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Whitman County commissioners discussed funds for the Moscow-Pullman Airport runway project and received an update from the facilities director during a workshop session Monday, July 15. Commissioner Art Swannack said he talked informally with Tony...

A matter of on-call pay for the Palouse Police department – which also covers Garfield – is in the hands of the city’s policy and procedures committee to study, after an extensive debate at the July 9 city council meeting. At issue is pay for...

Fifth District Congressional Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers announced July 8 the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport received a $24 million grant from the Department of Transportation to help construct a new runway. This grant secured the last...

Washington State Department of Ecology announced Whitman County will receive about two million dollars in grants for clean water projects. Jessica Self, Palouse Conservation District grants and development manager, said the Whitman County...

A Colfax ambulance crew was dispatched at 12:07 p.m. July 9 by a report of a pending birth of a baby on the Airport Road at mile one west of Colfax. The crew learned upon arrival at the scene that the couple had run out of gas on the way to the...

Assistant County Engineer Dean Cornelison reported to county commissioners Monday only one guardrail remains to be put in for the new Thornton depot bridge. County workers will install the guardrail this week. “We're hoping to have the bridge...

Whitman County Building Inspector Dan Gladwill delivered a second quarter 2019 building report to County Commissioners Monday, highlighting a jump in numbers from recent years. “A high average,” said Gladwill. “The last couple have been a...

Dr. Peter Edminster will take the place as a family practitioner and OB for Dr. Anthony Lundberg, who has practiced in St. John for 19 years. Dr. Lundberg plans to move to St. George, Utah, where he will join the Veterans’ Administration program....

JURY CONVICTS OAKESDALE MAN A superior court jury July 9 convicted Thomas R. McBride of Oakesdale guilty of a charge of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. The jury rendered a verdict after just 61 minutes of deliberation after...

Palouse Patriots finished on top of the Spokane Legion AAA baseball campaign and will start the district playoffs today against the number-two Shadle Park Shockers at 7:15 p.m. The winner will advance to the district championship game which will be...

The Whitman County Cougars got two more wins in Spokane on Friday, July 12, to finish the American Legion (ages 13-16) regular season for first place in the standings. They beat Mead 21-2 and 12-1. The first game ended after six innings when the...

Tennis courts at Kruegel and Sunnyside Parks will be closed July 17 until Sept. 1 while construction takes place to refurbish the existing tennis courts and install pickle ball courts in both...

LaCrosse is now making plans to host 11 students from Rutgers University in New Jersey who plan to stop in LaCrosse Aug. 7. The group is making a 3,500-mile cross country bicycle ride from New Jersey to Portland to raise funds and awareness for...

July 11 results: 11-12 years playing from yellow tees: Jacob Ward 65, Cooper Phillips second. 8-10 years from junior tees: Kaitlyn Ward 49, Cody Phillips...

In 1961, President John F Kennedy proclaimed that America would land a man on the moon by the end of the decade. That promise came to pass. The Eagle, NASA’s lunar lander, touched down on the moon’s surface on July 20, 1969, fifty years ago, in...

#!*! If Public Works really wants a response to its survey, try sending a first class letter without threats and blame for the postage...

Shortly, after Apollo 11 landed on the moon and astronaut Neil Armstrong took his famous first steps on the dusty lunar surface, some comedian in our army unit at Ft. Knox, KY, posted a sign in our barracks: “Sorry, Drill Sgt., No Green...

Slavery Wayne Olson, of Moscow, wants to rewrite history. He wants us to believe that the Civil War was all about states' rights, and not about the enslavement of Africans. (Letter, Lewiston Tribune, July 9, 2019). Granted: There were competing...

Let's give the highest praise possible to President Donald Trump: He didn't mortify his country on Independence Day. Other than his Revolutionary War airport thingy, he stuck to the script and gave a vanilla salute to the nation, which tries to...

The women of the U.S. national soccer team are famous for being extraordinary athletes, repeat world champions -- and plaintiffs. The team's lawsuit alleging pay discrimination against the U.S. Soccer Federation has done much to define its...

Katherine G. Woodhouse of Colfax, graduated with a degree in landscape architecture following the spring term at the University of Idaho. Amber C. Korvales, Palouse, graduated with a masters degree in landscape architecture. Graduates from Pullman...

Dick and Helen Appel had guests for the Fourth of July. Bruce and Elaine Appel and Spencer, Spokane; Logan Appel and friend Kiera, Mass.; Kate Wollstein, Moscow; Drew Donaldson, Ore.; and Eric and Shannon Appel, Kyle, Sarah and Sidney, Dusty. Logan...

Heavier Than Air Children’s Theatre will conduct a theatre camp Aug. 5-9 for children ages 7-18 at the Historic Empire Theatre, 126 South Crosby, Tekoa. The production will be Shel Silverstein’s ‘Where The Sidewalk Ends.’ Cost will be $40...

Lincoln to read at Neill library Pullman City Administrator Adam Lincoln will be the next aloud reader in Neill Library’s Heritage addition as part of the 2019 summer reading program. Young children and their families/caregivers are invited to...

St. James Episcopal Church of Pullman will conduct its annual Eucharist-in-the-park followed by dessert Saturday, July 20, at 6:30 p.m. in McGee Park on Lybecker Road. The event celebrates the feast day of St. James, the patron saint of the church....

Elizabeth Circle of Trinity Lutheran Church met July 9 at the Parish Hall for a sewing day. They worked on quilts and went over inventory of items to be sent with the quilts this fall. Attending were Barbara Huntley, Carol Hannas, Jerine Grey,...