Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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The public restrooms are back open in Uniontown, with plans to keep them so. The town closed the facility in June due to continuous damage and vandalism at the building on the side of Highway 195 at the town’s Holzer Park. “That got some people furious,” said Brian Davies, town councilman. “We thought it might take more damage if we didn’t open it back up.” Town Public Works Superintendent Brent Lane is back to cleaning them again, each Wednesday on garbage collection day, and other times as he...
County Assessor Joe Reynolds, who has been in office since 1995, submitted his resignation to the county commissioners Monday. Reynolds will depart at the end of the month. He has a courthouse career which would have marked 45 years in December. A member of the 1967 class at Colfax High School, Reynolds had about five years of credits at Eastern Washington State College when he opted to go to work for Assessor Bob Repp. “I was flat broke, and I needed money to finish college, so I decided to work there for 15 months, and then go back to college...
Two of the three Spokane suspects who were arrested and charged with breaking into the Larry Hood residence along Highway 195 south of Pullman and robbing him last Nov. 23 were sentenced Friday in superior court. Heather Halseth, 35, was sentenced to 108 months in prison, and Alvord Verley, 32, was sentenced to 49 months. Their sentences followed the conviction of Richard Hoffman, 31, who was sentenced to 69 months in prison after pleading guilty June 29 to charges of burglary and attempted burglary. Superior Court Judge Gary Libey told Halseth... Full story
The Office of the Washington State Auditor released its audit this week on Whitman County for the year 2016. The report came after the county received a "no opinion" return for state auditors last year after they found the county's 2015 books were not in a condition to review. Auditor Eunice Coker Tuesday rated this year's audit finding the best in 10 years. She termed some of the audits over that time span as volatile. The report found “no significant deficiencies in the design or operation of... Full story
Seemingly the entire city of Palouse participated in the 2017 Palouse Days egg toss. For results and more coverage see page 3B in Weekly Pages....
