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INVITATION FOR BIDS NOTICED IS HEREBY GIVEN That the City of Tekoa will open sealed bid proposals and publicly read them aloud on or after 2:00 PM. on June 10th, 2024, at City Hall in Tekoa for the Willard Field Airport Runway Rehabilitation. The project consists of the pulverization and reshaping of approximately 10,185 square yards of existing runway asphalt; grading and shaping of approximately 10,185 square yards of pulverized material, 400 cubic yards of roadway excavation, including haul; installation of approximately 2,550 tons of...
PUBLIC NOTICE The City of Tekoa will be holding its Six Year Transportation Plan Hearing on June 3, 2024 during the regular city council meeting at 6 P.M., Tekoa City Hall.” Published May 30, 2024...
PALOUSE - After the two-day 1B and 2B district championship track meet, the Garfield-Palouse Vikings girls stood alone atop the podium. The meet was held Wednesday, May 15, and Saturday, May 18, in Ritzville. Wednesday was primarily the finals for most of the field events, with a few happening Saturday. The meet Saturday was primarily the finals for the running events, with top times heading to the state meet in Yakima, Thursday through Saturday, May 23-25. The Viking girls scored 147.5 team...
COLFAX - Students from around Whitman County competed in the Future Farmers of America (FFA) State Convention from Thursday, May 9, to Saturday, May 11. Colfax High School emerged as the leading school at the convention, with 22 students winning various awards, including competitions, degrees and the prestigious Star Farmer in Placement Award. Garfield-Palouse FFA had the second most placing students in the county, with 14 students placing. Oakesdale High School took home the most first-place...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Assessor’s Office reported the following land transactions from May 9 to May 17: May 9 Janice K. Olson, Colfax, Wash., sold 502 N Mill Street, Colfax, Wash., to Hearth Holdings, LLC, an Idaho Limited Liability Company, Coeur Da Lene, Idaho., selling price $70,000, Statutory Warranty Deed. May 10 Starr Grain Limited Liability Company, a Washington limited liability company, Palouse, Wash., sold 324 South Main Street, Colfax, Wash., parcels 1-0040-00-29-07-0000, 1-0040-00-29-08-0000, 1-0040-00-29-09-0000, selling pri...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from May 14 to May 20: May 14 12:17 a.m.- SR 195 and Country Club Road, westbound Country Club, Pullman. Traffic violation. 9:07 a.m.- Old Thornton Highway, milepost 4, Rosalia. Recovered stolen vehicle. 11:11 am.- 167 SR128, Red Wolf Bridge, Clarkston. Welfare check. 12:55 p.m.- South Hillcrest Drive, Hilltop RV Park, Colfax. Domestic dispute. 1:24 p.m.- South Main Street, ifo court house, Colfax. Traffic offense. 1:44 p.m.- Wawawai Road, Nisqually John Landing, Cla...
TEKOA — The open city council seat for position five closed on Monday, May 20, after a local woman was appointed. Shelly Ausmus, of Tekoa, was appointed after submitting an application and answering three questions for the board. The seat was opened after B.J. Sperber submitted his letter of resignation for unspecified reasons. Ausmus was voted 4-2 against Brad Chandler of Tekoa. She previously applied and ran against Roy Shulz for the mayoral election, but lost. One other candidate, Stephanie Apple-Clark of Dusty, also applied but received zer...
TEKOA - The Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade procession was halted when a shooting broke out in a convenience store along the parade route on Saturday, May 18. Reports say the shooting occurred at 9 p.m. over ice cream near Washington Street and Sprague Avenue. The shooting resulted in the hospitalization of two individuals. Police arrested Charles H. Michael, 32, on suspicion of first-degree assault after he received treatment at a local hospital for a head wound due to the...
ROSALIA – Local denizen Mike Day is gearing up for Rosalia’s Battle Days celebration with his annual raffle. Day puts on the raffle every year for the town’s summer event, receiving donations from local businesses and residents for the prize pool. This year, Battle Days will be held on June 1. The funds accrued from the raffle are donated to local businesses to help keep money in the community. Last year, Mr. Day raised over $500 and donated the funds to the Rosalia CommUnity Church. This year’s recipients will be the Tekoa-Rosalia schools...
