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8 Years Ago From the Colfax Gazette, Friday, January 12, 1900 TRIALS OF SOLDIERS Colfax Boys in the Philippines with Packs Makes Their Bones Ache. Frank Blachley of Company C, Thirty-fifth United States Volunteer Infantry, has written to a Colfax friend, detailing some of the joys of soldier lifein the Philippines. Under date of Cabiao, November 21, he says, in part: “I am well and fattening like a pig here. Sooon after arrival at Manila we boarded a train and rode 35 miles to San Fernando, where we staid for two days. Then we commenced a d...
COLFAX – The Bank of Eastern Oregon/Washington has announced its continuation of their Mascot Card program with Colfax High School. The programs generates $.05 per transaction performed with each school mascot card to the school’s Associated Student Body (ASB) program. “The school mascot cards provide much needed extra funding for these student body programs,” said Becky Kindle, EVP & Chief Operations Officer. In 2024, it is reported that the program contributed over $7,261 to the participating high schools, according to a press release...
ROSALIA - Locals Ben and Alyssa Hale have expanded their coffeehouse "Hole in the Ground," into a café moving into the former Red Brick Café. The couple lived in Malden before the town burned down in the 2020 Babb Road Fire and moving to Rosalia gave them the chance to expand the business they have had since 2001. "We were living in a camper when we bought the other coffee shop," Alyssa Hale said, noting they were in process of rebuilding when they purchased a house in Rosalia. Alyssa Hale s...
PALOUSE - The Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings boys and girls basketball teams have gone undefeated to start the 2025 year with both teams going 2-0. The boys defeated the Oakesdale Nighthawks, 60-48, on Friday, Jan. 3, and the Colton Wildcats, 55-22, on Saturday, Jan. 4. The girls beat the Nighthawks, 48-30, on Friday and the Wildcats, 71-22, on Saturday. Boys games Against Oakesdale, Gar-Pal defeated the Nighthawks, 60-48, on Friday, Jan. 3. The Vikings gained a 20-13 advantage to end the...
COLTON – The Colton Wildcats boys and girls basketball teams lost a pair of games to the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings to start the new year on Saturday, Jan. 4. The Colton boys lost to the Vikings, 55-22, and the girls fell, 71-22. For the girls, Gar-Pal gained a 15-5 lead to end the first quarter and held a 35-13 lead at halftime. With the Vikings securing a 60-19 lead in the third quarter, Colton gained three points in the final frame with Gar-Pal adding 11 on the scoreboard for the w...
ROSALIA - The Oakesdale Nighthawks brought in the 2025 year splitting games against League foes Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings and Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves. The Nighthawk boys fell to Gar-Pal, 60-48, on Friday, Jan. 3, before defeating the Timberwolves, 62-20, on Saturday, Jan. 4. The girls lost to Gar-Pal, 48-30, and beat Tekoa-Rosalia, 53-14, on the same nights. Boys games Against the Vikings, Gar-Pal gained a 20-13 lead to end the first quarter and built a 33-21 lead at halftime. Each...
LEWISTON, Idaho — The Colfax Bulldogs boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Idaho to play in the 12th annual Avista Holiday Tournament on Thursday and Friday, Jan. 2-3. The boys first defeated the Pendleton (Ore.) Buckaroos, 75-63, and went on to beat the Clarkston Bantams, 65-40, in the semifinals. The girls beat Pendleton, 60-32, in the opening round then fell to the Bantams, 60-17, in the semifinal. The Bulldog boys could not compete in the tournament championship and the girls had to drop out of the third-place game due to WIAA s...
PULLMAN - The Pullman Greyhounds boys and girls basketball team both defeated the Lakeside (Nine Mile) Eagles on Friday, Jan. 3. The boys won, 62-48, and the girls won 47-42. For the boys, the game was tied at 12-12 to end the first quarter before Pullman gained a nine-point advantage heading into halftime ahead, 30-21. Each team scored 16 points in the third quarter and the Greyhounds pulled ahead in the final frame, scoring another 16 points and holding the Eagles to 11 for the win. Daniel Kwo...
