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COLFAX — Whitman County District Court reported the following criminal conviction sentences from June 20 to June 30: • Devin Bullard was found guilty of theft in the third degree, therefore the defendant is sentenced to a deferred sentence for 12 months, 30 days of jail, 29 suspended. The defendant has a fine of $500, $500 suspended, and one day in jail convertible to 8 hours community service. The defendant has a total of $368.844 in fines. Supervised probation for 12 months, unsupervised as soon as all essential requirements of the sen...
COLFAX –– Whitman County Public Works director Mark Storey announced progress on the construction blocking Almota Road at Monday’s commissioner meeting. Contractors working on the road are waiting for a new pipe to place through Sommers Road adjacent to Almota Road. “This is the other closure we warned you about,” said Storey. “The other closure is still going basically from the bridge to the road.” Public Works expects the construction to begin on Monday, July 10, and will close for through traffic until Friday, July 21. “We have set aside...
PULLMAN — The Dimond Family Foundation has donated a generous $1.5 million to Washington State University to support the construction of the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture’s Schweitzer Engineering Hall for the Pullman campus. The Dimond Family Foundation was created by Navin and Rita Dimond, the founders of Stonebridge companies, and daughters Ashley and Sonja. The Stonebridge Hotel is a top leading hospitality company in the nation, featuring a portfolio of around 60 hotels across the United States of America under four bra...
COLFAX — The Washington State Auditor is referring the case of the Whitman Conservation District Manager accused of fraud and misappropriating funds to the Whitman County Prosecutor’s Office for a possible criminal case. The state agency also seeks $4,000 from the former manager to pay for their investigation. The Washington State Auditor’s Office initially investigated the man, whose name was not yet released at the time of this publication in the Whitman County Gazette. The agency was notified of the potential fraud by the Whitman Conse...
COLFAX — A Pullman man was sentenced to spend 361 days in jail, after already spending three days in jail, with additional conditions to his charges of assault in the fourth degree against his wife. Alex Kay, 30, of Pullman, was sentenced Friday, June 30, to spend 361 days in jail and pay a total fee of $1,050 by October. Alex will also be under supervised probation for 24 months following his sentence and must refrain from violating the law or alcohol-related infractions. He must also obtain an evaluation from the Social Treatment O...
TEKOA — County Commissioners voted to award the Town of Tekoa the .09 Fund at the Monday, July 3 meeting. This award gives Tekoa $28,000 to spend on public facilities. Tekoa applied for the award to construct a new reader board sign on the northeast side of town while traveling down Poplar Street. Tekoa was reportedly missing some information on their application but recently finalized and sent in the amended application. Tekoa is one of three awarded with the fund, with one more award pending for the Colfax Varsity Track team of $16,000. T...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office (WSCO) and Washington State Patrol (WSP) responded to communication advising of a stolen white 2013 Dodge Ram pickup truck on Wednesday, June 28, north of Colfax. A Shelton man, Anthony Newbern, 35, was cooperative in his arrest and admitted to stealing the vehicle from Dayton due to the voices in his head telling him to do so. Newbern also appeared to be under the influence of methamphetamine during his arrest. No weapons were found on his person during his arrest. Newbern has been charged with pos...
COLFAX - The Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office has ruled hanging as the cause of death for Nicholas Bunch, 40, of Garfield. Corrections officers found Bunch hanging in his cell while conducting a regular round in the afternoon on Monday, June 12. Officers immediately notified Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and began lifesaving measures. "We found the guy, and we at least got a heartbeat back," said Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers. Bunch was transported to the emergency room at the...
PULLMAN - AgTech OS announced a new location and plan for the proposed biodiesel plant in a press conference Thursday, June 29. AgTech OS CEO Ernest Spicer stated that the plant's new location would be on the Moscow-Pullman Highway at the former Hawkins Development property between Airport Road and the state line near Moscow. In the meeting, Spicer explained plans moving forward and earlier concerns they'd addressed. Spicer stated that previous community concerns started with the location in...
