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A sprinkling of more snow greeted Colfax Dec. 26, in time for it to get swept off the sidewalk in front of the Whitman County Library.... Full story
Office space in the Warwick building on Main Street in Colfax was on display Dec. 14 during the Southeast Washington Economic Development Association holiday open house, hosted by managing director Sarah McKnight. The former home of the Colfax branch of Banner Bank and the Libey & Ensley law firm have been refurbished with new carpeting, fresh paint and a thorough cleaning and are available for businesses seeking a centrally located Main Street location. Contact McKnight at 509-288-1317 or...
A superior court jury Dec. 18 returned a verdict of not guilty after a one-day trial of drug charges against Kaylee McBride, 26, Tekoa. McBride had been charged with possession of methamphetamine at a residence in Tekoa. According to the case report, deputies found a pipe and a glass piece with drug residue Feb. 19 during a search of a residence on S. Water Street in Tekoa. The drug evidence was found in a room which had reportedly been occupied by McBride. The case report said McBride was not present at the Tekoa residence when it was... Full story
Colfax Library announced the winners of the decorated Christmas tree contest at the Art Among the Trees reception. Voting commenced at the Dec. 7 Winterfest celebration that kicked off the downtown Colfax holiday festivities. The winners are: People's Choice - J.P. Pies -baking themed tree with pie slice-shaped and baking tool ornaments, topped with a chef's hat; Most Creative-Whitman County Library - Tree made of books: Kids' Choice-Jennings Elementary - Dual tree display with a black Darth Vader and a white Stormtrooper tree. Judge's...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Daniel Robert Walker, 33, and Michelle Lynn Stevens, 40, both Pullman, Dec. 14. Matthew Guy Hudelson. 54, and Gregory James Couch, 58, both Pullman, Dec. 18. Robert Alexander Matthew, 32, and Elizabeth Arleen Smith, 33, both Pullman, Dec. 19. Chenxi Huang, 27, San Jose, Calif., amd Xiaoyue, 31, Pullman, Dec. 21. Arsala Amiri, 34, and Razieh Hoorshenas, 32, both Pullman, Dec. 21. REAL ESTATE SALES Jason and Lusha Evans, Clarkston, to Kevin and Lauren Rogerson, Pullman, house on Harrison Street, Colton, $244,000, Dec. 19. Anna...
The media frenzy surrounding accusations of sexual misconduct continues to gather momentum. Many of the allegations are true, and those who have abused their power should be held accountable. Many charges, however, make no sense unless sexual misconduct has been redefined beyond the realm of logic. The snow ball effect has taken on a lynch mob mentality to the point that the abuser and victim are no longer clearly defined. The Associated Press recently published an article exposing an Idaho State Representative who made a woman “uncomfortable... Full story
While the investigation continues into the deadly AMTRAK derailment near Dupont, the clock continues to tick on the implementation of Positive Track Control (PTC). The deadline is Dec. 31, 2018. PTC integrates new satellite tracking (GPS) and trackside technology for passenger, freight and commuter rail service. It is designed to instantly feed mountains of detailed and complex information to control centers and moving locomotives to automatically stop speeding trains from going off the track and colliding. Neither the track on new Point...
Republicans have tried, on and off, to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling since the 1980s. The effort has always engendered intense opposition and always been abandoned. A provision for drilling in ANWR is included in the Republican tax bill almost as an afterthought. Republicans took a constitutional fight against Obamacare's individual mandate to the Supreme Court in 2012, and lost. They targeted it in their Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill earlier this year, and lost. They tried again with a last-ditch "skinny...
Why would we try solving society's most ancient problems with worn-out solutions? Sexual harassment and assault are as old as any issue can get. What do you think would have happened if the Garden of Eden had an HR department? Actually, nothing, just like today. These days, however, Eve would have decided that in the process of starting the human species, Adam acted inappropriately when he took a bite from the apple. Adam would be fired, and Genesis would have removed his blog. The point is that nature requires that in the name of propagation,...
The year was 1863. The American Civil War had been going for two years and would last two more before its end. The man was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Two years earlier he had lost his wife of 18 years in a tragic fire, leaving him a widower with six children. His eldest son had left home to join the army and recently returned after being shot and narrowly escaping paralysis. The country is torn by war. Things did not look promising for Longfellow or his country. On Christmas day he penned the poem ‘I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day’ whi...
In a followup report Dec.19, Colfax Athletic Director Nathan Holbrook noted the new mat for the wrestling program was purchased for $9,000. The new mat made its public debut Dec. 13 when the Bulldogs hosted a double dual meet with Davenport and Potlatch as guests. Holbrook reported the school district paid half the cost. The other half was raised with individuals and businesses buying sponsorships of weight classes during last year’s regional wrestling tournament in Colfax. Jones Truck & Implement and Little Guys Wrestling also donated to t... Full story
Colfax boys will play Colton today, Thursday, at the West Valley Holiday Classic tournament at 9 a.m. in gym two at West Valley in Spokane. The Bulldog girls will play LaSalle Thursday at noon. Friday, the boys will play Sandpoint, Idaho, at 3:30 p.m. and the girls will play host, West Valley, at 8 p.m. Both of those games will also be in gym two at West Valley. Colfax jayvee girls are also booked to play LaSalle jayvees at 9 a.m. Thursday in gym three and Deer Park jayvees at 5 p.m. Friday. Colfax boys jayvee will play West Valley jayvees at...
