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Serving Whitman County since 1877
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COLTON — Week four of gun club results in Whitman County are as follows: In Colton: 16 yard scores: Aspen Vandevender, 25. Cecil Boles, 25. Faron Craig, 25. Terry Koeper, 25. Greg Mayer, 25. Jason Reisenauer, 25. Daren Steele, 25. Stacy Harman, 24. Steven Bremer, 24. Jim Dahmen, 24. Jace Herman, 24. Dave Schornhorst, 24. Cole Zacha. Women 16 yard shooters: Aspen Vandevender, 25. Stacy Harman, 24. Rachel Kennedy, 23. Jann Morbeck, 23. Junior 16 yard shooters: Wade Moser, 22. Jack Reisenauer, 16. Chase Sanderson, 12. In Dusty: Division III: S...
COLFAX - With undefeated district records from both the Colfax Bulldogs boys and girls basketball programs, the teams earned number one overall seeds heading into the district playoff games. All rounds of both the boys and girls 2B district playoff games will take place at West Valley high school. Colfax boys and girls both played on the evening of Saturday, Feb. 3, where both teams took down their opponents while shorthanded. The girls team took on the Kettle Falls Bulldogs, defeating Kettle...
COLFAX - Terry Cochran, Colfax native, has been recognized, and will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for his lifetime service to wrestling. In a press release from Washington State Chapter Jim Meyerhoff about Cochran and the other members in the Hall of Fame, "These individuals have given countless hours of their time instilling young people with the skills needed to succeed in all areas of life. They will be permanently recognized at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and...
COLFAX — Tony “TC” Carter, born Feb. 27, 1949, former Athletic Director, athletic trainer, football coach, drivers ed. teacher, and teacher at Colfax, passed away on Jan. 14, 2024. Colfax locals were quick to share their thoughts and feelings on the legacy of TC, and how important he was to the Colfax community. “Tony was the Athletic Director when I got to Colfax in 1992. He was a history teacher, a pe teacher, athletic director for a long time,” said former Colfax head football coach Mike Morgan. Morgan took over the athletic director...
COLTON - Senior night for the Colton Wildcats took place on Friday, Feb. 2, with the game being played against the Oakesdale Nighthawks. The seniors recognized on the girls side for Colton were Kaydee Heitstuman and Kyndra Stout. Matthew Reisenauer was the lone Wildcat boy recognized. The girls game started with the Nighthawks dominating from start-to-finish, controlling the game as Oakesdale earned the 61-27 victory. For Colton, senior Stout finished with 16 points. Clair Moehrle had five, and...
SPOKANE – One St. John-Endicott wrestler is headed to the regional tournament Saturday, Feb. 10. Cameron Mathia finished third at the district tournament last Saturday at 113 pounds in the Spokane Convention Center. The Top 4 in each weight class qualified for regionals in Spangle. Mathia had a tough road to regionals, after losing his opening bout by pin in 3:30 to David Phillips of Northwest Christian (Colbert). In the westlebacks, he received a bye and then pinned his next two opponents to q...
OAKESDALE — Three girl and three boy Whitman County 1B schools are comepting in basketball districts. Oakesdale. Garfield-Palouse, and Colton girls are underway as of Wednesday, Feb. 7, and Oakesdale, Garfield-Palouse, and Tekoa-Rosalia will start their district runs on Thursday, Feb. 8. Results will be in the next edition of the Gazette....
DUSTY — The 76th Annual Sausage Shoot is set to take place this Sunday, Feb. 11, from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. The shoot will take place at Dusty Gun Club, located just east of Dusty. Dusty gun club started in 1946 by a group of farmers in Dusty. The first year of the sausage shoot saw hogs brought in from the town of Penawawa. From the gun club president “In the winter the old road next to the railroad tracks was under water. The solution: They found when the train was coming and a few of them rode horseback and herded the hogs down the tra...
TEKOA — With the regular season coming to a close on the 2023-24 regular season, the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves defeated the Dayton Bulldogs, earning themselves a spot in the district playoffs with the victory. Tekoa-Rosalia were in total control of the game from start-to-finish, defeating the Bulldogs 62-28. The Timberwolf defense did not allow the Bulldogs to score more than eight points in any of the four quarters. On the other hand, Tekoa-Rosalia scored 23 points in the first quarter, and 41 in the first half to shut down all hope from t...
PULLMAN - Several locals will appear in the Regional Theatre of the Palouse production of "Anastasia". Associate Director Michael Todd said the theatre has been around since 2007. "We're always pushing the envelope," he said, noting that the production of Anastasia just recently became available for license. According to Todd other than the national tour of the musical, a production of "Anastasia" has yet to be done in the state of Washington by any theatre or in the Northwest, according to his...
Juan Trejo Perez, a 33-year-old man from Mexico accused of molesting a teenage boy in Pullman, was apprehended Tuesday, Feb. 6, after being found hiding in a changing room at a local store. This development comes after Trejo Perez failed to attend his court hearing in Whitman County Superior Court Feb. 2, prompting a nationwide arrest warrant without bond issuance. Pullman Police had been in contact with Trejo Perez on Monday morning, but he failed to appear for a scheduled meeting. Tracking him down to Pullman Building Supply, officers...
TEKOA – A nationwide manhunt is underway for Carl Shelton, 23, of Tekoa, who was convicted of child rape and failed to appear in court for a probation violation hearing. Shelton, who pleaded guilty to second-degree child rape for assaulting a girl in Tekoa in 2020, was sentenced by Judge Gary Libey to six months in jail and ordered to undergo several years of sex offender treatment as part of a Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative. However, Shelton’s absence at his recent court date has triggered a nationwide arrest warrant issued by...
COLFAX - The Washington State Department of Transportation held a presentation on the US-195 Colfax North Fork Bridge Replacement and Roundabout on Wednesday, Jan. 31, with several citizens showing concern and mixed feelings about the replacement of two bridges with a massive roundabout. WSDOT Project Engineer Patrick Barclay told the Colfax community that the $13,273,000 project would remove the existing two bridges and replace them with a roundabout to accommodate Washington State Legislature...
COLFAX – For one of the very few times during the 2023-24 basketball season, the Colfax Bulldogs boys team were in trouble of losing their first game of the season. The game was played against the Northwest Christian (Colbert) Crusaders, and was the district semifinal match, played on Wednesday, Feb. 7, in West Valley. Colfax seemingly had the game wrapped up through the first half, however, a massive comeback from the Crusaders, along with a buzzer-beating shot, forced the game into o...
**Updated as of Feb. 9, 9 a.m.** PULLMAN - At approximately noon, Thursday, Feb. 8, Whitman County Fire District 12 was requested to respond to a structure fire at the Express Storage facility located at 6862 WA-270, Pullman, Wash. The volunteer firefighters from District 12, out of Pullman, arrived on scene at the metal frame storage facility to multiple units blazing. While the responders were able to save several units, six of the storage units were ultimately destroyed along with 13...
NOTICE OF BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be accepted forthe next 30 days for the following: 2010 Chevrolet Microbird Bus 22 passenger, 93,940 miles, 6.0 L Engine, New 22/25/R16 Goodyear Tires 2011 Chevrolet Microbird Bus 22 passenger, 88,874 miles, 6.0 L Engine, New 22/25/R16 Goodyear Tires 2007 Thomas Bus 72 passenger, 55,524 miles, 8.3 L Cummins Engine, Alison Transmission, Good 11R/22.5 Tires This notice will run for 30 days, only sealed bids will be accepted. All bids can be sent to Endicott School District, 308 School...
