Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

Dylan A. Doneen, 28, was given a $250 fine Friday morning in District Court for hunting, collecting wildlife parts on another’s property – along with a $43 crime conviction fee and $50 public defender recoup. Judge Patrick Johnson ruled it a...

MOSCOW, Idaho — The National Weather Service reported a sharp rise in Paradise Creek late Tuesday night. The rising water hit 6.46 feet at the University of Idaho, the weather service said. The creek was expected to continue to rise in the...

COLFAX — Whitman County commissioners confirmed committee assignments Jan. 4 in their first meeting of the year. New commissioner, Tom Handy, was sworn in Dec. 22, replacing Dean Kinzer on a list of committees and assignments, with the addition...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Both Eastern Washington representatives in Congress voted last week to uphold the Electoral College vote after protesters entered the Capitol last Wednesday, Jan. 6. Republican Reps. Dan Newhouse of Sunnyside and Cathy McMorris...

COLFAX — Whitman County commissioners Monday discussed plans for the county’s public health director job and the interim position of Chris Skidmore. A proposal from Gov. Jay Inslee may revamp health districts into one regional director with...

COLFAX — An inmate found dead in the Whitman County Jail died of “cloth ligature hanging.” On Thursday, Jan. 7, Whitman County Coroner Annie Pillers released her findings in the Dec. 26 death of Jose Noe Chagollan Flores, 35 of Pullman. He...

COLFAX — Michael Dorman has been appointed interim Colfax High School girls basketball coach. Colfax High School Principal David Gibb announced the appointment of Dorman, a social studies teacher in his second year at the junior-senior high...

PULLMAN — The Palouse River Rollers roller derby league will show how much they care about officials with their annual Zebra Love event. This year, the event will be online due to coronavirus shutdown. Zebra Love is designed to retain and grow...

Protests are nothing new in Olympia. Each year, thousands of protesters converge on legislative sessions to rally for special causes, object to government activities and generally just remind lawmakers who they work for. I cannot recall a time that...

With COVID-19 vaccines being widely dispensed, will an end to this pandemic halt “work from home?” Will workers return to downtown offices at pre-pandemic levels? However, it is not an either/or question, said Stanford Professor Nicholas Bloom,...

The riots around our nation’s Capitol were instigated by a president who — in imitation of the great dictators of Europe such as Mussolini, Hitler and Franco — could convince, without a stitch of evidence, millions of Americans that the...