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OLYMPIA - More than 1,500 people signed up to speak on behalf of reopening Washington businesses during a Jan. 20 public hearing on Senate Bill 5114. Sponsored by both Democrat and Republican senators, Senate Bill 5114 and its companion House Bill 1321 would skip over Phase 1 of Gov. Jay Inslee's newest phased-in reopening plan, "Healthy Washington-Roadmap to Recovery" plan, allowing for 25% indoor capacity at restaurants and gyms, and indoor entertainment like theaters and bowling alleys....
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers has written a letter to President Joe Biden hoping to open federal assistance coffers for Malden and Pine City. Both communities suffered devastating losses in the Babb Fire and are still rebuilding. The Fifth District congresswoman asked him to support Gov. Jay Inslee's disaster declaration request for Eastern Washington counties impacted by wildfires last year. McMorris Rodgers' district covers Eastern Washington counties along the I...
PRINCETON, Idaho — An area man was killed in a utility terrain vehicle early Saturday morning. Cody Wolverton, 23, was pronounced dead about 3 a.m. off Guernsey Cutoff Road. According to the Idaho State Patrol, he failed to navigate a curve in teh road and crash, near Hatter Creek Road. He was not wearing a helmet or seatbelt, officials said. Alcohol may have been a factor....
TEKOA — The City Council earlier this month unanimously approved raises to the town cemetery’s two employees. The wage increased from $15 to $18 per hour. The cemetery endowment will cover the difference in wages, officials said....
COLFAX — A federal suspect is being held in the Whitman County Jail. According to jail records, David Santana Sanchez, 42, was booked into the jail here on a U.S. Marshal’s Service transfer. He is being held without bail on an alleged federal violation, records show. The Marshal’s Service contracts with county jails to house and transfer inmates as needed, Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers said....
COLFAX — Whitman County is seeking public input in updating its comprehensive plan for the first time since 1978. The plan idenfities county goals, priorities and polices for the next 20 years, including issues such as natural resources management, private development, public infrastructure, parks and recreation, rural community preservation, transportation and econonomic matters, officials said. The survey link may be found at https://whitmancounty.org, followed by clicking on Departments/Public Works/Planning Division/Comprehensive Plan U...
COLFAX — A Pullman man was booked into the Whitman County Jail Monday night after allegedly preventing his ex-girlfriend from returning home. Dylan Douglas MacDuff, 22, was being held without bail, as of press time. He is facing possible charges of fourth-degree assault and unlawful imprisonment-domestic violence. Court records show MacDuff is accused of pushing his his ex-girlfriend into his vehicle and attempting to prevent her from returning to her Indiana Street apartment....
COLFAX — Whitman County commissioners Monday discussed allocating $10,000 toward the Pine Creek Long-Term Recovery Organization for a researcher/grant-writer/manager position. The group is in the process of seeking a state license and 501(c)(3) status. “It was definitely a dig-through and figure out what’s legal experience,” Chairman Art Swannack said. The Pine Creek Long-Term Recovery Organization would hire someone to help deliver funding for projects as rebuilding the town’s library and a food pantry....
OLYMPIA — The state Employment Security Department released its December 2020 employment report Tuesday, with the state decreasing by 9,900 jobs, for an unemployment rate of 7.1%. The Whitman County rate is 5.2%. Unemployment rates in the report at the county level are not seasonally adjusted, as the sample size is too small to make for the added analysis, officials said....
COLFAX — A local man has been arrested for allegedly damaging a laundromat. Kyler James Paine, 22, was arrested Monday night for malicious mischief on South Main Street for causing damage inside. Paine was booked into the jail on $10,000 bail, records show....
COLFAX — An area man has been arrested for possession of drugs without a prescription. Stephen Christopher Dickerson, 45, was booked into Whitman County Jail on Tuesday morning. At press time, he was being held without bail through Whitman County Superior Court, records show....
PULLMAN — A woman was booked into the Whitman County Jail on Monday for allegedly driving under the influence. Martha Imelda Vorse, 56, was held on $500 bail, records show. She was arrested following a traffic stop by police, then booked into jail in Colfax....
COLFAX — Northwest Farm Credit Services moved into its new office Jan. 19 at 301 S. Main St. Suite A. The location is the site of the former Arby’s restaurant and Purpose Roasters. The local branch and its two full-time employees leave a longtime spot farther north at 224 N. Main St. “We were kind of maxed-out in our old location,” branch Manager Ryan Kile said. “And the biggest improvement (is) now we actually have parking.” Northwest Farm Credit’s new offices include a conference room and the room to add another two to three employees. Sp...
COLFAX — Students here will return for in-person learning Feb. 1 after School Board representatives unanimously approved the date Monday night. Board member Brian Becker moved to reopen and Erica Anderson provided the second. “We’re excited,” Superintendent Jerry Pugh said. “The best place for students to be is with us in our School District.” Before the vote, he took the board through his reasoning to recommend the change noting that virus cases within the district have not been spread inside schools. Jennings Elementary pupils have attend...
COLFAX — The USDA Farm Service Agency reported the largest planted crop last fall in Whitman County is soft white winter wheat. About 95 percent of acreage was reported by Dec. 15, tracking a list of crops and other uses for land. The largest is soft white winter wheat at 285,664 acres planted. The second highest number was 116,297 acres in native grass -- representing area never planted and containing sagebrush lands, shrub-steppe, and the breaks of the Snake River. Much of this is used for grazing. “It’s being harvested by a cow rather than...
OLYMPIA – Eastern Washington businesses will have to wait at least two more weeks for coronavirus relief following a gubernatorial press conference at 2:30 p.m. today, Jan. 28. During the press conference, Gov. Inslee said he will allow his so-called “Puget Sound” and “West” regions to move to “Phase 2” on Monday. That means inside service will be allowed on a limited basis for restaurants, bars, taverns and other businesses. Limited sports will also be allowed, he said. Snohomish, King, Pierce, Thurston, Lewis, Pacific and Grays Harbor countie...
PULLMAN – Four students took the School Board and employees to task Wednesday night for failing to get them back on campus even though the governor and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have called for in-person learning. The Pullman School District is among the last holdouts generally keeping students off-campus in Whitman County. During a digital School Board meeting, students Collin Bannister, Maddie Weber, Maxwell Cordova and Hanna Talbot called on the board to get school c...