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SPOKANE VALLEY – The Garfield-Palouse boys wrestling team came home from the Tri-County Classic wrestling tournament win-less Thursday, Dec. 21. Neither Walker Montgomery at 132 nor T.J. Fox at 215 could get a win in the tournament that featured much-larger schools from the Spokane area. Wrestling at 132, Montgomery was pinned in his opening match by Kian Tomimatsu of East Valley (Spokane Valley). The time was not reported. In his second match, he lost a 5-4 decision to Elliot Wilson of Mead. Fox, wrestling at 215, opened with a first-round b...
COLFAX – Floating dock and walkway owners will have a new rule to contend with beginning Jan. 1. According to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, the agency will begin requiring the plastic foam used in floating docks and walkways to be fully encased. The agency will require all such foam to be covered in concrete, steel, aluminum or plastic to prevent pieces from breaking off and floating away, officials said. The state won’t initially mandate replacement of existing foam structures, but will require them to be upgraded. Small flo...
TUMWATER – The state Department of Labor and Industries is imposing a new rule regulating workers’ exposure to smoke from wildfires. On Jan. 15, the agency’s new rule requires employers to have train employees on the hazards of smoke, monitor smoke levels and ensure workers have access to prompt medical attention. The new rule will be in effect year-round, not just during fire season. “With our changing climate, we know the threat of wildfire smoke isn’t a short-term problem,” said agency Division of Occupational Safety and Health Assistant D...
TEKOA — After finishing an extensive renovation project, two local siblings have listed the historic bank, located at the intersection of Crosby and Henkle Street, for sale. Susan Creger and Jim Lee settled into retirement six years ago with their spouses. They opened The Homestead General Store Antique Gift Shop on Crosby Street. Both Lee and Creger reported their initial desire to purchase the old bank when they first moved here. However, the building was not for sale. “When we originally came to town, we wanted to buy it as we saw it as som...
PALOUSE— The City of Palouse has $262,500 of state grants and a local match set aside to assess and study the St. Elmo building. Grass roots group, Friends of St. Elmo, interested in preserving historic spaces in Palouse, worked with the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation to have the St. Elmo recognized in 2019 as one of Washington’s most endangered historic places, raising the building’s profile and strengthening its competitiveness for grant funding. The City has received a $50,000 Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) plann...
PALOUSE - Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers spoke to a Garfield-Palouse senior government class taught by John Gehring on Wednesday, Dec. 20 at the high school. Rodgers met with Principal Sandra Kraus-Ayers, and Superintendent Mike Jones to tour the school and see some of the programs offered. Gehring said McMorris Rodgers then met with the senior class, took some questions, and shared her story of coming from small town Kettle Falls to the state house, and then onto Congress. After meeting...
PULLMAN - The Washington Utilities and Transportation commission received a report from a Washington State Agency during its Thursday, Dec. 21, open meeting that wants to charge local farmer, Brad Meyer, for a misdemeanor for the ruptured pipeline that occurred Nov. 8, near Pullman causing a natural gas outage. According to reports, the agency was investigating Meyers who allegedly was digging a four-inch drain line with a tractor and implement when he hit and ruptured the pipeline. According...
COLFAX — The County Budget for 2024 was adopted on Monday, Dec. 11, in the County Commissioners regular meeting. The Board of County Commissioners for Whitman County met on Monday, Oct. 8, 2023, and held the budget hearings for the 2024 fiscal budget for all county funds. Chief Finance Administrator Jessica Jensema said a budget is an educated guess of the transactions that will happen next year. “We start putting the numbers in July so some of these numbers are from 2023,” she said, noting that a lot happens in six months. “It’s just a be...
COLFAX — County Commissioners discussed amendments to wording concerning bars during a public hearing on amending County Zoning Ordinance 19.5 and 19.6 on Tuesday, Dec. 26. Commissioner Michael Largent recessed from the regular business meeting to open the hearing on discussing amendments made by Commissioner Tom Handy to the county zoning ordinances concerning clarifying the word bar. County Planner Alan Thomson said that they had visited the discussion a couple weeks ago when the commissioners had said they wanted to amend concerning bars a...
PALOUSE— The City of Palouse gathered on Thursday, Dec. 21, for their Tree Lighting Ceremony awarding several awards for the Native Garden Tree decorating, and gingerbread house building contest. Deputy Clerk Jamie Gaber said that first prize for the native garden tree decorating contest went to the Calvary Chapel, second place went to Susie Furhman, and third went to Woltering Construction. An honorable mention for the contest went to Vikotic’s Wall-E. Gaber said there were only two ent...
