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At Pullman Regional Hospital Flabetich, June Elizabeth, born May 19, 2020, at six pounds, four ounces, to Andrew and Allison Flabetich, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Steve Flabetich, Vancouver, Wash. and Sylvia Flabetich, Kennewick. Maternal grandparents are Steven and Sara Erwin, Walla Walla. Baby joins sister, Evie, 4 and brother Jacob and Monte, 1. Hart, Rocklynn Rose, born May 20, 2020, at seven pounds, five ounces, to Daniel and Laura Hart, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Dan and Becky Hart, Colfax. Maternal grandparents are Scott... Full story
Real Estate Douglas R. and June M. Liguori to Matthew and Shandra Duncan, Uniontown, house on Broadway, Colton, $135,000, April 20. WM and Valerie Felsted to Peter and Karen Felsted, house in Pullman, $124,240, April 21. Warren Neal to Sean and Jenny Neal, Garfield, agriculture resource, Garfield, $457,000, April 21. Michael B. and Joyce A. Price to Marcus and Jill Fry, Selah, Wash., two to four residential units NW North, Pullman, $260,000, April 22. Eileen Tague to Nellie and Ronald Nelmes Sandfly, Colfax, house on N Cedar Street, Colfax,... Full story
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 9, 2020, has been canceled. Mark Storey - Director of public works 23/1 Port of Whitman County, Debbie Snell, 302 N Mill St Colfax, WA 99111, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Flightline Drive Realignment and Drainage Project, is located at the Port of Whitman Business Air Center in Colfax in Whitman Coun... Full story
COLFAX – Fire investigation resumed last week at the Fonk's building in Colfax, then shut down again due to a partial second-floor collapse and shift in the building's walls. The building was closed-off again and tear-down may begin this week. "We're working with companies to get that building taken down as safely as possible," said Joel Warwick, co-owner. "We're trying to hurry to get that done." He gave a target of no later than Monday, June 8. Demolition companies now confer with private f...
COLFAX – Whitman County Commissioners and Board of Health will meet Friday, June 5, to consider and possibly take action on requesting a variance to move into Phase III of Gov. Jay Inslee’s reopening plan. “The application package is pretty much the same as last time with the same letters and recommendations needed, except a new set of metrics has been created by the Governor for use by the State Department of Health to use in making this determination to approve or reject,” stated Commiss...
COLFAX – According to a report from the Washington Department of Health, the latest statewide modeling report shows COVID-19 transmission trending downwards in western Washington and upwards in eastern Washington. The report is based on data from May 3-12. The report estimates the effective reproductive number – the measure of how many new infections a single COVID-19 case will produce – for different parts of the state. A reproductive number below one means the number of new cases are declining...
WHITMAN COUNTY – School is out of the classroom and in the home. With distance learning and end-of-the-year activities canceled, many graduating seniors are left without ending the year with teachers and friends. School districts and communities across the county are doing what they can to give the Class of 2020 extra recognition for all of their hard work and dedication throughout their schooling. Colfax- Decorating Main Street, 42 double-sided banners are in place for the graduating class a...
COLFAX – One of the passenger rail cars situated outside of the Northern Pacific Depot in Pullman found its new home in Colfax. The passenger car was placed northwest of Colfax near the Old Manning Covered Bridge. John-Mark Mahnkey, member of the Pullman Depot Heritage Center Steering Committee, said the car has been on road wheels and ready for transportation for a couple of weeks, but has been delayed due to wet conditions. The car was pulled by a semi attached like a trailer, but instead o...
The question of providing vaginal birth after cesarean service was discussed in a special meeting of the hospital board Monday night. While doctors at the hospital have provided the service in the past, there is no set hospital policy. Two are scheduled for June and have prompted “significant” discussion said Whitman Hospital and Medical Center CEO Hank Hanigan at the start of the meeting. A panel from different hospital departments participated in the meeting in person and via Zoom. Before hea...
Pullman – Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends Mr. George Floyd, whose tragic death this week shocked and horrified our nation. Every officer in our police depart- ment, and throughout the country, should be disgusted by what has oc- curred in Minneapolis. Not only are we disgusted by the actions of the officer directly responsible for the death of Mr. Floyd, but also by the lack of interven- tion by the other officers who, by sim- ply standing by, were complicit in his d...
PULLMAN – The Washington State University Bear Research, Education, and Conservation Center has a new man-made cave, giving the bears something novel to explore in their exercise yard. "Our bears enjoy digging dens in the yard," said Brandon Hutzenbiler, the manager at the center. "But they always collapse, so we figured we'd give them something permanent." He hopes the bears will use it as another place to escape the weather, get some privacy or play. "In the heat of summer, this should give th...
COLFAX – The Port of Whitman staff presented to port commissioners a project that would allow better management of the port website. At the beginning of the year in a Port Strategic Planning meeting, it was discussed whether the port should move forward with a distributed newsletter or website updates. “Rather than allocating resources toward a newsletter, upgrading the website was recommended,” said Sarah Highfield, port communications director. On the current port website, new pages cannot be added and any updates to existing pages are manage...
