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Donation pavers are installed at the Palouse Community Center Monday. Donors up to $1,000 are named on 6 X 10-inch granite plaques while those who gave more than $1,000 receive an 8 X 12 marker. The project was completed by Definitive Landscapes and Concrete from Lewiston....
Palouse school board June 28 discussed past due accounts owed by parents when the school district operated a non-profit childcare center from 2004 until 2011. The care center, Little Sprouts, now operates independently in a space rented from the school. “I understand the sensitivity of the issue,” said board president Mike Dymkoski. “I’m just not comfortable with a shrug and an oh well and we move on.” The board discussed collection agencies. “I think they would take these accounts and slowly...
Empire Disposal trucks hauled their last load of Whitman County trash to the Waste Management landfill in Arlington, Ore., Friday as the county’s new waste disposal contract kicked in July 1. County commissioners in March signed a contract with Regional Disposal Company to dispose of the county’s garbage. The new contract drops cost to the county from $68 a ton under the current contract to $53 a ton. With an average day loadout of more than four 23.5 tons trucks, Whitman County expects to save more than $400,000 under the new contract. Was...
Washington wheat growers are expected to harvest less wheat this year according to new estimates from the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Based on a survey last month, the agency believes winter wheat will be down three percent from last year’s crop, while spring wheat acreage will be down nearly 25 percent. Dave Losh with the ag statistics service reported this year’s smaller wheat crop was due to a combination of crop rotations and fears over the stripe rust outbreak of the past two years. “I think a lot of guys got scared by the ba...
Colfax Rotary Club presented a Paul Harris award to Al Kirkpatrick during a “changing of the guard” meeting June 28. This is the third time Kirkpatrick has received the Paul Harris award which involves a $1,000 donation from the club to the Rotary International Foundation. Kirkpatrick and John Kehne this year split a term as Colfax club president and Kirkpatrick was also recognized for his part in raising $2,400 for Rotary’s efforts against polio. Scott Ackerman was installed as the club president for the upcoming year. Kim DeHart was insta...
Rick McNannay reported for duty as the new Colfax Police Chief Monday. A 17-year veteran in law enforcement, McNannay had served with the Whitman County Sheriff’s office since 1999 and attained the rank of sergeant. He trained under the sheriff’s reserve program and then served with the Moscow Police Department from 1995 until joining the sheriff’s office. He fills the vacancy left by the retirement of Chief Bill Hickman. Chief McNannay was administered the oath of office at the start of Monday night’s Colfax city council session. Many family...
The first of 58 towers for First Wind’s $170 million Palouse Wind power farm is slated to be erected Friday, as tower parts come in from Colorado. Ben Fairbanks, western region business development manager for First Wind, said three turbines were sitting in Pasco at press time waiting for superload permits from the state Department of Transportation to make the trip to the Naff Ridge wind farm. Workers on site said they anticipate putting one tower up shortly after it is received Friday. From Pasco, the components of the Vestas V100 turbines w...
After a discussion at the June 26 Palouse city council meeting, the agreement between the city and Palouse Tavern regarding outdoor seating is set to be adjusted. As it stands, the open-ended 2005 Agreement For Use of Public Street allows for outdoor seating on Friday nights. However, the Beach Street space has been used for more than just those times. Palouse councilman Cecil Floyd said the agreement will likely be adjusted to account for the reality. He chairs the city’s Streets and Sidewalks...
A suit for alleged damages was filed Monday in Whitman County superior court by Ralph Walter, Colfax fire chief who was terminated in July of 2010 and then un-terminated after the start of a city civil service hearing three months later. The 17-page complaint was filed against the city, City Administrator Carl Thompson and former Mayor Norma Becker. The suit also lists 10 “John or Jane Doe,” defendants who could be determined to be involved at a later date. According to court papers, the suit was served on the city clerk Friday along with a s...
The voices of more than 200 people filled the hayloft of David and Becky Buri’s barn Sunday night outside Colfax as they gathered for an old-time gospel sing-a-long and pie social. “We wanted to facilitate a place where people could come together and worship in an old-fashioned, nostalgic kind of way,” said Becky Buri. People from churches all around Whitman County gathered together, and multi-denominational choirs took the stage set in the loft of the Buri’s barn under an old basketball hoop and a single light bulb. Light from the setting sun...
*For full coverage of July 4th festivities, please see the Weekly Paper section of the website. Green and red sparks explode over Sunnyside Park in Pullman Wednesday night as Whitman County celebrated the 236th anniversary of America’s independence declaration. See pages 8 and 9 for pictures of Independence Day festivities from all around Whitman County....
