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It was shocking to read that a scant number of small businesses are taking advantage of federal tax credits designed to make health insurance more affordable. According to the Business Journals Washington (D.C.) bureau, only 181,000 small businesses claimed the Small Employer Health Insurance Tax Credit in 2014 based on Government Accountability Office (GAO) data. That’s only a fraction of the 1.4 million to 4 million small businesses that were estimated to be eligible. In 2010, that credit was a key selling point for President Obama, Senate M...
Students at the University of Michigan called police the other day -- because someone had written Donald Trump's name in chalk. No arrests were made. The episode is part of a nationwide trend of Trump supporters writing pro-Trump messages on sidewalks, stairs and other surfaces at college campuses, where fainting fits are sure to ensue. When they could get no relief from law enforcement, the University of Michigan students took it upon themselves to erase the offending messages -- including "Trump 2016," "Build the Wall" and "Stop Islam" --...
Now that Donald Trump has decided to occasionally tell the truth, he might want to reconsider. It's gotten him in all kinds of trouble. The subject of abortion really twisted him in knots, first with a not-to-be-deflected Chris Matthews on MSNBC, who persisted in asking Trump whether his calls to make abortion illegal meant that the person who got one should be penalized. Trump's reluctant acknowledgement that he believes she should receive "some sort of punishment" sent the political world, to say nothing of the social-media universe, into a...
Hanging on the wall at the Gazette office is a 1919 copy of the Gazette. A one-inch story on the bottom of the front page reported that old postal rates were back in effect. First class letters would again be two cents, and post cards would again be one cent. “Gone is the three cent stamp,” declared the story. That was 97 years ago. This week, current postal rates have dropped. Reportedly, it is the first decrease since 1919. First class stamps are now 47 cents, down from 49 cents. Some other rates have also been rolled back. Int...
These reports are from the previous four issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated. UTILITY BILL QUESTIONNAIRES A one-page questionnaire which was sent out last week with the city’s utility bills has been questioned by some residents. The questionnaire went to all of the city’s utility customers which total approximately 1,200 residents. Among information sought on the questionnaire was a listing of social security numbers and...
Colton senior Zoe Moser was named Washington State 1B girls Player of the Year after leading the Wildcats to their eighth-straight state championship in March. Area athletes earning state honorable mention include boys' players Matt Holbrook, senior guard from Garfield/Palouse, and Chase Burnham of Liberty. Rachel Bozlee, the Northeast MVP from Northwest Christian was named for was named for an honorable mention in for 2B girls....
Players convene around Vikings coach Jim Stewart at Colton April 1. The team is set to play next on Saturday for an 11 a.m. doubleheader at Endicott. Garfield/Palouse and their 11-man roster is off to an 0-4 start to the baseball season, dropping doubleheaders to Liberty Christian and Colton. Reconvening this week after spring break, the Vikings were set to play at Asotin for a doubleheader Wednesday. The 2016 squad started with two seniors lost for the season before it began. Quentin Neumann...
Colton junior Brady Chadwick in action against Garfield/Palouse April 1. The Wildcats play Saturday at Pasco in a doubleheader against Liberty Christian. The Colton baseball team took a spring break business trip to Moses Lake and made it look like leisure. Playing 2B Waterville for a doubleheader, the Wildcats won 15-1 and 21-1. In the first game, Carter Dahmen threw three innings, allowing two hits with eight strikeouts. Freshman Brady Stout followed in relief and threw two perfect innings – n...
Senior Ashtyn Aune tags the plate in the last inning battle with the Broncos Saturday in the first game at Ritzville. Cheyanne Stokes raps a double for Colfax in the first game at Ritzville Saturday. Bulldog softball players posted two big wins over previously undefeated Mary Walker at Springdale Tuesday. The Bulldogs took the first game 14-8 and the second game 14-7. They totaled 19 hits for the day. The wins move the Bulldogs' record to 6-3 in the NE league race. Senior pitcher Sarah Appel...
A three-hour game, six and two-thirds innings from Tyler Anderson and nine errors for the St. John/ Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles added up to a 21-17 victory at Dayton Tuesday. Anderson gave up just four earned runs on the day, with four strikeouts, before Terrell Webb came in to get the last out, throwing five pitches. “It was a great all-around game,” said Eagles coach Kyle Schultheis. “We continued to put runs on the board every inning. It was good for our pitcher to feel the support.” Anderson led the team at bat as well, going 3-for-4 with a...
Colfax tracksters won both the girls and boys sides of an 11-team meet at Ritzville when competition resumed Tuesday after spring break. The Bulldog girls rolled out 154.5 points for a gap of more than 43 over second-place Wilbur/Creston which finished at 111. The Bulldog boys stacked 143 points for a 52-point margin over the host Broncos who finished with 91. Colfax girls stacked several points with first-place finishes, and the Bulldog boys took their win with solid finishes in most of the events for the day. Scout Cai again posted wins in...
Senior Keith Gfeller pitched the win for the Bulldogs Saturday in the first game at Ritzville. Colfax baseball players put down a barrage of hits Tuesday at Springdale for two more big wins to remain undefeated in the NE League race. After taking the opener 12-6, the Bulldogs capped the day with a 22-0 blast in the second game with Dustyn Hall and Cal Gregory teaming to throwing a no-hitter at the Chargers. Bulldog batters rolled out 16 hits in the first game and 17 in the second game. The sweep...
