Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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The USDA Farm Service Agency is accepting nominations for the Whitman County Committee until Aug. 1. The three-member committee consists of farmers and ranchers elected by their peers to administer farm programs and provide a link between producers and the FSA. The committee also hears producers’ appeals of agency determinations. The position up for election this year is for area 1, which is roughly the western third of Whitman County from Central Ferry and includes the towns of LaCrosse, Endicott and St. John, among others. Candidates must l...
Primary candidates forums will be Tuesday, July 17, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Colfax Branch of Whitman County Library and Wednesday, July 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Pullman City Hall. The forums will include candidates vying for commissioner districts one and two. Candidates in district one scheduled to participate are incumbent Greg Partch of Garfield and challengers Art Swannack of Lamont and Bill Tensfeld of Rosalia. All are Republicans. District two candidates include incumbent Pat O’Neill of Johnson, a Democrat, and challenger Dean Kinzer of E...
The proposal to develop a bike trail between Colton and Uniontown is gaining momentum with an agreement between the Uniontown Community Development Association and WSU’s Rural Communities Design Initiative. The concept was suggested by several people in surveys sent out to Colton and Uniontown residents earlier this year. Since then, Uniontown representatives have had preliminary discussions with the State of Washington about the possibility of developing a trail along the right of way of H...
Nancy Strain of Moscow walked away uninjured when her motor home caught fire while driving on Colfax Airport Road. Strain said she saw smoke begin to billow out of the motor home’s center console and decided to bail out with her dog just before it was engulfed in flames. Fire crews from Colfax, Dusty and Diamond responded to the blaze. Another motor home was destroyed by fire Monday night in a field along Highway 26 in the LaCrosse area. The 1995 Damon Intruder is believed to have been taken from the Pullman area the previous night. Sheriff B... Full story
The Martin Hall juvenile detention center may be in its last three months. Nine counties voted June 28 to keep the cooperative juvenile detention center open until the end of September while they determine if they will keep the Medical Lake facility operating, according to Commissioner Pat O’Neill. “We’ll decide if we’re going to close Martin Hall or not,” said O’Neill, who represents Whitman County on the detention center’s joint board of directors. Martin Hall houses about 19 juvenile offenders a day. To recover operating costs, the fa... Full story
Cancer fundraiser will mark 17th year with events at high school track The 17th-year edition of Whitman County Relay for Life will get underway Friday night at the Colfax High School track with 16 teams in the competition this year. Total enrollment on the 16 teams now stands at 319 people who will walk the relay loop as part of the fund drive. Proceeds from the relay go to the American Cancer Society in their battle against the disease. Teams in the event have already undertaken a variety of events to generate funds. Goal for the event this ye...
The first section of the first tower of Palouse Wind’s $170 million wind farm in northern Whitman County was erected last Friday. Construction was halted after the segment was put up because highway permits delayed shipment of the top segment and the naselle, the part of the turbine which generates electricity from the turning blades, according to Ben Fairbanks, western development manager for First Wind. The project will consist of 58 turbines. Each is made of three segments that measure 25 to 30 meters long. Crews hauled the bottom two s...
