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TEKOA - The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves opened their 2023-24 girls basketball season Thursday, Nov. 30, with a 57-37 loss to Valley Christian. The Timberwolves failed to get anything going, leading to the 20-point loss. Panther Cloie Isley dominated the court in the season-opener. With the loss, the Timberwolves are winless in their last few seasons. The team went 1-19 in the 2019-20 season, 0-8 in the 2021-22 season, and 0-9 in the 2022-23 basketball season. The Timberwolves have time to...
COLTON - A Colton native has been named the 2023 Northwest League Groundskeeper of the Year for his work with the Vancouver Canadians. Levi Weber works as the heads grounds keeper for the minor league baseball team in Vancouver, B.C. "Overall, this is what I've always been striving for," Weber said of the award. "Working so hard for something for so many hours and putting everything you have into it, and being voted on is truly a great honor." Currently the only minor league baseball team in...
OLYMPIA – Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is injecting himself into Idaho politics. Ferguson has joined 21 other Democrat attorneys general in a court brief to try to block the Idaho law requiring students to use restrooms and locker rooms corresponding to their actual birth gender. “In Washington, where the rights of transgender students are protected, public schools report no instances of transgender students harassing others in bathrooms or locker rooms,” Ferguson said in a press release announce he was joining other Democrats...
COLFAX — New weight restrictions for Nichol Bridge has prompted its closure. Public Works Director Mark Storey updated Whitman County commissioners on the closure Monday, Dec. 4, during their regular meeting. It may not be the only closure coming, as the possible closure of Hume Road may occur during harvest . Storey said Public Works employees spend most winter months inspecting bridges. Upon inspecting Nichol Bridge — located on Countryman Road, five miles west of St. John — they determined the span cannot carry heavy loads. Rotting suppo...
COLFAX— The Port of Whitman County Commission authorized a 20-year lease with local company AGROW Solutions for a 10-acre lot at the Port of Central Ferry during its regular meeting Monday, Dec. 5. AGROW Solutions provides crop consulting and custom fertilizer blends to farmers. It has reached capacity at its Pullman facility, necessitating the need for a larger location. The company plans to make a $2.5 million investment and meet the required $400,000 match for developing a new fertilizer manufacturing and distribution facility on Lot F at C...
COLFAX— Two people were arrested Sunday, Dec. 3, and booked into the Whitman County Jail in connection with a fentanyl drug deal. Travis James Craig, 52, was arrested on four counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and one count of driving with his license suspended. He is being held without bail through Whitman County Superior Court, records show. His passenger, Noelle Reese Dye, 25, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance-fentanyl and is being held on a $500 cash bail through Whitman Co...
WASHINGTON D.C. - The Biden and Inslee administrations have been colluding secretly with extremist environmental groups and four tribal governments on plans to breach dams on the Snake and Columbia Rivers. A "confidential mediation document - not for distribution" on their dam-breaching efforts was leaked to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers last week, and then to the media Wednesday, Nov. 29. McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, represents Eastern Washington's 5th Congressional District, which includes the...
Colfax residents and visitors gathered on Mill Street on Friday night, Dec. 5, as the annual Winterfest Parade lit up the foggy night. The parade featured both Santa Claus and the Grinch, as well as floats, tractors, Christmas decorations and more....
