Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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An additional 423 applicants are needed in Whitman County for temporary Census takers. The U.S. Census Bureau is continuing to recruit for the position in advance of its Nonresponse Followup Operation for the 2020 Census. The primary purpose of the Nonresponse Followup Operation is to count people in person at housing units who have not self-responded to the decennial census questionnaire. Census takers visit and count those households who have not self-responded to the census questionnaire. This operation requires more field workers than any...
Pullman Police responded the afternoon of May 28 to a domestic dispute call of two cooks fighting at the New Garden Restaurant on Grand Ave. Whether the fight occurred in the kitchen or not was not reported....
OKANOGAN – There was no decision Friday in a lawsuit filed by nine Douglas County residents against Gov. Jay Inslee over his stay-at-home order. The case was heard before Okanogan County Superior Court Judge Henry Rawson in Okanogan, because Douglas County commissioners Dan Sutton, Marc Straub and Kyle Steinberg are among the plaintiffs in the suit. Besides Rawson and the bailiff, two people were in the courtroom in Okanogan. Another 100 tuned in via the Zoom platform. Rawson told the parties t...
The antique rod-iron swing at the Perkins House was damaged over the Memorial Day weekend. The damage was discovered May 26 by Perkins House staff. The back of the single seat swing was bent back. It was made for the Perkins House for visitors to use. "Lots of people sit in it," said Val Gregory, Whitman County Historical Society director. Due to the construction of the swing, it would take a lot to to inflict that level of damage. The swing is located behind the Perkins House. Gregory noted...
