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On April 6th, 2023, the stars became a little brighter with the passing of Rosalie Worst Gwinn. Rosalie Margaret Worst was born on May 2, 1939, to Geneva and Robert Worst in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Rosalie grew up in the Coeur d'Alene area graduating from Coeur d'Alene High School in 1957. After several years away from North Idaho the family moved back in 1975 settling in the Sagle area raising five children. After the farm was sold she moved to Pullman, Wash., to live with her daughter Kathleen... Full story
There will be a Celebration of Life Ceremony for Don Henderson on Saturday, May 6, 2023. The Celebration will take place at Hill-Ray Plaza in Colfax, with a start time of 2 p.m. Please join family and friends in remembering the happy times and sharing favorite memories of Don, who is greatly missed....
8 Years Ago From the Colfax Gazette, Friday, May 6, 1898 Crazy Man from Kamiac M. K. J. Strattler is the latest candidate for Medical Lake, having been committed as insane. For three weeks he has been annoying the people about Kamiac butte. In the dark woods on the steep north side of the mountain he had a lair, furnished with a tattered quilt. There he spent his time until hunger drove him to a farm house, often going three or four days without a meal. People finally became afraid of him and...
Colfax Thursday, May 4 Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Mandarin oranges, Birthday Dessert Monday, May 8 Fiesta Taco Salad, Chips, Cheese, Olives, Tomatoes, Salsa, Sour Cream Slice, Peaches, No Bake Cookie Colton Wednesday, May 10 Fiesta Taco Salad, Chips, Cheese, Olives, Tomatoes, Salsa, Sour Cream, Apricots, No Bake Cookie Endicott Tuesday, May 9 Brisket, Baked Potato, Salad Bar, Dessert Palouse Wednesday, May 10 Fiesta Taco Salad, Chips, Cheese, Olives, Tomatoes, Salsa, Sour Cream ,Sliced Peaches, No Bake Cookie Pullman Friday, May 5...
Pullman Regional Hospital Beckham Thomas Light, a boy, was born April 26, 2023 to parents Erica and Zach Light, of Clarkston. He weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces. Paternal Grandparents are Ryan and Kerry Light, of Lewiston. Maternal Grandparents are Tom and Ann Edens, of Clarkston....
PALOUSE — Palouse Arts Council is hosting an Open Call for Artists for its expanded Main Street Art Walk, which will run an extra two weeks this year from June 1 through June 30. This year, Palouse has new building spaces, which creates more windows to fill with art. Due to more areas, there are openings for new artists to join and participate. Submissions include paintings, photography, drawings, sculptures, textile art, mosaic, and more. Contact the Art Walk on Main Street co-chairs Liz Rousseau and Karen Peltier at palouseart@gmail.com f...
PALOUSE — The Garfield Palouse FFA Booster is hosting a Dinner and Auction this weekend, Sunday, May 7, at the Palouse Community Center, 220 East Main Street in Palouse. Due to limited seating, purchase tickets in advance. The event will have games, raffle prizes, and a tri-tip with salad, mashers, and dessert. All proceeds benefit Garfield Palouse FFA....
PULLMAN — Neill Public Library is offering "Spring into STEM," including Grab and Go Activity Bags through June 20, due to generous funding through a grant from the METER Foundation. Grab and Go activities will include the core pillars of STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Stop by the Neill Public Library, 210 North Grand Avenue, in Pullman, at the beginning of each week to pick up a grab-and-go activity bag for youths of all ages. Bags are limited to one bag per child per week....
PALOUSE — The City of Palouse Public Works requires all residents to have clear access to their water meters. Public works require removing any parked vehicles, overgrown plants, yard debris, animal waste, and construction materials that prevent meter readers and maintenance crews from doing their jobs. Residents should keep bushes and grass trimmed to the edge of the meter box, remove all branches hanging lower than six feet over the box, and keep everything off the meter box, including cars, trash cans, and recycling bins. The City r...
COLFAX - Members of the Colfax FFA have been avidly caring for plants in the greenhouse this winter and spring. The Chapter is excitedly gearing up for their annual plant sale on May 5th and 6th. "This year we ordered some new ivy geranium basket colors and new petunia colors." says Heitstuman, Colfax's FFA advisor. "There's a wide variety of plants from Geranium baskets, Wave Petunias, Coleus, Marigold, Osteos, Spikes, and more." Colfax FFA's plant sale will be a two-day event once again this...
LACROSSE — Lois Olmstead grew up in LaCrosse, Washington, where her love for reading and writing started and inspired her early novels penned under the name L.A. Malby. She would meet her husband, who also grew up in LaCrosse, where they continued to live for ten years before they moved away, retired, and came back. When Olmstead was young, she explained that she fell in love with poetry and would recite it aloud as she walked around. “Off and on all my life, I wrote,” she said. Olmstead just published her eighth novel, “Sugar Time Succeed...
COLFAX - WSU senior engineering students presented their finished model of Wally the Walker to Dusty farmer Daniel Moore outside the Whitman Hospital and Medical Center (WHMC) Therapy Services offices Tuesday, May 2. The project, which Moore stated they'd been working on all year, started with a book he had started writing for his daughter when she was five or six from picking up balloons that would get stuck in fence posts outside their farm. He would put the story away for 25 years before his...