ROSALIA - Both the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves boys and girls basketball teams played a pair of matchups against the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles and the Oakesdale Nighthawks to start the new year. The Timberwolves boys fell to SJEL, 67-40, on Friday, Jan. 3, before trailing the Timberwolves, 62-20, the next night on Saturday, Jan. 4. The Tekoa-Rosalia girls defeated the Eagles, 64-13, before falling to the Nighthawks, 53-14, the same nights. Boys games Against SJEL on Friday, the...
ST. JOHN - The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles boys and girls basketball team opened 2025 with games against the Valley Christian Panthers, Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves and Dayton Bulldogs. The boys fell to Valley Christian, 52-42, and went on to defeat the Timberwolves, 67-40, and the Bulldogs, 61-52. The girls fell against the Panthers, 56-17, the Timberwolves, 64-13, and Dayton, 60-13. Boys win 2, lose 1 Against the Panthers on Thursday, Jan. 2, it was a slow game to start as Valley...
PULLMAN — The Police Department has completed an investigation into the stabbing of a 34-year-old Pullman man early morning Saturday, Dec. 21. Officers responded to a call at approximately 2 a.m. in an area north of the Mobil gas station on Grand Avenue. According to reports, the investigation determined the man, whose name was not released by the city, was stabbed in the abdomen with scissors by a 19-year-old Pullman man during an altercation over the suspect’s cat. The man was transferred to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane to be tre...
COLFAX - The Whitman County Superior Court courtroom filled with people on Friday, Jan. 3, to see the swearing in of new Whitman County Superior Court Judge Roger Sandberg. Former Whitman County Superior Court Judge Gary Libey swore Sandberg in, then placed his own picture next to those who served before. "Roger ran in a very opposed election with two other people and he was a very popular contestant," Libey told attendees, adding Sandberg knocked on thousands of doors in Whitman County. "Probab...
PULLMAN — A man found in a fatal structure fire on Tuesday, Dec. 31, was identified, Wednesday, Jan. 1. The Whitman County Coroner Annie Pillars confirmed the identity of the man found in a structure fire Tuesday as Steven Paul Sargent, 60. According to Pillars, the cause and manner of death are pending and no additional information is available at this time. Sargent was found deceased when Pullman firefighters responded at 7 a.m. to a small structure fire on College Hill at the 400 block of Northeast Maple Street. Upon discovery, the i...
COLFAX - Residents of Whitman County in opposition to the proposed Harvest Hills Wind Turbine project are asking county commissioners to either work with them or resign. During the Monday, Jan. 6, workshop county resident Kevin Akesson presented a petition signed by 3,546 people in opposition to the project, titled 'Kamiak Butte, Stop the Harvest Hills Wind Project.' Akesson stated a group of neighboring landowners have signed 30 year leases with Steelhead Americas Vestas Corporation for Wind...
COLFAX — Two teenage students accused of plotting to shoot a Pullman High School teacher signed waivers of speedy trial during a hearing in Superior Court Thursday, Jan. 2. Pullman High School students Izzy Alexander Miranda, of Pullman, and Corban L. Hop of Colton, both 14, appeared before Whitman County Superior Court Judge Gary Libey, who approved moving a readiness hearing to Thursday, Feb. 6, and set a trial date for Monday, March 31. Both Miranda and Hop stated they understood the waiver of speedy trial. Miranda and Hop were arrested T...
By Gazette Reporter SPOKANE — Former Whitman County resident, Joshua T.L. Musselman, was identified as the man shot by Spokane Police Officers, Sunday, Dec. 29, at an apartment complex located in the 800 block of West Cora Avenue. Spokane Police Officers responded to a call at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 29, of a male in the apartment complex holding a rifle and firing it. The caller is reported stating the male, later identified by the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Officer as Musselman, had fired several shots and provided Mus...
