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Bluewood Ski Resort at Dayton reported it received the first snow of the season Sept 19. A photo shows two to three inches of snow on the trees along the road leading the the resort. Bluewood sent out the report along with a notice they are offering discounts on season ski passes through the end of October....
-Janet Leifer photo St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse freshman Caden Noha finds running room in the Eagles' 30-22 loss to Columbia. A rare Tuesday night Southeast 1B football game in Colton counted as non-league. Nonetheless it counted up to 74-6 for the Wildcats over St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse. Colton (3-1) got three interception returns for touchdowns, from Cameron Bean, Matt Wolf and Cole Hennigar, as they forced seven turnovers. At quarterback, Parker Druffel threw 10-for-18 for 280 yards and five...
Colfax volleyball squad will host a tough Liberty team today after running three sweep wins in the early run of the NE league race. The Bulldogs rolled to Ritzville Tuesday and defeated the Broncos 25-16 25-13 and 25-16 to remain undefeated in the NE league campaign. The win came after Colfax swept Reardan on the home court Saturday and swept the Asotin Panthers on the the road last Thursday. Game scores at home against Reardan Saturday were 25-11 25-7 and 25 10 Colfax booked a strong net game against the Broncos with Carmen Gfeller hitting 11...
Oakesdale moved to 6-0 Tuesday with a three-game win over the SJE Eagles on the home court. The win was the first one to count in league action after the team played a round of non-leaguers. Line score was 25-13 25-16 and 24-14. Brooklyn Henley rapped four kills for the Nighthawks and Madison Shrope had 22 assists. Logan Reed hit 12 kills, seven digs and four aces. Sophomore Drew Curtis-Brewer hit five kills for the Eagles, and Glory Dickerson had nine assists. Riley Lamb and Jayden Corder each...
-Julie Kincaid photo Colfax quarterback Brett Kincaid leaps and fires the final shot Friday at Ritzville for the Bulldogs' tie-breaking score in the last 10 seconds of the game. Gabe Ahmann, behind number 51, made the catch and crossed the goal line. Colfax Friday at Ritzville scored in the final seconds of the game to book a 12-6 win over the LRSW Broncos and advance to 3-1 in the league race. The Bulldogs scored in the last 10 seconds of the game to break a 6-6 tie. QB Brett Kincaid, who went...
The Port of Whitman County is undergoing its 2017 audit. As of Monday, one to two more days remained of state auditors on site, looking at payroll programs, on-call contracting and more for what is a financial statement audit and accountability audit. The exit interview will be in October. “This is a real good audit team,” said Port Commissioner John Love. “Very cooperative, I was quite favorably impressed....
Port of Whitman commissioners will consider a new draft at their next meeting Oct. 5 of a letter to encourage support of proposed work at the intersection of U.S Highway 195 and State Route 26 at Colfax. The letter, which is to be sent to the federal Department of Transportation, will likely also advocate for a rail project near Endicott. Debbie Snell, Port of Whitman properties and development manager, shared a draft letter with commissioners Sept. 21 on the Colfax matter, which is referred to...
Washington State University Board of Regents Friday unanimously approved the sale of university-owned land to the Pullman Moscow Regional Airport for $14,772,750. The sale of this property will allow the airport to continue the re-alignment of the airport runway. The land in question currently houses the WSU’s Terre View Research Facility. The Regents also unanimously approved a motion to relocate the Research Facility. In total, work conducted at the research facilities generated more than $90 million in research funding since 2006. Upon s...
Members of the Tekoa/Rosalia band kept the fans entertained Friday when the Timberwolves hosted Colton in a non-league game on the Rosalia field. The Timberwolves this year have opted out of the NE race and are playing eight-man ball....
The Colfax School Board met Monday night for its regular meeting and approved coaching contracts, new policies and met the new art teacher. Confirmed hires included Carrie Lyle as para-educator at six hours per day, Craig Culbertson as assistant high school football coach, Casey Zander; assistant high school volleyball coach; Mollie Kramer, assistant junior high girls basketball coach and volunteers Phil Morgan (football), Maggee Cochran (volleyball), Derek Holmes (cross-country) and Reagan...
Friends of Hospice will hold a “Community Fundraiser” Sunday, Oct. 8, from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. in the View Room of Gladish Community Center in Pullman. All are invited to enjoy local wine and beer, a variety of appetizers and music from Cherry Sisters Revival. Cost is $50 per person, age 21 and older. All proceeds benefit Friends of Hospice, whose mission for 23 years on the Palouse has been to serve people at the end of life and their family members and caregivers. Services now offered by Friends of Hospice include Living Legacy, which aims to...
Jose Castanon, 53, Rosalia, pleaded not guilty Friday morning in superior court to four charges and was scheduled for a Nov. 13 trial. Castanon was charged with second degree rape, attempted indecent liberties, unlawful imprisonment and fourth degree assault with sexual motivation. He was booked into jail after investigation of a report made against him in Rosalia. Castanon was represented in court Friday morning by Spokane attorney Michael Felice who told the court Castanon plans to ask for a reduction in the $500,000 surety bail which was...
