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The steel building on the Palouse Brownsfield site is out for bids. The Palouse city council voted unanimously Jan. 10 to declare the 28-by-40 foot building on the Brownsfield property as surplus. This made it eligible for proposals from interested parties to salvage it. Thus, the city will get a chance to make money while having the 1950s building taken down at no cost to them. The building is now listed for sealed proposals/bids to remove it and its contents. “I don’t think we’ll get a penny...
Colfax residents today have received a printed report from the state Department of Ecology on the petroleum contamination site on north Main Street. The site has already been the location of prior containment projects including removal of former petroleum tanks. The DOE report advises residents that the comment period on the Remedial Investigation Report will be open until the end of the month. Copies of the report are available at the DOE office on N. Monroe in Spokane, the Whitman County Library and the DOE Toxics Cleanup website. The site...
Two suits in the superior court battle over Kentucky Blue Grass production were amended Friday in Whitman County Superior Court. The amendments were filed with court orders which allowed the growers’ attorney to amend the suits to includes alleged violatons of the state’s Consumer Protecton Act. . The court allowed the growers to amend their suits after a Jan. 3 court hearing. Spokane Attorney Richard Kuhling, who represents the growers, filed the amendments Friday. The suits seek alleged damages against Seeds Inc. of Tekoa, Dye Seed of Pom...
A change of season has come to the Colfax Chamber of Commerce. After 10 years as secretary, Judy Liddle retired in December and Kathy Clark took over. Liddle retired at the same time as her husband Ron, who hung up the reins at McGregor. “It was a wonderful, great experience,” said Judy of her years with the Chamber. “The board’s always been great. But when the time comes, the time comes.” Clark brings 20 years of experience in escrow from her time raising a family in southern Californi... Full story
The city of Tekoa has a new council member, business owner Richard Kelly. He was appointed by Mayor John Jaeger and the city council Monday night, replacing Mike Boganreif, who resigned in January. “I just wanted to try to be involved a little more around here,” Kelly said. His wife Lisa was just appointed secretary of the Tekoa Chamber of Commerce in January. Kelly owns the Tekoa Market and the Tekoa Hardware building. He was a late entrant into the candidate pool, which included Linda Schmidt and Richard Chittenden. “It was not an easy decis...
THURSDAY A Wisconsin woman was charged with theft for selling fake stock in Facebook she said she had acquired from her daughter. Prosecutors charged Marianne Oleson, 46, of selling more than $55,000 worth of the bunk stock. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation cut funding for Planned Parenthood, saying it would no longer fund agencies under federal investigations. Inmates working at a print shop in a Vermont prison managed to sneak the image of a pig into the crest used on state police cars, with 30 cruisers having sported the design...
More than 30 percent of voters have mailed in their ballots for the Valentine’s Day election count, Whitman County elections supervisor Debbie Hooper said Tuesday. Elections worker Cindy Pitts reported 5,119 of the 16,991 ballots mailed to voters had been returned, leaving 11,830 still out. Deadline for returning the ballots will be next Tuesday, Feb. 14. A first count will also be done that night. Voters are being asked to approve maintenance and operation proposals in nine school districts: Colfax, Colton, Endicott, Oakesdale, Pullman, R...
A former maintenance supervisor for the Palouse schools and general contractor, Adam Barron is now the proprietor of Palouse Drain and Maintenance. He opened for business last month. Barron, who always wanted to run his own business, got the idea one day while working at the Palouse school. He called Roto-Rooter to come out to locate and inspect a collapsed sewer line. When the bill came in, Barron had an idea. He thought he could beat it. So he finished a year at the school, cashed out his...
Bid packages are going out for construction on Palouse Wind’s north county wind farm. Ben Fairbanks, western regional business development manager for Palouse Wind’s parent company First Wind, said the package for concrete work is currently out for bids, and contracts for civil and electrical work will open for bids in the near future. Fairbanks said contracts are being put together now so full construction can begin in April. The mild winter meant the crews were able to work late enough into the calendar to grade and gravel roads and pads for...
forecast Central County Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Clouds move in overnight, with temperature dropping to 33. Friday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. High near 46. Cloudy and dry overnight. Low near 30. Saturday: Sunny with a high near 43. Clouds and rain overnight. Low around 28. Sunday: Mostly cloudy with rain. High near 43. Clouds and a chance of snow overnight. Low around 30. Monday thru Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with showers in the day and snow flurries overnight. Highs in low-to-mid 40s. Lows in...
Members of the LaCrosse community gathered last weekend to replace the roof on the town’s former and soon-to-be grocery store building as contractors proceeded with inside work. “I think we’ve got a good crew, a good team assembled here to work on it,” said Tedd Nealey. Nealey is a member of the citizen LaCrosse Community Pride group which formed to bring a grocery store back to town. That area of Whitman County has been without a store since Jerry Chastain closed the LaCrosse Market in 2009. “It’s the little things. You can’t even buy an a...
Dean Kinzer, a 28-year farmer from the Ewartsville area, announced Friday his plans to run for the district two county commissioner seat currently held by Pat O’Neill in next fall’s election. Kinzer, 57, said he decided to run after last month’s decision by county commissioners to up the county’s obligation to the Hawkins project from $9.1 million to $15 million. “My understanding of county money is that it’s to be used to benefit all the people, not to be spent on risky investments,” said Kinzer. “If there’s risk being taken, it should...
An economic development survey is underway in Colton and Uniontown. Residents are asked to fill out the questionnaire they received in the mail. The surveys are put out by Uniontown Community Development Association, with the support of the towns of Colton and Uniontown and the combined school district. The surveys seek input on development and community improvement for both towns. People who complete a survey will be entered into a drawing for a $250 gift certificate from Avista. “We’re try...
County commissioners Pat O’Neill and Greg Partch voted Monday to ask the superior court to approve hiring an outside lawyer to defend the county in the civil suit filed last month to stop the county’s commitment to the Hawkins project. If approved, the move would remove Prosecutor Denis Tracy from defending the county in his normal role as county attorney. Commissioner Michael Largent voted no. “I’ve had a real tough time thinking that our prosecuting attorney can keep his personal views out of the mix of the legal side representing the cou...
A run of warm sunny days after a rough winter was relished by this little fellow Sunday in Colfax. A nice peanut from the friendly feeding box and a few rays to dry out the tail give a hint that spring is just around the corner.... Full story
