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Playing another season opener against non-league Salmon River, Idaho, Colton traveled to Riggins Sept. 1, losing 38-18. Canyon Harper led the Savages with 252 yards rushing and five touchdowns. His team took control early, scoring the first four touchdowns before Colton started to answer. Wildcats’ quarterback Parker Druffel went 36-of-55 for 414 yards in the air, throwing to a range of receivers. Reece Chadwick caught nine passes for 110 yards while Luke Vining had eight for 147, Matt Wolf eight for 61 and Cameron Bean eight for 89. The W... Full story
Oakesdale Track Coach Cap Perry has been named by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association as the 2017 Girls High School Coach of the Year for the state of Washington. Perry led his team to the state girls 1B championship in May after tying for the championship in 2016. With just one senior on the team, the girls beat out Mount Vernon Christian to take the 2017 title. The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association is a non-profit professional organization representing cross country and track & field coaches of...
Kierstan Ray of the Eagles hits a shot at defenders Rachel Brown and Piper Cai of Colfax in the first jamboree matchup. Riley Lamb is in the foreground for the Eagles....
St. John/Endicott runners were grounded by smoke Tuesday when Northwest Christian called off the NE jamboree. The Eagles next run date will be next Tuesday, also at Northwest Christian. The Eagles high school team includes three boys and three girls. The girls are Allie Tollett, Guin Richmond, and Catherine Treis. The boys are Domonic Treis, Asutin Coniber, and Tray Anderson. Coach Mike Maloney notes he has five boys, enough to log a team score, on the junior high team....
The St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse football team began their 2017 season with a scoring drive. Dustin Fox got loose on a 35-yard breakaway run to the Tekoa-Rosalia 12-yard line. On the next play, quarterback Trey Fleming threw to Fox in the end zone. The ball was tipped, and Fox came down with it. Touchdown S.J.E.L, 6-0. After a failed point-after-attempt and kickoff, Tekoa-Rosalia lined up for their first play from scrimmage. They ran the ball straight up the middle for a touchdown. The Timberwolve... Full story
Garfield/Palouse opened their 2017 high school football season Sept. 1 with 32-8 home win over non-league Troy. Quarterback Evan Weagraff led the team, rushing for 173 yards on 24 carries and four touchdowns. He also went 7-for-8 passing for 118 yards. The game opened with a 0-0 tie in the first quarter before the Vikings scored early in the second. Troy’s defense held Gar/Pal to a longest-run-of-the-night of 23 yards. In turn, Palouse wound time off the clock in extended drives. They led 1... Full story
With smoke covering the area and driving football teams into gyms to practice, Asotin and Colfax began looking for an alternative mode to get in Friday’s league game which had been set for Friday night on the Asotin field. Colfax athletic director Nathan Holbrook reported late Tuesday the two teams were close to booking a game Thursday night in the UI’s Kibbie Dome at Moscow. Game time would be at 5:30 p.m. The game site hadn’t been booked as of press time Wednesday morning. Colfax Coach Mike Morgan, noting not many options were on the smoke...
Gonzaga Prep, one of the Spokane GSL teams which dented the Colfax volleyball record in the past has been slated to visit Colfax tonight in a non-league round. The match will be the first home show for the Bulldogs who opened their season last week with a pair of sweeps. In their matchup with the Bullpups early last season, Colfax was swept in a road trip to Spokane. Colfax Tuesday rolled to Genesee for their first full match of the season and swept the Idaho Bulldogs 25-12 25-22 and 25-13. Senior Carmen Gfeller rapped 16 kills in the match and...
Left: Payson Griner digs out a ball for Garfield/Palouse in the Vikings' round against Pullman in the Colfax jamboree. Emmy Gregg is behind Griner. Oakesdale topped Wilbur/Creston in three games Tuesday on open the season. The Nighthawks were led by Logan Reed who put down 17 kills. Madison Shrope had 25 assists. Transfer student Brooklyn Henley hit four aces for Oakesdale and had seven digs. Scores for the Nighthawk win were 25-13 25-8 and 25-21. St. John/Endicott hosted Liberty and posted a... Full story
Whitman County Library will join with the American Library Association and libraries nationwide for Library Card Sign-up Month to make sure that every student has a free library card. First time library card holders who register during September are entered for a chance to win a $25 gift card provided by the Friends of the Library. Resources at the Whitman County Library are available to anyone with a library card. Students can turn to the library for materials, programs and library staff that support academic achievement. For preschool-age...
Ben Ahmann takes flight on a punt return while Riley Wuesteney (55) and Christopher Jones (40) open a gap in the second quarter. After grinding out a 9-0 win over Reardan in the the season opener at home Friday, the Colfax Bulldogs will travel to Asotin to face the team pegged to be one of the powers in this year’s NE football race. Asotin Friday lived up to their pre-season billing by rolling out a 34-20 win over the LRSW Broncos. Colton Ball, a power back last year who has been moved to t... Full story
The Port of Whitman County has put out a request for statements of qualifications related to consulting and engineering service for the Port of Whitman Business Air Center on Airport Road in Colfax. Debbie Snell, Port properties and development manager, said the Port currently has a contract with Riedesel out of Lewiston for these services. “Every five years we need to re-advertise for engineering services at the airport,” she explained. “It’s an FAA requirement.” The statements will relate to consulting, engineering, design and construction ob...
