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Rural fire crews Monday kept a fire from spreading to buildings and an adjoining grain crop along the Airport Road south of Colfax. Crews were called out at 9:43 a.m. to the Tim and Barb Schluneger residence which is just west of the Almota Road intersection. Chief Jim Krouse said the fire went into brush and trees and burned across pasture up the hill past the former radio tower site behind Whitman Hospital & Medical Center. The fire advanced just two to three feet into the adjoining grain field owned by Mike Ensley. Cause of the fire is...
This is one senior project that will most likely pass. Tyler Damon, the Colfax High School student from Steptoe who fixed up his aging Nissan pickup for his senior project, brought home the gold last week after winning a demolition derby in Lewiston. Tyler Damon and trophies Damon, 18, literally knocked out the other drivers in the derby’s demolition final to take home $300 and a first-place trophy. “I only got hit once or twice and then I pretty much just hit everybody else,” Damon said. “My truck didn’t even break down.” Damon also placed...
A crew from the state Department of Ecology sampled the flood control channel in Colfax Tuesday to target the source of high levels of fecal coliform found in the South Palouse River. The sampling team of Jim Ross, Elaine Snouwaert and Matt Hammer emerge from the shadows of the Cooper Street Bridge, where Spring Flat Creek meets the S. Palouse River. Tuesday, the crew of Matt Hammer, Colfax wastewater treatment plant manager, Elaine Snouwaert, Ecology water quality manager, and Jim Ross, Ecology natural resource scientist, measured the flow...
Republicans Susan Fagan of Pullman and Pat Hailey of Mesa grabbed the lead in Tuesday’s “top two” primary election for 9th district state representative. Ritzville Democrat Glenn Stockwell ran a close third in the first count, just 75 votes behind Hailey. That close finish means the primary result will still be on the table until all the late arriving ballots are tallied. Fagan garnered 28.8 percent of the vote in the six-county ninth district with 5,357 votes. Hailey was second with 4,769, good for 25.64 percent, but just barely ahead of St...
Once again, downtown Pullman will flood with people eager to sample free lentil chili from the famous enormous cauldron of cooked lentils for the 21st annual National Lentil Festival. Tase t. lentil will appear in the festival The street fair Friday, which begins at 5 p.m., strikes up with people lining up in front of the chili bowl for their free lentil chili. The band ShamRockers, Irish-style music out of Montana, will play for the first part of the evening. They will be followed by the Ian McFeron band. The festival draws thousands of...
County commissioners Monday signed an order allowing Auditor Eunice Coker to fill a soon-to-be vacant position in the county recording department. The commission two weeks ago sidelined the same order, denying Coker the authority to fill the position. “I’m in a happy place right now,” Coker told the Gazette Monday. Commissioner Greg Partch told the Gazette two weeks ago that Coker’s request was denied because of budget constraints. He said Tuesday that Coker has worked with the finance department to find funding for the salary. “Eunice...
Whitman County commissioners Monday extended a freeze on raises for county employees until the end of the year. The freeze was instituted in January, but slated at the time to expire after six months. “Because of the economic downturn in the entire country, including Whitman County, we had to make some adjustments early in the year, and we felt classification freezes was a good way to cut costs,” said Commissioner Pat O’Neill. Commissioners made the decision to try and make up a projected deficit in the county’s year-end bottom line. “It’s o...
A crew from Diamond K Construction, Moscow, started work on replacing the roof at the United Methodist Church of Colfax last week. The slope on the roof is approximately 52 degrees. The crew is now in the process of removing two layers of asphalt shingles and a layer of shakes. A layer of plywood and new shingles will be applied. Depending on the weather, the crew hopes to finish the $29,000 job by the end of the month....
MEETING CANCELLATION NOTICE The August 25, 2009 regular meeting of the Whitman County LEOFF I Board has been canceled. The next regular meeting of the Board will take place September 22, 2009 at 10 a.m. in the Whitman County Commissioners’ Chambers. Maribeth Becker, CMC, Clerk of the Board 18298 34/1c PUBLIC NOTICE: CONDITIONAL USE HEARING The public is notified of a hearing requested by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) before the Board of Adjustment on Thursday, September 3, 2009, at 7:00 PM in the Public Service B...
