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  • No doubt about it; summer is over

    Sep 2, 2010

    Youngsters loaded with supplies to start the new school year pile out of Colfax district buses and head for their classrooms at Jennings Elementary and Junior High Tuesday for the first official day of school. Teachers and students launched the new year with the help of a fall-like day with rain, another sure sign summer was over. School officials anticipated an enrollment of 430 students at Jennings during two days of registration last week. First official count will be issued next week.... Full story

  • Cited for 25 violations: Colfax day care under probation after inspection

    Jeslyn Lemke|Sep 2, 2010

    A day care in Colfax was cited for 25 violations of state law just days after its director was fired for mismanagement. Little Angels Childcare, managed by the Colfax United Methodist Church, is now struggling to raise more than $7,500 within the next two weeks to pay off bills owed for the last few months. The day care will need another $2,000 after this for other debts. Violations cited by the State Department of Early Learning included bottles going unwashed between uses, infants left unattended while staff were in other rooms, food served...

  • Legals - Sept. 2, 2010

    Sep 2, 2010

    WHITMAN COUNTY STATE OF WASHINGTON Lamont Emergency Equipment Shelter Bid SEALED BIDS will be received by the Board of Whitman County Commissioners at its office in the Whitman County Courthouse, 400 N Main Street, Colfax, Washington, until 2:15 p.m. Pacific Time, September 20, 2010, at which time they will be opened and publicly read. Handicap access can be obtained using the Mill Street entrance to the courthouse. This bid is for construction of an equipment shelter from engineering specifications to be located at the NE 1/4 Section 33,...