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Beware of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's lowballing. That's good advice for the Democrats and others who are getting cocky about defeating a Republican replacement for Obamacare. Be very suspicious of stories appearing in the papers of record and TV network news that all say the same thing, which is that McConnell's intentions to sell his partisans in the Senate on some variation of a plan are in deep doo-doo. The consensus of all these stories is that too many moderates and right-wing immoderates in his party are irretrievably split...
Gazette Staff Acid crimes are on the rise in Britain. NPR recently reported about two teens who had splashed acid in people's faces in five different attacks in one night. This has prompted lawmakers to begin talking about “solutions,” like limiting how much acid you can buy, having permits or background checks. Such reactive solutions probably aren't the answer to the real problem. There aren't many guns in Britain, so the criminal's weapon of choice is a knife, making knife crime common in the...
These reports are from the previous four issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated. SELLAND LANDS 195 LANE JOB Selland Construction of Wenatchee was the successful bidder for the first phase of the passing lane project on Highway 195. The contract amount for the project is $3,199,999, according to a report from Al Gilson of Spokane, WSDOT spokesman for the district. Phase one of the project is for the lanes on the south end of...
KIMBALL SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS Keith A. Kimball, 50, former Garfield resident, was sentenced to 15 months Friday after a jury last Wednesday convicted him of three counts of domestic violence by violating a protection order. The jury verdict ended a one-day trial. Kimball was charged with one violation of the protection order in January and two in February. Lone witness to testify at the trial was the victim, Kimball’s ex-spouse. Kimball was sentenced to 15 months on each of the violations with the terms to run concurrently. He was assigned a...
-Paige Collins photo About 100 senior residents from around Whitman County and beyond attended the second annual Whitman County Seniors’ Picnic in the Rosalia city park July 11 hosted by the Council on Aging and Human Services. The crowd was entertained by the Old Time Fiddlers and Slinky the Clown. Prizes were handed out to the oldest guest, who was 96; the guest most recently to become a senior, who was 61, and the guest who came the greatest distance. It went to a man from T...
Arrangements are being made for a new part-time police officer to begin work in Uniontown. Shane Emerson, an officer with the Pullman Police Department, has been hired to join Uniontown part-time with Police Chief Dan Hargraves. The two officers will cover Uniontown on a varying part-time schedule. Hargraves is also a Pullman officer. Starting the service had been delayed until town attorneys finish a hold-harmless agreement which deems that neither entity is liable for what an officer may do in the other. Uniontown has been without a second...
In the 100th year of the Lions Club International, it marks 50 years in Palouse. It began in 1967 when the Palouse Jaycees organization started to phase out. The Pullman Lions chapter sponsored a new charter in Palouse. Home Economics students from Palouse High School provided dinners for the new chapter’s meetings, and the group got to work; cutting and selling firewood, putting in new bleachers at the school, replacing the football scoreboard, building Lions Club park, sponsoring the Boy Scout...
Lila Kjack of SELW takes in air in the 8 & younger butterfly race. Olivia Ng placed fourth for Colfax in the 12 & younger butterfly race. Zoe Bailey of SELW churns out a win in the 14 & younger butterfly. Bailey won the 50-yard race by more than five seconds. Pomeroy swimmers booked a big win Thursday in a three-team meet at the Endicott pool. Team scores were Pomeroy 502, Colfax 342.5 and host St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse/ Washtucna 313.5. Pomeroy's Cloe Davis was the lone swimmer to book a...
The 10th edition of the Peter Zornes Memorial tournament brought 36 golfers to compete Saturday on the Colfax links. Many of the competitors were friends and fellow WSU students of Zornes. Proceeds from the tournament go toward the Zornes Memorial Scholarship in the WSU Neuroscience department where Zornes studied after he graduated from high school at Oakesdale. Besides area golfers, entrants came from Laramie, Wyo., Boise, Sacramento, San Francisco, Bend and Maple Valley for the competition and reunion. Top team finish in the scramble format...
Payton Kallaher finishes a slide into the plate Friday while the Ferris catcher waits for a late throw. Jake Wells throws against Ferris in the first game of area action. Wells struck out 10 in the quarter-final. Pullman Posse defeated North Central 8-7 with a comeback win in the last inning Sunday to finish a sweep of the Legion area 3 playoff at Spokane. Posse, which went into the playoff as the number-one team with an undefeated league record, takes the number-one area seed into the state AA...
Dodd Snodgrass meets with city officials and public at a session at the library June 29. Colfax City Council members Monday night confirmed the appointment of Dodd Snodgrass to be the new administrator for the city. Mayor Todd Vanek said Snodgrass could potentially begin work in his new position Monday at City Hall. Councilman Jim Kackman, who made the motion to confirm the appointment, said he was impressed by the way Snodgrass presented himself when he made his visit to the city as one of two...