Kirby Dailey, a 1977 Colfax High graduate, will open LizaJane Cabinets early next year on Highway 26 in Colfax. Newly broken ground at the northwest corner of Colfax on Highway 26 is set to become a custom cabinet shop owned and operated by native Kirby Dailey. The shop will come out of Mitz’s Cabinets in Garfield, which Dailey bought two years ago from Craig Mitzemberg. Dailey, a Colfax High graduate of 1977, quit working at Decagon Devices in Pullman in May as senior vice p...
Ryan Rhuby, 30, Steptoe, was sentenced to three months in jail Sept. 22 after he pleaded guilty to a crime of possession of heroin. Rhuby has already been in jail for a district court conviction for driving while under the influence and his sentence in the drug case will be completed before his release date for the district court conviction. Mark Munson, who was appointed to represent Rhuby, said he was impressed by Rhuby’s effort to get clean. He noted Rhuby has been working in the jail kitchen to pay off fines and fees. Rhuby told the court h...
Five formal charges were filed Sept. 19 in superior court against Mitchel Jim, 45, one of three suspects arrested early Sept. 14 outside of the Siesta Motel. One of the charges allege Jim assaulted Colfax Officer Joe Handley at the scene. Jim is also charged with possession and delivery of methamphetamine and obstructing justice. He was arrested along with Dempsey White, 20, and Nicole Patton, 19, just as they were leaving the Siesta. All three are from Toppenish. According to the arrest report, Dempsey fled the scene of the arrest by running...
The state will make a funding request for a TIGER grant to improve the rail line serving the area, according to a report to the Port of Whitman from Bob Westby, manager of the Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad. Work support from a TIGER grant would be combined with a half-million pledge by WATCO operator on the railroad and proposed upgrades at Endicott by Whitgro for expansion of the terminal. Westby’s chart lists $1.5 million in rail work pledged by the State Department of Transportation. The project would allow newer, heavier (...
The City of Palouse picked up $5,000 Sept. 12 from Avista as part of its Renewable Energy Cost Recovery Program. Palouse earned the award by exceeding its production quota on its solar farm built last year. Avista gave the program’s maximum award, $5,000, calculated from a formula of 18 cents per kilowatt hour (kwh) generated in the fiscal year of July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017. In that time, the Palouse farm delivered 42,869 kwh. “Our production was fantastic this year,” said Kyle Dixon, Palous...
Ground is prepared for next year’s crop near Kamiak Butte in this picture taken Aug. 15. Fields around the county were seeded in September....
Two of the challengers in the Rosalia town election races have notified the Pullman League of Women Voters that they will not participate in a voters’ forum which had been scheduled for next Saturday, Oct. 7, at 2 p.m in the Rosalia Community Center. They were among six candidates invited to participate in the forum by the league which limits forum participation to candidates in contested races. The three Rosalia challengers last week also announced they plan a second “meet and greet” for the following Saturday, Oct. 14, at 2 p.m. in Rose...
Whitman County Port Commissioners discussed two items Thursday, Sept. 21, which may alter their standard agendas in the future. Both matters were ultimately shelved for discussion at their next meeting. Earlier in September, at the commissioners’ prior regular meeting, Commissioner Tom Kammerzell requested when a resolution came up on the agenda it should not go to a vote until the following meeting. “I think it becomes overly paternalistic,” said Commissioner Kristine Meyer. “I don’t think the...
A Lewiston man was seriously injured Sept. 21 when the landscaping truck he was driving went out of control and crashed through the guardrail of Highway 194 at the bottom of the Almota grade. A Colfax ambulance responded to the scene to get the driver out of the wrecked truck. He was taken by ambulance to Boyer Marina where he was loaded onto a Life Flight helicopter and flown to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston. The driver was identified as Thomas L. Reed, 53, Lewiston. A...
Jennings Elementary in Colfax and Garfield Elementary have earned a 2017-18 national Title I Part A Distinguished School award and received $15,000 to use for professional development, curriculum, supplies or other uses. They qualified by meeting a criteria of average state test scores in math and English/Language Arts over the past three years. Jennings Elementary also received the award in 2015. Six schools in Washington are recipients of awards for 2017–2018 with two schools selected for national recognition and four for state recognition. E...
Whitman County Commissioners have scheduled a joint meeting with the Palouse Empire Fair board for next Monday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m. to discuss possible organizational changes with the fair board. The workshop session was called to determine a direction for fair organization in the wake of the retirement of Bob Reynolds as fair manager. Reynolds, who has served as fair manager since 2000, officially resigned during an executive session at the end of the Aug. 28 fair board meeting. During the fair’s Sept. 7 opening ceremony, Reynolds was r...
NOTICE OF NOVEMBER 7, 2017 GENERAL ELECTION Whitman County is a Vote by Mail County. A ballot will be mailed to each active registered voter in Whitman County on October 20th 2017 Please contact Whitman County Election Department at 509-397-5284 or by email at [email protected] if you did not receive a ballot or need a replacement ballot. All returned ballots must have postage. Voter’s requiring assistance: Election ballots, registration forms, voting assistance for elderly and disabled persons are available at the Whitman County E...