Garfield/Palouse unwrapped a 7-1 record Dec. 21, going into Christmas break with a win in the four-team Colton tournament. The Vikings beat Wahkiakum 60-45 to take the plaque. Caden Sanders led with 15 points while Blake and Austin Jones each scored 14. Ely Hawkins delivered 11 points and 10 rebounds while Tanner Anderson put up 10 points and 10 rebounds. The Vikings will return to the court Jan. 5 at home against unbeaten Pomeroy, leaders of the Southeast 1B league. Colton 54, Entiat 44 For...
The last time the Colfax cheer squad appeared on the home court was Dec. 8 before the Bulldog teams embarked on what will be an eight-stop road trip. They won’t get back to the home boards until they host Kettle Falls Jan. 6....
-Janet Leifer photo St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse's Glory Dickerson, left, and Kierstyn Ray apply defense in a game against Cheney Dec. 11 at St. John. The Eagles will play in the Reardan Christmas Tourney Dec. 28-29.... Full story
The house won the Colton tournament as the Wildcat girls took down the Wahkiukum Mules 60-46 Dec. 21 in a game that proved close in the first half. Leading by six to start the third quarter, Colton expanded their lead over their guests from Cathlamet, Wash. Dakota Patchen led the Wildcats (8-0) with 22 points while Rylee Vining scored 12. Jordyn Moehrle and Josie Schultheis added 10 points. Georgia Meyer delivered 11 rebounds and four assists. Colton will play next against the East Valley High S... Full story
Colfax wrestlers tied for 12th place Friday in the big Tri-County Classic meet at Central Valley. The Bulldogs rolled up 68 points behind the 217 rolled up by University for the team win. Shadel Park placed second at 171, and Reardan placed third in the big meet one point back at 170. Springdale booked the second-best mark for the NE entry with 92 points to finish ninth. Liberty also scored 68 to tie Colfax in 12th place. Colfax senior Dane Hall topped the Bulldogs with a second-place finish in the 170-pound class. Hall advanced all the way to...
Deep into the night on Thanksgiving – actually at 3 a.m. the next morning – the Palouse solar farm data quit tracking. It turned out someone or something had cut the line which transmits data from the site on a hill at the south edge of town. It was determined it was a person with a blade of some kind because the four-inch cut was even and straight, not something that would have been done by an animal. “The cuts were deliberate,” said Palouse Clerk/Treasurer Kyle Dixon. After discovering the dat...
An accident at the Guy Bennett Lumber Co. at the Port of Wilma took the life of an Idaho man the morning of Dec. 20. The victim was identified as Jeff Midstokke, 55, Peck, Idaho. Emergency crews responded to a report of the accident at approximately 11 a.m. Dec. 20. According to the sheriff's office, Midstokke was working on a log debarker machine at the mill when he fell and sustained a head injury. Sheriff's deputies responded to the scene which is in the southeast corner of Whitman County. The county coroner’s office and state Department o...
Whitman County Commissioners signed off on the Capital Improvement Projects list for 2018 on Dec. 18. Project proposals submitted from all county departments were pared down to five to be completed next year. Combined, the five projects total $150,000. Two-thirds of that will pay for four projects out of the CIP fund and the most expensive is covered by the court improvement fund. The projects on the list are “low-hanging fruit that we can get to,” said Bill Tensfeld, who added facilities man... Full story
A new Solid Waste Management Plan is taking shape for Whitman County, as Solid Waste Operations Manager David Nails works with J.U.B. Engineers of Spokane to write the state law-required five-year plan. The process began last summer when J.U.B.’s $25,000 bid was again chosen for consulting. They helped the county prepare the 2012-17 document. After much activity at the waste transfer site in the past five years south of Colfax, the new plan is expected to entail less construction. “We’re mainl...
Kristine Meyer was sworn-in by Port Attorney Bruce Ensley as the District Two Port Commissioner Dec. 21 following her uncontested election for the seat. Meyer was appointed to the seat in April following the death of long-time commissioner Dan Boone March 2. She was the only candidate to run for the position. She will now serve a six-year term as the first woman elected to the port commission. Meyer is the president of the Avista Foundation.... Full story
Two tours are scheduled of the Colfax School District facilities leading up to the $18.9 million bond vote in February. A tour will be held Jan. 9 at 6:30 p.m., beginning at the high school cafeteria, and Feb. 5, also at 6:30 p.m. at the cafeteria. The tour will cover areas at the high school and Jennings Elementary School. The district has added a series of pages of information on its website about the bond. “If anybody has questions, I’d ask them to call the district office. I’d be happy to sit down and talk with them,” said Superin... Full story
Colfax Superintendent Jerry Pugh presents a 10-year service award from the Washington School Directors’ Association Dec. 21 to board member Robert Smith. The Colfax School Board held its last meeting of the year Dec. 21, with the students leaving for Christmas break the day before. Subjects discussed and/or approved included new hires, the school bond project to come to a vote in February and a salute for board member Robert Smith for 10 years of service. Supt. Jerry Pugh opened the meeting w...
Whitman County commissioners Dean Kinzer, left, and Art Swannack, right, confer Dec. 4 with Katrin Kunz, assistant county planner, Brandon Kruger, operations manager for county road/bridge maintenance, and Mark Storey, Public Works director, on a preamble to a public hearing about a lack of planning commission members. A proposed change would make it so the commission would have two members appointed per district with three at-large members, including no more than four people from any one...
