Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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Casey Jones of Jones Truck & Implement presented a check for $5,000 to Whitman County Historical Society President Greg Partch, Theresa Dale, Perkins House director, and Ed Garretson, archives director, Friday when JTI celebrated 77 years in business by holding a Founders and Customer Appreciation Day at their store in Colfax. As a way of honoring their family's long-time involvement in the community, the company made the presentation to help the society achieve its goal of hiring a paid...
Pomeroy's Jim Greene has resigned as the Pirates' volleyball coach. Greene has coached volleyball at Pomeroy since 1993 and led the Pirates to three state titles, according to a report in last week's edition of The East Washingtonian at Pomeroy. . Last month the Pirates finished second in the 1B finals for the third straight year after facing Oakesdale in the championship match at the SunDome. The Pirates took their last state title in 2014. They were also state champions in 1997 and 2005. Greene is a member of the 1973 graduating class at...
Southeast 1B league games began with a weekend of early matchups and Pomeroy showed its favored status. Running Colton by 25 points and dismissing St. John/Endicott/ LaCrosse, the Pirates have set the tone so far. For Whitman County teams, Garfield/Palouse beat Oakesdale by five points and blew out a young Waitsburg team. Gar/Pal will play at Colton Friday at 7:30 p.m. Oakesdale plays at St. John, also at 7:30 p.m. Garfield/Palouse 62, Waitsburg 18 Sanderson and Anderson, Caden and Tanner, led... Full story
Colton’s Emily Schultheis works underneath in a home win over Touchet Dec. 9. The Wildcats are now 5-0. The Colton and Garfield/Palouse girls remain undefeated after an early round of league games last weekend. Gar/Pal, led by its two seniors and longtime starters, Payson Griner and Katie Arrasmith, beat Oakesdale and blew out Waitsburg. Colton handled Touchet and Pomeroy. Garfield/Palouse will play at Colton Friday. Game time is 6 p.m. Colton 64, Grangeville 37 The Colton bus went to G...
The Colfax-Garfield/Palouse combo placed fifth among 16 teams Saturday in the invitational meet at Liberty. The team totaled 205 points. Top four teams at the meet were Riverside 337, St. Maries 323, Hanford 228, and Liberty 221. Bulldog Nolan Burrill won the 113-pound class, and Augie Allenbach placed third in the 285 class. Colfax Wednesday was scheduled to host Potlatch and Davenport in the first of three home meets. Their next home show will be a dual meet with Springdale Jan. 17. 113-Nolan Burrill bye, bye, over Cole Roman-Riverside in sem...
Colfax girls booked 10-point win, 55-45, over Liberty at Spangle Tuesday to advance their league record to 3-0 in the new season. The Bulldogs posted a slim three-point lead at the half but finished strong over the last two quarters for the win. Carmen Gfeller hit 22 against the Lancers, and Piper Cai added 13. Next stop for Colfax will be Friday at Asotin when they face a Panther team which topped Tekoa/Rosalia 51-38 at Tekoa in the Tuesday league round. The win at Spangle Tuesday followed two...
Colfax junior Kelan Becker attempts to block Reardan's Cade Francis Dec. 8 at Colfax. Colfax boys scrambled Tuesday at Liberty for a 55-51 edge over the Lancers to remained undefeated in the new league race. Colfax staked a 10-point lead at the half and then held on while the Lancers charged in their home court. Carson Cloaninger again led Colfax by hitingt 23 at Spangle and Jason Soncarty hit 18. Over the weekend, the Bulldogs posted a win over Reardan in the first league round Friday after... Full story
Charlie Appel When Charlie Appel would visit his parents, David and Alice Appel outside of Colfax, he always had an affinity for the area. “I like it here; I always have,” he said. That fondness turned out to be a plus because he is now living here and has taken over at Farmers Insurance in Colfax. Appel took the reins at Farmers Dec. 1 from former owner Bruce Perisho. He said his aim is to make the change a smooth transition. Appel has lived in the Colfax area since October of 2013. He was born...
Seven tax foreclosure properties, including two lots on Red Tail Ridge at Colfax, remained on the auction block for the county’s annual tax foreclosure sale Friday in the commissioners’ room at the courthouse. The county initially listed 10 properties for the annual foreclosure sale, which involves properties with unpaid taxes for the past three years. Three properties were redeemed by payment prior to the sale. Red Tail Ridge includes view lots above North Palouse River Road at Colfax. Some houses have been built on the ridge which con...
Colfax Police officer Jaelene Bryan presented a $460 donation to Whitman Hospital Foundation coordinator Becky Dickerson last Wednesday from proceeds from the Paint the Town Pink campaign. Bryan said the money was raised through $5 patch sales at Colfax businesses. Police officers nationwide sold the pink patches during Breast Cancer Awareness month in October. She said the Colfax department received donations from across the country....
Bully For You owners Laura and Austin Storm cut a red ribbon to officially open the newest Colfax downtown business Dec. 7. From left to right Sarah McKnight, SEWEDA/Colfax City Council; Dodd Snodgrass, city administrator; Laura Storm; Bruce and Charli Hochsprung; Austin Storm, and Toni Jorgensen, chamber vice president. The Hochsprungs sold the building to the Storms. The Storms plan to be open Thursday through Saturday with vintage finds, décor and furnishings....
