dail, Eric Akesson and Hockett. "We hit really...
COLFAX - Whitman County may have trouble getting people vaccinated for COVID-19 and it may leave the county with another two weeks at Phase Two. Whitman County Public Health Director Chris Skidmore gave an update to county commissioners on Monday, a week before the state's next assessment. A total of 33,000 vaccine doses have been administered locally including 75% of the 65-and older population. Washington State University (WSU) students do not count in county numbers as students' record their...
COLFAX - A new eating establishment is coming to Colfax. "Serfes Foods" is taking shape in the former Imperial Chinese Cuisine & Lounge on Main Street. It's a project for Susana Serfes, husband Alex and her children Chris, Carolyn and Daniel, to start a to-go food operation to open in May and continue to a bistro restaurant format later this summer. "We do catering already," Susan said. "In the future, we may add a bakery." The project came about from a few sources. "We cook. We love food. We...
COLFAX — The Colfax chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles may be closing their bar on Main Street. “There is a chance we could be closing our charter,” said Liliana Fry, club secretary, and manager. A meeting is on Sunday at 4 p.m. for all members to determine its future. The officers could decide to sell the building. “Whatever option we choose, we will commence that process,” Fry said. The club has been closed since April 17. What led to this crossroads had been coming for some time. “COVID kind of took its toll on us,” said Fry. “But, it...
COLFAX - St. Ignatius Hospital in Colfax sold to Landlock Holding, LLC, for $115,000 on April 23. The facility at 1009 South Mill Street was sold by Anthony Griges and Marianne Salib. Austin Storm and his wife Laura are behind Landlock Holding, the proprietor of Bully for You in Colfax and the Storm Cellar in Moscow. "We've been working on this for some time because we love it and think it's worth preserving," said Austin. "Of course our goal is preservation." He and Laura will partner with the...
PULLMAN — Washington State University will require COVID-19 vaccination for employees, students, and volunteers for the 2021-22 academic year. The announcement was made Wednesday by WSU President Kirk Schulz. Exceptions will be permitted for religious, medical, and personal reasons. For students participating in activities or classes on campus, proof of vaccination will be required, by the start of the fall semester in August. Students, who live on campus, will also need proof of vaccination, or an approved exemption by Aug. 6. People living o...
COLFAX — Jennings Elementary School will hold its Scholastic Book Fair May 3-7 at the school library. Only students are allowed to shop in person. Parents may send money with kids to shop during school hours. Parents can also set up an eWallet and purchase books online at www.scholastic.com/bf/jenningselementaryschool1....
COLFAX — Plans are set for a June 10 opening of the Colfax city pool. Regular admission prices are in place after no charges last year, due to COVID-19. The city is hiring lifeguards now and has received a $75,000 grant to renovate the pool’s mechanical room – with a new filtration system, pump, and more after this year’s swim season. The grant money comes from the Washington State Recreation and Conservation office....
MALDEN — Free trees are available to people impacted by last year's Babb Road Fire on Wednesday at the Malden library. The Pine Creek Community Restoration Long Term Recovery Organization is giving away 250 Red Oak trees and 250 Ponderosa Pine trees from noon until 2 p.m. "The trees were donated by Bartlett Tree Experts with organizational support from the Urban Forest Citizen Advisory Committee," stated organizers. The trees are being distributed at the temporary library and food bank in the c...
GARFIELD — A Lewiston, Idaho, couple led police on a 15-mile chase that ended with spike strips flattening the fleeing car's tires and their arrest. On the evening of April 30, the Garfield Town Marshal Joe Handy spotted a 2000 Acura RL being driving by someone he remembered as having warrants in Washington and Idaho, according to Whitman County Deputy Sgt. Michael Jordan. He tried to stop the car, but the driver allegedly started driving recklessly to escape. Handley requested assistance f...
COLFAX — The principal search for Jennings Elementary is moving ahead. Applications were being accepted until May 4 with interviews to be set for at least three candidates on May 11. “I’m really pleased with the applicant pool,” said Jerry Pugh, Colfax School District superintendent. “There is good experience with many of the candidates there. On paper, it is looking to be pretty competitive.” As part of the interview process, a community forum will be held with in-person and virtual opt...
PULLMAN – The “COVID Ambassador” Michael Donnenwerth took it upon himself to threaten businesses in Pullman with fines for “violating” state COVID-19 proclamation restrictions. “We tracked down the person in question and it appears the person attended some type of COVID-19 informational meeting and may have misconstrued some of the information presented about how to report violations,” said Pullman police Chief Gary Jenkins. The man identified himself as Michael Donnenwerth to police, but they c...
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