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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers spoke to a crowd of Whitman County farmers and ag suppliers at the headquarters of McGregor Co. in Colfax Monday. Perdue made the stop as part of a "Back to Our Roots" tour of northwest states and Alaska, visiting ag facilities and meeting with local leaders, farmers and foresters. In the process, in Colfax, he told about a hundred people of a target date of Labor Day to tamp down recent trade and tariff...
A young Whitman County in 1898 marked a unique celebration when it marked the Fourth of July during what was later called "The Spendid Little War." When the big day arrived that year, the United States and Spain were in the final weeks of a war in which Spain lost control of Cuba, the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico. Young men from the county had answered the call as war fever mounted and was fueled in part by yellow journalism in which this publication took a small part. The path to war was...
Jacob and Lacie Bunyard, Colfax residents for the past year, have purchased Colfax Lube Plus from Jim and Joan Berdal of Colfax. The Bunyards have been working to prepare for the launch of Bunyard Automotive and plan a grand opening of the business with barbecue Saturday, July 7, from noon to 4 p.m. "I always wanted a shop; that's why I went to school in the first place," said Jacob. Bunyard earned a degree in diesel mechanics at Lewis Clark State College where he graduated at the top of his...
The Whitman County Waste Transfer Station repair project for landfill cells no. 1 to no. 3 nears completion this week, to come in under estimate after re-design work by contractor M.A. DeAtley and Whitman County Public Works. The project, which began last fall, will improve the cells' gas monitoring system by upgrading venting ports and sample ports, and repairing thick plastic coverings which had settled in spots. “It's 95 to 98 percent done,” said Mark Storey, Public Works director. Money sav...
A charge of second-degree theft was filed against Kyle J. Lawson-Stevahn, the Pullman resident who appeared in court June 22 and pleaded not guilty to a charge of failing to register as a sex offender. He was charged Monday with second-degree theft. The report filed by Pullman Police Sgt. Jake Opgenroth alleged Lawson-Stevahn took cash and parts last January from a former employer, Evergreen Tire in Pullman. The report alleged he was shown on a surveillance video taking the cash. It alleged he created invoices for shipment of car parts and...
Pullman’s two newest pot shops, Magic Tree LLC and Kush 21, are expected to open this month, barring any delay from a Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board inspection. As the town’s fourth and fifth marijuana retailers, they will be the first located outside the 1300 block of SE Bishop Boulevard where all previous shops have located. New sites are now available because of reduced buffer zones required by the state to separate the shop from school and parks. Magic Tree LLC will be based on the ground floor of a former grain elevator behind...
Pro Cab LLC is extending its service range to provide cab rides throughout the Palouse. With its main office at 110 NW Stadium Way in Pullman, Pro Cab is widening its coverage area and hiring drivers from around Colfax to help local customers. According to manager Mary Torrence, the taxi service will cover a range of about 40 miles at a standard price, along with rides to the Spokane Airport at a discounted rate. Torrence said she expects Pro Cab will be most useful to customers in need of transportation to grocery stores and medical offices...
Whitman County Port Commissioners discussed ongoing efforts by the Port and the Washington Legislature to expand high-speed internet access to rural areas throughout the state at their bi-weekly meeting Thursday, June 21. Port Executive Director Joe Poire attended a meeting the prior week in Pomeroy with Gov. Jay Inslee, District Representative Mary Dye, local officials and economic development managers last week in Pomeroy concerning increased internet access for rural towns in Washington. At the meeting, Inslee voiced support for the...
Work on the Glenn Miller Bridge replacement project on Huntley Road west of Colfax is moving ahead as a Public Works crew builds two steel abutments this week. The crew is scheduled to set concrete beam girders in place Wednesday, July 11. The work is expected to be done the week of July 16. “Probably by the end of that week we'll be open for traffic,” said Mark Storey, Public Works director. The project's cost is estimated at $145,000....
Pullman Patriots are booked to play four games this week in the American Legion AAA division at Whitefish, Mont. The Patriots will make the trip after closing out their Palouse Summer Series run with a 2-2 mark Saturday. Now 8-14 overall, the Patriots are in the last third of their season schedule. Their slate at the Montana tournament starts today with games against teams from Butte and Glacier, Mont. Friday afternoon they will face the same Kalispell Lakers team which defeated them at McDonald...
The 11th annual Peter Zornes Memorial Golf Tournament will be July 14 in Colfax with a 10 a.m. shotgun start. Check in begins at 9 a.m. for an 18 hole, four-man scramble competition, open for players of all ability levels. In addition to the round itself, the Zornes tournament provides various contests during play and after the game has concluded, a chance to win a trip to Palm Springs, a shot at a $50,000 shootout, a silent auction and a catered dinner. An on-sight certified athletic trainer will provide golfers with kinesthetic suggestions...
Dr. Doug Hiller, Whitman Hospital and Medical Center’s new orthopedic surgeon, is scheduled to chat with local residents in the Whitman Library at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10. In addition to bringing more than 27 years of orthopedic experience to Colfax, Dr. Hiller brings an interest in the Triathlon. He served as Chief Medical Officer for Olympic teams at Beijing, China; Sydney, Australia, and Greece. At the start of his career when he was an intern at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, a co-worker talked Hiller into competing in the ne...
Pullman Posse team booked a 3-3 mark in a six-game run in the American Legion AA division during the week. The junior club started with a sweep over Shadle last Thursday, split a doubleheader at Othello Saturday and then sustained two losses to University at Spokane Monday. At Shadle Thursday, Posse hammered the hosts 11-1 in the first game and 12-1 in the second game. Mitch LaVielle, Ryan Bicklehaupt and Layne Gingerich pitched in the first game against Shadle. The hosts had just four hits in the first game. Shadle scored one run in take and...
It seems the natural tendency and desire of the populace to find quick, simple answers and fixes to problems. Things are just so much easier when the answer is cut and dry and to the point. However, sometimes we can over-simplify things and forget there are often multiple factors to an issue that negate having one simple answer. When the family's German Shepherd was walking as though lame one day, the question of hip dysplasia came up. These big dogs with the unique gait are known for having a p...
Here's a pop quiz: What is the name of North Korea's capital city? If you said "Pyongyang," you probably have an above-average recall. I didn't want to make it too easy. The name Kim Jong Un still should ring a bell, but if the details of his much-ballyhooed meeting with President Donald Trump have faded, don't worry. That was sooooo two weeks ago, and we Americans have the memory span of a gnat. Since that historic Trump-Kim negotiation to defuse the ticking nuclear time bomb, we have moved on. All the glaring images from Singapore (the...
In the 1950s, the great neo-conservative intellectual Irving Kristol acknowledged Joe McCarthy's stark failings, but famously refused to take the side of his critics. "For there is one thing," he wrote, "that the American people know about Senator McCarthy: He, like them, is unequivocally anti-Communist. About the spokesman for American liberalism, they feel they know no such thing." The sentiment could equally apply to President Donald Trump and the issue of immigration. Trump's team is still trying to figure out how to extricate itself from...
Okeydokes Val Gregory for organizing Ice Cream Social Encouraging signs to the public on Fairview Street...
Colfax's Future Business Leaders Club May 9 brought Jim Thompson, father of 2012 CHS graduate Sam Thompson, and Palouse Regional Transportation Planning Organization (PRTPO) to address a high school assembly about the dangers of texting and driving. According to an AAA poll, 94 percent of teens driving acknowledge the dangers of texting and driving, but 35 percent admitted to doing it anyway? 35 percent? How sad. This is why Jim and Lisa Thompson take the time to go to schools and driver’s education classes. We are very hopeful that, because o...
