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Four-year Colton High School quarterback Josh Straughan was named Most Valuable Player in a season-opening football game called the Dayton Classic, which pitted his Stillman College team against Central State University at Dayton, Ohio. Stillman College is an NCAA Divison II school in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The true freshman entered the game in the fourth quarter Sunday and led Stillman to three touchdowns and a 28-27 win. Straughan was the Tigers main offensive threat hitting 7 of 12 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns. The Alabama team had...
1. How old was Pete Rose when he had his last 200-hit season? 2. Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs was the first shortstop to hit three home runs in a game. Who was the second? 3. In 2011, Patrick Peterson tied an NFL record with his fourth punt return for a TD in a season. Whose mark did he tie? 4. Name the only conference to have three No. 1 seeds in one year in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. 5. When was the last time before 2012 that the St. Louis Blues won an NHL playoff game? 6. Name the last country other than South Korea in the m...
Action in the new volleyball season Tuesday featured a rematch of the state title showdown at Yakima last year with Tekoa/Oakesdale and Colton colliding on the Wildcats’ court. The Nighthawks, who took the state title last year, came out of an 0-2 hole to take the season opener. They finished with a 15-9 edge in the fifth game decider. Line score for the match was 14-25 19-025 26-24 25-14 and 15-9. In the third pivot game, the score went to 24-24 before the Nighthawks turned it around. Katelyn Renstrom put up 36 assists for the ‘hawks and Ede... Full story
Asotin’s Panthers, a team which was stopped by Colfax last year in the NE-SE crossover round after the end of the regular season, will visit Colfax Friday night to launch the football season at Schmuck Park. Colfax will host the Panthers after getting good marks last Friday in the football jamboree at Ritzville. Asotin will arrive after sustaining a 6-31 crunch from McCall-Donnelly in the Panthers’ season opener at Asotin. The M-D team visited Asotin after posting a 26-22 hard-fought win over Orofino in the Idaho opener two weeks ago. Col... Full story
Craig Nelson’s thunder, Steven Maley’s lightning and a swarming hive of defenders pushed Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia to a season-opening 22-0 shutout win over Reardan on the red turf at EWU Saturday morning. The Nighthawks opened up the four-game slate in the WIAA Kick-Off Classic on Roos Field. The event was moved to this side of the state this year to showcase area teams. Prior episodes have been at Century Link in Seattle. The 2B matchup was the first of four games on an all-day slate which ended with 4A titans Ferris and Central Valley goi...
Asotin’s Panthers, a team which was stopped by Colfax last year in the NE-SE crossover round after the end of the regular season, will visit Colfax Friday night to launch the football season at Schmuck Park. Colfax will host the Panthers after getting good marks last Friday in the football jamboree at Ritzville. Asotin will arrive after sustaining a 6-31 crunch from McCall-Donnelly in the Panthers’ season opener at Asotin. The M-D team visited Asotin after posting a 26-22 hard-fought win over Orofino in the Idaho opener two weeks ago. Col...
Colton’s Wildcats booked the lone win for the lineup of county eight-man teams which booked an early start last Friday on the new grid season. Colton out-paced Wilbur-Creston 66-40 on the Wildcats field after posting a 40-16 lead at the half. In other action Potlatch Loggers defeated Garfield/Palouse, Odessa/Harrington topped the LW Tigercats, and the SJE Eagles were turned back at Wellpinit. COLTON’S Jake Straughan, who moved into the QB slot vacated by his brother, threw for seven TDs in the 66-40 win over Wilbur/Creston in the season ope...
Craig Nelson’s thunder, Steven Maley’s lightning and a swarming hive of defenders pushed Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia to a season-opening 22-0 shutout win over Reardan on the red turf at EWU Saturday morning. The Nighthawks opened up the four-game slate in the WIAA Kick-Off Classic on Roos Field. The event was moved to this side of the state this year to showcase area teams. Prior episodes have been at Century Link in Seattle. The 2B matchup was the first of four games on an all-day slate which ended with 4A titans Ferris and Central Valley goi... Full story
Colfax volleyball team defeated Freeman in four games Tuesday in a match on the Scotties’ court to start the regular season. Both teams seemed to relish the first round match. “It was a good match. It seemed like when we took the lead, we really went into a cruise mode, and when they took the lead they did the same thing,” Bulldog Coach Sue Doering commented. Senior setter Amelie Bruya booked 32 assists with three serving aces. She hit 19 of 20 serves. Taylor Larsen hit 14 kills and three clocks. Bailey Mackleit and Amara Huber each had nine...
