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CENTRAL FERRY - Whipped by gusty winds, the Riparia Fire roared to life Thursday, Aug. 4, but was quickly subdued. The fire was reported at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday and state fire assistance was mobilized quickly at the request of Whitman County Fire District No. 8 Fire Chief J.B. Broeckel. At the time, the fire was estimated at 3,000 acres and growing, according to the chief. Homes, crops, railroad and critical infrastructure were threatened. Ilda and Chad Lindgren, who live on Riley's River Ra...
COLFAX — City officials are asking ratepayers to reduce irrigation to conserve water. Public Works Director Matt Hammer said Wednesday, Aug. 3, that the city is currently in the process of replacing the Clay Street Well pump and motor. The well is currently offline but anticipated to be back in operation early September. “We are asking our customers to limit watering to 20 minutes per zone, every other day,” Hammer said, noting the city is asking its ratepayers to limit water lawns to overnight hours — from 8 p.m. to 9 a.m. — to curtail e...
PULLMAN —The Washington State Patrol has announced that it will be conducting emphasis patrols beginning Aug. 9 through the 20th. As Washington State University students return to Pullman for fall semester, troopers in Whitman, Adams, Grant, and Kittitas counties will be on heightened alert for speeding, distracted/impaired driving, and other violations. Beginning August 9, WSP troopers will have an increased presence on State Routes 26 and 195 as well as Interstate 90 in the Snoqualmie Pass area....
COLFAX - The city's own Olivia Ng is set to represent the Evergreen State next June at the Distinguished Young Women National Finals in Mobile, Ala. The Colfax High School senior topped a field of nine other contestants from across the state for the title of 2023 Distinguished Young Woman of Washington last Saturday, August 6 at Washington State University’s R.R. Jones Theatre in Pullman. The daughter of Molly and Eddy Ng of Colfax, Ng qualified for the statewide contest after being crowned t...
Intersections closed for roundabout work, paving PULLMAN — Roundabout construction will close the intersection of Terre View Drive, Northwood Drive and North Fairway Road through Aug. 11. Work began Tuesday on the final paving of the roundabout. Paving is expected to finish on the morning of August 11. Closing the entire intersection comes with benefits, city Public Works Director Shawn Kohtz said. “Compressing the paving process made the most sense for the Terre View roundabout because it helps us trim the project timeline, open a lar...
County Jail COLFAX — The following individuals were booked into the Whitman County Jail on Aug. 3-8: Aug. 8 Daly Mason Tom, 25, booked on a United States Marshal’s Office hold without bail through federal court. Jeremiah James Lafave, 38, booked on a United States Marshal’s Office hold without bail through federal court. Trever Daniel Harder, 35, booked on a United States Marshal’s Office hold without bail through federal court. Aug. 7 Crystal Kae Gayles, 36, booked for second-degree burglary, first-degree theft and first-degree possess...
MOSCOW – Palouse Habitat Surplus Sale, 304 N. Main St. is expanding hours. It is now open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m Tuesday through Saturday. The Surplus Sale offers donated home improvement and repair items including lumber, plumbing, electrical, appliances, antiques, furniture and more. “The store always has a few shoppers rushing in right at 4:59, so we expanded our hours to 6 p.m. to try to serve them better. If it’s popular we’ll keep it that way,” Manager Eldon Hodges said. “It’s nice to open Tuesdays again. We appreciate our staff and volunteer...
PULLMAN- Pullman has Regional Hospital has named Dr. Guillermo Modad as the medical director of hospitalist services. "I love being a hospitalist in this community," Dr. Modad said. "In addition to being able to provide care for a wide variety of medical problems, I am able to form meaningful relationships with patients and their families." Hospitalists are qualified to care acrutely ill patients, as well as care for hospitalized patients. They coordinate care with nurses, specialists, physical...
4H Critter Pals members pose outside the school house after doing community service at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds on Thursday, Aug, 4. The Critter Pals did their annual cleanup and helped the fair office pull weeds, sweep and various other outdoor activities to prepare for the upcoming September fair,...
Over the last several decades, many journalists saw hometown community columns as quaint links to how newspapers once operated. But with few journalists left in the Pacific Northwest applying for jobs since the COVID-19 shutdowns two-and-a-half years ago, we’re hoping to revive the idea of publishing content from local community correspondents — no formal training needed. We’re looking for volunteer correspondents who like to tell the world what’s going on in their part of the world on a regul...
Next year, one of the state’s newly adopted climate policies, the low-carbon fuel standard, will take effect in our state. The legislation requires companies to blend biofuels or fund charging stations for electric vehicles. Although it has increased gas prices in California and Oregon, the governor and environmental activists claim it would cost Washington drivers nothing, while the prime sponsor testified it would cost no more than 2 cents per gallon. “Don’t let anyone give you that swill...
Implausible as it may seem, gasoline powered vehicles can be part of reducing carbon emissions. They need to be part of the solution and not brushed aside. Take for example, Glacier National Park in northwest Montana, there is a fleet of 33 tour buses powered by gasoline engines. Each year, they transport 60,000 visitors mainly across Logan Pass---the park’s famed “Going to the Sun Highway.” Without them, congestion would be much worse and fewer people would enjoy Glacier. The Logan Pass highw...
