New Colfax principal prepares for school year

Carrie Lipe, new principal at Colfax High School, at her office Monday.

The floors are polished and the halls are quiet.

A few sounds are heard, though, from the principal's office at Colfax High School as Carrie Lipe prepares for the start of her first year on the job.

Beginning July 1, Lipe has commuted from Spokane where she coordinated the West Valley School District dropout prevention program and Gateway to College partnership.

She and husband Kurt closed on a house in Colfax Tuesday.

“I'm seriously excited,” she said. “To count one way, when I drive here, seeing the fields change, harves...