Rep. Mary Dye, with Port Commissioner Tom Kammerzell at her right, stands to the right of Gov. Jay Inslee with several representatives as Inslee signs HB 2807. The bill designates portions of Highways 128 and 193 at the Port of Wilma as heavy haul corridors. Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 2807, which provides for a heavy haul route along the Snake River across from Clarkston, March 25, Port of Whitman Commissioner Tom Kammerzell told the Port board at its meeting April 7. The bill was unanimo...
LaCrosse has three new residents, and with them, new café operators. William “Ty” and Kristl Tyler arrived in LaCrosse April 3 with their daughter Leah and are now in the process of re-opening the café on Main Street which has sat vacant for more than a year. “We are so excited!” Kristl told the Gazette. “We're still unpacking, but we're very, very excited.” The Route 26 Café closed in LaCrosse in March of 2015 after opening Sept. 10, 2014. Proprietor Barbara Curtiss stepped down due to health issues. LaCrosse Community Pride, owners of the...
A proposal by Carbon Washington, a group aiming to bring a carbon tax to the state, is headed to the November ballot, and Ninth District legislators, all Republicans, say they do not support the initiative. Sen. Mark Schoesler of Ritzville, and Reps. Mary Dye of Pomeroy and Joe Schmick of Colfax, all said the proposed measure, Initiative 732, leads to winners and losers. "I think it's a very poorly drafted initiative," Schoesler said. "You create winners, which means you have to create losers." The measure is meant to impose a carbon emission...
The City of Palouse is soliciting letters of interest to fill council position two which was left vancant by the unexpected death of Councilman Bo Ossinger. This is a council-appointed position and will remain open until filled. The Palouse city council meets the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. Applicants must live within the city limits of Palouse and be registered to vote in the city. Letters of interest should be sent to Palouse City Hall, Box 248, 120 E. Main Street, Palouse, 99161....
The public is invited to attend Pullman's Arbor Day celebration today, Thursday, at 1:30 p.m. at Reaney Park in Pullman. Mayor Glenn Johnson will be on hand to plant the Arbor Day Tree. He will plant the tree along with Pullman Parks and Recreation preschool students. The first 50 people in attendance will receive a tree seedling which can be planted. According to a press release for the event, in case of inclement weather the celebration will be moved indoors to the Pioneer Center located at 240 SE Dexter Street....
The Sciborgs Drive Team in action in Portland: Aaron Su, Riley Kopp, Cameron Dearien and Tristan Call. The multi-high school Palouse robotics F.I.R.S.T. Team 4061 is headed to St. Louis. The Sciborgs, competing in Portland last weekend among 64 teams in the Pacific Northwest Championship, were knocked out in the quarterfinals. Nonetheless, their showing qualified them for the world championships in St. Louis April 27-30. Out of 158 teams in Washington, Oregon and Alaska, the top 64 met in...
The 18th Ride Around Washington will stop in Palouse for two nights in August. The annual bike ride, put on by Cascade Bike Club of Seattle, will start in Walla Walla July 31. The 437-mile route will end in Metalline Falls Aug. 5. “It’s not exactly a straight shot,” said Stacey Nakagawa, event producer. “We make it very scenic.” For this year’s ride, participants will spend two nights in Palouse at Hayton Greene Park with a rest day Aug. 2. An optional ride that day will go to the top of Steptoe Butte. Cascade Bike Club expects 250 participant...
Food distribution site at Rosalia has been changed to the Baptist Church. Distribution dates will be April 21, 6 to 8 p.m., and April 27, 9 to 11 a.m. Last week’s Gazette listed the prior site for Rosalia....
The City of Palouse has a new, focused directive after a meeting April 5 with representatives of the Department of Ecology (DOE) and town engineers Varela & Associates. The gathering at city hall was also attended by Mayor Michael Echanove and a committee he appointed to navigate the new permit requirements for the Palouse wastewater treatment plant – regarding effluents discharged into the Palouse River. Last week’s meeting followed a brainstorming session in February. Representatives of Var...
A bald eagle surveys the surounding Glenwood area from its nest....
The Port of Whitman County Thursday, April 7, approved $250,000 in funding to go toward the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (PMRA) runway realignment project. The 2-0 vote was logged after Port Commissioner Tom Kammerzell recused himself before the discussion on funding began. Port Commissioners Dan Boone of Pullman and John Love of Garfield approved the funding. The Port agreed to assist the airport with $125,000 in 2017 and the same amount in 2018, subject to the final approval of the commission during each year’s budget process. Port E...
LaCrosse artist Sara Yates is currently painting her third mural in LaCrosse. This one will be a train mural which will also include six historical postcards of structures in LaCrosse. LaCrosse is getting another mural. Local artist Sara Yates is painting her third mural in less than a year. The mural, a train scene, is being painted on the side of a building owned by Mayor Randy Camp, which is across the street from the post office on Main Street. “There’s a lot more to go,” Yates said, point...
Voters in Rosalia and the Rosalia area will be the only voters involved in the April 26 special election, with voters deciding a street proposal and voters in the park and recreation district deciding the annual special levy for the pool and parks. Voters in Rosalia and Whitman County Rural Fire District 7 will also be asked to endorse a proposal to merge. Ballots were sent to voters Friday, April 8. On Tuesday, April 12, Fire Chief Bill Tensfeld reported the ballot measure regarding the fire district merger was incorrect. “The ballots were s...