TEKOA - The film crew for "Train Dreams" filled Henkle Street Wednesday, May 8, bringing in spectators to watch movie making magic unfold. Crew members could be seen dumping dirt across the road for the first scene, which featured extras being thrown out of "The Mercantile," Tekoa's old bank building that had been remade into a general store. Amongst the crowd was the drama class from Oakesdale, who were able to take the day off school to watch as the scenes were filmed. The class got to talk ab...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from May 7 to May 13: May 7 8:33 a.m.- North Mill Street, Colfax. Other law enforcement calls. 9:13 a.m.- North Mill Street, Colfax. Fingerprints. 9:20 a.m.- North Mill Street, Colfax. Fingerprints. 11:41 a.m.- North Ramsey Street, Tekoa. Abnormal behavior. 12:03 p.m.- West Spring Street and North High Street, Uniontown. Suspicious person. 12:08 p.m.- West Nob Hill Street, St. John. DARE. 1:44 p.m.- Hume Road and Scholz Road, Colfax. Two loose cows. 6:39 p.m.- Col...
COLFAX - A rare occurrence brought residents of Whitman County and Eastern Washington out on Friday, May 10, to stare up in wonder as the Aurora Borealis filled the night sky with vibrant radiating colors. The show of nature had been reported earlier Friday, as The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement relaying updates the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center to alert of an ongoing geomagnetic storm. Spokane National Weather...
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF TEKOA SCRUB SEAL PROJECT Sealed bids will be received at Tekoa City Hall, 419 N. Washington Street, P.O. Box 927, Tekoa, WA 99033, until 2:00:00 PM, Thursday May 30, 2024, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday May 22, 2024 at 1:00 PM at Tekoa City Hall at 419 N WashingtonStreet, Tekoa, WA. Base Bid: The base bid work generally consists of completing a scrub seal over approximately 10,345 SY of existing asphalt and including a fog se...
PALOUSE — The final league meet of the 1B 2024 track and field season saw the Garfield-Palouse Vikings girls team take first overall. The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles would shine as well on the day, taking second overall for both the boys and girls divisions. The meet took place on Tuesday, April 30, in Pomeroy. The Viking girls scored 137 team points, followed by the Eagles with 87 team points. The Oakesdale Nighthawks had 43 team points for fifth place, and the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves scored 35 team points. For the boys, the Eagles t...
COLTON – The Colton Wildcats were shut-out 11-0 by the DeSales Irish in their opening district game. The game was played on Tuesday, May 7, in Colton. Colton came into the game ranked number one in the district, with DeSales at number two. The Irish took down the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves 13-3 in the opening game to advance themselves against the Wildcats. With the win over Colton, DeSales will play for the district championship, as well as automatically qualifying for the district 7/9 c...
OAKESDALE — The Cinco De Mayo Twilight track meet saw teams blow off some steam before regionals and state championships in the coming weeks. The meet was held on Friday, May 3, in Pomeroy. “Last meet was super fun to end the season. So fun and costumes in Pomeroy help blow off some tension and also connect with the athletes from the other schools. Everyone had fun. I think the coaches relay may have been the highlight,” said Oakesdale head coach Cap Perry. In the meet, Valley Christian took both the men’s and women’s titles, scoring 154.5 poi...
TEKOA — Tekoa is the set for a ride through history as filming for a movie titled “Train Dreams,” was underway as of Wednesday, May 8. The film is an adaptation of Denis Johnson’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated novella about a man named Robert Grainer, who worked a day laborer in the American west at the beginning of the 20th century. The set will use two locations in Tekoa that has been completely renovated to look like the time period of the American West, including The Empire Theater and a block of Henkle Street. Tekoa Clerk Treasurer Eliza V...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from April 30 to May 6: April 30 9:06 a.m.- S Star Avenue, LaCrosse. Welfare check. 9:14 a.m.- 411 North Mill Street, Colfax. Fingerprints. 9:25 a.m.- Pound Lane, Clarakston. Controlled substance problem. 9:38 a.m.- Heglar Drive, Colfax. Truck Inspections. 9:41 a.m.- Pullman Airport Road and Pat Old Road, Pullman. Suspicious person/circumstance. 1:23 p.m.- East Henkle Street, Tekoa. APS referral. 5:22 p.m.- Northeast Airport Road, Pullman. Civil issue. 6:44 p.m.- SR...
