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Gazette Reporters Employees in Whitman County’s courthouse could receive a one-time bump in pay if their union agrees to an offer by county commissioners. Members are voting this week on a 2012 contract that will give them no salary raises, but does offer an additional $550, according to union steward Kris Thompson, who was interviewed while working her second job at Rosauers Tuesday. Courthouse employees are represented by the Teamsters Local 690 out of Spokane. Commissioner Greg Partch said commissioners decided to offer the one-time checks a...
Scott LaVielle, former chief of the North Highline fire district where he served for 29 years, was named chief of the Pullman Fire Department Monday by Mayor Glenn Johnson. Pending approval from the Pullman City Council Jan. 10, LaVielle will begin duties as Pullman’s new chief Jan. 30. LaVielle, who served as chief at North Highline from 2007 to 2010, was selected from among five finalists for the job left open by the resignation last August of Pat Wilkins who served as chief for 27 years. Mike Heston, who served as acting chief for the p...
Jennifer Starks of Colfax attempts to introduce her son, Bryce Cobbs, to Santa Claus at Columbia Bank in Colfax. Mr. Claus made a visit Monday afternoon....
First Wind, parent company of the Palouse Wind firm building a wind farm on Naff Ridge, received financing for the project Monday from Key Bank. The firm announced a $170 million construction and term facility loan and letters of credit for up to $40 million. “We’re excited to be building our first project in the Northwest, and we are grateful for the support we have received from the local community and Whitman County to help us advance this project,” said Paul Gaynor, CEO of First Wind. The project is located in northern Whitman County, betwe...
Debbie Glass brings nursing experience to hospital’s top post. A familiar and new experience has begun for Debbie Glass. The new CEO of Whitman Hospital and Medical Center, who is in her third week on the job, comes to the Palouse from small hospitals in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. A longtime nurse, Glass begins her first stint as a chief executive. She has previously served as a chief operations officer. She has earned degrees in nursing and a masters in community health care systems from Ore...
Colfax football players marked the last chapter of the 2011 season last Thursday when they honored nine seniors and presented letters and special awards. The banquet marked the end of an 11-1 run which wasn’t anticipated at the start of the season. Coming off two successive trips to he state title game in Tacoma, Coach Mike Morgan said he would have questioned anyone at the start of the season if they predicted his squad would finish like they did. The Bulldogs again swept league play and advanced through state elimination games until they w...
1. Which 1960s group released “Pretty Ballerina”? 2. Name the only Top 10 single released by the Mar-Keys. 3. This reggae group released “Fattie Fattie” and “I’ve Got a Feeling”? 4. What Philadelphia soul singer had a No. 1 hit in 1972 with “Me and Mrs. Jones”? 5. Which group had a hit in 1975 with “Don’t Leave Me This Way”? 6. Fact or fiction: When a CD boxed set was released with a bar code as part of the graphics, stores scanned it instead of the real code. Answers 1. The Left Banke, in 1966. The song went to No. 15 on the Billboard chart....
Now seeking $15 million: Construction could begin at Hawkins Companies’ long-proposed stateline strip mall next spring, if Whitman County will pick up another $5.9 million of the cost. In May 2008, commissioners agreed to fund $9.1 million worth of public infrastructure for Hawkins’ 714,000-square-foot shopping center site. Jeff DeVoe, project lead for the Boise development firm, asked commissioners Monday to up that amount to $15 million. Before the commercial real estate collapse which spun out of the 2008 recession, Hawkins was ready to buil...
Central County Thursday: Mostly sunny with a high near 29. Winds from the east around 9 mph. Overnight low around 22. Friday: Sunny with a high around 33. Windy and cloudy overnight. Low around 27. Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a high near 35. Cloudy overnight, with a chance of reindeer in the northern sky. Low around 27. Christmas Day: Partly sunny with a high near 37. Magical snow showers over night. Low around 27, with a 60 percent chance of talking, walking snowmen. Monday thru Wednesday: Clouds and sun with snow showers possible. Highs in...
Standards for the new streetlights on Mill Street were installed by Harrison Electric crews the first part of last week, but the project has been delayed again until the actual light fixtures arrive. Munir Daud, Pullman consulting engineer for the project, said the light fixtures have yet to be shipped by the California supplier. Daud said the new lights, when installed, will be fitted with L.E.D. lights which last longer and require less power. One of the L.E.D. lights has been tried out on one of the fixtures which was installed as part of...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Joshua W. McQueen, 33, and Chelsea N. Matulich, 29, both Pendleton, Ore., Dec. 19. Jamie S. Moorhead, 35, and Karen E. Tevik, 34, both Pullman, Dec. 16. Obed Quaicoe, 31, Greensboro, N.C., and Fafanyo Asiseh, 31, Pullman, Dec. 16. Michael D. Cone, 27, and Ashley D. Brummett, 24, both Pullman, Dec. 15. Anthony Serna, 27, and Krista D. Tompkins, 19, both Pullman, Dec. 14. Rodney A. Broughton-Neiswanger, 21, and Brittney A. Wesserburger, 22, both Pullman, Dec. 13. Roger D. Guiney, 64, and Linda M. Hurley, 61, both Garfield, Dec....
Becker ends 20-year stint as city’s chief. Colfax Mayor Norma Becker, presiding over her final city council meeting Monday night, said the city needs to have representation on the Whitman County Library Board. The proposal evolved out of a discussion of the city’s long-standing agreement to pay 20 percent of the maintenance, repairs and upgrades for the county library building in Colfax. Becker said the city needs to have representation on the library board because decisions to upgrade the library result in added annual costs to the city. Lib...
Grange members from Wilcox and around the county Saturday gathered at the 103-year-old Wilcox Hall to celebrate Christmas in a traditional mode. Abigal Gibon, 18 months, admires the Christmas tree on the stage of the Wilcox meeting room. Abigal is the daughter of Angela and Erik Gibson of Pullman. She accompanied her great-grandfather, Ray Pogue of Pullman, to the Wilcox party. They are members of Whelan Grange north of Pullman. Below, Wilcox Master Cindy Kramlich Zeigler of Colfax views the buffet offerings while other Grangers visit and...
8 years ago December 24, 1886 A force of men, superintended by Capt. James Troupe, are at work on Log Cabin rapids near Almota putting in a crib. A lack of public interest in the Uniontown library leaves it in a languishing condition with all the books stowed away undisturbed in the back room of their most popular saloon. A bright comet is said to be traversing the heavens toward the northeast. It may be seen on a clear morning about 5 o’clock. Thos. La Dow of Spokane Falls, the widely-known stage man, circulated among his Colfax friends l...
