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Resurgence at the county sheriff's posse
A comeback is underway for the Whitman County Sheriff's Posse, with three new officers elected and a sharp rise in membership, after it dropped to five people in 2017. Seven-year co-captains Barb...
1B girls basketball: Eagles girls go after goals
In a makeup game from last Friday's snow-out, Colton played at home Monday against St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse and picked up another league win, 76-44. Rylee Vining led with 19 points while Josie...
1B boys basketball:
Gar/Pal-Oakesdale 2020 begins Friday night at Oakesdale, the first meeting of the two teams which last year added a chapter to Whitman County basketball lore, in three games, the first two won by Gar/Pal and the third, for the district championship,...
Longevity holds at county road department
Whitman County Commissioners gave a standing ovation Monday to Dan Rogers on his last day at work for the county road department, retiring after 30 years and four days. "Dan has been an exemplary...
Whitman County Parks 2020 preview
The new year is set for Whitman County Parks, with a few new projects to start in 2020 and others carrying over from last year. First, early in 2019, the Parks Department hired Northwest Management of Moscow to create a forest management plan for...
Colfax wins at Oakesdale, 68-61
On a quiet Christmas break evening Jan. 2 at the Oakesdale gym, Colfax held off the previously unbeaten Nighthawks in a 1B/2B county showdown. John Lustig, sophomore guard for Colfax, led all scorers...
Pomeroy girls down Colton
Colton and Pomeroy played for the first time this year – two teams which met in the last two state 1B championship games, both times Pomeroy finishing second. Last season all four of its losses were to Colton. That is no longer. Pomeroy, at home,...
Colfax school board marks transition at last 2019 meeting
The Colfax School District board met Monday night, Dec. 23, swearing in a new board member and saluting two departing members, 12-year veteran Robert Smith and five-year representative David Nails....
Whitman County Public Works preview for 2020
Plans for 2020 in the county Public Works department include the large-scale Almota Road Phase Four reconstruction, a possible overlay of a half-mile of Steptoe Street and Sholz Road east of Steptoe, remodeling and two additions made to the...
Markers for infants' graves uncovered at Colfax Cemetery
After a newborn died last August in Colfax, preparations were made for burial. Joe Rupe, sexton for Colfax Cemetery, as part of standard procedure, probed a spot of ground with a long metal rod,...
Cardboard recycling bin will be removed at Colfax
What remains of the community recycling bins at Empire Disposal in Colfax will be gone at the end of the year. Effective Dec. 31, the dumpsters for cardboard will be taken out, following glass and paper bins last April. The reason is the reversal of...
Pomeroy holds off Oakesdale girls 43-40
The Oakesdale and Garfield/Palouse boys won more games last weekend to keep their claim as the top two teams in the Southeast 1B league. For the girls, Pomeroy kept that claim with a narrow win at...
Mayor Echanove concludes 26 years at Palouse city hall
At the conclusion of the Palouse city council meeting Dec. 10, Mayor Michael Echanove read thank you notes, swore-in new mayor Chris Cook, effective Jan. 1, and said he would entertain a motion to...
"Convicts" bailed out for cause at Colfax bank
Eight people were incarcerated the morning of Dec. 13 in a high-ceilinged nook of Columbia Bank, with bars made of black ribbon. By 10 a.m., six had been bailed out, leaving County Commissioner...
Palouse planning panel reports on survey results
Compiling responses from 155 residents, the Palouse Planning commission has finished its community survey, the first in seven years. Jim Fielder, commission chair, presented results to the city council Dec. 10. “We were pleased,” Fielder said, no...
Gar/Pal girls start off 2-1
The Garfield/Palouse girls and their four returning starters have begun the season with wins over Potlatch and Tekoa/Rosalia, and a loss to Pomeroy. Back for 2019-20 for the Vikings are Paige Collier, now a junior point guard; Lexi Brantner, a...
Oakesdale, Gar/Pal lead league as break nears
Oakesdale and Garfield/Palouse are both 2-0 in league with more games this weekend before Christmas tournament play. Oakesdale (5-0 overall, 2-0 league) first is set to play at Asotin Thursday – a...
Wekenman retires after 19 years on Palouse council
Rick Wekenman, 19-year Palouse city council veteran, cast his last vote Tuesday night, capping one of the longest terms in the town's history. Appointed in the years after the flood of 1996, Wekenman...
Garfield advances plan to oust trailers for RVs
The Town of Garfield aims to call for bids in January for tear-down and removal of remaining mobile homes at its trailer park located across from the city park. Once cleared, the town will open an RV...
1B basketball:
The Jones boys return to stalk the gyms of southeast Washington. Blake, a senior forward, and Austin, the junior point guard at Garfield/Palouse, start together for the third year, returning after last year ended at Spokane Arena with an opening roun...
Oakesdale boys beat LRS Broncos, now 3-0
Is a train-a-comin' from Oakesdale? They lost four starters from last year but is it time nonetheless to reinforce the walls of gyms around the Southeast 1B league? At 3-0 to start the year, with two...
New era for Colton girls
The newest of a new season has begun for Colton girls basketball, with just one returning starter for the Wildcats, coming off their tenth state 1B championship in 11 years. Coach Clark Vining again leads the team, in his 15th season, with an...
Oakesdale girls season begins with new coach
Down by a point Tuesday night with less than 20 seconds to go, Oakesdale had three attempts near the basket but could not get a last shot to fall against Lind/Ritzville/Sprague. Oakesdale then fouled with .04 remaining. The foul was ruled intentional...
D.O.C. study starts for Palouse to Cascades Trail
Bill Grimes from SCJ Alliance Consulting Services in Spokane spoke to county commissioners Monday about a new study of the Palouse to Cascades Trail – formerly known as the John Wayne Iron Horse...
$3,000 riverfront lot:
The Palouse city council has approved the sale of its riverfront Brownfields site, the Main Street lot which was the subject of a state and federal environmental cleanup of a former gas station. A group of six residents, three couples, got together...
