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Pomeroy moved closer to the SE volleyball title this week when they stacked two more wins in the league rounds. The Pirates face a big test tonight when they host Oakesdale, number-two team in the league race. Pomeroy Tuesday swept LaCrosse/ Washtucna/Kahlotus 25-19 25-16 and 25-18 to move their SE string to 12-0. Ireland Mayfield and Toni Cloud each booked a 17-17 night serving. Kacey Halbert had 11 digs. Pomeroy Thursday swept the SJE Eagles 25-5 25-10 and 25-19 in the league round on their home court with Ally Bott rapping 10 kills and...
Colfax volleyball players will host Lind/Ritzville/Sprague today in the home gym and then host Liberty Saturday as they head down to the final matches of the league campaign. The Bulldogs home matches this week follow two wins on long road trip last week. Colfax now stands at 7-0 in the league campaign. Coach Sue Doering believes Colfax now stands and two or three wins ahead of the number-two teams because the rest of the NE has mixed results from week to week. Colfax continued to campaign senior hitter Scout Cai out of the lineup with back... Full story
Hannah Beach, Ella Gregory and Kynlee Dub of the Timberwolves scramble to dig one out against NW Christian. Tekoa/Rosalia and Northwest Christian volleyball teams collided in a league match at Tekoa Saturday with the Crusaders posting a 3-1 win. The two NE clubs swapped wins in the first two games, but NWC took the last two. Line score was 25-23 23-25 25-15 and 25-22. NWC took the first game with Paige Dawson, who used a running serve, hitting an ace. In the second game, the two clubs battled... Full story
Colfax Bulldogs aim to crank it up a notch this week when they host the Reardan Indians in what is expected to be another tough test near the end to the league run. The Bulldogs will host Reardan after sustaining a 22-48 loss to Davenport on the Gorillas' home turf last Friday. Davenport took control of the game with a 28-point outburst in the fourth quarter. The loss left Colfax 4-2 in league play and bumped them down to fourth place in the league standings as the NE campaign enters its final two weeks. “We just have to learn how to f... Full story
The effort to replace the track at Colfax High School has taken a turn in favor of first putting together a master plan for the entire athletic complex. “We're taking it slower,” said District Superintendent Jerry Pugh. “We're investigating everything because this is a big athletic complex remodel which will be used for many years down the road.” In discussion at a meeting Sept. 28, the school board voted to submit a counter-offer to Architects West of Pullman for $35,000 to create a master athl...
All cross country runners in the NE will converge at Audubon Park in north Spokane for the all-league races Saturday. Saturday's race will be an all-out league event with the junior high race at noon, boys’ race at 1:30 and the girls’ race at 2 p.m. Next Saturday the Bulldog runners will join other NE teams for the regional qualifying round at Walla Walla with SE runners in the mix. Top 30 finishers in the boys’ race and top 20 in the girls’ race will advance the state final at Pasco....
Garfield-Palouse junior Cameron Springstead turns a corner in an 84-46 loss to Liberty Christian Oct. 16. The Vikings (3-3, 2-2) play next at Pomeroy Friday at 7 p.m.... Full story
Touchet’s James Kates looks to wrap up Colton quarterback Carter Dahmen at the line of scrimmage in the first half Oct. 16 in Colton. The Indians remain unbeaten nearing the home stretch of the season. Touchet football fans pulled into the parking strip at Colton school Friday afternoon for a game against the Wildcats. A woman walked out from the building. “We have a new parking lot,” she said, directing them to the opposite side of the school, where a wide expanse of cars warmed in the sun,...
Jim Thompson of Colfax speaks to the crowd at the Colfax High School homecoming pep rally Oct. 9 in the First Baptist parking lot in Colfax. Next to Thompson is Anna, who was owned by Thompson's son, the late Sam Thompson. He died in a texting-while-driving accident Sept. 12, 2014. Jim told the crowd about how, for many months after the accident, Anna kept looking at the door, waiting for Sam to come back. Sam Thompson adopted the the dog from the pound in Lewiston and had her for less than a...
The annual Colfax and Community Fund will begin today with a presentation at the Colfax Rotary noon luncheon at the Methodist Church. Members of the fund will then go to businesses to solicit donations. “This is our start of funds for the season,” said Mark Clinton, a member of the fund board. Clinton said the group has set a goal of $25,000 this year. “We have really never met our goal, but we have come close,” he said. The Colfax and Community Fund benefits eight local agencies, including Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse, Boost C... Full story
The Bank of Fairfield sign in Colfax has been taken down and replaced with the Inland Northwest Bank (INB) sign. INB's holding company, Northwest Bancorporation, Inc., in June acquired Fairfield Financial Holdings Corp. for $20.75 million. The four Whitman County Bank of Fairfield locations are all remaining open and will now operate under INB....
