Pre-Thanksgiving blizzard pounds Palouse

Whitman County was pounded by an arctic blast that brought with it the worst pre-Thanksgiving blizzard to hit in 25 years Monday and Tuesday.

Snow began falling late Sunday afternoon, paused briefly Tuesday, before snowfall resumed in small flakes and fell through late Tuesday night. The storm left as much as 12 inches on the ground in flat spots. High winds pushed snow into drifts that mounted waist high in some places.

The Palouse region was under a blizzard warning issued Monday by the National Weather Service that lasted until near noon Tuesday.

Snowfall at Colfax topped the measuring gaug...