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Colfax girls booked two pressure wins over the weekend for a 2-0 start in the NE competition. The first league weekend ended Saturday night at Ritzville when Taylor Garcia iced two toss shots for a 51-49 win to avoid an overtime game. The two shots came in the last half second after LRS launched a charge in the last quarter. "I think an overtime would have not been very good for us," coach Corey Baerlocher commented. He noted Colfax always faces a tough battle at Ritzville, and this round was no exception with the Broncos again hitting the... Full story
Tekoa-Rosalia’s Hannah Beach thinks twice under the basket against St. John-Endicott defender Gracie Dickerson Dec. 12 in a non-league game in Tekoa. The 4-0 Colton girls picked up their 75th consecutive win and inched closer to matching the state all-time boys winning streak this week as league action got underway around the county. A slate of more league games will take place this weekend, featuring a matchup between the Oakesdale and Pomeroy girls, for which many of the players will face o... Full story
After two derailments in the first weekend of NE play, the Colfax Bulldogs will try to get on track Friday when the team heads to St. George's to play the Dragons. They will go up against a Dragons team which hammered Tekoa-Rosalia in the Saturday night league round 70-33. Colfax was clipped by Liberty 62-54 Friday night on the home court with Lancer junior Chase Burnham finishing with 26 points. Burnham hit his range in the second half when he collected a bundle inside the three-point line. Liberty dropped 21 points on the Bulldogs in the... Full story
Washington Traffic Safety Commission has joined forces with Uber to encourage patrons to take a safe ride home during the holiday season. In areas where Uber services are available, they will offer riders $20 off their first trip as part of the effort, with the promo code RIDESAFEWA. Also Uber has launched Uberevents which will enable companies to arrange safe rides for their employees throughout the holiday party season. Extra DUI enforcement patrols statewide began Nov. 26 and will end Jan. 1. Colfax, Pullman, Whitman County Sheriff’s o... Full story
These reports are from the previous four issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated. COLFAX DUO TOPS TAX SALE BID Lisa Taylor and Pavlo Rudenko, both Colfax, were the successful bidders Friday at the auction for the lone property to go up for bid in the county’s tax foreclosure auction. They bid $16,200 for the property which is located on the Texas Ferry Road in the Malden area. The property includes a small house on a...
Trinity Lutheran Church will be the site of the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University classes, which include a series of videos featuring Dave Ramsey and some of his top professionals teaching about financial well-being. Some of the financial management topics included in the class are savings, retirement, getting out of debt, investment and insurance. The class is a nine-week course, which will begin Jan. 7 at 6:30 p.m. The classes include a membership cost for materials, but the first class can be attended by those interested at no cost.... Full story
A proposal for Pomeroy to assist Garfield with training at its wastewater treatment plant has fallen through, Garfield Mayor Ray McCown was notified Dec. 7. In November, McCown directed City Attorney Stephen Bishop to draw up a proposal for Pomeroy's Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Willie Graham to spend one day per week in Garfield to train their two public works employees, Brad Hasenoehrl and assistant Mark Phillips. “It's not because the city was unwilling to participate,” said Pom...
Merry Cellars Winery in Pullman last weekend hosted their annual Holiday Barrel Tasting, with more than 600 in attendance. “It went very well,” said Patrick Merry, winery owner. “It was a great event.” Merry said the Holiday Barrel Tasting is a great time for wine club members to gather. “It is the one time of year our wine club members get together,” he said. “It's a friends and family event. Very social.” Merry said the event has continued to grow throughout the last 11 years, and he said tha... Full story
In the aftermath of two failed levies in Tekoa, one will come up on the ballot in February and one will not. A $50,000 property tax levy for street operation and maintenance in November received 58.6 percent yes votes – short of the 60 percent to pass. An $85,000 Tekoa Parks and Recreation District 6 maintenance and operation levy failed by one vote. After the city council met following final results, Tekoa mayor John Jaeger confirmed that they've decided not to run another streets levy in F... Full story
A not-so-familiar sound has been hitting rooftops across the Palouse for the past two weeks, and it is not the sound of Santa and his reindeer (yet). Rain has hit the Palouse, and it has been a much-needed boost for crops. The average rainfall for Colfax in December is 2.93 inches, David Jones at the Colfax NRCS office said. That number was surpassed Monday when .49 inches of rain fell, bringing the total precipitation for the month so far to three inches. Precipitation numbers include snow and rain, Jones said. “We have three inches even to d...
Garfield mayor Ray McCown has brought back pay to the city council and mayor position after three years of the representatives voluntarily serving without pay. “For the last few years, we've just waived our wages,” said McCown. “I feel like we've got two, three council members that could use it.” At the Dec. 2 city council meeting, McCown introduced resolution 2015-07, setting salary schedules for public officials and employees of the town of Garfield. The city council passed it unanimously, still with the option to decline their pay. The dol...
In last week's Gazette, in the article, “Pullman joins trail,” it was reported that the town of Rosalia had passed a resolution in support of the John Wayne Trail in the wake of the recent proposal to close a section of it. Rosalia, in fact, is not included in the list of cities which have passed the resolution.... Full story
Sixth graders from Jennings School Tuesday delivered food collected in the school food drive to the Colfax Food Pantry. The food donations were collected at the school during a week-long food drive. They were loaded in a Coast van at the school, and the sixth graders were shuttled down to the Pantry in a bus to unload the cargo. Winners of the class competition for the food collection were Wendy Hickman's fourth grade class in the upper hall with 424 items, and Heather York's third grade class... Full story
With Christmas fast approaching, the Giving Trees around Colfax are wrapping up and preparing to distribute presents. Whitman County Developmental Services Department program coordinator Janel Goebel told the Gazette Tuesday that the department's trees have finished, and she is now preparing to distribute gifts. “There aren't any stockings left on those trees,” she said. “The trees are down now.” Goebel said the three trees her department had set up – at the Whitman County Courthouse, the Public Service Building and at Boost Collabora...
Big changes could be on the way here. Colfax has been named a Main Street Community by the Washington State Main Street Program. The program “has been helping communities revitalize the economy, appearance and image of their downtown commercial districts,” according to the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation website. “Using local resources and initiative, the state program helps communities develop their own strategies to stimulate long-term economic growth and pride in the heart of the community- downtown.” Valoree Gregory...
The collapsed wall at the Palouse Arms building is being demolished. The wall was built in 1920 and fell unexpectedly last month. A part of a building is in the process of coming down in Palouse after a wall collapsed on the former Palouse Arms Apartments. The wall, which is part of an apportioned section of the building, collapsed outward Nov. 15. Building owner Leonard Koepke of Moscow has been working to clear out the section in the past two weeks, for which the city issued a demolition...
Following two fatal car accidents involving WSU students prior to Thanksgiving, parents have been calling for improved roads in Whitman County, and WSU Interim President Dan Bernardo added his voice last Thursday. Christine Hunter, 18, Spokane, and Morgan Cope, 20, Buckley, were killed in separate accidents after vehicles crossed the center line. Hunter, driving northbound on Highway 195 on Nov. 20, crossed the center line in her 2001 Volkswagen Beetle and struck a Ford F-150 head on near Rosalia. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Cope was...
The jury for the Erik Luden trial began deliberation Wednesday morning after the state’s case on the second-degree murder charge concluded early Tuesday afternoon. Luden, 25, is charged with the second-degree murder of his father, Virgil “Cliff” Luden May 30, at his college hill apartment in Pullman. After Chief Deputy Prosecutor Bill Druffel ended the state’s case, Steve Martonick, Luden’s appointed defense attorney, who cross-examined the state’s witnesses, rested for the defense. After Judge...
