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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Wheat Growers is objecting to a biased report designed to push Democratic efforts to breach dams on the lower Snake River. In comments opposing the dam-breaching effort and one-sided report, Wheat Growers CEO Chandler Goule said the organization is concerned about the push by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Shoreline, and Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island. “The dams play a vital role in providing a safe, efficient and affordable way for wheat farmers to get their product to market,” Goule said. “We a...
Rodeo contestant Ryan Mills of St. John in the Breakaway Roping event in the Ritzville Rodeo this past weekend....
GARFIELD – Current Garfield-Palouse high school assistant FFA advisor for Garfield-Palouse, CJ Clark, 22 had more than the pandemic to deal with in the last four years. Originally from Richland, Washington Clark explained that two weeks after graduating high school in 2019, he started to develop health problems. "I had pain in my stomach. They kept calling it pancreatitis," Clark said. Clark would then move in with his stepmom in Gresham Oregon, who got him into the hospital the next day. "...
COLFAX – Colfax FFA member Cotton Booker has been named an American Star finalist in the Agribusiness category. The National FFA American Start Award represents the best of the best among thousands of American FFA Degree recipients. The award recognizes members who developed skills in agriculture through the completion of a supervised agricultural experience project (SAE). "There's only been very few people who have gotten the honor in the state of washington," said FFA advisor Michael H...
GARFIELD—On the evening of Sunday, Sept. 4, deputies with the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call at a home in Garfield, WA where one of the residents was allegedly robbed at gunpoint. Deputies believed the couple was traveling back to their residence in Pullman, reports say. The Pullman Police Department assisted Whitman County Sheriff’s office in stopping the couple while entering Pullman. Hernandez and Valdez were taken into custody. Deputies were granted a search warra...
County Jail Christopher George Michael Havens, 31 years old, booked Sept. 2, for trafficking stolen property. Francisco Tijerina Jr., 55 years old, booked Sept. 2., for driving with license suspended or revoked. Justin Neal Jorgens, 40 years old, booked Sept. 4, for Burglary-2 (reduced charge: criminal trespass), theft. Roy Bernardino Toledo Valdez, 37 years old, booked Sept. 5, for unlawful firearm possession-1, robbery-1, theft of a firearm. Gavriel Frances Hernandez, 35 years old, booked Sept. 5, for unlawful firearm possession-2,...
I recently had the opportunity to review all 50 state constitutions and confirmed an important fact for the current capital gains income tax litigation in Washington. Although most state constitutions mention how real, personal, tangible or intangible property should be taxed, the vast majority don’t define those terms. Of those that define property, Washington’s constitution has the broadest definition. This is why our state supreme court has repeatedly ruled that in order to impose a gra...
Since the Davenport Times and Odessa Record merged to create the Lincoln County Record-Times, our two-person news staff has worked together to report on news, community and sports items in Davenport, Odessa, Reardan, Harrington and the surrounding areas in Lincoln County. Leveraging that staff to turn in a small-town weekly paper that goes up against any small paper in Eastern Washington quality-wise has been hard, but rewarding work. Now, we’re looking to expand that even further with paid a...
Divest funds from fossil fuel supporters The old joke, “everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it,” is dated. It’s now an indictment. We all talk about the extreme heat, flash floods, frequent hurricanes, etc. caused by climate change, but nobody — or very few of us — does anything. We think there’s nothing we can do. In her TED Talk, “What One Person Can Do About Climate Change,” Ella Lage offers us a simple yet effective way of taking action: Ask an institution you support with your money — bank, pension fund, sch...
PULLMAN – The Pullman Regional Hospital women’s Leadership Guild is hosting its annual Non-Profit Night on Thursday, Sept. 8 at the WSU Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center, at 6 p.m. Seven non-profit agencies have applied for $2,000 in grant funding from the women’s Leadership Guild and will each present their mission and project requests for funding. Women’s Leadership Guild members will vote to award funding for the 2022-23 grant cycle, the guild has $10,000 in grant funding available. Establi...
PULLMAN – Chief Development and External Relations Officer, Reuben Mayes, at Pullman Regional Hospital has taken a new positions with Seattle Children’s Hospital as the Regional Partnerships and Philanthropy Officer. Reuben’s last day is Sept. 30. Mayes started his career at Pullman Regional Hospital in 2013 and helped raise more than $20 million through donations, fundraising events and grant awards. The hosptial has used the philanthropic funds to remodel and build patient care spaces, purch...
Pullman Depot Ranked Sixth for Legislative Funding PULLMAN – The Heritage Capital Project (HCP) Advisory Panel recommended a grant award of $237,000 for the Whitman County Historical Society in their Aug. 23 meeting to rank applications for funding in the 2023-25 biennium. The grant award would be used for ongoing restoration of the Northern Pacific Railway Depot in Pullman. The award follows a similar award of $258,000 in the previous 2021-23 biennium. Masonry restoration began last year. Efforts funded by the recent grant will include roof r...
Pullman Regional Hospital • Rohan Domgaard, a boy, was born Sept. 1, 2022, to parents Rachel and Sawn Domgaard of Pullman. He weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce. Paternal Grandparents are Shirley and Kenneth Domgaard of Gusher, Utah. Maternal Grandparents are Beckie and Renn Johns of Parowan, Utah. Rohan joins brother Thorin age 5, and sister Aurora age 2, at home. • Isaiah Benjamin Rowland, a boy, was born Sept. 1, 2022, to parents Benjamin and Fattima Rowland of Pullman. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces. Paternal Grandparents are Tom and Kerrie Row...
