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COLFAX - Save the Palouse not-for-profit members came before the Whitman County Commissioners to ask them to fight against the Wind Turbine project proposed near Kamiak Butte during the Monday, Dec. 2, regular commission meeting. Colfax farmer and Save the Palouse member Bill Myers asked commissioners to reconsider the moratorium again. A moratorium is a temporary suspension of an activity, law or regulation. "It makes absolutely no sense to grant these guys anything," Myers said, noting that...
PUBLIC NOTICE A POLL SITE only election for a board seat on the Palouse Conservation District will be held on January 28, 2025 at The Uniontown Community Building, S Washington St., Uniontown, WA 99179. Polls will open at 4:30 PM and close at 8:30 PM. Registered voters who reside within the Conservation District boundary are eligible to vote. Candidates must be registered voters residing in the conservation district. The filing deadline for candidates to file their candidate required information is 4:00 PM PST, Friday, December 27, 2024....
Colfax Monday, Dec. 2 Homemade mac and cheese, green beans, salad bar, apple slices, chocolate chip cookies. Friday, Dec. 5 Chicken alfredo, broccoli, salad bar, peaches, birthday dessert pumpkin cake. Colton Wednesday, Dec. 4 Chicken alfredo, broccoli, caesar salad, fruit, birthday dessert. Palouse Thursday, Dec. 4 Chicken chili, broccoli salad, fruit, birthday dessert. Pullman Friday, Nov. 29 Closed Native American Heritage Day. Tuesday, Dec. 3 Ham and cheese toasty, pasta salad, fruit salad, cranberry muffins....
COLFAX — The Friends of Hospice are hosting the annual Tree of Light and Remembrance Ceremonies in both Colfax and Pullman. The Pullman ceremony will take place at 5:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at the Bishop Place Event Center, 815 Southeast Klemgard Street. In Colfax a ceremony will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at the local branch of the Whitman County Library. Friends of Hospice are offering attendees the opportunity to honor loved ones they have lost, including parents and grandparents who have passed. The ceremonies w...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Developmental Services is teaming up with DreamWorks Inc., LMK Inc., and Boost Collaborative setting up three Giving Trees. The Giving Trees will be located at two places in Colfax, the Whitman County Courthouse and Public Service Building and one will be in Pullman at the Human Services Building. Gifts items requested along with directions are located on tags and items collected will be distributed to adults who live in Whitman County with developmental disabilities. Those who give can return the gift wrapped i...
MOSCOW — The Palouse Habitat for Humanity was awarded a $25,000 Community Possible grant from the U.S. Bank Foundation. The grant will go towards supporting Habitat’s work building affordable homes around the Palouse region. Funds provide operation support going into 2025, while the nonprofit finishes the Jones family home in Palouse, the Austin family in Moscow and starts the 2025 home in Pullman. “In Latah and Whitman Counties, the median income earner can no longer afford the median home price,” Executive Director of Palouse HFH Jennife...
GARFIELD –– Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! With Thanksgiving—the “official start of the holiday season,”––landing on November 28 this year, the season is a brief one. It is time to let the festivities begin! The Garfield Farmers’ Market, which, after a very successful summer season moved indoors in mid-October, is hosting its first Small Business Saturday event from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30. A variety of vendors will be selling their wares, including baked goods and different kinds of crafts. If that is not enough to e...
OAKESDALE - After finishing the regular season as league champions with an 11-1 record, the Oakesdale Nighthawks will look to be a force on the court again this season. The Nighthawks won a regional game against Sound Christian to qualify to play in Spokane Arena last season, but fell to Neah Bay, 58-45 to end their season with a record of 17-8. This year, Oakesdale is back and ready to defend its league championship. Oakesdale graduated four out of the seven players in the varsity rotation...
PALOUSE — With the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings football season just coming to an end last Saturday, the boys basketball team will get little rest before the start of the basketball season. The total roster number is still TBD as football just got done, but coach Nate Holbrook said it looks like his team will have 25 players. Seniors this year include cross country runners Brendan and Kieran Snekvik, both playing guard, along with football players Bryce Pfaff (guard), Landon Orr (post) and Macent Rardon (post). The Vikings finished l...
