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Eastern Washington public meetings on setting salmon fishing seasons will be March 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Walla Walla Community College's main lecture hall in Clarkston and March 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Benton Public Utility District (PUD) building, 2721 W. 10th Ave., in Kennewick. Both meetings will include discussion of and public comment on the 2015 Columbia and Snake rivers and tributaries fishery management objectives and preliminary options for spring, summer and fall sport fisheries. Over the next several weeks, state and tribal...
The Garfield-Palouse softball team picked up a win over Troy last week as the season got underway. Troy put together 12 runs on three hits but a two-RBI double from the Vikings’ Lindsey Lindgren in the final inning decided the game. The young Vikings’ pitchers hit or walked 15 batters. In the fifth inning, Troy’s Jolee Carr hit a grand slam to put her team up 12-6. The Garfield-Palouse team responded with four runs in the bottom of the fifth and added three more in the sixth. Lindgren went 3-for-4 to lead the team with five RBIs. Lindg... Full story
Back row, left to right: Parker Perry, Honorable Mention, Oakesdale; Brian McGreevy, Cole Mayfield, Tyson Fieder, all Pomeroy; Tyler Thurman, Matt Holbrook, both Garfield-Palouse; Austin Meyer, Colton; Colter McKeown, Touchet; Cameron Godwin, Liberty Christian. Front row, left to right: Caleb Hudson, Honorable Mention, St. John-Endicott; Grant Kinzer, Honorable Mention, Colton; Chris Kelly, Liberty Christian, Carter Dahmen, Colton; Cade Snyder, Pomeroy; Mitch Jamison, Hunter Woltering, both...
Five seniors at the hoop banquet head table Monday were Mark Webber, Kasey Johnson, Brent Becker, Hunter Weitze and Jeff Davies. Special award winners at the Bulldog banquet Monday night, from the left, are Mark Webber, most inspirational; Kasey Johnson, most valuable player; Kent Lyman, most improved, and Dustyn Hall, Mr. Bulldog. The first three awards are determined by a team vote. The final chapter of the Bulldog boys basketball season was marked Monday night with five seniors at the head ta...
All league teams for the NE league boys were named on the last day of the district tournament at Reardan. Second team players in front, from the left, are Chandler Carr, Springdale; Cody Peplinski, St. George’s; Asher Cox, Northwest Christian; Nick Densley, Wilbur/Creston; Felix Tsai , St. George’s; David Olds, Northwest Christian, and Colton Magers, Wilbur/Creston. In back, from the left, are Mike Thacker, Liberty, coach of the year; first team players Austin Zeller, Davenport; Brandon Reuben,... Full story
Starting his sixth year as Head Coach for Colfax softball, Terry Eng has seven seniors on the roster and expects make a strong run this year. The Bulldog finished with a 16-8 record last year and ended with a 1-2 run at state. One task will be replacing starters at the corners after graduation of Scoops Hahn, third base, and Kasey Cloaninger, first base. Senior returnees include Erica Eng, pitcher; Kori Goodwin, second base; Amara Huber, shortstop; Andra Hamilton, centerfield; Brittany Lewis, catcher and outfield; Kindra Kneale, first, and Jole...
Freshman Chance Weitze Monday booked a four-under 39 to lead an entry of 10 boys in the high school golf opener at the Colfax golf course Monday. Alicia Johnson of Wilbur/Creston led the girls side of the competition with a 42. McKenna Davis of Colfax shot a 47. Top scorers for the Tekoa/Rosalia team were booked by Dawson Strobel with a 43 and Michaela Tee with a 64. Zach Williams of St. John/Endicott carded a 55, and Carson Odegaard topped the Wilbur/Creston boys with a 44....
Freshman Chance Weitze Monday booked a four-under 39 to lead an entry of 10 boys in the high school golf opener at the Colfax golf course Monday. Alicia Johnson of Wilbur/Creston led the girls side of the competition with a 42. McKenna Davis of Colfax shot a 47. Top scorers for the Tekoa/Rosalia team were booked by Dawson Strobel with a 43 and Michaela Tee with a 64. Zach Williams of St. John/Endicott carded a 55, and Carson Odegaard topped the Wilbur/Creston boys with a 44....
Carroll College, Helena, Mont., released the names of students on its 2014 fall semester Dean’s List. To be included on the dean’s list, a student must receive a 3.5 grade-point average or better for the semester and take at least 12 credits. The following students were named to the 2014 fall semester dean’s list: Courtenay Perry, Oakesdale; Shannon Carrothers and Stacey Carrothers, Rosalia; Elisabeth Younce, Pullman. Carroll College is a private, Catholic, liberal arts and pre-professional college in Montana’s capital city of Helena. For thr...
Whitman County Public Works Director Mark Storey told county commissioners Monday morning that the department is eligible for an additional $180,000 state Coordinated Prevention Grant through the Department of Ecology. These grants usually pay for recycling activities. With the additional money, Storey said the department will purchase a new rolloff truck to exchange containers at recycle sites in small towns around the county. He said the county will provide about $50,000 matching funds and will be required to use the grant by the end of...
