Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

I have learned to shop on Amazon after spending years living in very small rural communities like Omak and Oroville. It beat driving two hours to find what you needed. Not groceries, hardware or general things for home, but the online giant could fin...

Newspapers ask people to vote in every election. This time we didn’t have to and it’s looking like a silver lining in a contemptuous aggressive ugly political era. Election day has come and gone. The political ads are finished. No more campaign r...

COLFAX –– Punching a nursing assistant in the face got an 18-year-old Clarkston woman a felony charge in Whitman County. Jessi L. Betts, 18, of Clarkston was charged with assault in the third degree on Oct. 26, according to court records. Betts...

PULLMAN –– Yelling at police that he was going to get a shotgun led a Pullman man to jail. Scott R. Kibler, 30, of Pullman, was charged with felony harassment in Whitman County Superior Court on Oct. 28. Kibler called 9-1-1 on Oct. 24 about a...

CONNELL –– Four people were hurt when three semi-trucks, a pickup, and a car collided on State Route 395 near the Adams County line Oct. 21. Stephan W. Meuchel, 44, of Longview, may face charges of negligent driving in the second degree,...

COLFAX - Three checks for the Palouse Empire Fair royalty scholarship were cashed in May 2017 and the $1,350 vanished. “Those checks were cashed, but the funds were not deposited into the county’s bank account. The vendors provided copies of the...