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Serving Whitman County since 1877
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Sooner or later, Whitman County commissioners must make a decision whether or not marijuana is an agricultural crop. County Planner Alan Thomson on Monday asked the commissioners to discuss making some kind of resolution or ordinance declaring marijuana an agricultural crop. “There have been questions about the use of land when growing and processing marijuana,” he said. As a county, no official action has been taken, he said. “Citizens don’t know what to do,” Public Works Director Mark Storey said. “We’ve kind of ignored it because of state an... Full story
Last day for election filing saw Jim Hawkes, appraiser in the assessor’s office, file a challenge for the assessor’s position. Hawkes filed against long-time incumbent Joe Reynolds who filed for re-election at the start of last week. The close of filing Friday also saw two of the open courthouse offices, treasurer and superior court clerk, with just one candidate for the ballot. Mark Clinton filed May 14 for the treasurer’s job, and Jill Whelchel Wahl filed May 13 for the clerk’s job. Clinton has been the Colfax city treasurer for the past 14...
The Palouse School District has named Calvin Johnson of Lincoln, Mont., as its new half-time superintendent to start July 1. Johnson will succeed Jake Dingman, who held the position for the past two years. Dingman will return to being superintendent solely for the Oakesdale School District. Johnson, 58, retired in 2009 as the superintendent in Belt, Mont., concluding 20 years in the superintendent/principal positions. Raised on a corn and soybean farm outside Newcastle, Ind., he began his career as a high school music and history teacher. He ho...
A 2.33 percent wage increase for county elected officials was approved May 13 by the county salary commission. The new salaries, adjusted for cost of living, will begin in 2015. The salaries will be for commissioners, $65,784; assessor, auditor, clerk and treasurer, $65,820; sheriff, $84,420; coroner, $68,016. Nearly half of the prosecutor’s salary is paid by the state with the county’s share at $53,460. Salaries for county judges are set by the state legislature. According to salary commission chairman Darren Jones, the commission assigns rais...
The report for the Whitman County financial statement audit for 2012 was not flattering for the county auditor’s office. State auditors presented their findings to the county commissioners Monday with County Auditor Eunice Coker along with other county officials present. Although a significant number of findings about the county’s financial statements were discussed, state auditors found nothing wrong with county’s handling of federal fund awards. After the report, Coker had little to say. “We’re in a better spot now,” she said. “We’re star...
Jamie Ford is practicing his own kind of art. Board by board, nail by nail, Ford, 42, is tearing down an old three-story barn on Almota Road south of Colfax. The barn was built in the early 1900s and was the long-time farm home of the Herb Mohrs. In his retirement years, Mohr used the barn to raise donkeys which were a feature at the Ross Point Church camp. The barn was well known because of its large cupola. That distinction was as big as a small house, Ford said, and was the first thing to...
