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Janet Christine Langlois, 83, went to be with her Lord on September 14, 2023. Janet was born in Colfax and raised in Hay on her parent's ranch. She attended school in both Hay and LaCrosse. She lived in several areas around the state before moving to Graford, Texas, in 2021. Janet owned her own gift shop in Leavenworth and also worked in retail and office supply sales. Many knew her as the Manager of the Hallmark store in Monroe until her retirement in 2018. She was proceeded in death by her... Full story
Charles Lee Olmstead, 91, of College Place, Wash., died at Park Manor, Sept. 14, 2023. Charles was born on July 15, 1932, to Mildred and Glen Olmstead, in Spokane, Washington. After graduating from LaCrosse, Washington High School in 1950 he joined the US Navy. Charles served during the Korean War aboard the USS Epperson. He married his wife of 68 years, Lois Ann Malby at St Joseph’s Church in LaCrosse, Wash., in 1955. They had four children. Charles worked for Albertson’s and managed the store in Walla Walla, Wash., for twenty years. Aft... Full story
Donna Marie Meyer, a longtime resident of Chewelah, Washington, passed away unexpectedly at her home on March 13, 2023, at 88 years old. Donna was born in Chewelah on October 13, 1934, to Arthur and Maude (Thompson) Salvage. Donna grew up in Chewelah, and she was quite the social butterfly in school. She loved music, voice and band, and was a cheerleader and May queen. In high school she would meet her sweetheart, Virgil Glenn Vannice. Following his graduation, he enlisted in the Army and went o... Full story
Ann was born on June 28, 1931, in Rosalia, Wash., to Fred and Bertha Harmon. She joined older brothers Lyle and Clifford Wayne. Ann married Neil Cook on June 10th, 1947, and they made their home on the family farm in Pine City, Wash. Ann is survived by her four children: Col and Becky Cook, Rory and Debra Cook, Leanne and Bob Bafus, Alisa Cook; her husband Floyd Klinkenberg; six grandchildren: Kendra Cook, Cassie and Andrew Ladwig, Victoria and Mark Riberio, Ira and Rachel Conger, Jeff and... Full story
Herman Ray Yates, 82, of Kamiah passed away Sunday morning, September 3, 2023. Herman was born August 19, 1941, to Kenneth and Phyllis (Cargill) Yates at the Grangeville hospital. He and his younger brother, Delbert, were raised on the family farm 12 miles south of Kamiah on the edge of the Camus Prairie just above Stites and four miles East of Winona. Herman attended all 12 years of his schooling at Kamiah graduating in 1959. In 1963, he completed his Bachelor of Science Degree in History and... Full story
Born September 21, 1950, in Spokane, Washington, to William Carl and Gladys Sieveke, William (Bill) Louis Sieveke passed away peacefully at home Saturday, September 9, 2023, in Veradale, Washington. Throughout his childhood, Bill grew up in the home, located on the road named after his family, Sieveke Road, in Tekoa, WA. He graduated in 1968 from Tekoa High School and in 1972 he received his Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Washington State University. On July 25, 1980, Bill married... Full story
Colfax Thursday, Sept. 21 Chicken noodle soup, 3 bean salad, carrots/celery, pears, brownie Monday, Sept. 25 Roast beef sandwich, pasta salad with veggies, cottage cheese and pineapple, fudge pops Colton Wednesday, Sept. 27 Spaghetti with meat sauce, cabbage patch salad, mandarin oranges, ice cream Endicott Tuesday, Sept. 26 Deluxe salad bar, fruit, roll, dessert Palouse Wednesday, Sept. 27 Ham sliders, pasta salad with veggies, cottage cheese and pineapple, dessert Pullman Friday, Sept. 22 Roast beef sandwich, pasta salad with veggies,...
