Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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ST. JOHN - A local sprint boat race team ended a qualifying run upside down in Webb's Slough, rebuilt the motor, and finished inside the Top 8. More than two dozen North American Sprint Boat Association teams entered three classes at the Webb's Slough race on June 19. It was the first to take place since August 2019. Sprint boat racing pits a driver and navigator against a maze of channels. At speeds reaching more than 80 mph, the driver concentrates on making turns as the navigator memorizes...
CASPER, WYO. — LaCrosse's Caleb Berquist took second-place in tie-down roping at the College National Finals Rodeo on June 19. A junior at Montana State University, Berquist was in first-place after three rounds going into the finals. In the end, he posted a total time of 44.3 seconds for four runs, finishing second to Macon Murphy, of Panola College, who had a 39.1. Berquist is an agriculture-business major and 2018 Colfax High School graduate. To qualify for nationals, he won the Big Sky C...
ROSALIA - It was known from parades around Whitman County. A 1922 Ford Model T one-ton dump truck would roll to a stop in front of the announcer, causing confusion, until the bed rose and dropped a load of candy onto the street. It was "Warren's Relic," bought at an estate sale by Paul Beck. It was once owned by the late Warren Roellich, of Rosalia. It was kept in Malden. On Labor Day last year, Beck and his wife lost three houses in the wildfire and for the 1922 Ford, its tires burned away,...
COLFAX — Whitman County commissioners have a plan for the $9.7 million coming from the American Rescue Plan Act. The commissioners are dividing the money into eight major areas; infrastructure including cabling and HVAC, town infrastructure grants for sewer and water, small business relief, county COVID personnel expenditures, county COVID non-personnel expenditures, mental health, non-profit relief, and therapeutic court. “So we’ve passed our plan, as we know it right now,” said Art Swannack, county commissioners’ president. (Internet...
COLFAX — A veterans service officer may be coming to Whitman County. The matter was discussed in a county commissioners’ workshop on June 21. The new position might be shared with another county, such as Asotin, and would be funded by The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for three years. The trained officer would help guide veterans through Veterans Administration (VA) paperwork. They would have special authority by the state to go into medical records for additional help. Commissioner Art Swannack proposed the idea, saying money from the county...
COLFAX - A heatwave is predicted to hit triple-digits and could break the 2015 record of 105 degrees for Whitman County this weekend. "We're looking for the initial temperature arriving around Saturday and lasting into next week," said National Weather Service Meteorologist Jennifer Simmons. "It will be about 20 degrees above the seasonal norms." The normal high temperature for the last weekend in June is 73 degrees. Monday was 12 degrees above normal at 85. Saturday's high temperature is predic...
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee announced a new eviction “bridge” program this morning, June 24, but landlords will not likely see rent payments any time soon. Inslee said the existing coronavirus-related eviction moratorium will expire June 30. However, under his new mandate, landlords are still generally prohibited from evicting tenants that owe past-due rent and even future rent, if a tenant has attempted to negotiate a lower rate or is seeking rental assistance money. That money will be available through county agencies once a state progr...
SPOKANE – It's going to be a record-setting day, in terms of high temperatures that is. According to National Weather Service meteorologist Laurie Nisbet in Spokane, the region should set all-time record high temperatures this afternoon. Nisbet this morning went through decades of weather data for several small towns within the Free Press Publishing readership area from Spokane to Pasco and Odessa to Colfax. In Colfax, today's recorded record high is 100 degrees, set in 1939, she said. The a...
PALOUSE – The Community Center is open as a cooling center from 1-5 p.m. today, Tuesday, June 28, and 2-5 p.m. Wednesday, June 30. People using the center can bring refreshments, books, crafts, or office work, according to the community center, 230 E. Main St., organizers said. Wi-Fi is available. Children younger than 12 cannot be left unattended and pets are not allowed, organizers said. “ Just show up during the above hours and get a break from the heat,” organizers said.... Full story
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