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COLFAX—The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2 Nov. 25 7:27 a.m.- Ladow Butte Road and Kriebel Road, Garfield. Jeremy A. Eyrich, 25, of Moscow arrested for driving with a suspended license. 8:37 a.m.- Pullman Albion Road and Christian Road, Pullman. Stray animals. 9:14 a.m.- U.S. Highway 195, Colfax. Welfare check. 10:07 a.m.- North Amy Avenue, LaCrosse. Welfare check. 10:10 a.m.- North Mill Street, Colfax. Citizen ride. 11:32 a.m.- U.S. Highway 128, Clarkston. Traffic violation. 1:02 p.m...
TEKOA - The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves boys basketball team fell to the Valley Christian Panthers, 66-41, for the season opener on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The Panthers gained a 14-4 lead to end the first quarter. While Valley Christian added substantial points in the second quarter, the Timberwolves were still able to rally a bit. Down, 30-8, halfway through the second, the Timberwolves doubled their score and gained the next seven points. At halftime, Valley Christian led, 37-21. The Panthers...
TEKOA - Late in the fourth quarter, the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves girls basketball team made a comeback to defeat the Valley Christian Panthers, 47-42, on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The Timberwolves took a 10-o lead to start the game before the Panthers could muster a single point. At the end of the first quarter, Tekoa-Rosalia led, 10-5. Valley Christian kept pace with Tekoa-Rosalia in the second quarter and the halftime score became 22-16 in favor of the Timberwolves. The third quarter was a tough one...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Auditor’s office confirmed the 2024 General Election certification as of Tuesday, Nov. 26. Whitman County Auditor Sandy Jamison reported to County Commissioners during the Monday, Dec. 2 workshop that the election results were official and were certified. Jamison also asked about payment for the county’s portion of expenses of the primary election and noted the county would be getting a bill for the general election in the next few weeks. Whitman County Assessor Wraylee Flodin reminded Commissioners they would be ce...
Don Frasier passed away on December 15, 2024, at the age of 89, in Spokane Valley, Wash. He was born on March 2, 1935, in Spokane to Vivian and Harold Frasier. He grew up and attended school all 12 years in Tekoa, Wash., graduating in 1953 and was a baseball standout for the Tekoa Tigers hitting .354 his senior year. After graduating, Don began taking classes at Washington State College in Pullman (yes College...that's how long ago it was when it was WSC before it was WSU), and back when Butch w...
TEKOA - Family and friends of Jamie Ann Wilson are turning the tragic loss of a loved one into an opportunity to celebrate her life and legacy. They are planning a future scholarship for Whitman County students pursuing a career in the Culinary Arts. The scholarship is having funds raised with t-shirts which feature Wilson's original artwork and state "Justice for Jamie." Wilson, 25, was found deceased due to strangulation in her Pullman residence on March 26, 2024. Sammie Williams, a friend of...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Assessor’s Office reported the following land transactions from Dec. 19 to 23 Dec. 19 Faith Terrell, of Veradale, 208 E 2nd Street, Rosalia, to Ronald and Micki Terrell, of Rosalia, $215,000. Dec. 20 Cody Lord and Logan Coles, of Garfield, 203 S 10th Street, Garfield, to Lisa Carmack, of Garfield, $307,500. Dec. 23 City of Tekoa, 601 North Crosby Street, Tekoa, to Whitman county Parks and Recreation District No. 6, of Tekoa....
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Dec. 23 to Dec. 30 Dec. 23 1:15 a.m.- North Tamarack Street, Palouse. Welfare check. 2:09 a.m.- U.S. Highway 271 and File Road, Oakesdale. Agency assist. 4:20 a.m.- Endicott St John Road, Endicott. Burglary alarm. 8:49 a.m.- Kitzmiller Road, nearcity limits, Pullman, stray animals. 10:08 a.m.- South Grand Avenue, terrace estates, Pullman. Breathing problems. 10:16 a.m.- Oakesdale Road, Oakesdale. Medical issue. 10:22 a.m.- East Alder Street, Tekoa. Court ord...
COLFAX - The Colfax boys wrestling team is making a name for themselves as several wrestlers are ranked top-10 in their respective weight classes. The Bulldogs as a team are currently ranked 19th in the state, according to the most recent Washington Wrestling Report. Ty Scott is currently ranked No. 4 in the 113-pound weight class and Cooper Phillips is ranked No. 3 at 126 pounds. Dillon Gassenberg is ranked eighth at 138 pounds. For the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves, Alexis Taylor is ranked third...
POMEROY, Wash. - Several area wrestlers competed in the annual Pomeroy Christmas Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 28. The Colfax Bulldogs took second place as a team with 11 wrestlers scoring 149 points. The winning team was from Potlatch, Idaho, with 21 wrestlers amassing 170 points. The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves sent five wrestlers, taking 13th place as a team with 12 points. Bulldogs take to the mats Colfax had four first-place finishers and one second-place wrestler in their respective...
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...
CITY OF TEKOA ORDINANCE No. 901 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2024 BUDGET THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEKOA, Whitman County, State of Washington do ordain to amend the 2024 Budget as follows: Interfund Transfer 401 – Water - Utility Tax $13,177.69 001 – Current Expense 402 – Sewer - Utility Tax $20,633.82 001 -Current Expense 104 – Street Fund to $500.00 401 – Water Fund (hydrant rental) 108 – Fire Dept. Fund to $700.00 401 – Water Fund (hydrant rental) Amend Revenues and Expenses 101-Cemetery, amend revenues and expenses to: $181,134.51 1...