TEKOA — The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves fell in two games against the top-ranked Inchelium Hornets, 21-2, 24-2. Both games were played on Thursday, April 25, in Tekoa. The Hornets came into the game with a perfect 15-0 record, they now sit atop the 1B softball state standings with a 17-0 record. They are also tied with Bonney Lake as the only two undefeated softball teams in the state of Washington. Tekoa-Rosalia had just five hits in their first game, scoring their lone two runs. Inchelium had 23 total hits for 21 runs. The second game of t...
RITZVILLE - The second track meet of the week saw the Garfield-Palouse Viking boys finish third at the Undeberg Invitation. The meet was held on Saturday, April 27, in Ritzville. The Viking boys finished third with 72 team points, followed by 57 team points from the Oakesdale Nighthawks for fifth place. The Colfax Bulldogs took sixth, and the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves finished 20th with 3.5 team points. The Bulldog girls were the highest finishing Whitman County team, scoring 52.33 team points....
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from April 23 – April 29: April 23 1:31 a.m.- West Steptoe Avenue, Oakesdale. Domestic dispute. 7:07 a.m.- West Marjorie Court, St. John. Disorderly subject. 10:18 a.m.- North Madison Street, Tekoa. 911 hang up. 12:05 p.m.- west Nob Hill Street, St. John. DARE.. 2:11 p.m.- South Star Avenue, LaCrosse. Fraud. 2:21 p.m.- North Mill Street, Sex offender registration, moved out of area. 2:38 p.m.- North Mill Street, Sheriff’s Office, Colfax. Fingerprints. 11:22 p.m.- P...
COLFAX — Results for Colfax from the meet are as follows: Boys 100-meter— Zachary Cooper, 1st, 11.89; Tanner Senter, 6th, 12.60; Jaxon Wick, 8th, 12.69; John Largent, 12th; 12.98; JP McAnally, 15th, 13.10; Darin Repp, 26th, 14.08; Cameron Curtiss, 34th, 15.59; and Liam Demler, 37th, 16.86. 200-meter— Cooper, 1st, 23.71; Senter, 5th, 25.13; Wick, 6th, 25.26; Largent, 11th, 26.34; and Dexter McCully, 17th, 27.47. 800-meter— Dillon Thompson, 4th, 2:21.89; and Keagan Mackleit, 11th, 3:07.67. 110-meter hurdles— Cooper, 1st, 18.18. 4 X 100 relay— Co...
COLFAX - The Colfax Bulldogs track and field team stood tall on home soil Saturday, April 20, taking home a fourth-place finish for the boys team in the MacDougall Invite. The girls team took seventh on the day as well. Of the 20 boys teams, Lakeside (Nine Mile) took first with 194.5 team points. The Garfield-Palouse Vikings took ninth with 28 team points, followed by the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles with 20 team points. The Oakesdale Nighthawks scored four team points, and the...
TEKOA- The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves took down the Pomeroy Pirates 11-10 in a game in Tekoa on Thursday, April 18. The weather was a crisp 37 degrees at first pitch, with the game halted for 45 minutes due to both a snow, rain and hail delay. Assistant Coach Rob Wilkins spread QuickDry and cat litter all around the pitching mound, baseline and infield to dry the field out enough to get underway. Once the game got underway, the Timberwolves scored seven runs in the first inning, then four in...
COLFAX - Whitman County Prom Royalty was announced during the dance on Saturday, April 13, at the Whitman County fairgrounds. The 2024 Colfax Prom Queen title went to Haley Demler, and this year's Prom King was JP Wigen. This year's Princess and Prince for the Colfax freshman class were Sunisa Dail and Connor McAnally. Sophomore Princess and Prince were Adalynn Penwell and Cooper Watt. Karly Wigen took junior Princess for this year's Prom royalty and Alton Burt was named junior class prince....