Southeast Washington Economic Development Association county manager Sarah McKnight will host an open house in Colfax today, Thursday, Dec. 14, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. SEWEDA is located at 409 N Main St., Suite 2, in the Warwick Building. The open house will feature newly renovated office spaces recently vacated by Banner Bank and the Libey & Ensley law offices. Refreshments will be served and door prizes will be awarded. SEWEDA is showcasing the spaces to help the owner of the building, Steve Warwick, fill the spaces and reduce vacancies along...
Whitman County Public Works has decided to halt work on the new effluent tanks at the Solid Waste transfer station until next year. Cold weather precludes further welding on the liner of the evaporation pond. Needing temperatures of 40 degrees or higher for the task, contractor M.A. DeAtley of Clarkston will hold off until spring. Construction of the two tanks and evaporation pond began in August. Public Works Director Mark Storey estimates the work is now 95 percent done with just the liner wel... Full story
Officer Joe Merry’s retirement open house will be today, Thursday, Dec. 14, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Palouse City Hall. Merry is retiring after 33 years of being a police officer, the last 10 with Palouse-Garfield. The public is invited to stop by and thank Joe for his service and to wish him well....
The December Whitman County local emergency planning committee meeting will be today, Thursday, Dec. 14, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Public Service Building Auditorium in Colfax. Goals and objectives for 2018 will be discussed.... Full story
Tyeson Hodges, 25, Pullman, was formally charged Monday with possession of heroin and psilocybin mushrooms after he was arrested early Sunday morning on Main Street in Colfax. According to the arrest report, Hodges was in a car which was stopped by a deputy on S. Main in Colfax because of a faulty light. Hodges was in the back of the car and roused by the deputy to possibly take over driving duties of the car. Hodges appeared to be animated, and allegedly handed over a bag of mushrooms. He was later found to have needles and heroin in his...
Left to right, Cooper Schwartz, grade 3; Emily Thompson, grade 5; Chloe Waddell, grade 4; Wyatt Schwartz and Lillian McGregor, both grade 7. A team of five LaCrosse elementary and junior high students were named regional champions at a robotics competition in Spokane on Saturday, Dec. 9. Coached by school science teacher, Matt Wysock, the team has been working since September in preparation for the contest. Team members include Lillian McGregor, Chloe Waddell, Emily Thompson, Wyatt Schwartz and... Full story
Saturday Santa Claus will be at the Palouse Community Center at noon. Rides on the Palouse vintage fire truck will be offered, weather permitting.... Full story
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams on the Snake River in Washington will be closed to cross-dam vehicle traffic on Christmas and New Year’s Day, federally recognized holidays....
Rosalia students Cassin Pittman and Gavin Merritt on KHQ6 TV Monday relayed a rescue account of a stranded family while on a trek in the north Idaho woods this weekend. They attempted to dig out the stuck vehicle, but were unable to free it. They decided to transport the group out on their snow skis, then their parents drove the family back home. Danner Holling is the other Rosalia student that took part in the rescue. The other five people involved are adults/family members that were part of the eight person snowmobiling gr...
Justin Brown started what became Osage Woodworking as a junior in college at Oklahoma State. He and wife Lindsay now live in Palouse with their two children. A new tenant at the corner of the St. Elmo’s building on Main Street in Palouse will open for business Dec. 16. Osage Woodworking is a showroom gallery for the shop in Moscow owned by Palouse residents Justin and Lindsay Brown. The gallery will feature furniture and cabinetry made by Justin, plus a small retail side selling cutting boards,...
MJ Tree Service cuts down the large trees on the Endicott school grounds for the second phase of a removal project. In September 2013, a wind storm broke many of the old trees and limbs. Two of the trees in front of the school were snapped off. One snapped at about 12 feet up. It was located along the sidewalk between the two baseball fields on the east side of the school lawn area. The other tree was snapped at a higher level, about 25 feet, on the west side of the lawn near the parking lot. A... Full story
Trevor Gorsline, 33, Walla Walla resident who was arrested on a drug charge in Colfax Sept. 28, was sentenced to 12-plus months in prison Friday after pleading guilty to a charge of possession of methamphetamine. The sentence means he will be transferred to the state prison system. Gorsline, who had a record of convictions in Walla Walla County, was assigned an offender score of seven when he entered his plea Friday. Officer Joe Handley stopped Gorsline at James and Poplar in South Colfax after he observed a vehicle which was having trouble...
Signs of a wolf presence and an alleged wolf sighting have been reported from northern Whitman County and the Cheney area. According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, there are no confirmed, established packs in the area. “So far, they seem to be traveling through Whitman County,” said Madonna Luers, WDFW public information officer. “When it comes to wolves, we want to stay on top of that.” Wolf sightings and signs can be reported to WDFW several ways. The easiest is the dep...
After 25 years together, Whitman County and Alternatives to Violence on the Palouse are going to make official an informal agreement that lets ATVP maintain its office space. Commissioners Monday discussed the situation and the revelation that, although ATVP has had a physical presence in the courthouse building for more than two decades, it has never been official with any documentation. And while there are other requests for that space, commissioners felt the services ATVP provides warranted...
