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In case you didn’t already know, there’s a Storm that just blew into town. Actually, two Storms. Meet Austin and Laura Storm. You might find their names quite fitting. They are full of energy, adding variety and are quite refreshing. If you haven’t met them yet, it is worth the time to go into their store and say hello. Not only will you find a store full of unique, whimsical and memorable items, but chances are, you will come out with a new friend. The Storms are the owners of one of Colfa... Full story
Sunny, blue skies greeted participants in the second annual Uniontown Chocolate Walk on Saturday, Feb. 10. The event brought in a healthy crowd of customers and diners to the various local establishments. The Dahmen Barn was abuzz with chatter and music, and nearly every table was filled during the noon hour for the lasagna lunch served from the culinary arts kitchen. Resident artist Craig Whitcomb, a painter for more than 60 years, was on hand sharing his artistic insights as well as stories fr...
An April 2 trial date was set in court for Marquise Leonard, 22, Pullman, after he pleaded not guilty in superior court Friday morning to two charges of first degree robbery involving a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm. Judge Gary Libey noted Leonard faces class A felony charges which could lead to a prison term if he is convicted. Pullman police at 6:48 p.m. Friday responded to a report on Terre View Drive. The reporting party said Leonard saw three males walking along a trail with bandanas hanging out of their pockets and decided... Full story
A copy of the John Wayne Pioneer trail map included in the Malden kiosk. The kiosk in Malden is painted colors of the Milwaukie railroad and can be seen when entering town from the east. An empty kiosk at Malden is now stocked and ready to serve travelers along the John Wayne Pioneer Trail. “We’re trying to incrementally improve this trail,” said Robert Yates, chairman of the Friends of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail. The kiosk was built and installed last fall by the John Wayne Pioneer Wagon... Full story
REAL ESTATE Anthony and Susan Hill, Portland, to Larry and Patricia Woodbury, Moscow, duplex on NE Stadium Way, Pullman, $169,000, Jan. 26. Merrill Camp for the estate of Donald and Nona Camp, to Weston and Sarah Kane, Palouse, house with acreage on Camp Road, $152,000, LaCrosse, Jan. 31. Michael Shindler to John Goyle, three parts of lots in block 12, Original town of Rosalia, each $5,000, Feb. 1. Barbara and Todd Chisum, Martinez, Calif., to James and Karen Taylor, Beaverton, Ore., six lots in block 53, Malden, $8,000, Feb. 5. Roderick Holmes... Full story
Have you carefully checked your utility bills lately? Most people don’t unless they are monsters like the ones for garbage in Scranton, PA, and Los Angeles. In Vancouver, WA, our garbage and recycling bill now has an added 3.6 percent refuse tax. It costs us $1.29 more every two months. However, according to the Wall Street Journal, in Scranton, residents started receiving a $300 annual trash collection fee which is a 68 percent increase since 2014. In LA, an assisted-living operator’s bill was less than $500 a month, but jumped to who...
History lesson Frank Watson should open his history book. He's upset that states are in rebellion against the federal prohibition. Does he disapprove of the Tenth Amendment, States' Rights? He's disturbed by the high rate of black market drug deaths, by the appearance of supervised injection sites, and the notion that drugs are trending toward legalization. (Safe Injection Sites, 2-8-18) His misguided fears cry out for a much needed history lesson. I intend to show that the elevated rate of addictions, and the elevated rate of black market...
No matter the criticisms directed his way by Republicans, Robert Mueller should count himself lucky: He's not Ken Starr. The punctilious, mild-mannered independent counsel appointed by a three-judge panel in the 1990s, Starr investigated all manner of Bill Clinton scandals, most spectacularly the Monica Lewinsky affair. As a former D.C. circuit judge and U.S. solicitor general in the first Bush administration, he had struck no one as a goose-stepping lieutenant in the sex police, or a partisan fanatic likely to be driven by sheer hatred to... Full story
I covered Capitol Hill during my CNN phase, which was quite a while ago, but to this day, I have friends who are veteran members of Congress and, more importantly, members of the House and Senate intelligence committees. These are Washington "friends," which is to say that when I'm reporting on them, they're often adversaries. In return, they don't give me any sort of favored treatment, particularly those on the two intelligence committees. Any conversation about the super-classified material they routinely see as they conduct their oversight...
Governor Jay Inslee is pushing for a carbon tax in the state. His proposal is intended to raise $3.3 billion over four years. This would significantly increase costs to consumers. Electricity rates could increase 4 to 5 percent, natural gas could increase 9 to 11 percent and gasoline might jump as much as 9 percent. The carbon tax, it is said, would cut greenhouse emissions and put Washington in the lead for fighting climate change. In the first years of the tax, however, the new revenues would not go to mitigating climate change. The bulk...
Chewelah has been granted approval by the state WIAA to compete in the 2B division next year. Addition of Chewelah has been anticipated by NE 2B League officials for the last couple of years. According to the Feb. 8 Chewelah Independent, Chewelah’s enrollment for the first six high school grades has dropped to 202 students. After the WIAA’s 2016 classification cycle the school had been listed with 216 students. Chewelah has been competing as an A division school in the NE league with long-standing rivalries against neighbors like Deer Park and...
