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COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Dec. 10 to Dec. 16: Dec. 10 3:02 a.m.- South Main Street, Colfax. Communications problem. 7:35 a.m.- Pullman Albion Road and Brayton Road, area, Pullman. Non-injury incident. 8:06 a.m.- South Crosby Street, Tekoa. Deputies arrested and booked wanted person David R. Crowe, 30, for unlawful possession of a firearm. 8:32 a.m.- 411 North Mill Street, Colfax. Unregistered sex offender moving to Spokane County. 8:59 a.m.- 411 North Mill Street, Colfax. Research reg...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Assessor’s Office reported the following land transactions from Dec. 4 to Dec. 12: Dec. 4 Sundance South LLC, of Tacoma, 655 SW Cayuse Street, Pullman, to Jacob Davis, of Pullman, $98,980. Clarence Allen Hood, of Pullman, agriculture classified under current use chapter, Pullman, to Clarence Allen Hood, as Trustee of the Clarence Allen Hood Revocable Living Trust, of Pullman, parcel 2-0000-44-14-36-1600, $118,700. Joseph R. and Rebecca St. John, of Farmington, agriculture classified under current use chapter, Whi...
Colfax Thursday, Dec. 19 Minestrone soup, grilled ham and cheese sandwich, salad bar, fruit, cream cheese banana puff Monday, Dec. 23 Tortellini soup, cheesy roll, beggies, baked apples Colton Wednesday, Dec. 25 Christmas Day, closed Palouse Wednesday, Dec. 25 Christmas Day, closed Pullman Friday, Dec. 20 Minestrone soup, grilled ham and cheese, salad, fruit, sugar cookies Tuesday, Dec. 24 Christmas Eve, closed...
COLFAX –– The deadline to join in on one of two mission trips to Puerto Penasco, Mexico, and Costa Rica has passed as of Dec. 15, however there may still be space available for those interested. Local Colfax pastor Michael Birnbaum is the director of Well Child International and founder of International Service Learning, who will be taking mission trip participants to assist in a variety of community projects, with a host of fun activities to experience. The organizations often seek health professionals to assist with neighborhood clinics, door...
James Lee Storment passed away on November 21, 2024, at his home in Spokane. His passing was expected, but came sooner than anyone had predicted. For the past two years of his life he lived with his wife in an assisted living facility where they felt safe with his failing health and weakness. Jim was born on August 25, 1942, in Colfax, Washington, to Dale W. and Ella Philpott Storment and grew up on the family farm near Winona and Endicott. He graduated from Endicott High School in 1960 (the first class to graduate in the “new” gym). He att... Full story
Herbert passed away peacefully at home on December 15, 2024. Born April 6, 1937, to J. John and Bertha (Kron) Haase in Ritzville, Wash. Herbert graduated from Washtucna High School in 1955 and went on to attend Wenatchee Valley College. He then transferred to Kinman Business University, during his second year he was drafted into the Army. Herbert graduated from Kinman Business University by correspondence courses in 1961 while in the service. He served 2 years active duty at Brooke Army Medical... Full story
Karen R. Kinzer, 76, longtime resident of Pullman, passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2024, in Pullman. Rosary Vigil Service will be recited on January 3, 2025, at 6 p.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Uniontown. Funeral Mass will be on January 4, 2025, at 10 a.m., at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pullman, with burial for family to follow at 2 p.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery in Uniontown. Karen was born on September 12, 1948, in Colfax to Martin and Irene (Wittman) Kinzer. The... Full story
COLFAX - The Colfax Bulldogs wrestling team hosted two meets last week with the boys competing on Wednesday, Dec. 11, and the girls grappling on Thursday, Dec. 12. Teams from Asotin, Colfax, Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal), St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL), Lind-Ritzville, Pomeroy, Potlatch and Waitsburg competed in the boys meet. The girls meet had several more teams wrestling, 30 in total. The following are the results for each meet. BOYS Colfax 132 pounds Round 1 - Cooper Phillips (Colfax) over...
BURBANK, Wash. — The Colfax Bulldogs girls basketball suffered a non-league loss to the Columbia (Burbank) Coyotes, 50-40, on Saturday, Dec. 14. Against Columbia, it was a close matchup until late in the game. The score was tied, 17-17, to end the first quarter. The Coyotes gained a slight edge before halftime, scoring nine points in the second quarter with Colfax scoring seven. Each team scored 10 points in the third quarter to keep it a two-point game. In the final quarter, Columbia scored 14 points with Colfax scoring six, giving the 5...
BURBANK, Wash. — In a rematch of last season’s 2B State championship game, the Columbia (Burbank) Coyotes got a bit of revenge against the Colfax Bulldogs. The Coyotes defeated the Bulldogs, 70-55, on Saturday, Dec. 14, handing Colfax its first loss in 34 games. Columbia opened the scoring early in the game with a 3-pointer by senior Caden Ross. Colfax answered with a 3-pointer by senior Jayce Kelly to tie the game. The Bulldogs took an early 6-5 lead with a 3-pointer by junior Adrik Jenkin. Columbia took the lead halfway through the ope...
COLFAX — The Whitman Conservation District is hosting a donation drive for used live Christmas Trees starting Thursday, Dec. 26 through Wednesday, Feb. 1 in the new office parking lot, 614 North Mill Street. The Conservation District will have a large black dump trailer parked close to the office building, to use as a collection container and area residents are welcome to drop off their no longer needed used Christmas trees for free. The trees will have a “second life” to be used in the Conservation District’s riparian restoration project...
