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COLFAX – A Whitman County Corrections Officer was transported to Whitman Hospital and Medical Center emergency room July 2 after allegedly being assaulted by an inmate. According to a Sheriff’s Office press release, Officer Morgan Scharff was conducting meal service in the commons area when he was attacked by inmate Levi Graham, 22, Lamont. Initial review of video surveillance allegedly shows Graham attack Officer Scharff without warning or provocation. Graham was originally booked for harassment, threatening to kill. He will face add...
Work is underway on the Seltice-Warner bridge replacement project seven miles east of Oakesdale. The county Public Works bridge crew of Bob Sevedge, Dawson Messersmith, Lorn Steen and Robby Johnson began June 29, first taking apart an old timber bridge – infested by carpenter ants – and assembling to one side the county's temporary bridge, which the crew hauled to the site on a low-boy trailer in two parts. The workers marked the detour to the temporary bridge and began to prepare ground to dri...
WHITMAN COUNTY – A recent study shows Whitman County with the highest rate of ALICE–formerly known as "working poor"–households in Washington state. According to the study released by United Way of the Pacific Northwest, 52% of households in Whitman County are below the ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) threshold. That includes 27% of households in poverty, nearly triple the state average of 10%. The report is based off of 2018 data. ALICE families are are those who are above...
Sixty-six years ago, racism was part of the fabric of America, especially in the deep south. Few of us actually experienced separate water coolers, segregated bathrooms, or all white schools. I am glad that I did not. The Supreme Court ruling in the Brown vs Board of Education was supposed to change all that, but it met with stiff resistance. Sixty-three years ago, nine students required military escorts to and from school in Little Rock, Arkansas. White privilege was real, and racism was endemic in American society. We have come a long way sin...
A youth livestock exhibition has been organized to provide Whitman County youth a market show and sale. A committee of 18 parents, youth leaders, booster organizers, sale committee members and barn superintendent has announced the Whitman County Youth Livestock Exhibition, set for Sept. 11 and 12. The event would consist of market show for swine, steer, goats and sheep on the first day and sale the second. "It's still a work in progress," said Nathan Moore, committee member and Colton FFA...
Whitman County has reached 52 positive COVID-19 cases. The Emergency Operations Center announced three more positive cases today, bringing the total to 52. There have been 13 positive cases announced since the beginning of the month, 10 male, three female. The largest demographic is males in the 20-39 age range. The cases announced today were for a male and female in the 0-19 age range and a male in the 20-39 range. The one case that was hospitalized is no longer, but officials could not...
A Lewiston man is facing five charges after allegedly breaking into vehicles at Pullman Building Supply earlier this year and taking items including tools, electronics and credit cards. According to the affidavit of probably cause, police responded Feb. 3 to a report several work trucks at Pullman Building Supply had been rummaged through over the weekend. Security footage showed the license plate of a car in the area at the time of the thefts. The license plate returned registered to Eric Kimsey of Lewiston. Pullman Police interviewed Kimsey...
DAVENPORT — As the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect live cattle markets throughout the country, many ranchers and feedlot owners are looking for grazing land to hold animals that are awaiting slaughter. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), a backlog of roughly 800,000 to 1 million head of cattle are awaiting slaughter as packing plants slowly return to capacity throughout the U.S. The Tyson cattle slaughter plant in Kennewick, for example, is now operating “near” capacity, but company officials said that worke...
OLYMPIA — Most state Department of Fish and Wildlife employees will be furloughed Friday, July 17, to reduce agency expenses in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The furlough day is the third of four planned — the fourth occurs Friday, July 24. According to agency officials, game wardens will remain on patrol, but most other services will be shuttered for the day. Some hatchery operations employees will also remain on the job. Agency Director Kelly Susewind said Fish and Wildlife will operate at only 80% staffing this month to reduce cos...
RITZVILLE — Four people remain in the Adams County Jail after being arraigned Tuesday, July 14. Their arrests, and the arrests of two others, occurred Monday, July 13, after multiple agencies executed a search warrant at a residence in the 1000 block of Rand Road and discovered drugs, stolen property and unlawful possessions of firearms. Darian Jeanie Arlene Morgan, Noe Duarte, Triston David Duplichan, Glen Oscar Gilbert Jr., Marcus James Chamberlain, and Cassandra Charlene Hope Rand made their first appearance before the Adams County S...
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee threatened to roll back openings of businesses and activities Tuesday, July 14, due to the reported increase in coronavirus cases state wide. During a press conference, he said residents should not be surprised if the state followed the actions of California, where Gov. Gavin Newsom in recent days ordered bars, restaurants and other businesses and activities closed after an increase in cases there. “The situation we are in is unsustainable,” he said. “We have to reduce the numbers… We have to find some way to break...
