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It’s been a tough week around the farm with equipment failures that have delayed harvest a few days. I’ll get back on track. But while repairs are underway, I can’t help but think about others who won’t recover so easily from hits to their budgets – setting them back further and further every time they fill up at the gas station or get a paycheck. Many of our friends on the West Side of the state disregard rural folks in communities like ours. We see this every session that the Legislatu...
Today, good works are often brushed aside or ignored---especially, if done by one of the world’s largest mining companies. However, Rio Tinto deserves kudos for its half-billion-dollar mine cleanup in Holden., a remote village in the picturesque North Cascade mountains just south of Lake Chelan. Rio Tinto did not mine an ounce of copper or other precious metals at Holden. It acquired the site as part of a larger purchase. It gathered interested stakeholders together and ironed solutions o...
COLTON — The Colton School District is on the brink of unveiling its latest addition to its campus – a brand-new daycare center located adjacent to the Colton High School building. District Superintendent Kevin Graffis revealed that discussions about relocating the district daycare have been in motion for some time. For the past two decades, the daycare has been situated offsite, causing a certain level of inconvenience for parents and caregivers. The desire to establish a more accessible and convenient location was the driving force beh...
COLFAX — Four conservation and fishing groups, including Columbia Riverkeeper, Idaho Rivers United, Idaho Conservation League, and the Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association, have announced their intention to file a lawsuit over the issue of elevated water temperatures in the Snake River. The marked rise in water temperatures has put the endangered sockeye salmon species at risk of extinction, prompting these organizations to take legal action. In a formal notice addressed to the Army Corps of Engineers, the groups highlighted the four l...
COLFAX — As harvest season gets underway in the Palouse region, farmers are reporting an unimpressive crop yield in the face of high heat and low precipitation. Cory Christensen, Grain Merchant at Northwest Grain Growers, expressed his concerns about the adverse effects of the lack of timely rains and early spring heat on this year’s wheat crop. He stated, “We’ve seen yields reduced to 75-85% of the 10-year average and elevated proteins in the areas in those same fields.” The reliance on non-irrigated moisture makes the region susceptible to th...
COLFAX — The Washington State Department of Transportation has announced a road repaving project on U.S. Highway 195 between Albion Road and Colfax. The project, spanning approximately 8 miles, is scheduled to begin on Monday, August 7, and continue for several weeks until mid-September. During the construction period, travelers can expect traffic delays on the affected stretch of the highway, which runs between Pullman and Colfax. Flaggers will be on-site to guide a lane of traffic through the work zone. The rehabilitation project, funded a...
PULLMAN — The City of Pullman is preparing to move forward with the reconstruction of Main Street between Spring Street and Grand Avenue planned for 2024, resulting in more space for “people-centric” activities to bring people to downtown Pullman. The project’s priorities now include improvements to sidewalks, streets, utilities, and streetscape elements on Main Street. Modifications are planned for the Pine Street Plaza and Pine and Kamiaken Streets between Main and Paradise Streets. Communications Coordinator Sarah Phelan-Blamires stated...
PULLMAN — A thief employed power tools to forcefully breach a pair of ATMs housed within Adams Mall, situated atop Pullman’s College Hill, resulting in the theft of $2,600 of cash. Authorities were alerted to the burglary by mall personnel on the morning of Saturday, August 5. Surveillance footage captured the image of an individual entering the mall at approximately 5:00 a.m. Over the course of the subsequent hour and a half, the perpetrator used power tools to carve through the protective barriers of an ATM positioned in a mall corridor, as...
PULLMAN - Washington State University (WSU) is set to start school Monday, August 21. Before school can kick off, WSU will hold their "Week of Welcome", a week long event that has different activities each day geared towards new freshman and transfer students to the school, welcoming them to the university. The start date for the event will be Saturday, August 12, and will have events each day until Saturday, August 19. Students are highly encouraged to attend any event they wish. Signature...
COLFAX — According to a press release from Whitman County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, August 6, deputies arrested Tyson Farley, 44, of Moscow, Saturday on a warrant for possessing a controlled substance out of Latah County and for possessing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Reports state that deputies were dispatched to a welfare check in the area of Carter Road north of Oakesdale for a vehicle allegedly parked in the exact location all day, with the driver slumped over. Upon arrival, deputies talked to the driver, who provided a false name, cla...
COLFAX – The parent company of a local grocer will have to pay a total of $423,588 in back wages and fines for violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The U.S. Department of Labor said an investigation into Rosauers Supermarkets Inc. found the company failed to pay overtime wages to 602 employees, including workers at stores in Colfax, Pullman and Moscow. As a result, Spokane-based Rosauers Supermarkets Inc. has been ordered to pay $175,363 in unpaid overtime wages to affected employees. In addition, the company has been ordered t...
COLFAX — A local assisted-living facility was shut down July 24 due to a myriad of complaints. On Friday, Aug. 4, state Department of Social and Human Services spokeswoman Jessica Nelson outlined issues prompting the agency to relocate 24 Paul’s Place residents within two days and shut down the facility. “There were 10 complaints filed,” Nelson said. The complaints allege criminal activities by owner Cynthia Dvorak of Garfield and her employees at the 907 S. Mill St. facility. Among those complaints were allegations of criminal sexual abuse,...
PULLMAN - The Washington State Distinguished Women (DYW) Program held its 66th annual scholarship program Saturday, August 5, at Daggy Hall on the Washington State University Campus at 4 p.m. Ellensburg's Distinguished Young Woman, Sydney Ohlemann, took the title of Washington's representative for the 2024 national Distinguished Young Women scholarship program, receiving a $3,200 cash scholarship and a $2,000 scholarship from Washington State University (WSU) with her title and a $200 award in...