THURSDAY A Texas law that would require voters to show photo identification before casting ballots was blocked in U.S. District Court, Judge David Tatel ruling the measure would likely curtail the ability of minorities to vote in the November 6 presidential election. Joyce Coffey was arrested four times in 26 hours by police in her hometown of Epping, New Hampshire, three times for repeatedly blasting the AC/DC song “Highway to Hell” from her home stereo and once for hurling a frying pan at her nephew. The judge reportedly advised Coffey to...
A former Colfax ambulance will find new use in Palouse after the Palouse city council approved the purchase Aug. 28. Palouse Assistant Fire Chief Marv Pillars told the council the 2007 Ford 450 diesel powered ambulance was offered to Palouse EMS for $11,000, the trade-in value. It will replace Palouse’s 1987 ambulance, which was in service for 10 years. “We stole that at $3,000,” Pillars recalled. Palouse EMS plans to turn it into a rescue rig. Palouse Fire and EMS joint board previously appro...
The Ilia Dunes on the lower Snake River was re-opened Sunday by the United States Army’s Corps of Engineers. A week-long clean-up after a wild party Aug. 25-26 netted more than 3,000 pounds of trash from the shore, the water and the three miles of ditch along the road between the dunes and Lower Granite Dam. The litter was hauled to the Asotin County landfill. Corps officials estimated 3,000 people hit the dunes that weekend, an unusually large crowd compared to the typical weekend count of 100 to 300 visitors. Bruce Henrickson, spokesman f...
There is a new freedom in the birthing process at Whitman Hospital. Last November, the hospital received a General Electric mini-telemetry system and put it to use after the first of the year. The four by eight-inch device gives mothers the ability to be up and more mobile during the labor process. Before, an expectant mother had six feet of room, allowed by cords which connect to her and a stationary unit. Now, with the battery-powered mini-telemetry system, the mother wears the device around... Full story
After receiving an increase in chicken noise complaints this year, Palouse City council and the planning commission are considering possible changes to the city’s ordinances. In the open forum for the city council meeting Aug. 28, Shelley and Darrel Goertzen spoke on behalf of 4H members who reside in Palouse. They pointed out that there is a difference in laying hens and asked the council not listen to what Shelley termed “one disgruntled neighbor. A neighbor who wasn’t disgruntled for the y...
A new era will begin at Martin Stadium Saturday, and no, it’s not just the first home show under Head Coach Mike Leach. For the first time ever, attendees at Washington State University’s home games will be able to imbibe beer and wine inside the stadium, not just in the parking lot. “We’re a little bit worried, sure,” said Sgt. Brad Hudson, head of the Colfax detachment of the Washington State Patrol. “You open it up that much more and you take more of a chance.” The university’s Board of Regents approved an amendment to state law that clears...
For the 63rd time, the citizens from across the Palouse Empire will “Meet Me at the Fair” to check out projects on display at Mockonema when the Palouse Empire Fair kicks off Thursday. “There’s a little bit of magic happening right now,” said Fair Manager Bob Reynolds. The fair starts its annual four-day run today. Events that are sure to dazzle the eye and boggle the imagination can be seen throughout the weekend at the Mockonema meadow. Among its offerings are seven talented young women, hundreds of animals, scores of tempting food offerings... Full story
NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Whitman County, Washington will meet in its office in the Whitman County Commissioners' Chambers, in the Courthouse in Colfax, Washington on Monday, the 17th day of September 2012, at the hour of 11:15 a.m. for the purpose of considering an Amendment to Whitman County's Six-Year Road Program (2012 - 2017), at which time and place any taxpayer may appear and be heard for or against said program. Handicap access for the Whitman County Courthouse is available at...
