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A matter of public records requests has arisen again in Palouse after the resignation of City Clerk/ Treasurer Mike Bagott after 16 months on the job. An end date has not been set. “Tentatively, probably around the end of July,” Bagott said. “I want to do my best to not leave the city in a bad spot.” At issue is the high number of public records requests, coming by e-mail, a practice which has evolved since the Public Disclosure Act of 1972 – renamed the Public Records Act in 2006. In response...
Malden is gearing up for a Memorial Day celebration this weekend with the second annual Malden Appreciation Day. Family events are planned for the afternoon and evening of Saturday, May 28. The activities include a family kickball tournament beginning at 4 p.m. at Carman Field and a free outdoor movie to commence at dusk. The free movie, “We Bought A Zoo,” will be shown on Main Street. Malden Appreciation Day 2016 is sponsored by the Malden community and Avista Corp. Event organizers ask participants not to bring alcoholic beverages to any of...
Lindsay Drenner of Garfield lounges on a two-ton troop carrier owned by Matthew Lawson, also of Garfield, before the May Day parade Saturday, May 21. See page B3 for more coverage....
A public forum to discuss the future of the former rail line between Colfax and Pullman has been slated in Pullman for June 5 at 6 p.m. in the Community Congregational Church on Campus Street. The discussion will center around the fate of the state-owned rail line corridor once operated by Watco. The line is currently not in use, and Pullman Civic Trust, which organized the public forum, is hoping a series of public forums will help the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) determine what to do with the former rail. “DOT owns the... Full story