Darrell Bolyard, operating as Darry Air Inc., has concluded his contract for spraying weeds along county roads. Bolyard, who resides in Ephrata, has been spraying weeds along county roads for 21 years. He has been doing the job by himself for the last seven years. Bolyard said his present contract was for five years, but he has decided to drop the last year. While he was in the county during the spraying season, Bolyard resided in a camper unit at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds. He said the contract called for spraying along all paved and...
Christopher Thornton, 17, the Malden youth who was convicted in 2015 of a series of car thefts and a high speed police chase, was arrested Monday on a charge of taking a Toyota pickup truck from Malden. Deputies received a report that the truck was missing, and a resident along the Malden-Pine City road later reported he found a pickup on his property. He said the truck had been covered over with branches in what appeared to be an attempt to hide it, according to the arrest report. The report said Thornton later admitted to taking the truck. In...
Sandi Cochran stands inside of Hen House Chicks at its new location in Colfax. She is a co-owner with sister-in-law Nancy Cochran. The Hen House Chicks store in Colfax has found a new nest. A vintage and vintage-inspired furniture and home décor business, which was in the S. 100 block of Main Street for 11 years, moved north to what was formerly the banquet room of Events On Main. The store opened at the new site July 13. The search for a new location originally stemmed from a frozen city...
Above: The public restroom in Uniontown is a key feature of the park for locals and commuters. Right: The town council’s posted sign explains the reason for the closure. The Uniontown town council is deciding on options to continue to offer a public restroom after closing their facility along Highway 195 in late June. The restroom building, which was built 15 years ago with funding from Washington Department of Transportation and the American Legion, was shut down by a council vote June 14. I...
Beverly and Guy Spencer relax and celebrate on July 4 after bringing in the hay at Runner Bean Ranch. They will receive the Fresh Results Award from the Washington Food Coalition. A Palouse farm run by a mother and son will receive the Fresh Results Award from the Washington Food Coalition in recognition of their work in providing fresh produce to people in need. “Guy and Beverly (Spencer) have clearly given so much of themselves personally in this endeavor, volunteering at the Colfax Pantry o...
Route of Port fiber optics line from Oakesdale to Tekoa south of Highway 27. The Port of Whitman County has issued a bids call for installation of a fiber optics line from Oakesdale to Tekoa. Bids are set to be opened July 27 with construction work to be completed by Oct. 31. The project will install less than 10 miles of 1 ¼ inch fiber optics duct which can easily contain 288 strands of fiber. “A lot of capacity,” said Joe Piore, Port executive director. The fiber will stem from the Spok...
Whitman County Commissioners Monday signed the bargaining agreement with Teamsters Union Local 690. The union represents full and part-time employees in the Auditor’s, Clerk’s, Treasurer’s, Assessor’s, Prosecutor’s and Extension offices as well as courthouse maintenance, District Court, Health Department, Superior Court and Juvenile Services. Kelli Campbell, human resources director, presented the agreement to the commissioners during their regular session. The agreement set 2.5 percent wage inc...
The new grain sampling station and office takes shape at Uniontown Co-op in Uniontown July 4. Mangum Construction of Clarkston broke ground in May on the 120x36-foot building which is expected to be online when harvest begins, according to Neil Nuxoll, co-op manager....
A standing-room-only crowd came out Wednesday night, July 12, in Uniontown for a wide-ranging town council meeting. Topics covered included water, roadwork, the closed public restroom, burn pile, the “pigeon house” and more. Mayor Dave Jacobs convened the meeting at 6:30 p.m. at city hall, and the first report (“All is hunky dory”) came from Uniontown Community Development Association’s John McCann. It followed with Police Chief Dan Hargraves. “It’s nice to say it’s been a slow month... only o...
Gazette Staff Rosalia Mayor Nanette Konishi in June became one of 11 recipients of the 2017 Advocacy All-Star Awards given out by the Association of Washington Cities in recognition of city officials who demonstrate exemplary dedication to advocating for their community. Looking for small-town atmosphere, she and husband Yosh relocated their hand-made wood furniture and craft business to Rosalia in 2000. Within a few months she was asked to serve as Chamber of Commerce president, a role she accepted and served in off-and-on for six years. In...
Harvest has officially begun, with the first reports of grain delivery coming in from the Ritzville Warehouse elevators in LaCrosse July 10. Three farmers brought their grain in the first day with mostly soft white and some hard red winter wheat. “So far it’s looking pretty good,” said Ashley Goolsby, scale girl at LaCrosse. Harvest started at Pampa Pond on July 12 and at Hay Monday. Early numbers put the crop at 59.4 pounds per bushel. Estimates of bushels per acre should be similar to last...
The main lift station for the Town of LaCrosse was totally replaced as part of the town’s wastewater improvement project, now in its final stages. “It wasn’t up to code by any means,” said Steven Marsh, engineer with TDH Engineering overseeing the project. The main lift station is the original lift station for the town. Part of the improvements for it include a larger back-up generator, fully automated control panel and site re-grading to make it easier to access for maintenance. The other l...
