Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Sorted by date Results 26 - 49 of 49
These reports are from the previous four issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated. HARVEST TRUCK FOUND A farm truck which was taken from the Jones Truck & Implement lot on the Walla Walla Highway in Colfax three weeks ago has been found in Lincoln County. Chief Rick McNannay said deputies there called Monday and reported they had located the truck. The truck was found in a wheat field near Gilliland Road which intersects with... Full story
Colfax has cancelled Monday's jayvee game which was booked at Davenport. Athletic Director Nathan Holbrook in his weekly update said Colfax has several players who are sick, and the Bulldogs will not have enough jayvee players to make the trip....
A two-day, after-school youth golf camp began Monday at Colfax Golf Club. A total of 25 kids participated, from second to sixth grade....
Garfield/Palouse netters defeated Rosalia in a non-league match Tuesday at Palouse with Payson Griner hitting 17 kills. Line score for the Vikings win was 26-29, 18-25, 25-19 and 26-24. Griner also posted five blocks, and Ainslee Marcus had 30 assists. Colton pegged a non-league win over Grangeville 25-23, 25-23, 15-25, 25-14 to bump its record to 3-0. Kendyl Druffel hit 12 kills for the Wildcats, and Jordan Moehrle hit 11 kills. Abby Kelly put up 28 assists for Colton. Oakesdale Tuesday swept Liberty in another non-league matchup 25-10 25-15... Full story
Colfax junior Dane Hall picks up yards with Terin Judy of Asotin trying to make the stop. Asotin's crew of veteran gridders turned on the power in the second quarter Friday night at Oakesdale for a 46-16 win over Colfax in the second round of NE action. The Panthers scored 27 points in the quarter to post a 34-8 lead at the half. The win advances Asotin's record to 2-0 in the new league race and puts Colfax at 1-1 in the campaign with a trip to Wilbur this Friday to play the 0-2 Wildcats. Wilbur...
Colfax runners competed in a league meet Tuesday at the Big Bend Golf course at Wilbur. Jack Ammon of Northwest Christian won the boys race with a time of 16:30 over the 5K course. Madison Ward of St. George's won the girls race with a clocking of 19:14. Times for the Bulldogs were Carson Cloaninger 18:36, Riley Griffiths 19:25.49, Chase Baerlocher 19:25.84, Josh Goebel 22:10, Austin Ring 22:44 and Doug Wilson 25:35. Times for the Colfax girls were Rebekah Huber 24:44, Alicia Knee 24:58, Issabelle Erickson 28:45, Chelsea Becker 31:15 and Kiah... Full story
Brady Chadwick passed for 344 yards on 11-for-14 for six touchdowns and ran for another 162 yards and two more scores in a rout of Tekoa/Rosalia Sept. 9 at home. Colton's offense delivered 586 total yards and six touchdowns in the first quarter to set the tone. Chadwick, a senior, threw to five receivers; Grant Kinzer, who had four receptions for 142 yards, and Cameron Bean, who caught four passes for 125 yards. He rushed for another 87 yards. Colton (1-1) plays again Friday at Wallace, Idaho....
After a cancelled first-week game at Odessa due to lack of functioning field lights, the St. John/Endicott/ LaCrosse football team started the season with a 58-20 loss to Wellpinit. Playing at home, quarterback Reagan Harrison scrambled into the endzone on a 12-yard run for the team's first touchdown. In the third quarter, Levi Bailey scored on an 85-yard kickoff return before Harrison ran in the Eagles' final touchdown. The Eagles trailed 46-12 at halftime. “Overall, a huge improvement over last year,” said coach Ken Gering of his team. On... Full story
Seth Shelton of Pasco rides to a win on Witness Protection to score a 77 Sunday in the bareback event at Palouse Empire Fair. Hayden Hall of Touchet drops down to attempt a stop in the steer wrestling round Sunday. Moses Lake's Jacob Stacy posted wins in two events, saddle bronc riding and steer wrestling, at the Sunday session of the Palouse Empire Rodeo at the fair. Stacy led winnings in both of those events in the Pro-West rodeo standings as of Monday. Stacy's wins Sunday capped a three-day...
Colfax volleyball team advanced its mark to 2-0 Tuesday night with a three-game sweep over Northwest Christian. The Bulldogs fell behind in the opening game, and coach Sue Doering made some lineup changes to get the team in gear. "They just had to settle down a little bit. Once they got settled they began to pick up the points," Doering noted. The Crusaders posted a five-point lead in the first game, but Colfax tied at 25-25 and put down the next two points for a 27-25 win. After that, the Bulldogs wrapped the sweep with 25-19 and 25-14 in the...
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will offer a free day Saturday, Sept. 24, in recognition of National Public Lands Day. Park visitors will not need a Discover Pass to visit state parks. State Parks free days are in keeping with legislation that created the Discover Pass, a $30 annual or $10 one-day permit required on lands managed by Washington State Parks and the Washington departments of Natural Resources (DNR) and Fish & Wildlife (WDFW). The Discover Pass legislation provided that State Parks could designate up to 12 free...
