Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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COLFAX - Howard Ulrich won the Colfax Chamber of Commerce Passport to Colfax 2021 contest. The contest started at the Holiday Open house in November and closed at Winterfest. Contestants were to gather stamps from participating businesses and turn them in to be part of a random drawing for $200. "I was in town doing errands and went from business to business and got my stamps," said Colfax native Ulrich. The prize was presented to Ulrich at the monthly chamber meeting on Dec. 14. A group of...
RITZVILLE — Sen. Mark Schoesler’s efforts to halt implementation of the new long-term care tax on workers in Washington State may be paying off. For months, Schoesler, R-Ritzville, was trying to upend the tax on workers income to pay for a delayed long-term health care benefit. He even pre-filed Senate Bill 5503 earlier this month calling on the Legislature to step back from the tax and look at alternatives. “Many workers won’t be able to afford it – people earning an average wage will lose hundreds from their paychecks each year,” Schoesler s...
PULLMAN – A Colfax family finished Christmas shopping, and was heading home when a passenger in a stopped car tried to shoot them. Two suspects were arrested and no one was injured, according to Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers. A Colfax man and his family finished Christmas shopping in Pullman and headed home on Dec. 22. The three adults and two children were heading north on Davis Way in Pullman when a white Volkswagen Golf sped to catch up and began following their van closely, according t...
