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Update: The couple was safely located Monday evening, July 28, around 10:38 p.m. SPOKANE VALLEY -- Police deputies are attempting to locate 79-year-old Maure L. Labonte and 77-year-old Ruth A. Labonte to check their welfare. They are possibly traveling in a white 2016 Subaru Outback with Washington license plates BHE7400. According to a July 27 news release, their daughter stated Maure and Ruth went to Colfax to visit family. When she tried to call her parents Sunday night, the phone was answered by the manager of a restaurant in Colfax. The...
8 years ago The Commoner August 2, 1895 Wm. Marsh, of near Endicott, on Wednesday afternoon, met with an accident that narrowly escaped being a fatal one. As it is, the wound received will probably result in partial disablement. Just after dinner, Mr. Marsh, who lives about three miles west of Endicott, while working about a pig pen, caught a good-sized porker by one leg with his left hand. In the right he had a large keen knife. In his struggles, the pig, kicking out with one of his feet, struck Marsh’s right arm violently, driving the k...
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Dr. H. George Frederickson, the lightning rod president who oversaw the transformation of Eastern Washington State College to Eastern Washington University, passed away July 24 at his home in Lawrence, Kan. having just recently turned 86. Frederickson, a 1961 graduate of Brigham Young University, and who earned his master's in public administration from UCLA and a doctorate down the road at USC, was chosen to replace Emerson Shuck who had served Eastern Washington State College...
OLYMPIA - Incumbent Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee has a commanding lead after the initial tally of Aug. 4 primary election ballots. As of the end of counting Tuesday night, Inslee was running away with 51.96% of the vote. Loren Culp, a Republican police chief in Republic, is a distant second with 16.7% Culp was followed by Bothell Republican Joshua Freed with 7.27% and initiative guru Republican Tim Eyman with 7.04% Here are the results of the first count in the Aug. 4 primary election for statewide...
Carolyn Sue Middleton, age 73, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 12, at her daughter's home in Saint John, Washington. She was born May 30, 1947, to Grady Everette Hanback and Grace Elizabeth (Austin) Hanback in South Bend, Indiana, the fifth of 12 children. The family subsequently relocated to northern Alabama where Sue spent her formative years attending school and doing farm work from an early age alongside her siblings in order to help support their family, especially after her father pass...
Dolores Lindhag, longtime Colfax resident, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2020, at the Whitman Health & Rehab Center in Colfax. She was 91. A private family graveside service will be held in the Latah Evergreen Cemetery where she will be laid to rest next to her husband, Carl. Dolores Maxine was born October 8, 1928, in Spokane, Washington, to Wilber and Florence Schmitz Crockett. Her early growing up years were in Rosalia, Washington, before attending school in Waverly and graduating from...
Henry Allen McSweeney, 94, passed away July 27, 2020, at his home in Colfax due to age related causes. Allen was born on April 17, 1926, in Colfax, Washington, to Henry and Alice (Porter) McSweeney. He grew up in St. John, Washington, and attended school there. Following his high school graduation, he enlisted in the United States Navy where he was a part of the Navy Seabees serving in the South Pacific Theater. Upon his honorable discharge he returned to St. John, where he married Frances...
Art and Colene Sager vacationed in Cody, Wyoming, from Monday through Saturday. One day was spent in Yellowstone Park, but the remainder of time was spent in Cody with their many attractions. The Buffalo Bill Center of the Northwest is a complex of five different museums: Pioneer History, Plains Indians, Firearms, Western Art, and Animals from the Area. Two days were spent in the museum. The Sagers also attended two different dinner shows: Dan Miller Show with dinner in the historic Irma Hotel and the Cody Cattle Company dinner show. Both had...
Artisans at the Dahmen Barn hosts “The Wood Show 2020.” More than 20 wood artists from the Inland Northwest will display woodwork from traditional to the avant-garde during the month of August. Exhibit opens Saturday, Aug. 1. Some of the artists will be present during the opening 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The exhibit continues through Aug.t 30. Every two years with the help of Jim Christiansen, a premier wood turning exhibit is curated from woodworkers creating functional and decorative unique objects some from the most beautiful varieties of woo...
