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Serving Whitman County since 1877
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COLFAX — The Whitman County Conservation Districts are hosting a joint meeting Wednesday, March 1 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds Community Building outside of Colfax. The program will feature a panel of area growers, and an overview of funding opportunities and programs from local agencies, as well as highlight each conservation district for the 2022 year. Two pesticide education credits will be available. The presentations include Washington State Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Assessment Section, J...
COLFAX — When I was hired by the Whitman County Gazette at the end of August, I didn’t know what to expect. I knew that I would be covering prep sports in the area (with the occasional Washington State story sprinkled in) and I knew that I was going to start right smack-dab at the beginning of the fall season with football, volleyball and cross country. What I didn’t know was everything else that would happen. I didn’t know that I would be able to sit front-and-center and cover one of the best high school volleyball programs in the state....
DAYTON - The Colton Wildcats girls basketball team withstood a competitive Yakama Nation Tribal Eagles team to win 46-40 and secure a 1B District 9 title and a top-seed in the upcoming WIAA 1B state basketball tournament. Colton had played Yakama Nation Tribal earlier in the season, winning 60-23 on Dec. 17. If there was any expectation that the game on Feb. 17 would be a repeat of December, those expectations were quickly erased. The Eagles started with a 6-0 advantage over the Wildcats, before...
TACOMA - Colfax's lone representative at the Feb. 17-18 Mat Wrestling Classic in Tacoma, Cooper Phillips, earned fifth-place in the boys 1B/2B 120-lb. weight class. Phillips started the tournament on Feb. 17 with a bye, instantly advancing to the quarterfinals of the first-place bracket against Cohen Hartley of Adna High School. Phillips pinned Hartley in just 40 seconds, advancing to the semifinals of the bracket against Ivan Bailey of Kalama High School. Phillips wasn't able to get the...
SPOKANE VALLEY — The Colfax girls basketball continued its undefeated season and punched its ticket to state after a 59-14 win against Liberty Bell in a 2B Girls District 6/7 Crossover game on Feb. 18. The Lady Bulldogs dominated the 2B District 7 tournament, going 3-0 in the bracket and winning by an average score of 31 points. This dominance carried against Liberty Bell. The Bulldogs jumped out to a 30-2 lead against the Mountain Lions and, by halftime, were leading 44-8. Liberty Bell broke double-digits in the third quarter, but Colfax h...
DAYTON - After both teams won their own Feb. 15 consolation bracket semifinal games by single digits, the Pomeroy Pirates beat the Oakesdale Nighthawks 51-39 on Feb. 17 in the 1B District 9 boys consolation bracket final in Dayton. As a result, Pomeroy heads to the 1B state tournament while ending Oakesdale's season. Oakesdale would begin with control of the game, breaking a 5-5 tie with 2:50 in the opening quarter off a Jackson Perry 3-pointer to take a 3-0 lead. Pomeroy would be unable to...
DAYTON - After beating Garfield-Palouse on Feb. 15 to advance to the girls 1B District 9 consolation final, the Oakesdale Nighthawks punched their ticket to state with a 30-29 win against the Sunnyside Christian Knights. Oakesdale had won its previous meeting with Sunnyside Christian 54-35, but the Knights had a game plan to isolate the Nighthawks on the defensive end, making it harder for Oakesdale to employ the fast-break offense that had won the team so many games this season. "That's what...
DAYTON - After both teams led by double-digits, the Pomeroy boys came back to beat Tekoa-Rosalia 67-60 in a 1B District 9 consolation bracket game Feb. 15 in Dayton. Pomeroy opened the game with a 10-0 advantage, leading by double-digits with 4:32 to go in the first quarter. Braxton French was able to get the Tekoa-Rosalia on the scoreboard after making one of two free throw attempts. Isaac Bone joined his teammate and made a free throw attempt to convert and and-one play and cut the Pirates' le...
DAYTON - Two familiar Whitman County foes in the Garfield-Palouse Vikings and Oakesdale Nighthawks girls basketball teams faced off on Feb. 15 to determine who would face Sunnyside Christian in the 1B District 9 consolation bracket final. The win would go to Oakesdale, who beat Garfield-Palouse 54-23 in a dominant showing. The Lady Vikings opened the game with a 4-0 advantage, keeping the Nighthawks offense to the perimeter and limiting opportunities for points from inside the paint. Oakesdale...
DAYTON - On Feb. 15, the Oakesdale Nighthawks boys basketball team beat the Yakama Nation Tribal Eagles 55-53 off a Jackson Perry buzzer-beater to advance to the Feb. 17 consolation bracket final against Pomeroy. Oakesdale held the advantage early but Yakama Nation Tribal was able to keep within reach and the Nighthawks went into the second quarter up 14-8. The Nighthawks scored seven quick points in the first 2:30 of the second quarter to go up double-digits and help the Eagles scoreless until...
PULLMAN-Governor Jay Inslee met with the Port of Whitman County, AgTech OS, and several other regional partners on Friday, Feb. 17 to learn about the Port's proposed Agriculture Advancement Campus and AgTech OS's proposed biofuels facility near pullman. The proposed project will be located next the Whispering Hills Subdivision, calling for around a 550-square-foot buffer of green space and commercially zoned land between the biodiesel plant and the homes located there. The biofuels facility will...
COLFAX—Two suspects were arrested for eluding and theft after running out of gas in an attempt to avoid being taken into custody. The two suspects, Corey Ness, 41, and Tamia Kimball, 55, both of Spokane, were taken into custody the evening of Monday, Feb. 20, for retail theft in the 2nd degree. According to a Whitman County Sheriff’s Office press release from Tuesday, Feb. 21, Monday evening deputies were advised of a theft in progress at Walmart in Pullman. The Pullman Police Department located the suspect vehicle, and attempted to stop the...
COLFAX—Former Pullman businessman Victor Hudak was sentenced the maximum sentence of life in prison with the earliest possible release after 68 months in his sentencing hearing Friday, Feb. 17 in Whitman County Superior Court. Hudak was convicted of child molestation in the first degree on Jan. 18, 2023, by a jury of Whitman County residents. In order to be released the Intermediate Sentencing Review Board will determine if he has been rehabilitated, and whether he poses an ongoing threat to the community, Senior Deputy Prosecutor Tessa S...
Colton School District Prop No.1 Replacement Educational Programs and Operation Levy Yes – 75.7% No – 24.3% Oakesdale School District Prop. 1 Replacement Educational Programs and Operation Levy Yes – 66.45% No – 33.55% Lamont School District Prop. 1 Levy Replacement Educational Programs and Operation Levy Yes – 55.56% No – 44.44% COLFAX—Three levies were passed in a special election Colton, Oakesdale, and Lamont School Districts. The Colton School District Proposition No. 1 is a replacement educational programs and operation levy to finance ed...
