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Asotin has petitioned to join the ranks of the NE 2B league for next year. The Panthers, who topped the SE football league with a 3-0 record this year, are expected to join the NE which presently has 11 total teams. A move by Asotin to the NE will be another setback for the SE league which had just four teams in the football campaign this year and is expected to undergo changes on the WIAA charts next spring. The SE, which is District 9 on the WIAA grid, has formally released Asotin, and the NE, which is District 7, has accepted the Panthers.... Full story
Olivia Mellor and Carmen Gfeller, right, go up for a block against LaConner’s Heather Henriksen during the championship game at the Yakima SunDome Saturday. Unlike their last two championship runs for the state 2B volleyball title, Colfax Bulldogs hoisted the trophy in the SunDome for the third time Saturday night after an exercise in brinkmanship. The Bulldogs took the title after a five-game battle with the LaConner Braves in the championship game. They staged two comebacks, including d...
The $11 million Palouse Watershed Conservation Program (RCPP) application deadline is Nov. 20. Landowners have until then to apply for funding under the program which provides funding for the purposes of improving soil, water and habitat and conserving the land. “(The partnership) will help landowners and producers establish voluntary incentive-based conservation practices that enhance producer operations, and improve soil and water quality and wildlife habitat,” according to a Palouse Conservation District press release. “The partn...
County commissioners Art Swannack, Michael Largent and Dean Kinzer listen in as County Planner Alan Thomson presents the updated Shoreline Master Plan, which the commissioners approved at their meeting Monday. A two-year-process to update the county's 1974 Shoreline Master Plan took another step with approval by Whitman County Commissioners Monday. “I think we finally reached the end of the journey, hopefully,” said Alan Thomson, county planner. “The staff's recommendation is to adopt.” County... Full story
Numerous coats were collected for the Coats for Colfax drive, which was started in an effort to keep donated coats local for the benefit of the local community. The first distribution of coats from the Coats for Colfax drive was Saturday, and many people were able to benefit from it. “Everybody that came in for coats left with coats,” said Michele Olson, who was one of the organizers for the drive. Olson said about 25-30 people were able to come in and get coats, including one family of sev...
The St. Ignatius Haunted Hospital is not quite ready to close. Colfax's Unified Director Valoree Gregory is planning another haunted attraction for the upcoming holidays. With the success of the Haunted Hospital tours and ghost hunts last month, Gregory has decided to open St. Ignatius to the public for “Nightmare before the Holidays.” She sought the permission of the building owner, Anthony Girges, who granted it. “I might as well use it as long as I can,” Gregory said. Gregory said the first Nightmare before the Holidays event will be held...
Don Kriebel poses at the Arlington National Cemetery Museum in Washington D.C. Kriebel joined an Inland Northwest Honor Flight to Washington D.C. earlier this year. Don Kriebel of Garfield was one of 159 veterans on the year’s last Inland Northwest Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., in September. “It was fantastic,” he said. “If you really want to know for sure, the best part, it was landing with one motor.” It happened on the way back, when the group’s Sun Air charter plane lost power in an... Full story
Avista crews were working Tuesday night and Wednesday morning following the largest power outage Avista has seen since the 1996 ice storm. Gusts which reached up to 80 miles per hour downed trees and power lines and blew transformers in some areas. More than 200,000 Avista customers were without power Tuesday night in more than 3,300 reported outages across eastern Washington. Avista reported that many of the customers without power were in Spokane County. Whitman County saw more than 7,000 without power. In Colfax, power was knocked out... Full story
In April 2013, Konnor Stirling was an eight grader at Colfax Junior/Senior High School when he was diagnosed with leukemia. Since then, he has undergone several chemotherapy treatments, a bone marrow transplant and received blood and platelets. And he is still fighting. Stirling was able to come home to Colfax Homecoming weekend following a bone marrow transplant in July. “That is when they found out the cancer is still there,” said Colfax ASB Director Heidi Lowe. Stirling travels each week with his parents, Tom and Janele Stirling, to Spo...
Anthony Doerr speaks to a crowd at Colfax. The idea occurred on a train ride into New York in 2004. A man was sitting in front of Anthony Doerr and his wife, talking on a cell phone about the sequel(s) to “The Matrix.” His call dropped. Doerr could hear the man’s frustration. “How do we get to a place where we assume this thing could work,” said the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of “All the Light We Cannot See” to an audience at the Whitman County Library in Colfax Friday. “It’s only in... Full story
Whitman County is working with the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) to establish more sound financial and reporting practices following audit deficiencies earlier this year. The county began working with GFOA, which made a series of recommendations for combating the financial woes which have faced the county for more than a decade now. As a first step, the county has worked to clarify roles and responsibilities for several positions. A 22-page roles and responsibilities report – a supplement to the larger GFOA report – det...
A common sight across the Palouse last month was dust rising up as many area farmers combed through their fields, completing the winter wheat seeding in dry conditions. This practice is called “dusting in” and is quite common in this area. “Eight years out of ten we have dusted in,” said Steptoe area farmer Randy Suess. According to Steve Van Vleet, WSU Regional Extension Specialist and Associate Professor of Agricultural and Natural Resources, winter crops should usually be seeded by mid-October. “If you start seeding after October 15th, you...
Lady Bulldogs hoist the 2B state volleyball trophy after defeating LaConner Saturday at the Yakima SunDome in a five game battle. This is the third consecutive year Colfax has claimed the trophy. See Page 7 for more coverage. An ecstatic Oakesdale Nighthawks claim the 1B volleyball gold at the Yakima SunDome after beating SE league foe Pomeroy Saturday. The title win over the Pirates was the first win after three previous meetings ended in defeat. See Page 8 for more coverage...
The class of '65 from Palouse High School celebrated their 50th class reunion Sept. 12-13. Seventeen class members attended. In front, (left to right): Jerry Foster, Virginia Miles Frazier, Lorraine Bourne Frazier, JoAnn McClure Badertscher, Peggy Shoemaker Collier, Julia Ann Humphreys Raymond. Middle row: Guy Swanson, David Stanley, Doug Blair, Carol Schmidt Ellsworth, Jeff MacPherson, Leslie Day Allen. Back row: Jim MacPherson, Joan Queener Riedinger, Marv Thompson, J.C. Robbins, Glen... Full story