PALOUSE — After going 18-8 last year with a 12-1 stretch in the second half of the season, the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings girls basketball team is back on the court. The Vikings made it to the State quarterfinals where they fell to Sunnyside Christian (23-5 last season) by just five points, 37-32. Gar-Pal graduated just one senior last year in Zoe Laughary, but are still relatively young with a lone senior this year in Camryn Blankenchip. The 5-foot-6 guard will be among juniors Elena Flansburg and Morgan Lentz with sophomore Kyra B...
MOSES LAKE, Wash. - The Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings had their football season come to a close at the hand of the No. 2 team in the state, the Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats on Saturday, Nov. 23. The Vikings fell to the Wildcats, 56-12, in the quarterfinals of the WIAA 1B State playoffs. Gar-Pal finished the season with a 6-6 record. The Wildcats opened the scoring on a 20-yard touchdown run by Davian Adams. They added to their score in the first quarter when Preston Michel punched in a...
PALOUSE — The City of Palouse is preparing for snow and reminding residents of responsibilities going into the winter months. The city released its snow removal policy reminding residents before or when it starts to snow they need to park vehicles off the street if possible. Any vehicles left parked in areas of snow removal operations can prevent removal or become blocked by plowed snow. It is property owner’s responsibly to remove snow from sidewalks and are reminded to shovel snow into their yards on not onto the street or it gets plowed bac...
PALOUSE—The City of Palouse has released its proposed 2025 budget, which shows significant changes to revenues and expenditures across multiple funds. The proposed revenue is $4,498,196.10, an increase of $406,830.25 or 9.9% from the original 2024 budget. Expenditures are expected to rise by $363,041, reaching $2,814,869.75, an overall increase of 14.8%. Among the changes, the Current Expense Fund is set to see a revenue increase of $18,000, or 1.7%, while expenditures are projected to rise by $68,177.50, or 10%. The Pool Fund is expected to ex...
Land Transactions COLFAX—The Whitman County Assessor’s Office reported the following land transactions from Nov. 15 to Nov. 19 Nov. 15 Pullman Progress One L.L.C., of Pullman, 805 NE Terre View Drive, Pullman, to Schweitzer Center, LLC, of Pullman, assessed value $3,677,278, Nov. 18 Linda Stanfield, of Spokane, agriculture classified udner current use chapter, Whitman County, to Gerty Farms, LLC, of Palouse, 2-0000-4516-03-4490, $248,200. Gregory and Carolyn Struble, of Bedford, Texas., 315 East Poplar Street, Colfax, to Gregory and Car...
Sheriff’s Office COLFAX—The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Nov. 19 to Nov. 24 Nov. 19 1 a.m.- North Morton Street, Colfax. Abnormal behavior. 7:40 a.m.- West Westview Lane, St. John. Civil standby. 8:53 a.m.- East Main Street, Palouse. Public program. 11:26 a.m.- U.S. Highway 195, Uniontown. Custodial interference. 11:58 a.m.- 411 North Mill Street, Colfax. Sex offender registration. 12:51 p.m.- Steptoe Street, Guardian Angel School, Colton. DARE. 1:54 p.m.- Dusty Road, LaCrosse. Breathing problems. 2:13...
COLFAX — Residents of Whitman County are gathering this Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 28, to celebrate and give thanks. County operations and facilities will be closed on Thanksgiving with the courthouse closed, post offices and banks closed. The Whitman County landfill and Transfer Station will be open on Friday, Nov. 29. The Whitman County Gazette will not have a Daily Bulletin on Thursday, Nov. 28, in observance of the holiday. The Annual Palouse Turkey Leg is set to kick off Thursday, Nov. 28, at 8 a.m., offering participants the chance t...
PUBLIC NOTICE A POLL SITE only election for a board seat on the Palouse Conservation District will be held on January 28, 2025 at The Uniontown Community Building, S Washington St., Uniontown, WA 99179. Polls will open at 4:30 PM and close at 8:30 PM. Registered voters who reside within the Conservation District boundary are eligible to vote. Candidates must be registered voters residing in the conservation district. The filing deadline for candidates to file their candidate required information is 4:00 PM PST, Friday, December 27, 2024....