Pullman Regional Hospital Leonardo Rocco Ferrigrio, a boy, was born Sept. 9, 2023 to parents Linda and Robert Ferrigrio, of Clarkston. He weighed 7 pounds, 5.6 ounces. Paternal Grandparents are Deborah and Leonard Ferrigrio, of Clarkston. Maternal Grandparents are Laura Montambo Jared, of Clarkston, and William Jared, of Weippe, Idaho. Leonardo joins sister Ferris, 2.5, at home. Otis Charles Roger McDonnell, a boy, was born Sept. 7, 2023, to parents Ariana and jonathan McDonnell, of Colfax. He weighed 6 pounds, 15.5 ounces. Paternal Grandparent...
PALOUSE - The Dugger Plowing Bee is happening for the third year on Saturday, Sept. 30, starting at 9 a.m. on Banner Road, near the intersection of Banner and Pullman-Albion Road. Palouse local and now Iowa State University freshman Colby Dugger, 18, is flying back from school to host the event he started. Dugger said his intended major is agricultural engineering, with an emphasis on power in machinery and a minor in ag business. For Dugger, the hobby of putting on the plowing bee has inspired...
MALDEN - Between 60-70 people attended the second Malden and Pine City Revival on Saturday, Sept. 16. Event organizer and The Pine Creek Community Restoration Long-Term Recovery Organization spokeswoman Chandelle Frick said the event was catered by Rattling The Pans BBQ of Rosalia. It commemorates the revival of both the towns of Malden and Pine City, much of which were destroyed in the Babb Road Fire on Sept. 7, 2020. "Any additional funding goes back to the Fire Department," she said, adding...
COLFAX -Sidney Lee was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. At 21, while studying Computer Science in junior college, he decided to let his student exemption expire to be drafted into the Army in 1971 during the Vietnam war. "My draft number was 30," Lee said, adding that he was hoping to get drafted instead of enlisting. "With a little more education, I wound up with an office job instead of front line," he said. Lee would enter the Army on January 18, 1971, serving until 1973. "Being...
ENDICOTT - Former Endicott resident Dr. Conor Kleweno, M.D., 45, was named one of the top doctors in Orthopedic surgery for 2023 in the Seattle Magazine. Kleweno is an orthopedic trauma surgeon. According to Kleweno he takes care of people when they break, primarily, their hips and pelvic bones. Kleweno is an Associate Professor at UW. "I Work at Harbor View Medical Center," he said. Dr. Kleweno grew up on a family wheat farm and cattle ranch outside Endicott and attended St. John Endicott High...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Library (WCL) is hosting a mixed exhibit of pictures and replica rail signs highlighting the present and past of the Palouse to Cascades Rail Trail from Easton to Tekoa Washington, which started Wednesday, Sept. 6, running through the end of the month in the Center located in Colfax. In May of every year, approximately 120 horseback riders and wagons travel the trail from Eaton to Tekoa, ending with parades in both Rosalia and Tekoa. The trail is the former home of the Chicago Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific R...
Voting Democrat will make things worse. I was born in Spokane and raised on a small ranch west of the city. My parents were lifelong Democrats. In the 1940s and 1950s, the Democrats had a much different party. Let’s look at today. If you vote for Democrats every selection, here are a few things you should know and consider: In 2015, I paid $1.87 for a gallon of gasoline. Today, I filled up at $4.86 per gallon. You voted for that. Our cowardly president surrendered in Afghanistan, killing 13 fine young marines and abandoning thousands of A...
I am really disappointed to write this letter but feel our community needs to know our hospital’s acquiesce to a rather vile surgical practice. Let me say that the outset I have always supported the hospital, it has made our community a desirable place to live and work. The doctors, professional staff, aides and schedulers are dedicated to their patients and deliver the highest quality of care. How, then, would such a highly professional and caring institution grant the use of their surgical facilities to a surgeon who intends to conduct (...
The phrase “first-world problems” has become a punch line – a throwaway statement because it is uttered by people with plenty of gadgets, a reliable food supply and a secure roof over their heads. It has also dulled our experience of a world in which seasonal food is the reality and some products are hard to get. When everything is available, regardless of season or effort, it is easy to voice shallow moral judgments when it comes to food production and consumption. Animal rights policies have b...
