Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Sorted by date Results 26 - 35 of 35
Washington State will play Mountain West-champion Fresno State in the Jimmy Kimmel Los Angeles Bowl at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at So-Fi Stadium, and they'll do it without key players on both sides of the ball. Fresno State earned the bid to the bowl being the #1 selection of the Mountain West football conference after beating Boise State in the conference championship game on Dec. 3, and the Cougars earned the berth being the PAC-12's #5 ranked team according to CFP selection after posting a 7-5 reco...
OAKESDALE – Both the boys and girls Colton and Oakesdale basketball teams were in action against each other on Dec. 9, with the Wildcats taking the victory between the girls, and the Nighthawks taking the win with the boys. Girls were up first, and began with a heavy defensive effort. At 6:28 to go in the first quarter, the only points of the game came from the free-throw line, with Colton holding the narrow 2-1 advantage. Neither team was able to create separation from the other and the f...
CLARKSTON – Colfax dropped its first game of the season against the Clarkston Bantams on Dec. 8, losing 65-59 after almost completing a comeback in the game. Defense was the story for the first eight minutes of the game. Neither team was able to score double-digits through the first quarter of the game and Clarkston ended the first frame up 9-5. Offense was put back on the table in the second quarter, with the Bantams putting up 19 points to Colfax’s 12 and going into halftime up 28-17 on the Bulldogs. Clarkston was able to keep the lead in...
CLARKSTON – Colfax traveled south to Clarkston on Dec. 8 and came back home still undefeated after beating the Bantams 72-45 in its second straight win by 20-plus points. Clarkston and the Lady Bulldogs stayed nearly even throughout the first frame, and Colfax led the Lady Bantams 21-20 at the end of the opening quarter. Then the Bulldogs came alive, putting up 19 points in the second quarter and holding Clarkston to just nine to go into halftime with an 11-point advantage. Colfax continued to build the lead in the remaining two quarters, o...
PALOUSE – Garfield-Palouse and St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse played each other in boys and girls basketball league competition on Dec. 10. Girls played first, and Garfield-Palouse wasted no time holding St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse's offense in check while showing off its own scoring prowess. The Lady Vikings came out scoring and held a double-digit lead over the Lady Eagles coming out of halftime, in what was its best performance of the season. By 2:11 left in the third quarter, Garfield-Palouse h...
Hater of candy corn, lover of pirates, endless quote machine, innovator of the Air Raid offense and former Washington State head coach Mike Leach was announced dead on Dec. 13 after complications from a heart condition that left him hospitalized on Dec. 11. He was 61. "(Leach) was a great character in the world of college football and one of its most innovative and creative offensive minds," Washington State Senator Mark Schoesler said in a statement. "During his years as WSU's head coach, his...
COLTON-UNIONTOWN-Winner of this year's Colton Uniontown Distinguished Young Woman (DYW) Scholarship went to Kate Schultheis, 16, of Colton. The Colton Uniontown DYW program started in Sept. 2022, stated Chair of the Colton-Uniontown DYW program, Megan Vinning. Vinning explained the program was held on Nov. 20, and there were three participants. Kate Schultheis was named DYW, Kyndra Stout won first alternate, and Kaydee Heitstuman was named second alternate. In first place Schultheis won a $1000...
PULLMAN — The Pullman Moose Lodge hosted their eleventh annual Beyond Pink Purse Auction Friday, Nov. 18 at Zeppoz in Pullman raising $14,370. Organizer Ron Morgan, and his wife started the fundraiser in 2010, in November breast cancer awareness month. Morgan explained that he and his wife do the fundraiser with the Pullman Moose Lodge, “We called it the Pink Pancake feed and purse auction,” Morgan said, “we realized that pink pancakes didn’t look edible,” noting that the name has just stuck. This year there was an ammo bag, and a backpack fo...
COLFAX -The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is currently gathering public feedback concerning the replacement of twin bridges of US195 and SR 26 in Colfax. The west structure of the SR 26 bridge was constructed in 1938, and the east structure US 195 was constructed in 1931. According to the WSDOT the bridges have come to the end of their service life, and are in need of significant repair. WSDOT is also currently working on plans for a new US 195 and SR 26 intersection to...
PULLMAN — According to a Washington State Patrol press release sent out Thursday afternoon, the Palouse Area Law Enforcement Critical Incident Response Team (PALECIRT) is currently investigating the officer-involved shooting that occurred early Thursday morning at 1000 Southeast Latah Street. A Pullman man in his thirties was threatening to kill his roommates, when Pullman Police Department (PPD) officers responded to the disturbance at 8:34 p.m. on Wednesday, reports say. Whitman County R...
