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After receiving grants and loans from the Washington State Department of Commerce, the Port of Whitman County is moving forward with their project to extend fiber to the home in five Whitman County communities; Garfield, Oakesdale, Palouse, Rosalia...

Whitman County Rural Library is getting the word out about the district's new 3D Printer. Over the summer the library district was able to purchase a 3D printer with a grant from Innovia Foundation. Innovia, formerly Inland Northwest Community...

Whitman County Shriners supported the Palouse Empire Junior Livestock sale with $2,998 in purchases. The Shriners use proceeds from their fair food booth and raffle ticket sales to generate the revenue which they use to support purchases in the...

Spokane Democrat Lisa Brown, who gained ground on Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers in successive Whitman County ballot counts, broke out into a lead Tuesday night with the ballot count now at 16,079. Brown, who has already conceded the win to...

The Iron Horse Arena in Tekoa will soon be no longer, at least in its original location just east of the base of the Tekoa trestle. It was on land leased from Union-Pacific by the city of Tekoa. The railroad terminated the lease Nov. 1. “Union...

LaCrosse Community Pride is looking for new proprietors for the LaCrosse Café. In September they placed advertisements on Facebook, in the Whitman County Gazette and all over Washington state announcing the opportunity was open for someone to...

Colfax Unified Executive Director Valorie Gregory put out the word last week that the Chamber will mark two days of “Mustache Madness” during Apple Cup week. The event will recognize WSU quarterback Gardner Minshew and crew leading up to the...

Traffic loads from the Highway 26 detour through Connell reportedly have not had a big impact for the first four weeks the detour has been in place. Connell, located on Highway 395 south of Highway 26, was put on the path for WSU traffic loads when...

Series concert tickets for the University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Feb. 22-23 are available for purchase. Individual performance tickets will go on sale tomorrow, Nov. 16. Series tickets are for both nights of concerts at a...

Proprietory Variety Management of Yakima Friday received a temporary court injunction to stop WSU from sending out a marketing plan, power point presentation and other items PVM said it developed for promotion of the new apple variety for the...

(To the tune of The Rolling Stones' “Miss You”) Wazzu holding out so long, football season predicted for a Gong but then Minshew Oohh ohhooo oooh hoo ooo hoo, ooo hooo oo oohoo Debt been rising at the gate, Minshew comes along of late: says...

California is ablaze again. Three massive fires in the state are destroying homes, businesses, forests and open land. They have claimed more than 40 known victims. About 200 people are missing. Two of the big fires are in southern California and...

Pet Peeves Parents who don’t teach their kids acceptable behavior and just expect the rest of society to deal with it. Okeydokes Holiday open house. A nice night on the town. No snow...

It's appropriate that the U.N. special rapporteur devoted to adequate housing has visited encampments in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Mumbai -- and San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley. The homeless situation in those cities and others around the...

When our military is viewed as an employer, it has the same problem as the private sector; attracting qualified people to fill jobs. In today’s vibrant economy, there is an abundance of “Help Wanted” signs. Even though our armed forces have...

Mornings are somewhat brighter, but it's still a day of mourning. The switch from daylight saving to standard time is an admission that we can't escape the predictable gloom of winter, with its icy weather. It might become less predictable once...

I was raised around strong women. My four-foot-ten-inch grandmother was one of the strongest human beings I have ever known. My mother’s sisters worked on the farm along with my uncles and me. My sister could whip any kid in school and was one of...

A group of local girls and young women in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) were honored at the September meeting of the American Association of University Women Palouse-Garfield Branch, at the home of Yvonne Berliner in...

Visitors on the evening of Saturday, Nov. 3, at the home of Fran Jones were Bryan, Dusty; his daughter, Emelie and her friend T.J., Spokane; Warren and Julie Jones, Hauser, Idaho; David and Silvana Edwards, Seattle, and Li and Jon Ochs, Dusty....

Endicott Community Club served approximately 210 at its German Dinner and Silent Auction. The auction items sold well. Former resident Sharon Huff and daughter Sheryl Kyllo came from Anacortes to attend the German Dinner and visit with family and...

125 years ago The Commoner, Nov. 3, 1893 A shocking scandal has been brought to light in Farmington, which may end in fine or imprisonment for two parties against whom complaints were filed last Friday. The charges were against a man named Smith,...