Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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The Whitman County Gazette was again award the contact to be the newspaper of record for Whitman County in partnership with the Daily News. All legal publications for all Whitman County departments will be printed in the Gazette’s legals section....
A water skier makes the most of a sunny day to create tall spray on Badger Lake near Cheney. Weather will be less accomodating this weekend with rain and thunderstorms predicted....
COLFAX – Six new positive tests of COVID-19 were returned last week, all from one family. Assumably, a male of the household was infected out-of-county. As his symptoms were not typical for COVID, testing was delayed. After his test returned positive, the rest of the multi-generational family household was tested and all returned positive. Other cases were for two females under age 18, a female in the 30-40 age range and a male and female in the 60-79 range. The original case is in the 30-40 age range. The family is isolating at home. This b...
WHITMAN COUNTY – Thursday: Al has been sick with a stomach bug for the past week. His buddy Bill comes over to bring soup and visit. Then Bill goes to his sister Cindy’s to talk about taking his son to a family campout. Friday morning: Bill drops off son Devon with Cindy who takes him and her two kids to Grandpa Ethan’s for a “campout” in the back yard. Al lives with his mother Felicity. Al’s niece Gabby stops by for a quick visit and gives Grandma Felicity a hug, then goes to play at her frie...
COLFAX – The Colfax Police Department will receive $250,000 from a Department of Justice grant to hire two new police officers. "It's exciting for us," said Interim Police Chief Bruce Blood. Chief Blood has been looking to hire lateral officers since coming on as chief. Laterals are officers who have already been trained and have experience versus basic recruits who take longer and more money to get in the field. "We haven't had luck getting laterals in here," he said. The quarter million g...
WAWAWAI – Six people were injured in a two-car collision June 7 near Wawawai Landing. Whitman County Deputies and EMS from Fire District 14 and Lewiston Fire responded about 4 p.m. to the incident. According to the Sheriff's office, deputies believe the accident occurred when a westbound vehicle with two occupants attempted to make a left turn into Wawawi Landing. At that same time a separate vehicle with four occupants, also traveling westbound, attempted to pass the turning vehicle. All four of the occupants in the passing vehicle were i...
State Department of Fish and Wildlife officers referred charges to the Whitman County Prosecuting Attorney Office on June 9 for nine men from the St. John and Colfax areas for their roles in the illegal take of at least three elk on Oct. 5, 2019. According to a press release from the WDFW, an investigation by WDFW Police officers, along with a Whitman County Sheriff's Office Deputy, shows the men illegally used vehicles to chase, corral and prevent the escape of a large herd of elk near Endicott-St.John Road and Mulkey Road, before they shot...
Five people were transported to area hospitals, including one by LifeFlight, after a hit and run collision north of Ralph Henning Road near Thornton. Washington State Patrol responded at 2:45 p.m. Sunday, June 14, to the collision, along with fire departments from Colfax, Steptoe and Rosalia, and Whitman County Sheriff's Office. According to Trooper Rob Aucutt, two vehicles were headed southbound on Highway 195 when the first pulled onto the shoulder. The second vehicle, a grey Ford Focus,...