Margaret (Chunyk) Vietri, born in 1941 in Villa Park, Ill., and raised in Islip, N.Y., passed away peacefully on November 9, 2024, surrounded by family. She was the cherished daughter of Florence and Wally Chunyk and shared a close bond with her beloved younger brother, Bob Chunyk, who preceded her in death in August 2024. Shortly after graduating high school, Marge pursued a nursing degree in New York, embarking on a life dedicated to caring for others. Shortly after completing the nursing...
WENATCHEE, Wash. — The 10th-seeded Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings rallied in the second and third quarters to beat the 7th-seeded Entiat Tigers, 62-34, in the opening round of the WIAA 1B football playoffs on Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Apple Bowl. The Tigers were previously undefeated on the season and finished with a record of 9-2, while the Vikings moved to a record of 6-5 and advanced to the quarterfinals. Entiat scored the lone touchdown in the first quarter on a 1-yard run by quarterback Ethan Fogelstrom. Gar-Pal answered in the second...
YAKIMA, Wash. - Heading into the WIAA 1B State tournament as the No. 18 seed, the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings put up a fight, but fell short of bringing home some hardware. The Vikings defeated No. 15 Naselle Comets in the opening round and took the eventual State champions, the Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats, to five sets and only lost by three points. Gar-Pal finished its season with a loss to the No. 7 seed Waterville-Mansfield. In their first match of the State tournament on...
PULLMAN — The Pullman Regional Hospital Women’s Leadership Guild is hosted its annual grant award celebration Tuesday, Nov. 19, awarded $2,000 grants to five non-profits. During the Grant Award Celebration at the Lewis Alumni Center on the WSU Campus, the guild is distributing $10,000 in grant awards to five regional nonprofits that empower women’s and children’s health and wellness. The evening included a special presentation by Pullman Regional Hospital Auxiliary President Sharon Hall who shared about the Auxiliary’s continued funding success...
PALOUSE –– One way people can be categorized is by the way they track the seasons—some depend on the calendar, others by sport schedules, and still others, by the weather. My tracker of choice is the frequency of truck traffic on Route 27. Another year of crops have been harvested and transported to their storage units, and all is now relatively quiet. The 3 a.m. 18-wheelers that signaled the beginning of another work day are now gone and have left silence in their wake. Truck traffic, along with field planting and harvest are all segme...
Jail Log COLFAX—The Whitman County Jail reported the following individuals booked from Nov. 13 to Nov. 18 Nov. 13 Daymo James Sams, 38, warrant third-degree driving with a suspended license through Kittitas County District Court; warrant third-degree driving with a suspended license through Franklin County District Court. $16,000 cash bail only. Third degree driving with a suspended license through Whitman County District Court, $500 cash bail only. Justin Chance Stringer, 31, warrant possession of a controlled substance with intent to d...
PUBLIC NOTICE A POLL SITE only election for a board seat on the Palouse Conservation District will be held on January 28, 2025 at The Uniontown Community Building, S Washington St., Uniontown, WA 99179. Polls will open at 4:30 PM and close at 8:30 PM. Registered voters who reside within the Conservation District boundary are eligible to vote. Candidates must be registered voters residing in the conservation district. The filing deadline for candidates to file their candidate required information is 4:00 PM PST, Friday, December 27, 2024....
Colfax Thursday, Nov. 14 Meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, fruit salad, veggies, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting Monday, Nov. 18 Turkey dinner, mashed potatoes with gravy, stuffing, roasted vegetables, roll, pie Endicott Tuesday, Nov. 19 Baked potato bar, salad bar, fruit, dessert Palouse Wednesday, Nov. 20 Turkey dinner, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cooked vegetables, roll, pie Pullman Friday, Nov. 15 Turkey dinner, mashed potatoes with gravy, stuffing, roasted vegetables, homemade roll, pie Tuesday, Nov. 19 Lasagna, caesar salad,...