The monthly employment report was released last week, showing a slight decline in the unemployment rate for the state and county. The state's rate now stands at 5.2 percent, down from 5.3 from August. The 5.2 rate contrasts with a 6.3 percent unemployment rate in Sept. 2014. Despite the slight decrease, the state actually saw job losses, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) employment report available on the Washington State Employment Security Department website. “According to BLS estimates, the number of unemployed people fell b... Full story
When Tim Hill moved to Whitman County with his wife and six kids in 2013, his first thought of Colfax was how cool and beautiful he found the area. “I wake up every day and think this is way better than Tampa,” he said. Hill lived in Tampa Bay, Fla., until his wife, Cara, was offered a job as a professor of engineering at WSU. Hill said he loves the culture of the area and immediately fell in love with it. “I have never seen so many steep hills,” he said. “I can look out my window and see what... Full story
The latest in a series of projects at the Port of Whitman County Business Air Center (POWBAC) has been completed. Port Properties and Development Manager Debbie Snell said the project to even out and expand the runway was completed Oct. 15 and the airport re-opened for day use Friday after being closed for construction since the end of July. A few items remain to be completed before the airport will open for round the clock operations. “The equipment has not yet been received for the electrical for the runway lights,” Snell said. That equ... Full story
Kaya and Sydney Strehle consider the merchandise at the C.P.P. Versatile grand opening in Oakesdale Oct. 16. The new C.P.P. Versatile shop and dealership is now open in Oakesdale. Holding its grand opening last Friday afternoon, employees served tri-tip sandwiches, salads and pop on the premises of the 7,500-square foot building which went up this spring and summer. “It was typical construction,” said owner Ray Oneal. “A little frustrating at times. There's a lot of construction going on in th...
The first Colfax Palouse Direct Seed Breakfast will be Oct. 28 at 7 a.m. at the Colfax Methodist Church meeting room at 109 S. Mill Street. Steve Starr of the Pacific Coast Canola Processing Plant at Warden will report on the recent change of ownership and the continued operation of the plant. Locally grown canola can be sourced through local co-ops for Pacific Coast Canola. The company is purchasing canola for operation seven days per week. The plant processes the equivalent of production from 1100 acres of canola daily from around the...
The Endicott Preschool class stands for a picture with six local fire department volunteers who came to school on Oct. 15 for fire safety with the elementary and jr. high school. The volunteer firefighters spent the entire day at the school for fire safety week....
Work continues on forming a plan to address the voided proposal to close a section of the John Wayne Trail. After a packed meeting of interested parties in Tekoa two weeks ago, Representative Joe Schmick and Tekoa Trails Association President Ted Blaszak have been in talks to name a task force. At the same time, Washington State Parks submitted a proposal last week for Schmick to lead a public planning process on the matter. Both options have yet to be decided. “They sent a proposal. We talked a...
The gold of autumn leaves reflect the gold of the early morning light, giving this tree 34K color....
‘Oh my, what big teeth you have!’ The 4H Palouse Area Robotics team with students from Colfax, Colton, Garfield/Palouse, Moscow and Pullman high schools have been using some of their pre-season to create animated props, including a toothy dog-boy, for Haunted Palouse. This is the second year they have participated in Haunted Palouse, said Aaron Johnson, mechanical mentor. A dark highway cuts through a town along a mist-covered river. It’s best not to stop there in October. From the safety of a... Full story
Vintage tractors of all shapes and sizes converge for the 24th annual plowing bee at the David Morgan ranch along the Palouse River west of Manning Saturday. Morgan estimated 20 tractors took part in the all-day bee with 118 joining in the lunch. Above, the International TD 14A, operated by Jerry Hennigar, was rated as the largest tractor in the event. The 1950 model tractor during its working days was used on the Dan Hood ranch located near the top of the Wawawai grade. Tractor traffic, below,... Full story
The Port of Whitman County commissioners Monday approved a bid award to Railworks of Airway Heights for a railroad project at the Port of Wilma. Railworks had the low bid for the project, coming in just less than $1.2 million. The Port earlier this year received a $500,000 grant from the Freight Rail Assistance Project and also received a $500,000 loan from the Freight Rail Investment Bank. The Port also plans for $500,000 in port matching funds to complete the project. The Port of Wilma railway project includes replacing 1,200 railroad ties...
When ballots were sent out Friday for the Nov. 3 election, one race was inadvertently left out. Missing from the ballot is position 5 for Hospital District No. 3, which covers Colfax. The race is between incumbent Martin Marler and Sandra Brabb. County Auditor Eunice Coker said approximately 4,300 ballots listing the ballot race were mailed out to voters in the hospital district Tuesday and voters can expect to get them by the end of the week. Coker said the mishap occurred because of election schedules which have gotten off course due to appoi...
