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Serving Whitman County since 1877
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The early morning rays fall on the late summer colors of blooming mums at the Codger Pole Park Wednesday morning. With the progress of autumn, the flowers are already beginning to wither....
The county has started work on its 2017 budgeting process. The commissioners and administrator Gary Petrovich have met with department heads to attempt to set the budget, and it is now moving to the review process. “There are some things I think the commissioners want to sort out,” said Petrovich. Petrovich said the general fund is projected to be about $15.5 million, with the overall county budget at $55-$60 million. Department heads have been working through their budgeting processes, and the commissioners will review that starting today to...
The Washington State Department of Transportation, at the request of the state parks department, has completed a paving project at Steptoe Butte to make way for another project set to resume soon. The paving project involved filling in pot holes on the road leading up to the butte for the purpose of transporting heavy machinery to the top for another construction project. “The preliminary work by WSDOT has been done,” reported Toni Droscher, parks spokesperson. “It was done to patch the road so they could get the heavier equipment up the road....
LaCrosse is gearing up for another café opening. Following the closure of Hazel’s Place Aug. 1, the LaCrosse Café is slated for re-opening Oct. 4 by Darlene Kates, Julie Roberts and Soni Broeckel. Kates and Roberts previously operated the Dusty Café from 1988-2005. Roberts is Kates’ daughter, and Broeckel is Roberts’ daughter. “Three generations are going to run it,” said Carol Cauley, LaCrosse Community Pride (LCP) board member. “The board approached them, and we’ve been asking them over the years.” LCP owns the café building in town, a...
With the harvest gathered in, the next phase of field work begins for farmers, including this one south of Colfax Sept. 24.... Full story
Six burglaries were reported in the early morning hours Saturday with three of them in Endicott, one in St. John and two in Lamont. Three of the burglaries were in churches. Deputies also learned that another church was burglarized in Sprague. All the burglaries were forced entries into buildings. A television, keyboard, computer and other electronic items were taken from the victims. Deputies responded first to an alarm at the Endicott school where money was reported to have been taken from a cash box, according to the report from Sheriff’s S...
