Serving Whitman County since 1877
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The Palouse police department is on the homestretch to owning its rented Harley Davidson motorcycle after the motorcycle’s owner ended its lease with Palouse this month. Police Chief Jerry Neumann is wrapping up the last pieces of paperwork for the motorcycle and Palouse is set to be the official owner within two weeks. The city council July 14 approved the purchase of the vehicle, which will cost $15,000. The 2008 Road King Police Special, which has a 103 cubic inch engine, is particularly good at weaving in and out of crowded public e...
Gretchen Van Lith gets a greeting from her three teammates after finishing the last leg of the freestyle relay for the St. John/Endicott team win Saturday in the Knights of Columbus Jerry Cluckey Memorial meet at Schmcuk Park. Other team members, from the left are Annie Bailey, Jade Porubek and Sami Bailey. The St. John/Endicott team clocked 2:10.88 to top the second-place Colfax team by over 2.3 seconds....
Tyler Damon paints his demolition truck for the upcoming Smash Bash Demolition Derby in Lewiston. It isn’t every day you get to smash out every single window in your truck and just leave a single screen in place of the driver’s windshield. It isn’t every day you get to remove the gas tank out of your truck and install it in the bed. And it isn’t every day you get to bolt down your hood with chains. Tyler Damon Unless you are 18-year-old Tyler Damon, who has spent the summer preparing his truck for the 2009 Lewiston Demolition Derby in an effort...
Sheriff Brett Myers is closing in on a deal with the U.S. Marshall’s office to house federal prisoners at the Whitman County jail. “We have the space to squeeze these guys in,” said Myers. “And if we have a real busy weekend and run short on space, we can always throw a mattress on the floor.” The U.S. Marshall typically houses prisoners at large county jails. Prisoners nabbed by the local marshall stay at the Spokane County jail, but Spokane’s jail has been running out of space, and Whitman County’s proximity makes it an attractive al...
Local law enforcement took Christopher Allen Davidson, 24, into custody this afternoon, after a 12-hour manhunt in Colfax. The suspect, who has been spotted several times in north Colfax during the pre-dawn search was arrested along Railroad Ave. which is on the north side of the railroad tracks, across from the Perkins House. Davidson, who is wanted on warrants issued by the Oregon Department of Corrections, was spotted again about 2 p.m near Jones Truck and Implement. He was arrested after he ran across the railroad trestle and into the Perki...
