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COLFAX — The Colfax Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Grand opening ceremony with a ribbon cutting Nov. 9 for a new family owned business on Main Street, the Coco Bee. The Coco Bee is a brick and mortar shop at 103 S Main Street in Colfax, that has grown as an extension from its online sales presence. Owner, Kylie Pietila offers handmade beeswax candles, natural skincare products, and gifts. Pietila also offers classes in candle and soap making for all age groups. “This will be her official unveiling of her business. She has a very large nat...
COLFAX — The National Weather service predicts a potentially damaging wind event Fri. Nov. 4 into Saturday. West winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts 55 mph Friday afternoon into Saturday, reports say. It is reported that the storm will also produce heavy mountain snow in the Cascades and high mountains of the Idaho Panhandle. NWS reports there is potential for lowland snow early next week. Possible impacts are power outages and tree damage according to reports....
ROSALIA — Rosalia High School is hosting its Veteran’s Day Assembly Thursday, Nov. 10, 10 a.m. at the High School gym. Opening ceremony will start with a welcome by Mr. Reid, followed by a presentation of colors and playing of the national anthem by the boy scouts and middle school/HS band....
STEPTOE— The Steptoe Elementary School, located at 12 Tennessee St, is inviting the public and all veterans to attend a Veterans Day program at Steptoe school Thursday, Nov. 19 at 10:30 a.m. There will be eight Quilts of Valor presented....
COLFAX - The Best Western Wheatland Inn in Colfax just received Best Western's M.K. Guertin Award for the second year in a row. The award is given to BW properties who have a Guest Satisfaction Survey Score for "Overall Service" in the top 10% of eligible properties. Have achieved an outstanding rating in the top 5% on their most recent assessment, and other internal requirements that need to be met in order to achieve the award. "We won it last year for the first time, and this is our second ti...
PALOUSE — A local man has pleaded guilty in Whitman County Superior Court to second-degree child molestation. Kaleb Gibler, 19, of Palouse, will be sentenced during a hearing Dec. 9. He is currently being housed in the Whitman County Jail on $10,000 bail. Court records show Gibler does not have any other criminal history. He was arrested Thursday, Aug. 25, records show. Off-duty police officer Joel Anderson was called in to investigate the case when the defendant’s step-mother reported that Gibler had inappropriately touched his 13-...
ROSALIA – It was a Homecoming to remember, both on and off the field. The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves football team had its best game of the season, topping the Lakeside (Plummer, Idaho) Knights, 74-40, on Friday night, Nov. 28. But it wasn't the score that made Homecoming memorable. On the field, it was junior Isaac Bone's nine touchdowns for the Timberwolves (2-5). Off the field, it was a melee that broke out in the parking lot with 4:33 left on the game clock. Officials on the field called t...
ROSALIA — The Rosalia Fire Department is hosting its fourth annual Pig Roast, on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Rosalia Fire Station, 607 South Whitman Avenue. The annual fundraiser includes a pulled pork dinner, a silent auction, and dessert bingo. There are whole hogs cooked for around 24 hours by the firefighters, and then hand shredded for dinner. Individuals and businesses from around the area donate items for a silent auction. “We had a really good turnout the last couple of years,” said Whitman County Fire District #7, Fire...
The Washington District 9 1B and District 7 2B tournaments had their first round of games on Nov. 1, with four Whitman County teams competing and three advancing. Colfax was the first team to play at 5:30 p.m., hosting the St. George's Dragons in Colfax. Colfax advanced to the next round of the winner's bracket, defeating St. George's in three sets – 25-14, 25-8 and 25-8. Stat leaders for the Bulldogs were Brynn McGaughy with 14 kills and 6 blocks, Lauryn York with 14 assists, Jaisha Gibb w...
OAKESDALE – The defending 1B girls volleyball state champion Nighthawks spiked a familiar opponent Thursday night, Nov. 3, downing league rival St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse in three sets. Set scores were 25-10, 25-8 and 25-7. "Tonight, they played really, really good volleyball. It was fun to watch them," Coach McKinzie Turner said of her team. "They were just playing their Nighthawk volleyball. They were aggressive defensively; they were aggressive offensively. "It was just fun to watch them." Th...
COLFAX – Colfax secured a state playoff berth with its win over Upper Columbia Academy on Nov. 2 and a spot in the District 7 championship game against Liberty (Spangle). The match was purely to decide seeding in the state tournament on Nov. 10-11 in Yakima, with the winner to get the No. 1 seed and the loser to get the No. 2 seed. Colfax wasted no time getting out to an early lead Thursday night, Nov. 3, in their home gymnasium, going up 10-3 in the early stages of the first set against the Lan...
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Whitman District Court Judge Pos. 1 John Hart – 98.54% Write-in – 1.46% Public Hospital District 1 Prop. 1 Bonds for hospital facilities and equipment Yes – 73.57% No – 26.43% Colton Prop. 1 Levy Operations, Improvement of Streets & Water/Sewer System Yes – 76.85% No – 23.15% Endicott Prop. 1 Fire & EMT Protection Levy Yes – 77.19% No – 22.81% Endicott Prop. 2 Street Work & Maintenance Levy Yes – 75% No – 25% Endicott Prop. 3 Park Maintenance Levy Yes – 57.14 No – 42.86% Palouse Prop. 1 Street Improvements and Oiling Levy Yes – 70.85% No ...
COLFAX — A rematch for a county commissioner seat is looking much like the first go-round. Preliminary results in the Nov. 8 general election show incumbent Michael Largent, a Republican, taking the lead over challenger John-Mark Mahnkey, a Democrat. When contacted after the first count, Largent was positive about how the results are looking, so far. “It appears to be a mirror image of the primary,” he said, “At this stage of the game, it’s too early to call it one way or another. It looks positive, so far.” Opponent Mahnkey agrees it’s too ea...
PASCO – Local farm girl turned political newcomer Tiffany Smiley securely has all 20 of Eastern Washington’s counties in her corner. In fact, she had the lead in 27 of the state’s 39 counties in the Tuesday, Nov. 8, general election. Yet, she was still losing to career politician Patty Murray, D-Shoreline. Smiley, a Pasco Republican, trailed Murray after the first night of counting in the general election. Murray had 980,199 votes (56.92%); Smiley had 738,618 votes (42.89%). Late-arriving ballots will continue to be counted over the next two we...
