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OAKESDALE - The Oakesdale Nighthawks are picking up where they left off from last season, starting undefeated after their first three games of the season. The Nighthawws had two games before a Saturday, Sept. 16, weekend match up against Mary Walker. The Nighthawks took their first home game in their newly renovated gym and dominated the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves, convincingly winning their first home game of the season on Tuesday, Sept. 12, against Tekoa-Rosalia. The Nighthawks had their...
COLTON — The Colton Wildcats had their first four games of the season, coming away with just one victory. Their first game of the season was Tuesday, Sept. 12, a home game against the Dayton Bulldogs. The Wildcats were dominant in the game, winning three-straight sets to sweep the Bulldogs. The most points allowed by the Wildcats in the game was the second set, when the Bulldogs scored 11 points. The first set score was in favor of the Wildcats, 25-7. The second set was 25-11, and the third and final set was 25-8 for the Wildcats. In the g...
PALOUSE — The Garfield-Palouse (GAR-PAL) Vikings, who started the season 2-0, faced their toughest opponent yet in the DeSales Irish Friday, Sept. 15. The game was played in Walla Walla. The Vikings would score 14 quick points in the first quarter, but gave up 24, then 24 in the second quarter, followed by 22 in the third quarter to give the Vikings their first loss of the season. The final score was 78-32 in favor of the Irish. With the loss, the Vikings move to a tie for second-best in the district. They are tied with three other teams, i...
COLFAX — The Colfax Bulldogs started their second week of volleyball action with an away game in Spangle on Sept. 12, and a home game. The Bulldogs had their first of three games last week against Upper Columbia Academy. The game was played in Spangle. The game saw the Bulldogs notch their first win of the season, sweeping the Lions in three straight sets. The first set saw Colfax convincingly take the 25-14 victory. The second set was 25-17 in favor of the Bulldogs, and the third and final set was 25-16 for the Bulldogs. This was the B...
ST. JOHN — The St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles had their first away game of the season in their third overall game Friday, Sept. 15. The game was played in Touchet, against the Redhawks. The Eagles were ahead 6-0 after the first quarter, but allowed 16 points in the second quarter, and another 30 in the third quarter to start the blowout, and give the Eagles the 53-22 loss. The Eagles are now 0-3 on the season, and have two tough match ups the next two weeks that ultimately will determine their fate this season. In this game, the E...
ST. JOHN — The St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles (5-2-1) defeated the Colton Wildcats Thursday, Sept. 14, in LaCrosse. The Eagles moved into first-place in the district with the win against the Wildcats. Oakesdale Nighthawks are second with their 1-0 district record. The game against the Wildcats saw SJEL fly out of the gates, winning the first set convincingly, 25-5. This was the largest margin of victory in a set for the Eagles so far. The second set was closer for the Eagles, but they still pulled out the victory, 25-17. The third s...
ASOTIN — The Colfax Bulldogs competed in their second cross country meet of the season Saturday, Sept. 16. The Bulldogs competed in the Les MacDowell Invite at Asotin high school. There were two other Whitman County teams who had athletes compete in the Invite. Both St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) and Colton sent athletes to Asotin for the meet. On the girls side, the overall winner was Shahad Akasha from Pullman high school. She ran the five km race in 19:06 to win. Gabby Rabaiotti placed 44th overall after she ran her race in 26:26. Q...
COLFAX — The Colfax Bulldogs have had a less than ideal first month or so of sports in both football and volleyball, but both teams have chances to return to standard this upcoming week. The Bulldogs football team (0-3) will be on the road this week for the first time this season. All three of their previous games so far this season have been played in Colfax. This time, the Bulldogs will travel to Reardan to take on the Screaming Eagles. The game is set to kick off at 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 22. The game is starting early due to a lack of a...
OAKESDALE — Headlining the third week of volleyball for schools in the 1B district in Whitman County is the Oakesdale Nighthawks, who take their unbeaten streak deep into tough district opponents. On Thursday, Sept. 21, the Nighthawks will have a home match up against the St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles. The game is set to start at 6 p.m. Both the Nighthawks and Eagles are 2-0 in district play. This game will see one team stand alone in the rankings. After the game against the Eagles, the Nighthawks have another home game. This game w...
