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The first scheduled open public meeting of the Palouse Aquaponics Association will be Monday, March 9, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Neill Public Library’s Hecht Room in Pullman. The first meeting of the association will primarily focus on a public introduction to aquaponic technology and science, followed by a meet and greet which will feature local enthusiasts and organizations that are actively engaging in this technology. The association’s goal is to provide free information and education where anyone can gain knowledge and ask questions abo...
Whitman County commissioners will assist the Albion City Council to fill two positions. In a letter dated Feb. 24, Albion Mayor Randell L. Crowner requested the commissioners appoint two council members to fill vacant positions for the town. The council has had a quorum with three councilors, but two more are required. The positions were vacated by resignations accepted at the Sept. 23 regular council meeting, according to the letter. The positions remain unfilled. The eligibility requirements for council members are that they be residents and...
Monthly dinner crew at the United Methodist Church Feb. 26 included, from the left, Kathy Lemon, Mikki Tague, Bev Yates, Connie McBride and Anna Hernandez. For almost four years, a group of women at the United Methodist Church in Colfax has been cooking dinners once a month and serving them to the general public. They do not charge for the dinners, but guests have the option of making a donation. “It’s just fun,” said Mikki Tague, one of the cooks. Last Thursday night between nine and 10 serve...
Whitman County commissioners approved a request for a new position within the health department. Troy Henderson, health department director, said the position would be the Director of Clinical Services who will oversee nursing and medical functions within the department. Henderson said since he was hired as director in the summer of 2013, he has consolidated several positions and now has management staffing down to three. “This will provide a better layer of supervisor of nurses specifically,” he told commissioners. “We’re saving money by bein...
Garfield is workng to provide training for operation of their recently updated wastewater treatment facility. “It’s difficult to learn some of that stuff unless you have somebody there to show you how to do it,” said Mayor Ray McCown. “It’s been a headache the last couple years because it was neglected. It’ll take another six months to a year to get to fully operational. It just takes time to learn. It’s a complicated piece of equipment.” Monitoring the plant in its transition phase is David...
Whitman County plans to distribute brochures to employees about the danger of distracted driving. Commissioner Art Swannack Monday said the county has identified driving while distracted as a big problem. They found the brochure produced by the family of the late Sam Thompson of Colfax to be helpful. Thompson died in a car accident last fall near the intersection of the Albion Road and Highway 195 south of Pullman. He was believed to have been texting on a cell phone when the car he was driving collided with a semi truck. County Health...
A crane on the Heidi Renee dredges sediment from the Clearwater River. The American Construction Company, Inc., dredges on the Clearwater River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week completed maintenance dredging of problem areas of the navigation channel and two port berthing areas in the Snake and Clearwater rivers. Dredging was performed to meet a current immediate need to re-establish the channel to its authorized dimensions, 250 feet wide by 14 feet deep at minimum operating pool...
An account of an alleged pursuit of a motorcycle dirt bike through the city streets of St. John was filed in the arrest report of a 15-year-old juvenile who has been charged with attempting to elude a police vehicle. The youth has been summoned to appear in juvenile court March 5. According to the deputy’s arrest report, he observed the motorcycle entering St. John at 5:37 p.m. Feb. 22 on Highway 23 near the Loomis Street intersection. The report said after the rider saw the deputy he did a U turn which started an alleged pursuit that c...
The town of Garfield will install four security cameras after the city council voted to approve an expenditure of $2,598 at its Feb. 11 meeting. The cameras include replacement of two previous units installed at the city park. Another will go up at the town recycling facility and the fourth will be behind the city shop, where a battery charger went missing in December. The town spent $400 to replace it. “Somebody thought they needed it more than the city did,” said Garfield Mayor Ray McC...
Washington Department Fish and Wildlife Officer Doug King carries a dead bald eagle off an island in the South Fork of the Palouse River on Friday. He believes the eagle was shot about Feb. 20. A dead bald eagle was found with a gunshot wound on an island on the South Fork of the Palouse River. Game officials now are attempting to determine who shot it and why. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Officer Doug King said he received the first call about the dead eagle Feb. 20. Hikers could...
