Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

Results for federal and statewide races here only include the county totals. County top vote getters may differ from federal and statewide vote getters. FEDERAL OFFICES U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell 4,319, 51.4% Susan Hutchinson 1,896, 22.6% Keith...

Rob Rembert of Pullman widened the gap over Dan LeBeau by 129 votes for the number-two finish in the race for district court judge after 2,593 more ballots were counted late Friday by the elections office. John Hart, the leader of the three-way...

Following the retirement of the Rosalia School District principal, secretary and part-time superintendent in June, three administrators have joined the district. Matthew McLain is stepping in to replace Darrel Kuhn as Rosalia principal, bringing...

The 30th National Lentil Festival will be Friday and Saturday, Aug. 17-18, throughout Pullman. The Tase T. Lentil mini golf tournament will begin at 9 a.m. Friday at the Airway Hills Golf Center, with tee times running throughout the day. Teams of...

The Whitman County Department of Public Health advises residents to take caution as air quality monitors graded conditions in the “red” Tuesday morning for the first time this year. Devices in Rosalia and Pullman deemed the air “unhealthy,...

SIX MONTHS ON DRUG CHARGES Nicholas A. Furnell, 31, Clarkston, was sentenced to six months in jail Aug. 3 after he pleaded guilty to two drug possession charges. Furnell was arrested June 12 after Pullman Police responded to the Walmart parking lot...

As school approaches at the end of the month, a list of dates and events are set. The offices at Jennings Elementary and Colfax Junior-Senior High School opened Monday, Aug. 13. A back-to-school day at Jennings Elementary for students in...

An effort is underway by WSU Transportation Services to start a van pool for campus workers living in the Palouse, Garfield and Potlatch areas. An eight-passenger van has been designated to pick up and drop off riders in Palouse for a departure...

A pre-season lull in the high school sports action provides a little space to revive topics which went rolling past without time or space when they were on the table. One of those topics was the retirement of Danica Patrick who raced in the...

Colfax High School football practice was scheduled to begin Wednesday with a double session starting at 6:45 a.m. The team will practice until noon with a break between sessions. First practice with pads will be Saturday morning with a family...

Southeastern Washington Football Officials Association is recruiting and training men and women to officiate at the junior high and high school games. The next training meetings will be Tuesday, Aug 21, and Tuesday, Aug. 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the...

Fall chinook fishing season will be allowed in the Snake River Aug. 18 through Oct. 31. Daily limit will be six for adult hatchery chinook and jack chinook 12 inches or longer. Washington licensed anglers must cease fishing for salmon and steelhead...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has added a new Oscars category for next year: Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film. While the parameters for the award have not been set, the idea of it puts the blame on the audience for the...

Pet Peeves Speeders on Main Street. Where’s the city police? Okeydokes Lovely flowers in front of Palouse Hills Computing. Makes Colfax look welcoming, and makes me feel...

A few weeks ago, I was in a serious discussion with a young friend who claimed that the Washington State tax system is unfair to the poor. I asked how he came to that conclusion, and he said the rich in Washington pay a lower percent of their...

Elizabeth Warren is branching out. The Massachusetts senator, who has made a career of unfairly maligning bankers and other alleged capitalist malefactors, is now smearing the criminal justice system, too. In a speech at a historically black...

In America, when people invent things, they expect their trade secrets to be protected by federal law when their government patents are approved. However, that isn’t always the case. Patent infringements are life and death for inventors...

(A note from your writer: So much of what happens these days in the political realm is utter nonsense. Why not tell it in verse? At least there will be rhyme with no reason.) Every Who in Whomerica likes freedom a lot, But the Trump who lives here...

There is a letter in the Gazette Aug. 9 issue, entitled "Thumbs down," criticizing the lack of information about candidates in this year's election. I am sure the Gazette and other newspapers would not object to publishing political ads, either. I...

Recently I sent a letter to Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Part of the letter says: ‘I just needed to tell you how encouraged I was when I met some young people from your campaign at the anti-racism rally at the County Courthouse on Aug....

125 years ago The Commoner, July 28, 1893 Adam Weitz, a Russian laborer, swore out a warrant some days ago for the arrest of his 14-year-old daughter, on the ground of incorrigibility. She was recently given a place to work in a Mill Street family,...

Trinity Lutheran Church held a going away reception for Pastor Phil, Jamie, Kaylynn, John and Anders Misner Aug. 8. Pastor Phil will be the new assistant to the bishop in Spokane. His last day as minister at Trinity and Peace Lutheran churches was...

At Pullman Regional Hospital Klarich, Corbin Matthew, born Aug. 11 at eight pounds, 11 ounces, to Crystal and Matt Klarich, Colfax. Paternal grandparents are Richard and MaryBeth Klarich, Chicago, Ill. Maternal grandparents are Cathy and Ted Eller,...

Washington FFA District VI members with advisors Jessica and Nathan Moore participated in District Officer Training and the Washington Agriculture Leadership Experience conferences at Lynden. Students who participated in leadership experience were...