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  • Geranium planter gone

    Jun 21, 2018

    A red square planter with a geranium has gone missing from the front of Palouse Hills Computing at 214 S. Main. Gloria Lord said the planter has sentimental value because it was among planters her mother, the late Virginia Morgan, kept in her garage and tended the geraniums through the winter. Lord each year plants flower boxes in front of the business and adds to the display with planters located below the window boxes. She has been doing it for 20 years, and the display has become one of the Main Street fixtures in Colfax. She said she first...

  • Caution on N. Flat detour

    Jun 21, 2018

    Drivers have been asked to use caution while negotiating the detour around the Cedar Street construction project in north Colfax. Traffic has been diverted to Riverside Lane which parallels Cedar but is more of an alley than an arterial street. Riverside has been posted with 10 mph signs. Drivers approaching in opposite directions have been using pullover techniques to pass. Signs after the Highway 195 turnoff direct traffic southbound and then around to Sixth Street to connect with Riverside to head east on the North Flat. Work on Cedar...

  • Pleas entered in drug case

    Jun 21, 2018

    Jory D. Smith, 25, Pullman, Friday pleaded not guilty to drug charges in Whitman County Superior Court. Smith was one of three people arrested last Sunday, June 10, when deputies conducted a warrant search of a mobile home on S. Grand in Pullman. Smith was charged with possession of heroin and methamphetamine with intent to deliver. Smith has previously served a lengthy sentence in the jail here where he was allowed trustee status and worked on projects around the courthouse. He was allowed pre-trial release Friday on his own...

  • Legal Notices

    Jun 21, 2018

    PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with the Revised Code of Washington, Chapter 36.77.070 that the following construction projects shall be performed by County Forces: Catholic Cemetery Road, C.R.P. No. 0310-2 This project provides for placing gravel on a dirt road for an estimated cost of $17,184. Jennings Road, C.R.P. No. 9100-2 This project provides for the construction of a multiple course bituminous surface treatment on the gravel road for an estimated cost of $22,718. DATED this 18th day of June, 2018. W. Mark Storey, P.E.... Full story

  • Births

    Jun 21, 2018

    At Pullman Regional Hospital Paul, Medha Saptarshi, born June 15 at seven pounds, one ounce, to Poly Sarker and Narayan Paul, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Kanu Gopal Paul and Maya Rani Paul, Feni, Bangladesh. Maternal grandparents are Tarani Kanta Sarker and Khuku Rani Sarker, Madaripur, Bangladesh. Baby joins sister Shruti, 6.... Full story

  • 2018 Slippery Gulch Days parade

    2018 Slippery Gulch Days parade

    Jun 21, 2018