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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID Sealed proposals will be received for the following project: Palouse to Cascades State Parks Trail – Malden to Rosalia Trail Improvements PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project includes demolition, clearing and grubbing, stripping and disposal, grading, crushed surfacing top course, gates, structural repairs to existing trestles, trestle railing, fencing, gates and seeding associated with development of a trail on an abandoned railroad corridor between Malden and Rosalia, Washington, in Whitman and Spokane Counties. PROJECT L...
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WHITMAN IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT M. HINRICHS, Deceased. No. 22-4-00078-38 The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the...
PUBLIC NOTICE Town of LaCrosse The Town of LaCrosse will be holding a Public Hearing for the Six Year Transportation Improvement Program during the scheduled council meeting on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 7:00pm at City Hall 107 S Main. The LaCrosse City Hall is handicap accessible. Arrangements to reasonably accommodate the needs of special classes for citizens, including handicap accessibility or interpreter, will be made upon receiving twenty-four (24) hour advance notice. Contact Angela Broeckel at (509) 549-3330. Published: June 2,...
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF SPOKANE In the Matter of the Estate of: ) ) ELEANOR D. LARSEN, Deceased The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal...
INVITATION FOR BIDS OWNER/LOCAL AGENCY: Town of Malden, Washington PROJECT: Water System Improvements – Phase 1 Contract No: PE21-96103-000 ENGINEER: TD&H Engineering 303 E. 2nd Avenue, Spokane, WA 99202 (509) 622-2888 Estimated Cost of Project: $700,000 (Base Bid) and $500,000 (Alternate B) Sealed bids for the following described construction will be received by Town of Malden at: By mail to the office of the Clerk/Treasurer at P.O. Box 248, Malden, WA 99149, until 2:01:00 P.M., P.S.T., of the bid opening date. Notification by the Post O...
TOWN OF ROSALIA NEW STORAGE SHOP BUILDING WHITMAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON INVITATION FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed Bids for the New Storage Shop Building Project will be received in paper copy form by the Town of Rosalia, State of Washington, at City Hall in Rosalia, WA, until 2:00 P.M. local time, on June 9, 2022, at which time all bids will be opened and publicly read. Any Bids received after the specified time will not be considered, regardless of the reason. Refer to the Bidder’s Checklist for a list of items that are required in t...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Whitman County Commissioners will conduct a public hearing to be held in the Public Service Building Auditorium, Whitman County, Colfax, Washington on Monday, June 6 at 10:15 a.m. The purpose of the hearing is to receive an overview of the 2021-2022 Community Development Block Grant–Public Service (CDBG-PS) project performance report from July 2021-June 2022 awarded in the amount of $100,203.00 and for use of anticipated CDBG-PS grant funds for the period July 2022-June 2023 in the amount of $97,000.00. This r...
OAKESDALE - A local couple is celebrating 50 years of marriage. Dennis Conrad, 72, and his wife, Joeva Conrad, 86, married June 3, 1972, in Moscow, Idaho. The couple will be the guest of honor at a 2-4 p.m. celebration Sunday, June 5, with their three surviving children and 19 great-grandchildren. The reception is open to family and friends at the Palouse Community Center. Dennis originally grew up in Castleford, Idaho, and Joeva grew up in Moscow, Idaho. The Conrads met in 1970 at work. The...
Jon Milton Hill was a beloved son, brother, husband, cousin, uncle, and great-uncle. He left this world suddenly June 14, 2021, at the age of 61. Jon was born Sept. 2, 1959, to Leonard and Mary Hill of Colfax, Wash. He was the youngest of seven children - his siblings: Ronald Bartlett, Robert Hensley, Stephen Hensley, Marguerite Hensley, Marc Hensley and David Hill. Jon graduated from Colfax High School in 1978. He enlisted in US Army soon after graduation and served honorably for five years....
Cecelia A. Dober, 97, of Pullman, Wash., passed away May 26, 2022, at Pullman Regional Hospital. Cecelia was born Nov. 27, 1924, in Colton, Wash., to Fidel and Agatha (Moser) Frei. She attended Bald Butte County School until it consolidated with Colton School in 1934. She attended Guardian Angel School and Colton High School, graduating in 1943. Cecelia met Bill Dober while his family was harvesting for her dad on Bald Butte and they married on Sept. 24, 1946. They moved to the Pullman farm,...
Gary Fletcher Barnes passed away May 21, 2022. He was born July 25, 1945, the first of six children born to Vernon "Bud" and Dorothy "Susie" Barnes in Colfax and raised in nearby Garfield, Wash. Growing up in Palouse Country, Gary was active with the local 4H club, spent his time helping on the family wheat farm and camping and hunting on the Palouse River with his brothers and cousins, then later with his kids, as well. He loved life on the farm and raised chickens, pigs, rabbits, bees, and...
PALOUSE — Friday, June 10, marks the last day of school for the Palouse School District and the last day of teaching for local Chris Bofenkamp. “It’s already been emotional. All year, I have been very intentional about enjoying everything I do,” Bofenkamp said. “There is just so much I am going to miss.” Bofenkamp has worked at the elementary school 39 years. She spent most of the time educating kindergartners. She had a brief stint working with preschoolers and most recently, first-graders. Bofenkamp graduated in 1981 from University of Idaho...