These reports are from the previous four issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated. PILLERS LONE CORONER APPLICANT Annie Pillers of Palouse, chief deputy coroner, was the lone applicant for appointment to the county coroner position which is being vacated by the retirement of Coroner Peter Martin of Tekoa. Pillers was nominated by the Republican Central Committee Saturday. The nomination will be forwarded to the county... Full story
Coaches Dennis Gransbery of Colfax and Cliff Knauff of Garfield/Palouse were nominated at Saturday’s regional tournament in Reardan to compete for B division state coach of the year honors at this week’s state Mat Classic in Tacoma. They headed one of 17 teams which competed at Reardan Saturday. Gransbery is now in his eighth season of coaching the Colfax grapplers. He coached at Pullman for nine years before heading the Bulldogs.... Full story
St. George’s boys dropped Colfax 70-54 Tuesday in the semi-final round of the NE tournament at West Valley. The Dragons posted an early lead over the Bulldogs and kept building it for most of the game. St. George’s remained undefeated at 22-0. They will play Liberty in Saturday’s NE title round, and they figure to arrive at the state show with one of the the top billings for the big trophy campaign. Liberty edged the LRS Broncos in the other semi game to get the entry into Saturday’s NE title match against the Dragons. Colfax boys now face a...
It is Colton and Pomeroy again in the District Nine championship game, the two teams who were separated by a point the last time they played, 49-48, and who played a memorable fight a year ago in the title game. Last year at Colfax, Pomeroy 2017 graduate Kacey Halbert pushed her team to push Colton but the Wildcats held them off to win the championship. Pomeroy then dropped to the second-place game and lost to Oakesdale, ending their season. The Wildcats went on to play at state and lost a...
Gar/Pal's Caden Sanderson, Blake Jones, Austin Jones and Tanner Anderson surround Oakesdale's Evan Henning in the Vikings' win at Oakesdale Feb. 10. The regular season gets you into the district tournament then disappears. No. 2 seed Oakesdale is gone, their season over after two losses in the District Nine bracket leaving Pomeroy and Garfield/Palouse to tip-off Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Walla Walla Community College to decide the championship. Four years ago, the same two teams met in the...
Nine wrestlers qualified for the state Mat Classic and three won titles Saturday at the regional tournament in Reardan. The state final will be Friday and Saturday at the Tacoma Dome. First-place finishers for Colfax were Kolby Sisk at 106, Nolan Burrill at 113 and Dane Hall at 170. Sisk took the title with a third-round pin over Cory Perryman of Reardan. Burrill placed first with a 13-7 decision over Sammy Marina of Northwest Christian. Hall took the title in the 170 class with a pin over Seth...
Colfax girls scratched out a four-point win over St. Georges’s Tuesday night in the semi-final round of the NE league tournament at West Valley. The win advances the Bulldogs to Saturday’s title game when the Bulldogs will face the Davenport Gorillas, top qualifier on the north side of the NE. The Gorillas defeated Liberty 46-39 on Tuesday in the NE’s other semi-final. In addition to the title game ticket, Tuesday’s win carries a guarantee that Colfax will be in the state 2B tournament because the title game will award tickets to both entrant...
Whitman County Rural Library District Restoration of the regular property levy rate to $0.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation for collection in 2019 for library services. Yes 2,455, 74.10% No 858, 25.90% LaCrosse School District Levy in the amount of $614,000 at an estimated rate of $3.93 per $1,000 of assessed valuation for collection in 2019-2022 for replacement educational programs and operation. Yes 133, 66.17% No 68, 33.83% Tekoa School District Levy in the amount of $127,000 at an estimated rate of $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation... Full story
Top: Jennings Elementary first and fourth-grade students play an organized game at morning recess Monday. Since last fall, the number of kids sent to the office for behavior issues on the playground dropped 77 percent. Bottom: Third-grader Asher Warwick takes a seat in his office as Principal for a Day. He won the honor by first receiving a “PAWS” card handed out by staff to reward standards of good behavior. A new program started at Jennings Elementary School and partly at Colfax High Sch...
The lease the Port of Whitman signed with the Army Corp of Engineers for the Boyer Park and Marina site is for 25 years, extending to November of 2044. Last week’s Gazette incorrectly reported the lease was for only 20 years....
The advance care planning workshop this Saturday being put on by Whitman Hospital and Medical Center, Whitman Medical Clinic and Friends of Hospice has changed venues. The workshop will be held at the Courtyard in Colfax 9 to 11 a.m. It is free and open to the public.... Full story
Loren G. Maxey, 33, Moscow, was formally charged Feb. 8 with money laundering, first degree theft and forgery, crimes which allegedly took place while he was employed at Zeppoz Casino in Pullman. According a report by State Gambling Commission agents, Maxey was arrested Saturday night when he arrived for work at Zeppoz. The report said agents had already obtained a warrant for his arrest in the event he did not show up for work and they had to go to his residence in Moscow. The report said Maxey was questioned after his arrest and admitted... Full story
The Steptoe Battle occurred 160 years ago and for the past decade Diane Nebel has been trying to compile a list of all those who fought in it. “It’s been a long process,” said Nebel who lives in Rosalia and is a former member of the Rosalia Historical Commission. Nebel’s search began in 2008 as a joint effort with her late husband, Jim. The Nebels worked to help put together the interpretative panels at the Steptoe Battle monument. “I still have an interest in updating things for the battlefield...
The new Fit Farm location features a stretching area in the former bank vault. The Fit Farm is back in Oakesdale. After closing Oct. 1 last fall after 12 years in business at the white, former International dealership at the north edge of town, the center re-opened Jan. 26 in the INB Bank building on Steptoe Avenue. The bank closed its inside operations Dec. 1 – after operating one day per week for four hours – and continues its ATM function outside the door of what is now Fit Farm. Owned by...
