Articles from the March 9, 2023 edition
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Legal Notices
PUBLIC NOTICE The Whitman County Water Conservancy Board is changing their meeting time from 4th Wednesday to 4th Monday of the first month of each quarter from 10 a.m. to noon in Room 2B of Public Service Building, Colfax, WA. The next meeting will...
Donald Wayne (Don) Ping
Donald Wayne (Don) Ping died on February 23, 2023, in Pullman, Wash., at the age of 97. He spent most of his life living in Lacrosse, Wash., with his wife of more than 70 years, Marie. His spirit now...
Nora Mae Keifer-Olfs
Former Whitman County Commissioner Nora Mae Keifer-Olfs died February 23 at the age of 89 in Spokane at Faith Adult Family Home after a brief illness. The youngest of seven children, she was born...
By Introduced bill elevates drug possession crimes
OLYMPIA — A bill making its way through the Legislature would make possession of fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine a gross misdemeanor. Senate Bill 5536 passed the Senate by a 28-21 vote Friday night. The bill is designed in response...
Healthy Tekoa Coalition hosts family carnival
TEKOA— HEALTHY Tekoa Coalition will be hosting it’s Family Masquerade Carnival Saturday, March 18, from 1 to 3 p.m at the Tekoa High School. HEALTHY Tekoa Coalition is a volunteer prevention organization established to promote healthy choices in...
Rosalia news
ROSALIA — On Sunday March 19th, Dr. Nona Hengen will be a guest speaker at the Rosalia Community Church at the 10 AM service. Dr. Hengen is from Spangle, WA and is a well known local artist, author and historian. She is a realistic western artist...
Senior menus
Colfax Thursday, March 9 Cook’s choice Monday, March 13 Homemade mac and cheese with ham, mixed vegetables, apple slices, apple enchilada dessert Endicott Tuesday, March 14 Baked potato bar, salad bar, broccoli, roll, fruit, dessert Palouse...
Births
Pullman Regional Hospital Isaac Weyerts, a boy, was born Feb. 28, 2023 to parent Rachel Weyerts, of Pullman. He weighed 7 pounds. Hayden Matthew Markwalter, a boy, was born Feb. 27, 2023 to parents Chloe and PJ Markwalter, of Lewiston. He weighed 8...
UWCC Imagination Library
PULLMAN - The United Way of Whitman County (UWCC) began gifting books to Whitman County children from birth to age five through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in March 2022. In the last year over...
Good Ol' Days
125 Years Ago From the Colfax Gazette, Friday, March 11, 1898 BACK FROM COLLEGE Two Young Men Making Doctors of Themselves Will Brand and Ed. Maquire returned to Colfax from St. Joseph, Mo., Sunday....
Patients should have a right to know
Do patients have a right to know if an insurance plan is going to force them to use a mail-order pharmacy or the insurance-owned mail order system during open enrollment? Do patients have a right to chose who they receive medical and pharmaceutical...
LOL at outlandish hair-colored people
Who would have ever imagined that a fashion would prevail whereby women would purposely choose to look “not pretty?” I am past 80, no longer pretty and right in style. I just wish the green, purple and orange-haired people would add a big red...
Greenhouse gases raise Earth temp
We all need to understand climate science. Climate fundamentals are simple: Sunshine warms the Earth, and the Earth radiates heat back into space as infrared. Earth’s temperature results from how much radiant heat gets trapped by greenhouse gases...
Contact your legislator
If you are a State employee in Whitman County, please contact the State Health Care Authority and your legislators about the new requirement from Kaiser Insurance, with approval from PEBB, restricting us to using only Kaiser pharmacies. This policy...
Sacrifices of Medal of Honor Recipients Should Refocus America
Earlier this month when President Biden fastened the Congressional Medal of Honor (Medal) around retired U.S. Army Col. Paris Davis’ neck, it was a welcome pause to the endless venomous rhetoric, po...
Land Transactions
Terry and Natalie Davis, of Pullman, Wash., sold 530 NW Aspen Court, Pullman, Wash., to Ryan and Megan Foster, of Yakima, Wash., parcel 1-1152-00-00-10-0000, selling price, $575,000, Statutory Warranty Deed, Jan. 18, 2023. Bryan Jerome Medutis, of...
Sheriff's log
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Feb. 28 to March. 5: Feb. 28 3:39 a.m.- N. Madison St., Tekoa. Suspicious circumstance. 7:45 a.m.- W. Fairview St., Colfax. Transportation detail. 8:54 a.m.- N. Mi...
District Court Filings
COLFAX — Whitman County District Court reported the following criminal conviction sentences from Feb 28 to March 8: Feb. 28 • Ronald E. Davis, was found guilty of theft in the 3rd degree. Therefore, the court authorizes a deferred sentence for...
Kager wins Bi-State title
LEWISTON, Idaho - A Tekoa-Rosalia wrestler won a Bi-State championship title Saturday competing at Lewiston High School. Dominick Kager, a seventh-grader at Tekoa Middle School, pinned his way...
Oakesdale Nighthawks take home fourth place trophy
SPOKANE -Oakesdale saved its best for last on the final day of the 1B Girls State Basketball Tournament. The Nighthawks routed Waterville-Mansfield 55-28 to earn a fourth-place finish at the Spokane...
Oakesdale splits two games to begin state tournament
SPOKANE -Jessie Reed was the difference as Oakesdale defeated Wellpinit 46-41 in the 1B Girls State basketball Tournament at the Arena, Wednesday, March 1. The teams traded baskets in a first half...
Washington predicting larger salmon runs
PASCO — Fishermen can expect more Coho, Chinook and sockeye salmon to return to the Columbia River and its tributaries this season. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s forecast is based on environmental indicators such as ocean...
