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Gazette Reporters The longest-tenured Colfax School Board member has resigned her seat. Effective Aug. 31, Debbie Pearson will resign after seven years representing District 5. She began as an appointee in 2005 when Joel Aune was superintendent. “My kids are out of school, I felt it was time to step down and let someone new come in,” said Pearson. In her time on the board, she presented diplomas to all three of her children, including Samantha this year, Megan in 2010 and Kristyn in 2006. Pea... Full story
Clarkston-based DeAtley construction was awarded the contract to rebuild Whitman County’s Colfax Airport Road after bids were opened by county commissioners Monday morning. DeAtley was the lowest of five bidders to rebuild the 3.09-mile road, quoting a price of $2,599,431, which was $897,478 less than the engineer’s estimate of $3,496,899. “That’s much cheaper than I would have guessed,” said Public Works Director Mark Storey. The rebuild project will widen the road, create shoulders, eliminate some of the road’s tight curves and better angl...
Eight-year-old Oakley Workman of Colfax tries on his new fire hat at the Friends of Whitman County Library’s Police, Fire and Car seat safety program at Eells Park Aug. 23. Kids learned about the fire truck from Colfax Fire Chief Ralph Walter while safety technicians from Whitman Medical Center checked car seats....
The Palouse Empire Threshing committee will again stage their annual vintage threshing bee on Labor Day, Sept. 3, to start fair week. Steam power will be used to operate a stationary thresher and a push header with a team which will be used to cut the field just west of the fairground. A no-host lunch will be served by Jenny Meyer of the Endicott store. The threshing bee committee plans to honor deceased members of the organization who founded the group and have supported it over the years. An independent television producer is expected to be... Full story
- photo courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Thousands descended on the Ilia Sand Dunes on the south bank of the Snake River below Lower Granite Dam Saturday in a bash that left the beach covered with trash and sparked a wildfire in the hills above. A wild weekend party at the Ilia Dunes on the Snake River across from Almota left hundreds of rangeland acres charred and resulted in the closure of the sandy beach for clean-up of piles of trash. Officials with the United States Army Corps of Engineers estimated some 3,300 people were at the Ilia...
From a teacher looking for a map rail still hanging in his old room at Jennings Elementary, to seventh-graders locating their new classrooms at the high school, a change is in the air for students and teachers in Colfax. The new school year marks the combination of the junior high and high school into one building. The change was made over the summer. An experiment last year proved moving teachers between the two buildings over the course of the school day was problematic. The need to move...
