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Whitman County Sheriff’s office responded to a report of a loose goat which was in the area of the Pullman Airport Road last Wednesday, Dec. 16, at about 4:03 p.m. The WSU veterinary college was contacted and arrangements were underway Dec. 17 to turn the goat over to the vet school....
Pullman Attorney Timothy Esser wrote county commissioners that Sheriff Brett Myers could withstand a cut that would reduce the number of deputies on the county payroll. In countering Esser’s assertion during Monday’s public hearing on the budget, Sheriff Myers entered into the record past correspondence between him and Esser in which Esser questioned the role that Myers’ Mormon faith has played in deputies beginning to patrol the WSU campus. Because of that, Myers urged commissioners to “give zero weight to Mr. Esser.” “I have never allowed my...
A herd of Christmas light-framed deer graze on snow - not garden plants - in the side yard of John and Virginia Huber’s home off Highway 195 south of Colfax. Residents, including Mayor Norma Becker, have complained vehemently over the past couple years about deer ruining their landscaping, but the Huber herd took a minimal toll on yard plants....
Steve Humphreys holds a picture of his grandmother Suzie next to her century-old C hristmas cactus. Brought more than a century ago from the hills of Tennessee, a lone Christmas Cactus has spread from home to home throughout the Pleasant Valley. Steve Humphreys said his Grandmother Suzie Crumbaker brought the cactus west with her when their family settled between Colfax and Steptoe in the late 19th Century. She took cuttings off the cactus one year and shared with all those in her social circle. “That’s the way the story goes, anyhow,” he sa...
Colfax school district enrollment is 11.19 students under projections for this year’s enrollment, a gap that will likely lose the district roughly $60,000 in state funding over the year. The loss of students comes during a particularly difficult financial year for the district, which is already coping with a steep loss in state funding like most districts in Whitman County. Supt. Michael Morgan told the Gazette Tuesday he is concerned about the loss of students, but the bigger concern for the district is the state legislature cutting further s...
The 2010 budget for Sheriff Brett Myers’ office was the sole sticking point among county commissioners Monday, following their second and final public hearing on the county’s nearly $53 million 2010 budget. Myers has proposed a budget of $2,947,731. Anything less than that, he said, would likely result in one less deputy on his force. “My budget to begin 2010 is going to be lower than my 2009 beginning budget when you factor in COLAs and medical increases,” Myers said Monday. “More than likely, it will impact the level of staffing I have.” Myer...
Abby, Eli and Isaac Erickson, from left, children of Leif and Robin Erickson, stand with dog Mocha, in Santa hat, in the tastefully decorated front yard of the family’s Thorn Hill home in Colfax. The Erickson house won the Chamber of Commerce’s award as the home with the best holiday decorations in the city....
Notice to Providers of Service to Developmentally Disabled Individuals Request for Qualifications Whitman County seeks statements of qualifications from agencies interested in providing day program services to developmentally disabled residents in Whitman County. The services are to be provided July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. Examples of services include, but are not limited to: Child Development Services (Birth through the age of two); Pre-Vocational, Group Supported Employment, and Individual Employment for adults; Community Access...