COLFAX – On Thursday, May 21, Port of Whitman County staff presented a new media campaign from Northwest RiverPartners that is directed towards Generation Z and millennials. The staff is requesting support for this campaign from the commissioners to help the project move forward. The new digital campaign is titled “Our Power is Water.” Ads for this campaign will run on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Viant Streaming and NPR podcasts until the beginning of August. These ads will be directed towards the younger crowd across Washington, Orego...
PULLMAN – Palouse Conservation District (PCD) in Pullman announced it was awarded an urban agriculture conservation grant through a partnership with the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to boost technical capacity nationwide. PCD was one of 21 conservation districts across 13 states to receive funding. NACD and NRCS established the Urban Agriculture Conservation Grant Initiative in 2016 to help conservation districts and their p...
WHITMAN COUNTY - United Way of Whitman County’s annual grant cycle is now open. Grants are available to all 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations operating on the Palouse. Non-profit organizations that benefit the community in the areas of health, education and financial stability are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications are due by June 10. Agency applications include a comprehensive survey of the nonprofit’s operations and impact in the community. After applications have been reviewed, agencies will have a fifteen-minute int...
PULLMAN – During a time where museums’ physical spaces remain closed to the public, the Schnitzer Museum team is still reaching out to visitors and staying connected through online digital platforms. Staff are working diligently to educate, uplift and inspire through online exhibitions and social media content. In the spirit of sharing more ways to experience the museum from home, the Schnitzer Museum is announcing four new online exhibitions. In Follow the Sun: The Holland and Orton Collections, visitors will explore the museum’s found...
COLFAX – Communities across Whitman County have banded together to support this year's graduating class. Yard signs, posters in business windows and banners have lined streets throughout the county. Signs and Designs, by Abundant Faith Studio in Colfax, has been working diligently in making the banners for LaCrosse, St. John-Endicott and Colfax seniors. Yard signs for Colfax, placed in yards on May 22, were also completed by Signs and Designs. Lannette Ring, owner and designer of Signs and Designs said the first schools that reached out to h...
By Derek Clarkston Kodiak Daily Mirror Kodiak teacher Darcy Glagolich does not like the spotlight. When there is a camera in the room, she moves out of the frame. “For me, it is always about the kids,” she said. Like it or not, Glagolich is now the focal point. Recently, the longtime high school teacher was selected as a member of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America 75th anniversary hall of fame class. The induction ceremony is in July in Washington D.C. Glagolich ― in her 31st year of teaching life skills to teenagers ― was...
COLFAX – The City Council discussed potential opening of the city pool during its regular meeting June 1. Pending from the state and health department, the council set a July 6 opening for the pool. The city would have to be in Phase III to allow opening at all. Under Phase III, they would be limited to 50 people at the pool at one time. City Parks Manager Steve Larkin estimated last year the pool averaged just over 60 people per day. County Public Health currently has no guidance on Phase III outdoor activity from the state, so the l...
COLFAX - Weekend storms padded precipitation counts for an already above-average May, bringing the total to almost three times the average. At the NRCS office in Colfax, .51 of an inch was recorded after storms rolled through over the weekend. Added to the rest of the month's rainfall, total for May was 4.77 inches. Average for the month is 1.61. The surplus helps make up for the lag in rainfall experienced over the previous months. Heaviest rainfall came the week of May 18 when 3.06 inches fell over five consecutive days....
COLFAX – Traffic was temporarily reduced to two lanes on Buck Canyon May 27 afternoon after large bales of straw slid off a semi. According to WSP Trooper Jim Retzer, the straw was improperly stacked which resulted in the load shifting as the semi rounded the corner. Two bales fell off the trailer. Due to the shifting, the straps had to be cut to free other bales so the load could be restacked at the Chevron station. A few bales were still on the roadside as of this morning for the responsible company to collect. There were no injuries or cit...
Solar power is getting a lot of attention these days as our country strives to reduce greenhouse gases. Sunny cities like Honolulu, Los Angeles and San Antonio have ramped-up solar power production; however, in cloudy coastal municipalities such as Seattle, investments in “sun power” have been lagging. One reason is Washington is blessed with an abundance of low-cost and carbon-free hydropower which accounts for three-fourths of our electricity generation. Electricity from the Columbia Riv...
Whitman County commissioners and other officials convened for their weekly workshop Monday morning, now being done online or by call-in. Commissioner Michael Largent appeared on the screen first, sitting alone at the commissioner's bench at the courthouse, Commissioner Art Swannack appeared from his office down the hall and commissioner Dean Kinzer in his office. Largent talked about looking to hire a consultant to help navigate the federal CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Securit...
COLFAX – The Colfax Police Department has responded to 11 cases of unemployment fraud, according to Interim Chief Bruce Blood. The department does not go after fraud culprits. When a case of fraud is reported, the local police department can create a case file with the victim positively identified. This is beneficial should future identity theft occur or be discovered in resolving those matters by the citizen. Chief Blood credited Officer Perry Tate with developing the process the department is using. Fraud victims appear in person at the p...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced its annual free fishing weekend June 6 and 7. During the two days, fishing licenses are not required to fish in Washington waters. In correlation with the event, vehicle access passes and Discover Passes will not be required on WDFW or Washington State Park lands throughout the weekend, but will be required on DNR lands both days. Regulations for other rules such as size lim- its, bag limits, catch record card requirements and area...
