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COLFAX — A Georgia man was sentenced to 15 months in prison for threatening to expose a woman’s nude photos if she didn’t send him more. Jordan Bowen, 24, of Newman, Georgia, pled guilty on April 30 in Whitman County Superior Court to...

COLFAX — Whitman County voters will decide on a 1/10 of 1% sales tax increase for emergency communications on the November ballot. Whitman County commissioners confirmed the action Monday, which would go to pay for equipment including Whitcom...

PALOUSE — The Palouse Chamber of Commerce hosts an open house on Saturday. The day features outdoor vendors, sidewalk sales, restaurant specials, and a business scavenger hunt for a chance to be entered into a drawing to win one of three $100...

COLFAX — Plans are set for a June 10 opening of the Colfax city pool. Regular admission prices are in place after no charges last year, due to COVID-19. The city is hiring lifeguards now and has received a $75,000 grant to renovate the pool’s...

COLFAX — An 18-year-old male was taken by ambulance to the Whitman Hospital after being found at a party in Colfax. A Whitman County deputy responded to a report of trespassers having a party in a vacant apartment on East Golgotha Street on April...

COLFAX — Jennings Elementary School will hold its Scholastic Book Fair through Friday at the school library. Only students are allowed to shop in person. Parents may send money with kids to shop during school hours. Parents can also set up an...

ST. JOHN — Organizers announced sprint boat races return to Webb’s Slough on June 9 and August 28. The races were absent last year due to COVID-19 restrictions. This year the races will be allowed depending on state guidelines. Differences for...

COLFAX — The Colfax Eagles club remains and the building re-opened Wednesday. Closed since April 17 as members reckoned with whether to close the charter and sell the building, they decided at a meeting Sunday afternoon to continue. “I felt...

COLFAX — A Pullman man is accused of entering the home of two people and taking things, while they are in jail facing charges of selling methamphetamine. Nicholas I. Woltering, 35, of Pullman, was charged on May 5 in Whitman County Superior Court...

COLFAX — Colfax city council went against citizens wishes and voted 4-3 to ban chicken ownership in the city. Statistics from a public poll showed a 4-1 margin in support, but city councilman Jim Kackman made a motion to pass the ordinance, which...

OLYMPIA — The potential impacts of new laws raising gas taxes and other environmental issues is unclear. Whitman County lobbyist Zak Kennedy reported to county commissioners Monday on the April 25 conclusion of the legislative session. “The...

In the April 29 edition of the Whitman County Gazette a quote was incorrect. A reference to the number of Eagles clubs closing around the state should have been months not...

Public records show lawmakers plan to use the capital gains income tax to set up a lawsuit to try to impose a broad-based graduated income tax. They're going to get not one, but two. It could be years, however, before we know if the state Supreme...

Chickens are part of a farm community. They are laying eggs for food, helping children raise FFA and 4-H animals for the fair and some people like them as pets. The usual opposition when city councils consider letting people keep chickens at home...

Whitman County was placed in Phase 2 restrictions three weeks ago and we waited for a return to Phase 3, but now that isn’t going to happen. Gov. Jay Inslee chickened out. Facing a massive rollback to Phase 2 for Western Washington, meaning...

As if the black and brown lives that have been snuffed out by police without justification isn’t enough, there are other recent events that reveal the inadequate training and/or integrity of some police and law enforcement personnel. A...

What is the right answer on the climate solutions quiz, the great test of our time? Top-down directives for green infrastructure? Not if we want to keep American jobs secure, energy reliable and affordable, and technological ingenuity strong,...