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Serving Whitman County since 1877
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SPOKANE VALLEY – A small piece of history will pass through eastern and central Washington skies on July 4. Five World War II vintage aircraft owned by Hangar 180 air museum in Lewiston will be conducting a flyover over of the region beginning at 8 a.m. The flight takes them over southeast Washington, through the Tri-Cities area to Yakima, up to Ellensburg, back over central and eastern Washington to Lewiston and then up to Spokane where they will layover for an hour at Felts Field. After r...
COLFAX – Local law enforcement agencies are seeing reports of new scams in Colfax for bank account numbers and social security information. A Colfax resident was scammed by a man claiming to be from the Secret Service in Alaska with "mega-millions" to disperse. The scammer asked for the resident’s bank account number to deposit funds, but instead withdrew money from the account. The resident canceled the account, but scammers followed up with a new angle, claiming to be FBI attempting to track the scammers. The "FBI" asked the resident to sen...
The Whitman County Gazette and Colfax Daily Bulletin are now operating out of new offices at 418 S. Main. At this time, new phones have not been connected to the new office. Gazette staff is attempting temporary fixes to the problem until connected with a new provider. Those wishing to contact staff are encouraged to do so via email if possible while we await resolution of the issue. The Gazette phone number will not change and is still functioning in a limited capacity. The public is also welcome to stop by the new office if they need to...
PULLMAN – A summons for a Pullman man was filed June 24 in Superior Court on the charge of alleged residential burglary. Luke Benton, 22, has been summoned for a July 10 hearing. According to the affidavit of probable cause, Benton and Alisyn Krebs allegedly entered a Pullman apartment and took an "oil rig" valued at more than $100. Krebs allegedly told officers Benton had entered the apartment and taken the item which she allowed officers to recover. According to the report, Benton denied taking anything other than Ramen noodles. According t...