The name of the suspect booked in the county jail Tuesday after he allegedly attempted to sell cocaine at Stubblefield’s bar on college hill is Clark Irvin. His name was incorrectly listed in the Aug. 29 Bulletin. Irvin told Pullman officers he was a member of the U.S. Army and had just returned from duty in Afghanistan.... Full story
Michael Heitstuman, a 2016 University of Idaho graduate with a degree in ag education, joins the Colfax schools as the new FFA instructor after a year at Pasco High School. He started here Aug. 1 and drove with Supt. Jerry Pugh and Colfax High School Principal Carrie Lipe in a district pickup to weigh students’ animals on the district’s new scale. He met many students for the first time this way. Weigh-ins for fair animals were done to be sure they reached a minimum weight. Heitstuman will ove...
Douglas and Melissa Stoker, Pullman, were taken by ambulance to Pullman Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Hamilton Hill Road. The sheriff’s office received the report at 7:02 p.m. Douglas Stoker said he lost control of the Honda VT 1100 they were riding when he failed to make a curve on the grade....
New directors are in place for the county’s Parks and Developmental Disability Services departments. Dave Mahan, a nine-year ranger/operations coordinator for the county, took over Sept. 1 as parks superintendent from interim director Janel Goebel. Goebel was named county coordinator of developmental disability services June 1. Both new positions will be overseen by Bill Tensfeld, director of emergency management, who will now act as director for Parks, Developmental Disability Services, E...
Smoke from the many wildfires in the region blankets Oakesdale September 3....
The Port of Whitman County two weeks ago voted to give $500 for the RiverFest event slated for Sept. 30 at Granite Lake Park in Clarkston. The event is planned jointly between the cities of Clarkston and Lewiston, as well as their chambers. The ports of Clarkston and Lewiston also sponsor the event and approached the Port of Whitman to donate $500 to help with the funding for it this year. Before deciding to go ahead with the $500 commitment, the commissioners wanted to know how much each of the other ports had contributed to the Snake River...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 3 PM in the Public Service Building Auditorium, N. 310 Main Street, Colfax, WA 99111. Persons requiring ADA accommodations should advise us of that need. Mark Storey Director of Public Works 36/1 NOTICE OF MEETING Please be advised that the Whitman County Veterans’ Advisory Board will meet on Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the County Commissioners’ Chambers, Whitman County Courthouse, 400 N Main Str...
The possible tear-down of Uniontown’s “pigeon house” is on hold as the town awaits review of a bid by Roach Construction of Genesee. Originally bidding $7,500 in 2014, the town approached the company again in July to ask if they would re-evaluate it and re-submit for 2017. Representatives of Roach came to Uniontown last week and met with town Building Inspector Brent Lane. The town now awaits word. Once it arrives, Uniontown Clerk-Treasurer Lynda Devorak will contact the pigeon house prope...
Jose A. Tecuatl, former resident advisor at WSU’s Stimson Hall, pleaded not guilty in superior court Friday morning to three charges of threatening to bomb or injure property. Tecuatl was scheduled for a Nov. 13 trial. He was represented by Pullman Attorney Michael Pettit. Tecuatl has posted the bond bail for pre-trial release and told the court Friday morning he will be residing in Oak Harbor while awaiting resolution of the case. Family members and WSU students were present in court for the arraignment. The charges allege Tecuatl, who r...
Ann Sharley reports on her study of downtown Colfax buildings, noting 54 which qualify as historic. Tables in The Center were covered with charts and maps from different eras of downtown Colfax Aug. 30 when Ann Sharley gave her report on the study of downtown buildings which was conducted last spring for the Colfax Historic Preservation Commission. Sharley's report included photos and a page-by-page description of buildings in the downtown area. The study was funded with a $10,000 grant from...
A smoky haze settles in north of Colfax Sept. 3. The Whitman County Health Department advises residents to beware of poor air quality due to smoke from fires in neighboring Latah County, Montana, British Columbia and the Washington and Oregon Cascades. “We’re between red and purple,” Troy Henderson, Public health director, reported to county commissioners Tuesday morning, referring to coded ratings used by the Washington State Department of Ecology. “Red is bad, purple is worse.” Red is termed...
Wylie Gustafson & the Wild West has been booked as the headliner today for the last First Thursday session in Colfax, and Valoree Gregory, Colfax unified executive director, expects him to draw in crowds for the downtown performance. “We’ll have both sides of Spring Street shut down this time,” she commented. Gregory said she has received calls from people in Montana and other out-of-towners who are interested in attending Gustafson’s performance. “He’s got lots of followers,” she said. Gustafson, who at one point lived in Dusty, is known for...
Whitman County has the 2018 budget well underway, and meetings between department heads and the Board of County Commissioners will be ongoing for the next two weeks. Gary Petrovich, county administrator, informed the commissioners last week he has been reviewing the submitted budgets from each department. All departments have turned in their budgets, and he is reviewing them in conjunction with County Auditor Eunice Coker. Petrovich said it is too preliminary now to say what the final budget number will be for 2018. He is still in the process... Full story