This session saw some bipartisan successes as lawmakers and citizens were in Olympia together for the first time in nearly three years. That in-person interaction is always key for working relationships and good workable solutions to our state’s problems. The transportation budget and capital budget were both very bipartisan. Republicans were allowed to give input and Democrat budget writers worked to fund projects important to legislators on both sides of the aisle. Sen. Schoesler was the lead negotiator for Senate Republicans on the c...
Beef Day is the second-best day of the legislative session, next to the last day. Probably the best news about the 2023 legislative session is that we adjourned on time, although there are grumblings from even the governor that he may call for a special session to deal with flawed drug-possession law problem known as the Blake decision. More about that later. As a state senator representing large parts of eastern Washington and chair of the Senate Republican Caucus, I’m representing my constitue...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from April 26 to May 1 April 26 7:18 a.m.- Endicott Sewer Plant, Endicott, Other Law Enforcement Calls 8:56 a.m.- SR 194, Pullman, Suspicious Person/Circumstance 9:25 p.m.- Walker Rd & Texas Ferry Rd, Rosalia, Litter/Pollution/Public Health 10:40 p.m.- N Crosby St, Tekoa, Threatening 11:43 p.m.- W Fairview St, Colfax, Citizen Assist April 27 12:40 p.m.- Staley Rd, Pullman, Diabetic Problem 1:09 p.m.- Wilma Dr, Clarkston, Industrial Accident 2:20 p.m.- Walter Sch...
COLFAX—The Whitman County Jail reported the following individuals being booked from April 26 to May 1 April 26 Brett Clayton Orr, 59, was arrested and booked into the Whitman County Jail for Violation Of Court Order, Assault In The Second Degree, and Felony Harrassment. Orr is being held without bail through Whitman County Superior Court. May 1 Bryawna Maureen Dorothy Stidham, 30, was arrested and booked into the Whitman County Jail for Driving Under the Influence. Stidham is being held without bail through Whitman County Superior C...
Trustee Angela Briggs, of Pullman, Wash., sold 606 Vulcan Street, Colton, Wash., to Lonna Carrier, of Colton, Wash., parcel 1-0235-00-04-05-0001, selling price $330,000, Warranty Deed, April 19, 2023. Howard and Roselynn Lee, of Camas, Wash., sold 2005 NE Terreview Drive #B-3, Pullman, Wash., to Kyle and Nicole Kennedy, of Mukilteo, Wash., parcel 1-1190-00-01-01-0012, selling price $177,000, Warranty Deed, April 19, 2023. George Ball, of Pullman, Wash., sold 106 N “B” Street, Albion, Wash., to Eric and Aubree Flanery, of Albion, Wash., par...
COLFAX – The Colfax Police Department responded to the following calls from March 21 to May 1 March 21 10:22 a.m.- Canyon St, Civil Calls 5:53 p.m.- Main st, Law Enforcement Calls March 22 5:12 a.m.- Mill St, Suspicious person/circumstance 10:49 a.m.- Main st, Civil Calls 7:38 p.m.- Wall St, Law Enforcement 8:28 p.m.- Main St, Domestic Dispute 11:32 p.m.- Main St, Domestic Dispute March 23 1:36 p.m.- Southview Ave, Accident Noninjury 5:11 p.m.- Main St, DUI 5:25 p.m.- SR195, Traffic Accident with Injuries 5:41 p.m.- S Main, Abandoned Vehicle 6...
Asotin –– The haunting story of a young girl last seen on her bike near a brown van has rocked the county and cities of Clarkston and Lewiston for decades. Kristen David was 22 years old and a senior at the University of Idaho, majoring in broadcast journalism, when she disappeared, was murdered, and disposed of. It was early July 1981 when her dismembered remains washed up on the shores of the Snake River in Whitman County. David was last seen alive along Highway 95 near Lewiston. She was rid...
COLTON –– Both Colton Varsity Wildcats and Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) softball teams had their offenses going on Saturday, but the Wildcats eventually prevailed in a 12-9 victory. The doubleheader started in the first game when Colton fired up the offense in the first inning when Clare Bowechop induced Kate Schultheis to hit into a fielder's choice, scoring two runs. Colton Varsity Wildcats pulled away for good with six runs in the fourth inning. Claire Moehrle doubled on a 1-1 count, sco...
OLYMPIA — The governor’s proposed 2023-25 state capital budget, which included a nearly $2.5 million funding ward for the Palouse to Cascades Trail from Malden to Kenova, passed April 22. According to the Office of Financial Management, the Kittitas railroad depot has structural problems that require a new foundation and other improvements. This funding will provide for the renovation of the depot and provides American’s with Disabilities Act-accessible amenities for visitors and provides facil...
St. John –– The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Varsity Eagles couldnt keep up to the power from Pomeroy in a doubleheader on Saturday, April 29. The Eagles fell 15-0 in the first game of the day. Creighton Kauffman in the first inning was a positive for the Eagles. Trevin Kimble was the winning pitcher for Pomeroy. He allowed one hit and zero runs over five innings, striking out ten. Matthew DeFord was on the mound for SJEL Eagles. DeFord went four and two-thirds innings allowing 15 runs on nine hits, striking out six. Kauffman threw one-thi...
