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SPOKANE -In a loser-out matchup, Waterville-Mansfield defeated Colton 50-26 in the 2B Girls State Basketball Tournament at the Spokane Arena, Friday, March 3. With the win, Waterville-Mansfield plays Oakesdale for fourth place at 8 a.m. Saturday, March 4. The first quarter featured long range bombs as the teams combined for 10 3-point shots. Kyndra Stout converted three for the Wildcats and Jimena and Jasmine Garcia combined for five for the Shockers. Waterville-Mansfield led after one quarter...
SPOKANE -Colton had no answer for Zalissa Finley, who was an absolute beast for Inchelium in the 1B Girls State basketball Tournament at the Arena Thursday, March 2. She scored 26 points to lead her team to a 66-52 win over the Wildcats. With the loss, Colton plays in a loser out game against Waterville-Mansfield at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 3. The first half was a back-and-forth affair and was tied at 26 apiece, with two minutes remaining. Kyndra Stout led the Wildcats with 11 first half...
SPOKANE -After falling to Warden in last year's Girls 2B State Basketball Tournament championship game, No.1 Colfax returned to the Spokane Arena seeking redemption. In the title game, Colfax defeated No. 2 Okanogan 59-52, Saturday, March 4. Colfax ended its championship season with a perfect 28-0 record. On paper, the game was a toss-up as the Colfax Bulldogs and Okanogan Bulldogs combined for a 52-1 record. Okanogan's only blemish on the season occurred in a loss to 1A Cashmere on Jan. 28....
WASHTUCNA-A regional landfill in the works for more than three decades is about to break ground. Waste Management announced last Friday, March 3, that it hopes to break ground on a 550-acre landfill later this month; a time and day have yet to be announced. Company Senior Manager of Business Development Ken Gimpel said the project has been on the drawing board since the late-1980s. "It has been sitting dormant until about the last year-and-a-half or so, until we decided it's time to develop,"...
COLFAX – On Tuesday, March 7, Whitman County Deputies took an individual into custody on charges of prescription fraud. A press release from Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers states that the case started a day earlier when a local pharmacy called to report an incident in which someone called in a prescription for a narcotic, using a Spokane area physician's name and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) number. Since the narcotic was called in and was from an out of area physician, the pharmacist called to verify the validity of the p...
PULLMAN—The Washington State Patrol (WSP) will be conducting emphasis patrols starting March 9 through March 19, 2023, as Washington State University (WSU) students head out for Spring Break. There will be an increased WSP presence on state routes 26 and 195, as well as Interstate 90 through Snoqualmie Pass. The WSP patrols encouraged motorists to pay attention to speed limits, and weather conditions, in a press release from Monday, March 6. Due to winter weather being a possibility the WSP states that students traveling across the state should...
PULLMAN — Pullman firefighters were called to the Kenwood Square Apartments, at 1225 NW Nye Street, around 2:30 p.m., for a report of smoke pouring out of a second-floor apartment. Fire investigators determined that the fire, partially destroying an apartment, was caused by a lithium-ion battery that was being charged for a remote-control car while the resident was away, according to a press release written by Pullman Fire Department, Public Information Officer, Glenn Johnson. The release states that Lieutenant Brian Parrish said he could see s...
PULLMAN – The Port of Whitman County held a special meeting to discuss AgTech OS proposed Biodiesel plant on Southwest Old Wawawai Road, on Wednesday, March 4, at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Event Center. The event, which was by RSVP, had speakers from AgTech OS and partners to discuss concerns the public might have about the proposed plan. A letter from President and Chief Technology Officer, Edmund Schweitzer, was passed out to those in attendance in opposition to the construction of the proposed agriculture advancement campus. The l...