First filings of the civil service appeal of former Colfax Police Chief Rick McNannay have been made public and provide a look at arguments involved in the dispute. The McNannay appeal to the three-member Colfax Civil Service Commission is...

Anthony Emerson, 44, was booked into jail Saturday after an early morning arrest in Colfax. Emerson was stopped for an equipment violation and deputies learned a warrant was outstanding for his arrest. A search warrant was obtained for the vehicle...

Josh King with Tinderbox Marketing from Spokane will present a new workshop on marketing at The Center in Colfax March 21, from 4 to 6 p.m. Title is "Marketing & Sales Metrics: What to Track & Why.” Tickets are free, but participants must...

The 26th annual Washington Cattlemen's Association bull test sale will be March 20 at 12:30 pm at the Bonina Sale Facility in Eltopia. This sale has received excellent support from Whitman County area over the years with many bulls going to local...

A scam affecting some elite universities has revealed how far the rich will go to get their children in prestigious schools. Apparently, those with money have been working with a so-called charity to phoney up student admission applications. It is...

Pet Peeves Winter and snow!!! Okeydokes The commissioners for placing a six month moratorium on...

Historically, international trade issues have galvanized our state’s congressional delegation. Many wondered if that would still be the case today. Fortunately, it seems to be. While Democrats and Republicans are at one another’s throats on...

The race for 2020 is taking shape, although there are still significant unknowns, including whether Donald Trump will get a serious primary challenge. His fiercest Republican critics say, "Yes -- please, please, yes." They are probably wrong, and...

Reform is inevitably a difficult process, and not just for the reformees. It's particularly painful for the reformers, no matter how meritorious their cause. Who would admit opposing fundamental changes to a health care system in this country that...

I didn’t think it was quite time for political season, but it seems to have started. I was just sitting down to dinner when my phone rang. If it had been thirty seconds later, I would have let the answering machine take it even though I was...

I should lighten up and tell a joke. The definition of insanity is doing something over and over, while expecting different results. Every year since 1915, we have tried drug prohibition; year after year, over and over, while expecting a drug free...

So the new Columbia County Sheriff is not going to enforce Initiative 1639 that 60 percent of Washington voters supported. Did he not take an oath to uphold the laws of the State of Washington when he was sworn in as sheriff? How does Sheriff Joe...

Gordon Forgey, in your editorial (“Free Speech?”, March 7, 2019,) you lament the poor reception of conservative ideas on campus. Could it be that, given the parameters of logic and reason, contemporary conservative theory has little to offer to...

125 years ago The Commoner, March 9, 1894 About fifty people of all parties, attended the populist meeting at the court house last Friday evening. The speakers who were advertised to appear were Ahira Manring, of Garfield, and William McDonald, of...

Former resident Sharon Huff, Anacortes, was visiting family and friends from Feb. 23 until March 4. She attended the funerals of her brother-in-law, Dean Yongue, Margie Huff's husband of Blanchard, Idaho, and Leroy Mattly of Endicott. She stayed a...