Gazette sports reporter bids farewell to Whitman County

COLFAX — This paper will be the last issue with my name and stories/photos in them.

I started working at the Whitman County Gazette as the sports reporter in May of 2023, just a week or so after graduating from Washington State University with a degree in multimedia journalism.

Unsure of what lay ahead during my final weeks as a senior, I saw an opportunity to apply for this current job, which I had always said was my “ideal job” while in school.

My dream quickly became reality when I began working for the paper. In my first week I traveled to Spokane to cover some district baseball, then trav...