COLFAX — Cases in whooping cough went up by eight cases last week. According to Whitman County Public Health the local pertussis, also known as “Whooping Cough”, outbreak has now reached 85 people and includes four cases identified within two elementary schools. Health officials are asking everyone to cover their mouth when they sneeze and cough, stay home when they are sick, wash their hands often and get vaccinated against pertussis. Those whose are most susceptible to contacting pertussis include infants under 1-year-old, pregnant women...
COLFAX — A homeless man was sentenced to four months in jail after leading a Washington State Patrol (WSP) Trooper on a dangerous car chase near Colfax. Angel Cartagena, 36, pled guilty to felony attempted eluding on Friday, Dec. 13, after failing to stop for a WSP trooper north of Coflax. According to reports, Cartagena was going 93 miles per hour in a Prius, with the pursuit ending when the car broke down climbing Buck Canyon Northbound on U.S. Highway 195. Reports show, the trooper found methamphetamine, a gun and an explosive device inside...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Commissioners allocated $100,000 from the county’s .09 Economic Development Fund to help pay for the shortfall for Pullman’s Downtown Reconstruction project. During the Monday, Dec. 16, workshop, County Commissioners discussed Pullman Mayor Francis Benjamin’s request from last week’s meeting for the county to help pay some of the extra cost totaling approximately $400,000. Commissioners added the request to their agenda, discussing concerns of fully paying the project’s shortfall since several other projects in...
Colfax Cougar Foodmart Dhillon Building (DSHS) – newspaper box at the north corner next to the sidewalk Gazette Office – 418 S Main St. Suite 3 Main St. Books Rosauers Sunset Mart (Chevron station) The Hyde Out – newspaper box out front Endicott Endicott Food Center Garfield Schaut's Marketplace Palouse Palouse Family Market Pullman Dissmore's Rosalia Rosalia Market St. John Webb's Empire Foods Tekoa Tekoa Market Washtucna Java Bloom Daily Bulletin Routes A printed version of the Colfax Daily Bulletin is available to be delivered four times... Full story
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WHITMAN No. 24-4-00153-38 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VIOLET M. HICKMAN, Deceased. The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the...
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW.11.40.030) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WHITMAN No. 24-4-00151-38 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHRISTINE MATHIS, Deceased The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the...
REVISED PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WHITMAN No. 24-4-00154-38 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EDNA E. FITZGERALD, Deceased. The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing...
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WHITMAN No. 24-4-00167-38 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RODNEY C. MAIN, Deceased. The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the...
SPOKANE VALLEY - Two Whitman County girls brought home individual titles Thursday night, Dec. 5, from the season-opening East Valley Girls Mix-and-Match at East Valley High School. Tekoa-Rosalia's Alexis Taylor won the 190-pound class and Colfax's Dory Doty won the 235A class. Cheney, with 27 girls on the roster, won the team title with 140.0 points, followed by Mead and University with 122.5 and 108.5, respectively. Thirty-two teams competed, in addition to several unattached wrestlers. Colfax...
POTLATCH – The Colfax Bulldogs boys wrestling team traveled to Potlatch to compete in the Dick Griswold Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 7. The Bulldogs had wrestlers grapple their way to podium finishes at the event. Cooper Phillips took second place in the 132 weight class. In Round 1, Phillips defeated McCall-Donnelly’s Garrett Rogers by fall in 55 seconds. In the quarterfinals, Phillips defeated Clearwater Valley’s Tomas Gonzalez by fall at 2:21. In the semifinals, Phillips beat Orioni Grimes of Priest River by fall in 3:48. In the champ...
COLFAX - The Colfax girls basketball season has officially begun with the Bulldogs winning three of their first four games. The Bulldogs defeated 1B foe Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings, 69-52, for the home opener on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Colfax narrowly fell to the St. George's Dragons, 59-55, in an away game on Friday, Dec. 6, before beating 1A opponent Riverside Rams, 69-38, on Saturday, Dec. 7. The Bulldogs then defeated Upper Columbia Academy Lions, 45-26, on Tuesday, Dec. 10. "They're very...
COLFAX — Picking up right where they left off last season, the Colfax Bulldogs boys basketball team has had a good start so far this season. The Bulldogs opened their schedule 4-0 with wins against the 1B Garfield-Palouse Vikings (2-1), 2B St. George’s Dragons (2-1), 1A Riverside Rams (3-1) and Upper Columbia Academy (1-1). “They are good kids, they compete hard and they care about each other,” said Colfax coach Reece Jenkin. “They want to see each other be successful and I think that’s su...
PALOUSE - Playing a pair of 2B opponents in the first four games of the season, the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings boys basketball team has two wins and two losses. Gar-Pal opened the season with a 75-51 loss against last season's 2B State undefeated champions, the Colfax Bulldogs, on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The Vikings held their own against the State champs early in the game. Junior Lane Collier hit a 3-pointer and senior Bryce Pfaff had two buckets from outside the 3-point line early in the...
PALOUSE - The Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings girls basketball team has won three games in a row, defeating the Colton Wildcats, Waitsburg Cardinals and Asotin Panthers, while falling to the Colfax Bulldogs in the season opener. Against Colfax, the Vikings took an early lead with junior Morgan Lentz hitting a 3-pointer and sophomore Kyra Brantner making a 2-point field goal. Colfax could only gain free throws while Gar-Pal freshman Molly Huffman hit a field goal and fellow freshman Tia Gehrin...
