Articles from the February 4, 2010 edition
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Washing motor causes alarm
A Colfax fire crew was called out to a report of smoke in an apartment building in the S. 1000 block of Mill Street Jan. 29. The smoke came from a washing machine in the laundry room of the apartment. The motor apparently overheated in the washing...
Overdue crime bills: $133,041
An order extending judgment for another 10 years was added in each of the 41 files of criminal defendants who have not paid off fines or fees as required by the court. State law allows the court to extend judgments beyond 10 years when payments...
County cuts cord on two roads
Pazen Road and part of Klemgard Road now belong to their neighboring landowners after Whitman County commissioners officially abandoned them in a unanimous vote Monday. Commissioners delayed a vote on the Campbell and Mac Hatley roads Monday to...
Teacher’s iPod said stolen
A 16-year-old Palouse student has been summoned to appear in juvenile court Feb. 18 on a charge of taking a teacher’s iPod at the school. The arrest report filed by Palouse Officer Joe Merry said the suspect was seen taking the iPod by another...
Flawed ballots spur second Colfax mailing
Harold Herman of Colfax displays the two replacement ballots he received from the county auditor’s office. Voters in the Colfax School District last week received new ballots for the school’s levy request after the county auditor’s office...
Palouse: Brownsfield site carries tax debt
Over 20 years, a now-defunct fertilizer company in Palouse has racked up a $22,811 legacy owed on back-taxes for a plot of land polluted by that company. That plot of land is the brownsfield site, which the city of Palouse and the department of...
County faces audit deadline...again
The clock is ticking at Whitman County’s finance department. State auditors returned their 2008 financial statement last month to county officials because it improperly accounted for capital and depreciation costs of county-owned assets. In some...
For the birds - Oakesdale couple uses home as shelter for injured birds
Cherie Zehm jokes with her rescued cockatoo, Tut. Zehm has worked to teach Tut to trust again, as he has had a rough past. Fifteen birds are loose in Cherie Zehm’s living room and not a single one is quiet. Bird droppings streak the carpet, the... Full story
Legals - Feb. 4, 2010
NOTICE OF CALL FOR BIDS Bid for One (1) Articulated Crane and Auger System for Sign Truck WHITMAN COUNTY STATE OF WASHINGTON Sealed bids will be received on the following proposal by the Board of County Commissioners of Whitman County, State of...