Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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Forty years ago, Dick Dowd, an elementary teacher and runner, thought St. John needed a local race. It was tied in with the town’s annual community fair and stock show, and they called it the Hog Jog. That same event has perpetuated over the years and endured. “It’s been a real, I think, testimony to the community spirit,” said Dick Behrens, St. John/Endicott High School track coach and Hog Jog coordinator. Behrens credited many people with keeping the event running through the decades. Lydia S...
PHS EDIBLES CASE PART II Kyle Zakarison, 19, Pullman, was sentenced to 90 days in jail with all but 10 days suspended Friday morning in Superior Court after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of possession of marijuana. Zakarison was the other defendant charged in connection with the case that started May 19 last year when Pullman High School officials reported a possible drug transaction had occurred at the school. The case involved a bag of marijuana edibles which had been delivered to the school in a grocery bag and was later confiscated. B... Full story
Officers take down two “gunmen” during a hostage situation scenario Thursday at the Whitman County Courthouse as part of a three-part active shooter training. The two “gunmen” portrayed by Sherrif’s Deputy Jim Pelissier and Corrections Office Dana Meserve, were back to cause trouble in the Superior Court room where Pelissier “shot” a murder trial defendant. Officers responded, below, as a KLEW camera recorded. Shots were fired in the Whitman County courtroom Thursday. The judge and court staff b...