CITY OF TEKOA Summary of ORDINANCE #902 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF TEKOA, WASHINGTON, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 2025. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Tekoa do ordain as follows: Section 1. The budget for the City of Tekoa, Tekoa, Washington, for the year 2025 is hereby adopted at the fund level in its final form and content as set forth in the document entitled, Final Budget for 2025, City of Tekoa, copies of which are on file in the Office of the Clerk. Section 2. Estimated resources for each...
PALOUSE — Both the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) boys and girls basketball teams went undefeated over the weekend, having defeated the Pomeroy Pirates on Friday, Dec. 20, and the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves on Saturday, Dec. 21. The Gar-Pal boys move to 5-2 on the season, having only lost to 2B opponents Asotin and Colfax — last season’s undefeated State champions. The Vikings girls finish the 2024 calendar year with a record of 6-1, only losing to Colfax in the season-opening matchup. Gar-Pal girls raze the courts The Vikings girls are on a hot s...
ROSALIA — The Tekoa-Rosalia (T-R) boys lost a pair of Southeast 1B League matchups last weekend, falling to the Waitsburg Cardinals on Friday, Dec. 20, and the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings on Saturday, Dec. 21. The game against the Cardinals was a fight to the finish as the Timberwolves fell by just two points, 35-33. The Vikings defeated the Timberwolves, 61-16. Against Waitsburg, the Cardinals gained a 13-7 lead at the end of the first quarter and led by eight points (20-12) at halftime. The Timberwolves fought back in the third q...
ROSALIA — Last weekend, the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves girls basketball team split a pair of games against the Waitsburg Cardinals and Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings. The Timberwolves defeated the Cardinals, 61-15, on Friday, Dec. 20, before falling to the Vikings, 78-26, on Saturday, Dec. 21. The Tekoa-Rosalia (T-R) defense held strong on the court, allowing just one point by the Waitsburg offense in the entire first half — a free throw with 2:30 remaining in the first quarter. At the end of the opening frame, the Timberwolves held a 23-...
COLTON — The Colton Wildcats boys basketball team went 0-3 last week, narrowly falling to the Highland Huskies of Craigmont, Idaho, 31-28, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, then losing to the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles, 67-38, on Friday, Dec. 20, and the Dayton Bulldogs, 52-32, on Saturday, Dec. 21. Huskies survive In a close matchup throughout the game, the Highland Huskies gained a three-point victory over the Wildcats on Wednesday, Dec. 18. The Huskies led, 5-2, to end the first quarter and at halftime it was a one-point game at 13-12 i...
COULEE DAM - Two Tekoa-Rosalia girls brought home medals from the Powerhouse wrestling tournament at Lake Roosevelt High School on Saturday, Dec. 21. Meanwhile, the Colfax girls wrestling team struggled to get a win at the M2 Mallet girls tournament at Rogers High School in Spokane. At Lake Roosevelt, Tekoa-Rosalia senior Lulu Taylor won the 190-pound title, her second title in two weeks. Teammate Raeshelle Keatts, an eighth-grader, took third at 115 pounds. T-wolves eighth-grader Ellie Terry...
We’re coming into the middle point of senior year this week I picked out some local seniors including myself, and looked back at who we were our freshman year to now and who we have grown into. Keely a senior at Rosalia High School, “Looking back to freshman year I’ve done a complete 180. I have always been an over achieving student who though one bad grade would ruin my GPA and my life would be over. Now I’m in my second year of running start taking sophomore/ junior college level classes; I have learned it’s not so much about passing i...
GARFIELD –– Towns like ours are places where people tend to go about their daily routine without much fanfare. They support their community, strive to be good neighbors, and, on the surface, seem to have pretty interchangeable stories. Until you begin to have a conversation with them and discover that, almost to a person, they’ve done something or been somewhere that is most worthy of hearing. What I’m about to share fits in that category. It is the story of Pat Pettichord. A few years ago, Reverend Marty Masten shared with me a seven-p...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Dec. 17 to Dec. 23 Dec. 17 1:30 a.m.- U.S. Highway 195 milepost 44, Colfax. Unknown injury incident. 1:38 a.m.- U.S. Highway 195, milepost 44, Colfax. Case number entered in error for unknown injury incident. 3:21 a.m.- Steptoe Street, Colton. Agency assistance. 5:23 a.m.- Pullman Airport Road and U.S. Highway 270, on Pullman Airport, Pullman. Non-injury incident. 8:39 a.m.- 411 North Mill Street, Colfax. Sex offender registration. 10:16 a.m.- Alkali Street, End...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Assessor’s Office reported the following land transactions from Dec. 12 to Dec. 19 Dec. 12 Judy and Vicente Castrejon, of Spangle, Southeast Aerie Street, Malden, to Kitty Hull, of Spokane, $3,450. Christopher Schultheis, of Colton, land only, Colton, to Scott and Shannon Miller, of Colton, parcel 1-0250-00-09-04-0000, $16,100. Dec. 13 Thomas and Sandra Boone, of Palouse, 500 North B Street, Palouse, to Eric and Kristi Boone, of Palouse, $105,204. Dec. 14 James and Linda Fletcher, of Walnut Creek, Calif., land onl...
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...
TEKOA - The School District held its first band concert in years Wednesday, Dec. 11, with students utilizing the music program that started this year. Superintendent Mike Jones said it has been about five years since the school has been able to put on a concert. Principal Yolanda Bone said the middle school band performed two songs including 'A Christmas Chant,' and 'Holiday Sampler." Up next was the high school band performing 'O Little Town of Bethlehem' and 'Deck'n the Halls,' a jazz version...