While media focus was on Joe Biden’s decree putting a tiny plot of land within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) off limits to oil and gas exploration, reporters ignored the bigger story. Biden’s other proclamation forbids tapping more than 10 million acres within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, a 23-million-acre area on Alaska’s North Slope. That is the area which should replenish the crude oil drawdown stemming from Biden’s oil withdrawal from strategic wells establi...
COLFAX—The Whitman County Jail reported the following individuals booked from Sept 10- Sept 17 Sept. 12 Antwan Lavell Morning, 40, assault 2nd degree and 4th degree, harassment. Morning is being held without bail through Superior Court. Sept. 13 Johnathon Orland Smith, 43, burglary 1st degree, and two counts of assault 2nd and 4th. Smith is being held without bail through Superior Court. Lucas Everett Welch, 42, protection order violation. Welch is being held without bail through Superior Court. Sept. 14 Maxwell James Smith, 22, residential b...
COLFAX – The Colfax Police Department responded to the following calls from Sept. 8- Sept. 14 Sept. 8 9:55 a.m.- Welfare check Morton Street. 1:18 p.m.- Disorderly conduct in the district courtroom Main Street. 5:26 p.m.- Found property Mill Street. Sept. 9 12:53 p.m.- Fall on Morton Street. 2:30 p.m.- Fedex truck has flat front left hand tire and was northbound out of town on South Main. 5:10 p.m.- Welfare check on Fairview Street. Sept. 10 4:13 p.m.- Welfare check. Sept. 11 9:43 a.m.- Civil call Riverside Lane. 1:04 p.m.- Two vehicle a...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Sept. 12 – Sept. 17 Sept. 12 12:22 a.m.- North Madison Street, Tekoa. 911 call, no emergency. 9:46 a.m.- East Warren Street, Tekoa. Welfare check. 11:08 a.m.- Pullman Albion Road, Pullman. Trespassing. 11:14 a.m.- South Star Avenue, LaCrosse. Grass fire. 2:52 p.m.- Wawawai Road milepost 32, Clarkston. Wildland fire. 3:10 p.m.- North Mill Street, Colfax. Fingerprints. 3:14 p.m.- Wawawai Road milepost 36, Clarkston. Wildland fire. 5:33 p.m.- SR 195, Colfax. Contr...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Assessor’s Office reported the following land transactions from Sept. 1 - Sept. 18 Sept. 1 David and Jamie Ruthstrom, Spokane, Wash., sold GRAT 1968, to Brandon Eilers, Rosalia, Wash., parcel 8-3430-43-20-15-0005, undisclosed selling price, Affidavit. Sept. 11 Michael Finch, sold FTWD 1998, to Ashleigh Reed and Shiler Adams, Pullman, Wash., parcel 3-5238-00-04-61-0021, selling price $144,000, Affidavit. David Wilson Jr., St. John., Wash., sold 101 West Liberty Street, St. John, Wash., to Alexander Johnson, St. Joh...
COLFAX - Kicking off homecoming weekend for the Colfax Bulldogs was their third-straight home game of the season, with the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers the newest opponent for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs would put up 14 points in the first half, and the Lancers put up 15. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs neither team scored in the second half, and the Bulldogs fell to 0-3 on the season after the one point heartbreaking loss Friday, Sept. 15. The Bulldogs were not without chances in the game to win....
COLFAX - After the Bulldogs football team lost a heartbreaking game Friday, Sept. 15, the volleyball team had a chance at homecoming redemption Saturday, Sept. 16. The game was played against the Ferris Saxons, and the game was played in Colfax. Ferris came off a 3-1 set victory over the Pullman Greyhounds before their match up against the Bulldogs. For Colfax, their game before the Saxons was against the Clarkston Bantams, where the Bulldogs won in straight sets. The game against Ferris saw the...
OAKESDALE - After a strong two-game performance from the Oakesdale Nighthawks volleyball team during the week, they ran into their toughest test so far this season. The Nighthawks took on the Mary Walker Chargers from Springdale on Saturday, Sept. 16, in Oakesdale. Last season, the Chargers went 22-4, finishing fourth in the 1B state championship volleyball tournament. Oakesdale took first last season. One of the four losses from the Chargers last season was against the Nighthawks, who once...
