Serving Whitman County since 1877
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A free, ranger-led hike will be available Monday, Jan. 1, at Palouse Falls State Park as part of the First Day Hike state program. “It’s kind of a hopeful start to the new year,” said Virginia Painter, communications director for Washington State Parks and Recreation. The hike will be led by Kevin Davis, ranger for the Blue Mountain area which includes Palouse Falls. This is the fourth year of the First Day Hike program in the state, but Davis has only been at the Palouse Falls hike for two y...
As seen in Rosalia from Highway 195, on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail, “The Big Bike” display was constructed out of thin rebar metal by Walla Walla-based artist Charles Stanger. It stands 27.5 feet long and 14 feet tall, lit up by more than 9,000 lights. The display went up two weeks ago as part of a Rosalia Chamber of Commerce and Tekoa Trail and Trestle Association project named, “Lights Across Washington.” “Each year we will partner with one or more of the 18 Washington town and cities th...
The Palouse Brownfields environmental cleanup site has drawn interest from three separate entities in recent months. The project is a Main Street lot along the North Fork of the Palouse River. Formerly the location of a welding shop, gas station and fuel storage facility, the building was torn down in 2012. It has since been tested for petroleum and manganese as part of a state Department of Ecology (DOE) program. A conference call was held Tuesday, Dec. 19, in Palouse with interested parties...
Port of Whitman commissioners at their Thursday meeting agreed to begin the process to hire a new concierge at Boyer Park and Marina. The marina restaurant at Boyer is closed, and the marina closed Dec. 6. “At least we’ll get rolling,” said John Love, commission chair at the meeting Thursday. The port has already been approached by 12 people about the concierge position. In past years, reservations for the park would begin Jan. 1, but now any reservations will have to wait until a new conci...
Above: A total of 35 firefighters and six engine crews responded to the house fire in the 700 block of S. Main. The fire response started at 1:04 p.m. when a neighbor saw smoke and fire at the back of the house. Below, right: Firefighters had to chop holes in the roof to get at fires in the attic of the house. A fire Saturday afternoon destroyed most of the interior of a house on Main Street and displaced five occupants. The house at 705 S. Main is the last residence on the east side of Main bef...