KAHLOTUS – T.J. Harder is excited to be carrying on the farming and ranching tradition started by his family generations ago. After graduating as the LaCrosse Class of 2020 Valedictorian, Harder is putting in long hours on the family wheat farm before he heads to Washington State University in the fall, where he will double-major in Agricultural Economics and Business. "College will be way harder, but I'm hoping it will be fun," Harder said while taking a short break July 3 from getting e...
Part of the Whitman County Sheriff’s Posse tour town on Sunday, July 26. They were having a parade practice. Those riding were Wraylee Flodin, Gina Wilson, Sierra Motley, Anna Boyd, Kelly Chalmers and Jim and Jessica Pelissier. James Garrett was the pooper scooper. Endicott Food Center served Senior Lunch on Tuesday July 28th. A Deluxe Salad Bar, rolls and dessert were served....
Dean Eugene Monzingo was born July 24 at Pullman Regional Hospital, weighing seven pounds and three ounces, to parents Anthony and Deborah Monzingo of Moscow. Paternal grandparents are David and Cora Monzingo. Maternal grandparents are Kenneth and Tina Blanscet. Avery Belle Woolpert was born July 24 at Pullman Regional Hospital, weighing eight pounds and six ounces, to parents Jeffrey and Alexandra Woolpert of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Kirk and Ruth Woolpert of Eugene, Ore. Maternal grandparents are Bo and Zina Price of Albany, Ore....
SURPLUS SALE OF 1988 FORD PUMPER FIRE ENGINE WHITMAN COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT #10 Whitman County Fire District #10 is accepting Sealed Bids on a used 1988 Ford Pumper Engine. The pumper truck has 57,096 miles. Sale of the truck is as is, with no warranty expressed or implied. The truck may be inspected outside the Oakesdale Fire Station. The truck will be sold to the person submitting the highest purchase bid above the established minimum bid. Minimum bid: $500 Send sealed bids to Whitman County Fire District #10, P.O. Box 284, Oakesdale, WA 99158....
COLFAX-Shelaine Damon Starrett is back in her hometown with razor and clippers ready to go. Starrett, 33, opened Legends Barbershop at 105 ½ Canyon Street July 21 after running her own shop for the past four years in Pullman. "I'm a mix of modern barbering and old school barbering," she said in her two-chair studio. Starrett grew up in Colfax and attended Mr. Leon's School of Hair Design in Moscow. She earned her cosmetology license in 2006 and starting cutting hair the next year. While...
WHITMAN COUNTY — The Port of Whitman County seeks a new member to appoint to its commission. Qualified candidates must be registered voters living in District One. The new commissioner will replace John Love, who served on the board for 24 years. Port staff will hold a virtual informational session, “Port Commissioner 101,” at 7 p.m. Aug. 13, to share background about the Port and the roles and responsibilities of a Port commissioner. The meeting will be held on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83561948135. Applications will be avail...
PALOUSE — The first use of the new flag ordinance in Palouse is underway, as the city flew flags July 24-28, in honor of Monday’s National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day which marked the 67th anniversary of the end of the war. Flags displayed on Main Street in Palouse include American flag and City of Palouse flag. The city – which passed an ordinance July 14 to take over flag displays from the volunteer Palouse Lions Club – is still waiting for arrival of Washington State flags and POW/MIA flags. The three-year Korean War cost more than 36...
A picture and caption (“Ruck across Whitman County”) contained errors in the July 23 issue. Mitch Kriebel is a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army, not Air Force, as was stated in the caption. Sarah McKnight was identified as a boardmember for “Ruck for the Fallen.” She is also a co-founder. The picture was courtesy of Rebecca Tate of Steptoe....
The National Weather Service has upgraded its heat advisory for Whitman County Tuesday to red through Friday. Highs Friday are forecast for the upper 90s with Thursday breaking the 100 mark. According to NWS, potential for critical fire weather conditions Thursday and Friday with thunderstorms possible Thursday along with near record heat. Friday is predicted to continue very hot and breezy to windy conditions. Breezy conditions could create issues to new or existing fires. Seasonable temperatures are expected to return this weekend and early...
**UPDATE** The Gazette received word after publication that the walk has been postponed to a later date which has yet to be determined. COLFAX — When someone brings up human trafficking, many people have scenes from the movie ‘Taken’ pop into their head—a violent kidnapping in a foreign place, a drug house and sex slave auction. But this is an outdated view, according to Daniela Miranda, crime victim advocate at Alternatives to Violence on the Palouse (ATVP). “It doesn’t look like the movies,...
