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  • DOE rates $8.3 million in Whitman County water project proposals

    Feb 15, 2018

    A Washington Department of Ecology draft has scheduled $8,345,743 for Whitman County water quality projects in towns and a conservation district for fiscal year 2019. The proposed funding is contingent on the Washington state capital budget and federal budgets. DOE is inviting comments on the draft list until Feb. 19. Projects on the list could begin as soon as July 1 if funding has been secured. Topping the state fiscal year 2019 draft water quality funding list and intended use plan is the town of Rosalia to improve the wastewater collection...

  • Levies: All passing strong except for one

    Jana Mathia, Gazette Reporter|Feb 15, 2018

    Wes Claassen shakes hands with Supt. Jerry Pugh after reading the initial approval of the Colfax school’s bond. Handshakes, high-fives and broad smiles were passed around by three men at a table in the Whitman County Elections office Tuesday night. “Wow,” said Wes Claassen, chairman for Citizens for Quality Schools which had taken the lead rallying support for the Colfax $18.9 million school bond levy. The reactions came after finding the bond had received 72.9 precent approval in the first...

  • Beer goggles on

    Feb 15, 2018

    Margo Wekenman of Palouse takes in the sold-out sixth annual Cabin Fever Brewfest Saturday, Feb. 10. The indoor-outdoor event ran from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., raising money for the Palouse Community Center....