WINONA – The state Department of Labor and Industries is advising wildfire victims to be on the lookout for contractors not registered with the department. Opportunists taking advantage of five victims have already included individuals burglarizing evacuated properties and others impersonating Red Cross assessors to gain access to homes during recovery efforts. “Disasters like our state’s recent wildfires often bring out scam artists itching to make a buck from homeowners desperate to quickly rebuild or repair their homes,” Labor and Industries...
COLFAX — Two Public Works projects, the Almota Road construction, and the Scales Project, are coming along. The four-million-dollar Almota Road project to widen and resurface the road has entered Phase 3. Public Works Director Mark Storey said they hope to finish the project at the end of this week. The Almota Road project covers the stretch from milepost 5.82 to milepost 7.96 and aims to enhance safety and traffic flow along the critical roadway. Storey told the commissioners in June that the road was being torn apart to put rock under it, m...
COLFAX — The Colfax City Council met for its second meeting of the month on Monday, Sept. 18, at City Hall, 409 South Mill Street. Mayor Jim Retzer called the meeting to order, followed by the flag salute. The floor was open to discussing the good of the city. Council member Anne McRae mentioned that she noticed the planters along the main street are coming down slowly. City Administrator and Financial Director Chris Mathis mentioned the Downtown Association hosted their grand reopening of the Coco Bee and Kim Dehart’s wine cellar. “The fair...
PULLMAN — Ethan Nash, 31, of Pullman, was booked into the Whitman County Jail for Unlawful Imprisonment, Assault 4th Degree, and Obstructing a Law Enforcement Officer on Thursday, Sept.14. Nash is held through Whitman County Superior Court on a $20,000 bond or $2,000 cash bail. He currently has an active warrant for his arrest in Texas. Pullman Police Department reports that at 9:16 a.m., WHITCOM emergency was dispatched to a physical domestic dispute occurring on East Main Street and South East Spring Street. The witness at the scene, Youki Y...
PULLMAN – The Whitman County Sheriff's Office is looking for help catching a burglar last seen wearing a Cheney Rodeo hat early Sunday morning. Sheriff Brett Myers said many of the details are still considered investigatory. However, he confirmed "the hat the subject is wearing says Cheney Rodeo." The Whitman County emergency dispatch log show the burglary occurred at 7:22 a.m. at a business near Milepost 4 of State Highway 270. The sheriff said his office was withholding the exact location t...
COLFAX –– The Whitman County Health Department has issued a Health Alert for harmful blue-green algae toxins in the Snake River stretch from Nisqually John Landing to Wawawai County Park in Whitman County. A water sample was taken at Granite Point on Monday, September 11, and researchers found that some environmental factors that contribute to blue-green algae blooms are sunny days, warm water temperatures, still water conditions, and excess nutrients. Reports say blooms can appear year-round but are more frequent in summer and fall. Many typ...
COLFAX — The County Commissioners met Monday morning, Sept. 18, for their workshop meeting, declaring a state of emergency to replace the Chipman Trail Bridge at the request of Public Works Director Mark Storey. Storey said this was so they could move on replacing the bridge much faster, cutting the standard bidding process altogether. Storey said the estimated cost for an outside vendor to deliver the top of the bridge or superstructure is $107,000. “About double that would be what we’d need to build foundations and substructure to put the b...
COLFAX — The Colfax School Board held a meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 12, in which they decided to take a higher-priced bid for a bus. Superintendent Jerry Pugh said that they bid for a bus each year, and different bus companies give the board bids on their buses. The bus companies will list all the amenities on the bus, and what they provide. Pugh said they chose to purchase the bus at $161.770.21, “There’s about a $2,100 difference between the two bids,” he said. Pugh said that this year, the Colfax School District Transportation Directo...
PULLMAN –– The Californian woman charged with stabbing a man and cutting a woman in a Williams Street apartment is set to be evaluated to determine if she is mentally competent to stand trial on Friday, September 22. Tiffany Dennison, 29, was ordered to undergo a mental competency evaluation in Whitman County Superior Court. Court Commissioner Doug Robinson gave the defense and prosecution approval for mental competency testing. Dennison is charged with two counts of 2nd-degree attempted murder for allegedly stabbing Hunter Degler and sla...
