Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

Pullman Police responded the afternoon of May 28 to a domestic dispute call of two cooks fighting at the New Garden Restaurant on Grand Ave. Whether the fight occurred in the kitchen or not was not...

An additional 423 applicants are needed in Whitman County for temporary Census takers. The U.S. Census Bureau is continuing to recruit for the position in advance of its Nonresponse Followup Operation for the 2020 Census. The primary purpose of the...

Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible Saturday following a day of high heat. Tonight's overnight lows are expected to stay in the 50s to 60s, bringing little cooling relief before Saturday with temperatures getting up in the 80s or 90s. These...

WENATCHEE — Supporters and opponents of Gov. Jay Inslee’s quarantine measures will have to wait a little longer to see if the shutdowns will remain intact. Of the at least seven lawsuits seeking to end Inslee’s orders, two could have...

OKANOGAN — A lawsuit filed Friday in Douglas County against Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order was continued to 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 29, in Okanogan County Superior Court this morning. The case was moved to Okanogan County because Douglas...

COLFAX – Rain gauge readings the morning of May 21 at the NRCS office in Colfax measured more than two inches of precipitation in the previous 48 hours. The May 20 deluge dropped 1.4 inches on top of Tuesday’s rainfall for a total of 2.25...

TEKOA – A lawsuit has been filed against The City of Tekoa by Eric Hood, Langley, Wash., alleging that the city withheld requested records from a public records request in April 2019. The state Public Records Act requires that all public records...

COLFAX – The Citizen’s Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials met on May 19 to decide on the salaries for the county’s elected officials for 2021.The Salary Commission sets the salaries for the auditor, assessor, county clerk,...

WHITMAN COUNTY – While graduation ceremonies aren’t as typical this time around for Whitman County seniors, this summer will mark the graduation for 329 students. This year’s Class of 2020 remains the same count as the Class of 2019. Past...

OLYMPIA — A U.S. Department of Education ruling could effect scholastic sports in Washington's middle and high schools and colleges. In a ruling Thursday, May 28, the agency found that a Connecticut policy that allows athletes to compete as the...

While chatting with a high school chum, I asked him about the outbreak in his neck of the woods. He lives in an East Coast city which has received national news coverage for its COVID-19 infection and response. I was surprised by the comments he...

Pet Peeves: No little flags on gravestones at cemetery. Rain. Okeydokes:...

I have been watching news reports of the efforts to curb the virus and more recently the efforts to ease restrictions to reopen the economy. Initially, I sensed a wave of nationalism that united all of us against the growing pandemic. This unity...

125 years ago The Commoner May 31, 1895 Rumors of a change in the line of the O. R. & N., between here and Spokane, in order to avoid the Alto hill at which so many accidents have occurred, are current. A Dayton dispatch says: “It is thought...

PULLMAN- Oscarfest2020, an all classes Pullman High reunion set for this July, has been rescheduled to July 23 and 24, 2021, due to uncertainty of Phase IV reopening. Those already signed up are grandfathered in.Those who haven’t signed up, are...

Due to the current pandemic, the Battle Days Association Board of Directors has decided to cancel its events for 2020. Those events are: the main parade, kiddie parade, all vendors associated with Battle Days. The board has been convinced that it...

Lauren Stubbs is a 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholar in Career and Technical Education. She is one of 161 students from across the nation selected and is one of only 20 designated at CTE Presidential Scholars. The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program...

Andrew Nolan and his daughter Murphy, Spokane, and Hanna Monsen, Colbert, were guests at the Karen Broeckel home Saturday. Sunday, they joined Greg, Gwen and Jason Nolan for some fishing at Largent's Lagoon on Musgrave Road. Jason caught two good...