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Thieves struck at the Endicott Cemetery Sunday afternoon, stealing dozens of flower arrangements from graves along the cemetery’s rear access road just before Memorial Day. “I just don’t understand what they want with them all,” said Ray Huntley, a director of the cemetery’s board, who was tending to the cemetery Tuesday. Huntley said word began to spread Sunday that flowers were missing, but nobody was quite sure exactly when the flowers were nabbed. Deputies were called out to investigate Sunday night. Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Chapman sai...
It began with an interview in front of the Palouse school board. They liked her, and she stayed for 38 years. In 1974, Bev Fox was a new graduate of WSU trying for her first teaching job. The Rosalia native and daughter of the Buchholtz farm family got a call for an opening in Palouse. She drove to the interview in a Ford Maverick her dad bought her and had to face the whole school board. Since then she has stood in front of classes, teams, administrators and students in a 38-year career...
The city of Palouse is considering a citizen’s proposal for a burn day in town after discontinuing a wood chipper program in January. At a city council meeting May 22, Mary Estes asked the council to consider holding a few burn days per year for legal yard waste. Palouse discontinued the wood chipper program, which cost more in city staff time than it proved to be worth. After much discussion at the council meeting, the issue of burn days was sent to the Police, Fire and Safety committee to e... Full story
Battle Days blasts off Friday, as Rosalia’s 43rd town festival takes hold of the city this weekend. Events are marked up and down Main Street this year. Kelly Brown of Malden has painted old-timey Battle Days-themed scenes on windows of businesses up and down Whitman Ave. Battle Days coordinator Sarah Birrenkott noted Brown’s work is part of the heavy influence of arts on this year’s Battle Days blast. Commemorative posters featuring a design by Rosalia student Tyler Mundt will be available, as will buttons designed by student Alexandra Naugh...
Colfax senior Morgan Willson moves out to an early lead Saturday on her way to winning the 1600 meter race in the state 2B championships before a large crowd of track fans at EWU's Roos Field in Cheney. Elizabeth Weber of Northwest Christian-Lacey, running next to Willson at the start, finished 3.6 seconds behind the Colfax runner for second place. Morgan also won the 3,200 for Colfax Friday to defend her title from last year. Her distance wins at state track combine with two fall cross county 2B wins to leave a solid mark in the Colfax record...
