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Levi Johnstone, 27, Moscow, was taken by Rosalia ambulance to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane Monday afternoon after his lower right leg was severed in an elevator accident at Ewan, according to a report by Deputy Sgt. Rick McNannay. Johnstone had been working at the Whitgro Grain, Inc., elevator in Ewan. McNannay said Johnstone and another employee were carrying a metal frame at about 3 p.m. when Johnstone stumbled. That caused him to step into a floor opening which housed an operating auger, and his right leg went into the mechanism....
Justin T. Marchand, 22, Keller area rancher who was injured Tuesday morning, July 6, in a plane crash along Highway 21 three miles north of Keller. Marchand is a member of the 2006 class of Colfax High School where he was known as Justin Miller. According to a report in the Omak Chronicle, the crash took the life of the pilot, Elwyn J. Fletcher, 65, Mesa. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Marchand’s mother and step-father are Barb and Corey Miller of Colfax. He was flown by helicopter to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane where he was li... Full story
Trooper Donald Bancroft, member of the Washington State Patrol bomb squad from the Tri-Cities, carries one of the shells from the Hogue barn to the unit’s trailer. Deputy Jim Pelissier is at right. Trooper Marty Finan also responded to the scene. A two-man Washington State Patrol explosives team from the Tri-Cities removed two shells from a barn at the Anne Hogue residence east of Dusty last Thursday, July 8. The WSP duo checked out the shells, which were on a shelf in the barn, and decided they did not pose an immediate danger. They carried t... Full story
High-powered winds swept this giant cottonwood tree into the west end of Patricia Sessa’s home on the south hill in Colfax Monday night. Colfax fire crews responded at 6:22 p.m. to 404 E. Fairview. An Avista crew was called to the scene to disconnect electrical service. Winds swept across all of eastern Washington Monday, darkening skies with the dust of topsoil blown off fields. Highest sustained wind in the area was 44 miles per hour measured by the National Weather Service at its station at Escure....
Patrick Estes of Colfax holds up a box of raspberries he bought at the IKO stand in north Colfax. Summer showed its surest signs of arrival over the past week, as temporary stands with buckets of fresh cherries, berries, beans and onions appeared on the Main Street scene in Colfax. Delayed by a late, wet spring, produce from central Washington and northern Oregon can now be purchased in Colfax. “We’re late getting here this year because of the late harvest over there,” said Irene Eveland, a vendor from Plummer. “It’s all about a month late this...
Faced with a steep drop in revenue, Colfax school board Monday passed a budget for the coming school year that is $286,000 less than last year. The 2010-2011 budget also has a $237,840 deficit, which will be balanced out of the district’s reserves. Total charted for the 2009-2010 school year was $6,549,262. The total projected expenditures for next year are $6,263,835. Biggest boost for the budget was the departure of four employees, whose combined salaries totaled $198,075 plus more than $50,000 in benefits. Business Manager Reese Jenkin said...
The 1919 barn creaks in the steady blow of the Palouse wind. Wind rushes through its corridors, blowing across old shingles, wheat grinders, 1950s era dairy stalls and an original hay cradle dangling high above the loft. Outside sits a stack of new cedar shingles. David Buri examines the exposed beams of the roof of his historic 1919 barn. The barn on the Colfax -Palouse highway just east of Colfax is a 1919 Gothic style relic, which is listed on the state’s historic register. For the past year, David and Becky Buri have been restoring the a...
County Commissioner Michael Largent Monday expressed concern about the recent hiring of Esther Wilson to oversee the county’s computer systems. Information Technology Director Chris Nelson said last week she had hired Wilson to fill the newly created systems administrator position. Chief duty of the job is to oversee installation of county software packages like the New World accounting system. Largent questioned the wisdom of putting someone who had been embroiled in a computer-related controversy in such a potentially sensitive position. ... Full story
NOTICE TO VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS Whitman County, Washington is soliciting vendors and contractors for placement on the following lists: 1) General Government - Office/Data Processing Equipment 2) General Government - Building Maintenance/Park and Recreation 3) General Government - Professional Services 4) Public Works Department - Materials, Equipment, Supplies, Etc. 5) Public Works Department - Contractors 6) Public Works Department - Professional Services Whitman County maintains current rosters of vendors and contractors from which...