PULLMAN — The trial of a Pullman man accused of killing his estranged wife is scheduled to begin Monday in Whitman County Superior Court in Colfax. Jacob Erik Spray, 36, of Pullman, is facing charges of first-degree murder with sexual motivation, second-degree murder, first-degree rape and first degree burglary domestic violence with sexual motivation. He is accused of strangling Tekoa-native Jamie Anne Wilson-Spray; her body was found in a trailer Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at Sevdy’s trailer park, 605 N.W. Fish St. Jury selection will sta...
PULLMAN - The first Whitman County baby of 2025 was born at 8:02 a.m., on Thursday, Jan. 2. Caden Thompson, son to Adrianne Griebel-Thompson and Connor Thompson, was welcomed by Pullman Regional Hospital Dr. Huong Trinh of Moscow/Pullman, weighing 8 pounds, 9 ounces and measuring 20.25 inches long. His mother Adrianne is an Assistant Professor in the School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Idaho and his father Connor is an Administrative Law Judge for the State of...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Commissioners met, Wednesday, Jan. 8, placing a moratorium on wind turbines in the county. Whitman County Prosecutor and Civil Counsel Denis Tracy said the commissioners met yesterday at 1 p.m.. for an executive session to discuss the moratorium. At approximately 2 p.m., commissioners reconvened for a public meeting to consider the moratorium and approved to move forward with putting a hold on all potential wind turbine developments until county zoning code is re-examined. The ordinance states the county will adopt t...
COLFAX — An Albion man pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm after shooting into the darkness. During a Superior Court hearing Friday, Jan. 3, Dylan Robert McCleod, 32 of Albion pled guilty to second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm after shooting at what he thought was his girlfriend’s ex down the street. Prosecutor Dan LeBeau stated at 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 19, 2024, the defendant’s girlfriend reported to the Sheriff’s Office her ex was at the property knocking on her window. Deputies from the Whitman County Sheriff’s Officer r...
Several local basketball teams will face off Jan. 10 and 11 as the season continues. The Pullman Greyhounds will take on the West Valley (Spokane) Eagles today, Jan. 10. The girls game will start at 5:30 p.m. with the boys to follow at 7 p.m. Also today, Jan. 10, the Garfield-Palouse Vikings will play at home in Palouse against the Waitsburg Cardinals with the girls game starting at 6 p.m. and the boys following at 7:30 p.m. The Vikings will then travel to Dayton for matchups against the Bulldogs with the girls game starting at 4 p.m. and the...
PUBLIC NOTICE A poll-site election for a board seat on the Rock Lake Conservation District will be held on February 18, 2025, at 3 N Park Street St. John WA 99171. Polls will open at 9:00am and close at 2:00pm. Registered voters who reside within the Conservation District boundary are eligible to vote. Candidates must be registered voters residing in the conservation district. Candidates are required to be landowners or operators of a farm, based on the current composition of the district board of supervisors. The filing deadline for...
NOTICE AND SUMMONS AND ADVICE OF RIGHTS Superior Court of Washington, County of Whitman, Juvenile Court No. 24-7-00031-38 In re the Guardianship of Judge Keller, DOB: 12/07/22 NOTICE AND SUMMONS AND ADVICE OF RIGHTS DIRECTED TO KEIONA ZACHOW and MICHAEL KELLER, FOR HEARING ON FEBRUARY 6, 2025 AT 1:30 p.m. to Establish Title 13 RCW Guardianship To: Keiona Zachow and Michael Joseph Keller I. NOTICE OF HEARING. 1.1 You are notified that a petition, a copy of which is provided, was filed with this court alleging that: Title 13 RCW Guardianship:...
NOTICE AND SUMMONS AND ADVICE OF RIGHTS Superior Court of Washington, County of Whitman, Juvenile Court No. 24-7-00031-38 In re the Guardianship of Judge Keller, DOB: 12/07/22 DIRECTED TO KEIONA ZACHOW and MICHAEL KELLER, FOR HEARING ON FEBRUARY 6, 2025 AT 1:30 p.m. to Establish Title 13 RCW Guardianship To: Keiona Zachow and Michael Joseph Keller I. NOTICE OF HEARING. 1.1 You are notified that a petition, a copy of which is provided, was filed with this court alleging that: Title 13 RCW Guardianship: the court should establish a Title 13 RCW...