On Friday night, there was a mini LaCrosse Class of 1979 reunion in Ritzville. The group attended the Ritzville All-School Reunion to support Jay Humphrey who was performing that night with his band. Humphrey had been a classmate of theirs in LaCrosse until the fifth grade. Those attending included Kirk Fleming, Sheri Shaffer Hatley, Julie Cain, Paula Morris Meyer and Doreen Broeckel Riedner. It was Paula’s reunion as well since she graduated from Ritzville High School. Karen Broeckel, Dusty, and Patty Wieber, Spokane, rode with Judy and J...
LACROSSE – A LaCrosse student has been awarded the Clark Dorothy King Endowed Scholarship. Gunnar Aune was honored by Oklahoma State University’s Ferguson College of Agriculture with academic scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year. Aune is a biosystems engineering student and is on track to graduate in 2025. The scholarships are part of the more than $1.8 million that students will receive from the college and its academic departments, reports say. “Our students have a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences and career interests, and i...
ALBION — The Guy Albion Society is resuming its annual Pie Social after a two-year hiatus on Saturday, June 11. The event runs from 3-5 p.m. in the Albion Community Building, 310 N. F St. “This upcoming event will be our 40th pie social. We haven’t had it for two years because of COVID,” Guy Albion Society President Craig Whitney of Albion said. The event is open to everyone and the social will feature folk music from the Pioneer Ramblers. “This event is a fund-raiser to support our museums and newsletter. People are kind enough to donate pi...
Following the recent tragedies, we have been hearing a lot of screeds against guns. But, the truth is, America doesn’t have a gun problem. It has a morality problem. It has a corruption problem. It has a cultural problem. Imposing more gun restrictions on law-abiding citizens doesn’t fix the problem. It is akin to placing a band-aid on a gangrene-infected limb. It makes it appear that something is being done but it doesn’t hide the stink. The sixth Commandment in the 10 Commandments is, “Thou shalt not murder.” Yet, if anyone should be so bol...
Progress. Sustainability. Resiliency. Growth. Recovery. Those were among the buzz words tossed about Tuesday morning during the Live Local Palouse Program at The Center in downtown Colfax. The program brought together a handful of business leaders, non-profit organization volunteers and employees and representatives of the state Department of Commerce and other organizations to discuss what the future of Colfax looks like. It was a good program that too many local business and community leaders...
Many of you are aware that public safety in our state took a major hit last year when Democrats in the Legislature passed a “police reform” law that prevented law enforcement officers from pursuing criminal suspects in most situations. Since this bad law went into effect, police and other law enforcement officers typically have had to watch suspects drive off, sometimes in vehicles that they had stolen, instead of giving chase in hopes of apprehending and arresting them. One of the Senate Dem...
8 years Ago From the Colfax Gazette, Friday, June 4, 1897 Fatal Train Wreck Boise, May 27, --A special from Pocatello says: The most disastrous wreck in the history of the Short Line railroad occurred at American Falls at 4:30 this morning. A runaway freight train crashed into the west-bound passenger train. Nine men were killed outright and eight others seriously injured. Both engines were demolished, the station buildings shattered to pieces and 18 or 20 cars smashed. The passenger trainhad...
Theo Grace Brosky and Quinn Kathryn Brodsky were born twin girls, May 27, 2022, to parents Madeleine Brodsky and Laura Baker Brodsky, of Pullman. Theo, the first twin, was born 5 pounds 4. Her twin sister, Quinn, was born 5 pounds 8. Maternal grandparents are Barbara Brodsky-Post and Sidney Post of Myrtle Creek, Ore., and Phil and Wendy Baker, of College Station, Texas. They are the first children born to Madeleine and Laura Brodsky....
Lavender Juliet Willits was born a girl, May 25, 2022 to parents Alexis and Dale Willits, of Pullman. Laevender weighed 6 pounds 12....
Matilda Rose Moses was born a girl May 23, 2022, to parents Lilly Lelitt and Curtis Moses, of Pullman. She weighed 8 pounds 13. Paternal grandparents are Emily Huttula and Christopher Moses of Cocolalla, Idaho, and Havasu, Ariz. Maternal grandparents are Christopher and Mary Cail Lelitt, of Kirkland....
COLFAX — The Whitman County Assessor’s Office reported the following land transactions from May 12-24: May 12 Jasper Homes of Pullman, 1670 S.W. Marcia Drive, Pullman, to Rafael Gallegos and Wendy Gallegos of Las Crucese, N.M., $125,000. Cassandra Van Atta of Oull a.m.n, 1165 S. Grand Ave. No. 106, Pullman, to Caden Colombik of Miles City, Mont., $27,000. Chauncey J. Platz & Shirley R. Platz of Deary, Idaho, XXX Trestle Road, Pullman, to Harms Place of Moscow Idaho, $417,000. Parjim Farmland Holdings LLC of Bellevue, 1962 Revere Road, Lam...