Revive federal assault weapons ban Who has more mental problems – the perpetrators of gun violence or congressional Republicans, including our own Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who lacks normal compassion and regard for human life, even of young children? Congressional Republicans have once again copped out of their responsibility to do anything significant to stop mass killings by effectively acting only on mental illness measures. At the least, their social-emotional development has been severely stunted. Using the Second Amendment of the C...
8 Years Ago From the Colfax Gazette, Friday, August 13, 1897 Will Open a New Store. After an absence of two and a half years in San Francisco, Herman Kaminsky returned to Colfax last Friday to engage in business. He will open the Red Front clothing store in the Burgunder building, so long occupied by C. B. Newman, and expects to be ready for business by August 20. Interrogated as to the why and wherefore of his move he said: "My faith in the Palouse country has never waned and my coming might...
COLFAX – Late Colfax Fire Chief Jim Krouse will be honored in two upcoming events this month. Krouse, who fell in the line of duty August 28, 2021, was Colfax’s longtime fire chief. At 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, the Colfax Fire Department will bestow a ceremonial ribbon in honor of Krouse to the International Association of Firefighters Motorcycle Group. The ceremony is expected to take 15 minutes, and will occur in front of the Colfax Fire Station, 400 N. Mill St. The motorcycle group will then transport the ribbon to North Bend to tak...
Library offers technology and computer part and art program COLFAX — Whitman County Library Colfax branch’s TEK Center is hosting Take Apart Technology for curious kids ages 8 and older Monday, Aug. 15. The event runs form 10:30-11:30 a.m. During this hands-on science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics program, children will use tools to take apart a computer and learn the function of each part removed. Then on Aug. 22 from 10:30 a.m. to noon, children can return for Computer Part Art. Using the parts from Take Apart Technology, chil...
Looking around at all the yard signs and hearing politicians tell us on television what a lying crook their competition is, I have to admit I miss Guv Reeve. Guv had a real first name, but I sure don’t recall it now, because this was back in the 1960s and 1970s in the high desert of California. He had his first name legally changed to Guv so everyone would know what he was all about. Every four years, he ran for governor. I worked for the Victor Valley Daily Press in Victorville, which is just 30 miles from Barstow, where everyone’s car bre...
PALOUSE — For the first time in two years, the city will host the annual Haunted Palouse celebration for Halloween. The event will run the last two weeks of October, officials said. Haunted Palouse has brought visitors to town for around 20 years. This year’s festival is expected to feature two indoor haunted houses and an outdoor attraction like a hay ride. The event is scary, officials said, noting Haunted Palouse-goers must be at least 12 years old. An admission fee is charged....
Born Aug. 21, 1942, in Colfax, Wash., to Charles and Lois Lisenbee, Martha "Marty" Lee Slocum passed away Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022 in Spokane Valley, Wash. A woman who was all about 'bling and sparkle', Marty graduated from Oakesdale High School. becoming a cosmetologist after attending beauty school. She eventually furthered her career as a grocery checker working many years at Tidyman's Grocery store. Marrying John McElfish on Dec. 19, 1962, and then Bernie Slocum on March 9, 1991, Marty loved...
Kathryn Lou (Miller) Kramer passed away peacefully in her sleep July 27, 2022, in Spokane Valley, Wash. She was born Dec. 27, 1951, in Colfax, Wash. to Harold and June Miller. Kathy was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend who will be missed dearly. Kathy is survived by her daughter, Kelly; grandsons, Trent and Tommy; sister, Elaine; nieces and nephews; and cats, Tubby and Jo-Jo. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert; mother, June; father, Harold; and brothers, Leland and...
Ralph F. Webb, 66, passed away July 21, 2022, at his Palouse, Wash. home He was born Aug. 23, 1955, in Richland, Wash., to James and Phyllis (Zimmer) Webb. He attended school in Richland. Ralph joined the U.S. Navy on Aug. 8, 1972, and served two enlistments. He was discharged on Dec. 7, 1979 as a BT 3 Ralph married Allison Starr and the couple made their home in Palouse, Wash. Ralph worked at Washington State University as a control technician until he retired. Mrs. Webb died Nov. 13, 2013, in...
Al Broeckel, 87, passed away June 2, 2022, at Tacoma General Hospital. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, June, and three siblings. He is survived by their daughter, Janet (Vince); and grandsons, Landry and Brady; their son, John (Camille); and their daughter, Jo Ann (Brian); and grandchildren, Lauren and Aiden. Al was born to Arthur and Amelia Broeckel near Dusty, Wash. He and June attended school together and both graduated from Lacrosse High School in 1953. They were married...
John A. Novak Sr., 82, passed away July 30, 2022, at his home in St. John, Wash. John was born May 7, 1940, to Joseph and Vivienne (Crowder) Novak in Berwick, Penn. He was raised in a small town about 80 miles north of Philadelphia and had one brother and one sister. Coming of age in the 1950s, for most teens meant soda fountains and juke boxes. But for John, life was a little different. He could always be found outside playing in the woods. When he wasn’t enjoying the natural world, he was i...
COLFAX – For the first time in 20 years, the Colfax Bullsharks took home the Cluckey Cup on Saturday, Aug. 6. The Bullsharks came out in first with 329 points. "It was 2002 the last time Colfax won," coach Janni Burt said. "It's been a good 20 years since the trophy has been in Colfax." St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna was second with 321.5 points. The Pullman Barracudas were third with 283 points and Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer was fourth with 228 points. Pomeroy finished fifth at 2...
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