Colfax Fire Capt. Tim Tingley was presented with a letter of commendation Sept. 6 by Chief Clark Capwell. The letter was presented for Tingley’s response to the grass and brush fire which ignited on the west hill Aug. 18. Tingley was cited for his quick response to the scene and for calling in other departments to counter the fire which was started by a transformer failure along the Old Almota Road. The fire, which was driven by a strong wind, threatened several homes in the area.... Full story
Haunted Hospital at St. Ignatius will be back in October with a variety of options available this time around. A lease was signed last month to allow for the use of the building for haunted attractions to continue for at least another year. Colfax's First Thursday event Oct. 6 will have one-hour ghost tours every hour-and-a-half starting at 5 p.m. This will be the only day where the one-hour format will be available. Cost to participate is $10, and the tour begins in downtown Colfax near Fonk's about 15 minutes before the tour time. Ghost hunte...
--photo Kathleen Parker A Goodwill truck was in LaCrosse Sept. 9-11 to benefit the LaCrosse Community Outreach and Food Bank. The truck was full after the three-day event. The outreach and food bank will receive $200 for the first 500 pounds of donations and 10 cents for every pound after that. A Goodwill truck was parked in LaCrosse for three days last weekend, and the donation drive with it has been reported as successful. “We filled the truck," Charlotte Honn with LaCrosse Community Outreach...
An eight-hour Smart Driver class, developed by the American Association of Retired Persons, will be Tuesday, Sept. 27, in the first floor auditorium of the Whitman County Public Service Building at 310 N. Main in Colfax from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with a break for lunch at mid-day. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. Class fees are $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. While designed especially for people age 50 and older, the course is open to individuals of any age. Completion of the class can result in a reduction in auto... Full story
The Town of Endicott is in the early stages of looking into possibilities for road and well improvements. At the council meeting Aug. 9, Mayor David Bilow reported he met with county representatives regarding the process for seeking road improvements. “The council at the request of the town contacted the county to see how the county could help the town,” Mayor Bilow told the Gazette. There are no road projects slated right now, but Bilow said there is work to be done in town. “We have a number of roads in town that need repair,” he said. “We're... Full story
Park play equipment arrived in St. John last week, and installation day has been scheduled for Sept. 26. Sisters and fifth generation St. John residents Valerie Brewer and Jessiann Loomis last year began raising funds to replace much of the park's old equipment after the town council decided to remove the equipment that was not up to code, which caused liabilities. With community support, Brewer and Loomis were able to raise about $65,000 and purchase all new equipment. “It's exceeded our wildest dreams,” Brewer told the Gazette last mon... Full story
A crew from Motley & Motley of Pullman puts down the outer ring of asphalt at the new track Tuesday. The project is expected to be complete in mid-October. The Colfax track reached the paving stage Tuesday as 12 asphalt trucks arrived and laid down a bright black oval. On Monday night, Superintendent Jerry Pugh gave an update to the school board, in which he told them the re-working of soft spots will increase the project's overall cost. After pulverization of the surface was finished in late Au...
The Rosalia Food Pantry last month was unable to have its regular distribution date, and it will not have its regularly scheduled date today either. “At this moment, it’s closed indefinitely,” said Paige Collins, executive director at Council on Aging in Colfax. “They were unable to figure out what to do for the month of August, and I don’t think they’ve figured out something at this point.” The Council on Aging is only officially in charge of the Colfax Food Pantry, but it supports and supplies food to 11 other pantries throughout th...
A new way to drop ping pong balls onto the street, a dunk tank, a kids area and the return of the chalk art contest will mark Palouse Days, happening Friday and Saturday in Palouse. Friday starts with chalk art from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., royalty will be crowned at 7 p.m. – moved from Saturday to not conflict with a volleyball tournament at the high school. Preparations are underway for the annual town celebration. “This is the week we do or die,” said Debbie Goetz, president of Palouse Chamb... Full story
Emily Adams painted the “Trapped Family Singers” design on utility poles behind The Courtyard building as part of the Colfax crack art program. The council is seeking more designs and artists. The Colfax Arts Council is ready to get going with crack art. “Kids are back in a school, and we’re hoping that people will be able to participate more going into fall,” said Sara Golden, who heads up the project. “It’s not too hot to be outside working now.” Golden said the council wants to establish crac...
Police and EMS respond to the discovery of a deceased man found in a truck at the Rosauers/Taco Time gravel parking lot Tuesday. A dead body was found Tuesday night in the cab of a Dodge Ram 1500 in the gravel parking lot just north of Rosauers and behind Taco Time in Colfax. Todd Emery Nealey, 41, was found deceased when Colfax Police responded to an initial report of a male subject in a pickup who would not wake up. Susan Waltz, dispatcher with Colfax Police, said it was not clear if the...
The former Glaser’s jewelry store building on Main Street has been sold to the Ritzville law firm of Carpenter, McGuire & DeWulf which plans to remodel the building and enlarge the firm’s practice here. As part of the plan, the Ritzville firm has purchased the practice of Libey, Ensley & Nelson which will close down its office in the Warwick building across from the courthouse. The consolidation of the practices has been scheduled to start Jan. 9 in conjunction with the departure of Gary Libey, senior member of the Colfax firm who has been ele... Full story
A brightly colored ferris wheel stands ready to carry out the Palouse Empire Fair’s ‘There fun in the air’ theme prior to opening. Sarah Kraut of Colfax was named Miss Palouse Empire Fair Friday night. She was among five girls competing. TaShanna Schneider of Tekoa was named first princess, and Carolena Sears of Pullman was named second princess. A senior at Colfax High School, Sarah is the daughter of Amy Kraut of Colfax and the late Richard Kraut. A vocalist in the Palouse Project band, Sarah... Full story