Whitman County commissioners received a notification of an application for a marijuana extraction operation now before the state Liquor Control Board. The notice states Interstate 502, now located on the Airport Road at Pullman, plans to undertake extractions of marijuana requiring the use of a professional grade closed loop extraction system. The company indicated in their operating plan that they intend to extract marijuana using a hydrocarbon process. In accordance with the law, the notice states “professional closed loop systems, other e... Full story
County commissioners Monday discussed the Government Finance Officers Association’s report during their Monday morning workshop. In its final report, GFOA representatives recommended the county develop a project team that would identify roles and responsibilities that are not clear at this time. The report follows a three-month special study of the county’s financial management system after state auditors declined to issue a report on the county’s 2012 books. Commissioner Michael Largent moved to acknowledge and accept the Project Team recom...
During their regular session Monday, Whitman County Commissioners approved an upcoming hearing regarding a zone change for 2.3 acres in Steptoe. Raymond and Connie Oneal of Lapwai seek to open a Versatile tractor agricultural equipment dealership and shop on a plot east of Highway 195 along Scholz Road in an area east of the former Wheel Inn Restaurant. “We’re a Versatile dealer territory from Spokane to Grangeville,” said Raymond Oneal, indicating their hopes to put a dealership on the Palouse and one on the Camas Prairie in Idaho. The Palou... Full story
A barn and old farm machinery stand in the sunshine on a bright, warm spring day. They are on Glenwood Road near Palouse.... Full story
It was originally intended as a short film. But the subject matter of two boys from Lind and the annual Combine Demolition Derby pulled them in. “Dryland,” a 61-minute documentary by Sue Arbuthnot and Richard Wilhelm, will be presented at a free screening in LaCrosse March 26. It’s the latest stop in which the husband-and-wife team has shown the film around the northwest after its premiere last year at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Mont. “We call it our ‘Grass Routes’ s...
This is an artist’s sketch of the proposed skate park in Palouse. Plans for part of the proposed Palouse Skate Park to feature an area that can be used as an amphitheater have drawn some resistance after a final design was widely seen before a fundraiser last week. During the promotion for the March 11 silent auction event – which raised an estimated $8,000 for the skate park – local residents Nick and Nancy Whitesell saw a flyer online which showed the amphitheater feature of the design. “The...
Whitman Conser-vation District Board member Jan Turney from Hay informed the board she did not want to serve another term. She read a letter to the board at their March 12 meeting in the district office in Colfax. Turney was appointed to office and her present term expires in May. She said her life was “too full,” and that something had to give and unfortunately that had to be the conservation district board. A board member for the last six years, she thanked the board for allowing her to be a member and for their patience. Turney served as...
Installation of a support beam began Tuesday as repair work advanced on the Highway 26 bridge at Colfax. The beam was placed on special support brackets which were attached to the main structure of the bridge last week. The sidewalk on the downstream side of the bridge was sagging because its separate support structure was failing. Crews this week worked to bring the sidewalk and concrete railing back to its level mode on top of the beam. Traffic had been diverted around the bridge by flagging...
LaCrosse Community Pride’s committees reported on March 4 the community is moving forward with activities, according to member Lois Startin. Mayor Randy Camp reported that the city project for the new water/sewer plant went out to bid this week. According to LaCrosse City Clerk Angela Broeckel, the city water project is being paid for with a drinking water state revolving fund that is half loan and half grant. Total project cost is $1,530,700. The project includes six hydrants, 112 service connections and 13,306 linear feet of water main and 30... Full story
Whitman County commissioners Monday morning appointed two new Albion City Council members. The action was required at the county level because Albion was unable to fill the two seats, which have been vacant since Sept. 23 of last year, within 90 days. Karsten Erickson and Crystle Morgan were appointed. In a Feb. 24 letter, Albion Mayor Randell L. Crowner asked the commissioners to appoint two people to fill the vacant council positions. The council has been meeting with just three members. “It’s a small town and everybody’s busy,” Crowner...
Oakesdale School District will seek approval of a special levy April 28 for what Superintendent Jake Dingman described as major facilities repairs. The $600,000 levy – spread evenly over three years – would act as an addition to the district’s current maintenance and operations levy. The proposed work would be in the realm of electrical, plumbing and energy efficiency. “These are things we need to address,” said Dingman, indicating that if the levy passes, the district’s board would sit down wi... Full story
Wayne Bergey Colfax Arby’s will cease operation after Friday, but proprietor Wayne Bergey said his aim will be to change to some type of food service business in the near future. Bergey said the decision evolved from the expiration of his 15-year franchise agreement with Arby’s which is based in Atlanta, Ga. The company has requested changes and expansion to the Colfax building, and Bergey said he feels the Colfax market could better support making the change to another type of food ser...
