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  • Take a hike on the Colfax Trail

    Reid Thompson, Gazette Reporter|Aug 18, 2022

    COLFAX – Less than a mile northwest of Colfax's downtown, hikers looking for an easy excursion will find the Colfax Trail. The trail hugs the southern bank of the Palouse River for 2.5 miles, winding beneath the shade of basalt cliffs and towering pines laden with wildlife. The trail's mostly graveled surface runs along a former Spokane & Inland Empire railroad grade abandoned in the 1960's, giving the path a very level surface with almost no changes in elevation. Hikers, travelers and v...

  • Sports Brief

    Aug 18, 2022

    Delta Waterfowl to host banquet SPOKANE – The Eastern Washington Chapter of Delta Waterfowl will host its second banquet Oct. 1 at the Shriners Event Center. The event will include dinner, drinks, raffles, games, auctions and more. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; dinner catered by Tomato Street starts at 7 p.m. Proceeds benefit projects to get more youth into outdoor activities, building hen houses for nesting waterfowl and local conservation projects. More than 200 outdoorsmen are expected to attend this year. Tickets are available in advance by e...

  • Over $1,000 donated to food pantry in memory of Tekoa man

    Reid Thompson, Whitman County Gazette|Aug 18, 2022

    TEKOA — From 1960 to 1974, Tekoa couple Milo and June Yale owned and operated Yale’s Food Store with the help of their six children. Long after the store’s closure, friends, neighbors, and classmates of the Yale family say they continue to speak highly of the family’s impact on the community, and second child Tim Yale has been no exception. After graduating from Tekoa High School in 1964, Yale’s studies first took him to Washington State University, and later to graduate education in Northern California where he would work as a hospital pharmac...