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The Iron Horse Arena in Tekoa will soon be no longer, at least in its original location just east of the base of the Tekoa trestle. It was on land leased from Union-Pacific by the city of Tekoa. The railroad terminated the lease Nov. 1. “Union...

Ownership of Tekoa parks properties is in the process of being transferred after a year-long process between the city and the Tekoa Parks Board. After a mudslide last November resulted in a major cleanup project, in the process of working with their...

(To the tune of The Rolling Stones' “Miss You”) Wazzu holding out so long, football season predicted for a Gong but then Minshew Oohh ohhooo oooh hoo ooo hoo, ooo hooo oo oohoo Debt been rising at the gate, Minshew comes along of late: says “Ma...

Palouse city council members were set to consider a preliminary 2019 budget at their Tuesday night meeting, a year after approving an eight percent raise for city employees. Later this month, public hearings will be held for input on the budget Nov....

John Jaeger resigned Oct. 31 after 11 years as Tekoa mayor. The city council has 90 days to appoint a successor. Troy Wilson is now the acting mayor as mayor pro-tem. Jaeger was elected to his third term in 2016. Never opposed in election, he first...

Numbers are coming in for the 17th annual Haunted Palouse, held the weekends of Oct. 19-20 and Oct. 26-27 in Palouse. Total paid attendance was 4,006, the fourth-highest total in the event’s history, with the final night this year bringing in...

In the last week of the regular season for Southeast 1B league football, Garfield/Palouse and Sunnyside Christian held in a first-place tie after both teams won Oct. 26. Gar/Pal handled Pomeroy 78-40 while Sunnyside Christian beat St....

Steptoe resident Kirk Suess presented to county commissioners Monday a list of 150 signatures as part of a request for an ordinance on unlicensed vehicles, yard debris and trash in unincorporated areas. Suess brought in a notebook with five pages of...

The Colfax school board met Monday night and approved a list of items, beginning with the hiring of Ron Shirley, musical set manager; Demetria Bryson, musical costumes, and Shonda Nelson, junior high yearbook advisor. Further, they approved a $2,100...

With two weeks remaining in the regular season for Southeast 1B league football, Garfield/Palouse and Sunnyside Christian remain tied for first place after each won Oct. 19. The Knights of Sunnyside Christian (7-1) got a forfeit against Touchet...

Whitman County Commissioner Art Swannack traveled to Washington, D.C., Oct. 12 for the Oregon-Washington White House Conference of Intergovernmental Affairs. A group of 120 county elected officials – commissioners, three sheriffs and others ...

The annual October fall cleanup week at Whitman County landfill may yet still happen this year after the three-year-old garbage intake building was damaged in a fire on Aug. 3. The cleanup week, normally done in the second week of October, reduces...

The path to decide next year’s county budget took another step Tuesday as county commissioners met for a 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. workshop to figure how to cut a projected $996,000 deficit in preparation to pass a balanced 2019 county budget by Dec. 31. Th...

The imagineers of Palouse are at work again. Truckloads of lumber were brought out from the city flathouse. Hundred-foot rolls of heavy black plastic arrived. Pathways were taped on the floor of the old firehouse and printing museum. After weeks of...

Whitman County Planning Commission last Wednesday, Oct. 3, voted to postpone the continuation of a zone change hearing on behalf of McCoy Land Company, which asked to stay their request following a meeting Sept. 5 on their proposed four-pad grain...

A new business incubator opened in Garfield last weekend in the former Mitz’s Cabinets shop. Garfield Plaza, a 5,000 square-foot space with booths, dividers and an open common area in the middle, marked its grand opening Saturday with 327 tickets...