Tekoa-Rosalia cheerleaders, from left, Libby Lehn, Clair Wilkens and Denali Chase perform during the Timberwolves' home-opening football game against Sunnyside Christian in Rosalia. The girls are among several on the cheerleading team....
8 Years Ago From the Colfax Gazette, Friday, Sept. 10, 1897 DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS. Sub-Institutes for Teachers to Be Held on Oct, 2. In compliance with an expressed wish of the teachers of Whitman county, and believing that the best interests of education demand and the code of public in instruction fully justifies it, I have this d day (Sept. 7th, 1897) divided Whitman county into six sub-institute districts and designated the officers and arranged a program as follows: District No. 1 includ...
John M. Aune, 81, lifelong Whitman County farmer and cattleman, passed away Wednesday, August 31,2022, after a yearlong struggle with heart and lung issues. A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 10, at 2:30 p.m. at the Onecho Bible Church with Pastor Mike Nyholm officiating. A private family committal service will precede the memorial. Born August 14, 1941, in Colfax to Gunder J. and Beatrice (Betty) Wigen Aune, he grew up on the family farm and learned a strong work ethic early...
Vernelle Evans Stephens was born June 17th 1928 in San Bernadino, California to Eugene H. and Edna (Stub) Evans Stephens. The family later returned to Ewan where Eugene passed away ten years later in 1938, leaving Edna to manage the farm with their five children. Vernelle was only nine years old. Vernelle attended school in Ewan, St. John and for a time, attended Eastern Washington College in Cheney. On December 31st 1948 he married Jacqueline Starkey of Pine City. His earliest job was working...
John Nicholas Boyd entered into eternal peace on the morning of September 2nd, 2022. He was a beloved son of Anne and Richard Boyd, and brother to Deborah Joyner, Dianne and Bob Sanders, Patricia Joyner, and James and Alyssa Boyd. After an extended illness, he passed away surrounded by his loving family in Cheney, Washington. Through the years, John lived a beautiful life full of spiritual and intellectual study, sharing his peace and wisdom with his parents, siblings, and many nieces and...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RITZVILLE – The Colfax Bulldogs were unable to overcome the size and speed of the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos, falling 35-12 in the season opener in Ritzville. The Bulldogs were able to push to within two scores of the Broncos, down 28-12 in the second quarter, but were unable to score for the rest of the game. LRS scored the last touchdown of the third quarter to go up 35-12, in what ended up being the final score. Quarterback JJ Bodey scored both touchdowns for the B...
Coming into Saturday at Gesa Field in Pullman, The most optimistic Vandal fans or pessimistic Cougar fans couldn’t have predicted the game that would ensue. Washington State ended up winning the game 24-17. But the game being competitive was the story of the night for many fans. Despite the result, Cougars’ head coach Jake Dickert was adamant that his team is not hitting the panic button after the near-loss. “There’s positives,” Dickert said. “I’m not freaking out, no one’s freaking out. This team will come prepared and ready to work because th...
St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse and Garfield-Palouse's season opener was originally scheduled for Sept. 2 in Palouse but was rescheduled to Sept. 1 in St. John. This was Garfield-Palouse's first game since the 2018 season where the team went 9-2, an almost four-year gap between the last time the Vikings hit the gridiron, and it showed, with the Eagles coming out with a 55-0 victory. The Eagles had 20 players listed on their roster (including a player out with an injury) compared to the Vikings' 15. T...
The Timberwolves fell against the Knights 52-30 in closely-contested game in Rosalia on Friday. Tekoa-Rosalia was down at halftime 24-14, but following an interception by the Timberwolves and a touchdown run on the ensuing possession, managed to crawl back to within two points with 3:47 left in the third quarter. Sunnyside Chrstian scored on the next drive, having a short field after a long kick return. The Knights recovered an onside kick on the subsequent kickoff and proceeded to go down the...
This year Brooke Russell, 17, from Hayden Idaho, is spearheading the rodeo as the Palouse Empire Fair’s rodeo queen. For Russell representing the palouse and being the face of the Palouse Rodeo Association is an honor. “I have definitely loved it, it has opened up a lot of opportunities for me and I could not be happier representing a community such as the palouse,” Russell said. Russell explained that being the rodeo queen entails bringing everyone together and showing them how great the rodeo...
Alvina Whetzel "Welcome Rodeo Fans to the Palouse Empire Fair and Rodeo! My name is Alvina Whetzel, I'm 17 years old and currently attending Pullman High School. I am an active member of the Pullman FFA and currently serving as the reporter for my chapter. I'm also a member of the Happy Hooves 4-H club and currently serving as the vice president. I am also a competing member of the Washington State High School Rodeo Association in barrel racing, pole bending and goat tying. I am a volunteer...
COLFAX – This year's Palouse Empire Fair Rodeo is hosting Rodeo Clown, Bert Davis. Davis has spent forty-three years as a rodeo performer starting his career performing in 1974 at the age of 16 as a rodeo bullfighter, working with senior clowns and bullfighters until he started performing solo. Davis has worked special events in forty-five states, five canadian provinces, and in Australia. Davis was on America's Got Talent in 2010, season 5. "We made it the Vegas round," Davis said. "They w...
