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Fujiyama Japanese Steak House and Bar will open in Pullman next week on April 20. Extensive renovations have been completed on the building which once housed Denny’s Restaurant. The grand opening for Pullman's newest restaurant has been set for next week. Fujiyama Japanese Steak House and Bar is set to open Thursday, April 20. The restaurant will open at the site of the former Denny's restaurant, which closed suddenly in August of 2013. The building sat vacant for three years before it was p... Full story
The matter of Tekoa's proposed work at the community center and Empire Theatre took a turn this week with an anonymous mailing and plans solidified to adjust the billing of water and sewer rates for the theater. A flyer sent to box holders at the Tekoa Post Office April 12 called for residents to “save your money and let the City pay your bill this month just like they have been doing for the Association for years.” The “Association” is believed to be a reference to Friends of the Empire...
The Palouse Empire Threshing Bee Association will circle the wagons and break out the harnesses this weekend for the annual Old Time Farming Days Plowing Bee at the Palouse Empire Fairground five miles west of Colfax on Highway 26. Teams of horses and mules will take charge of powering the equipment to plow, plant and fertilize the 15 acre Mockonema field April 15 and 16. The event is open and free to the public. A no-host lunch will be available, catered by Jenny Meyer from Endicott Food Center....
Like manna from heaven, Easter eggs will be sprouting from the dewy grass this weekend, filled with goodies for children throughout the county. Following is a list of egg hunts scheduled for Saturday, April 15. Colfax, 8 a.m. at Rosauers. Endicott, 10 a.m. Trinity Lutheran Church. St. John, 10 a.m. St. John Park. Rosalia, 8-11 a.m. breakfast with Easter bunny at Methodist Church, egg hunt at school at 12 p.m. Pullman, 10 a.m. Kruegel Park....
An open house introduction to Whitman County Library’s seed library will be Tuesday, April 18, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The concept calls for residents to borrow seeds from the library, plant gardens, harvest the crops and then return some of the harvested seeds to the library for use the following growing season. The seed library welcomes and shares a variety of seeds that are organic certified, open pollinated, or heirloom seeds. This ensures that the library is doing its best to provide seed that is high quality and can produce a plant t... Full story
MARRIAGE LICENSES Derek Arthur Brown, 36, and Lindsey Lee Kimble, 32, both Pullman, April 6. Jesse Lee Hewes, 34, and Megan Rebecca Hammer, 25, both Pullman, April 7. REAL ESTATE SALES Hayley Chouinard, Pullman, to Jex and Amy Biorn, house on SW Ryan Court, Pullman, $510,000, March 29. Town of St. John to Benjamin and Nancy Compton, Albany, Ore., former Food Mart building, St. John, $24,000, March 30. Sharon Ledbetter, Nancy Huber, and Steven Hoveskelund, Clarkston, to R2 Farms LLC, Washtucna, three ag land segments in Hoffman Road area west... Full story
Trumpism is in crisis. This isn't a function of poll numbers, or any melodrama of the past months, but something more fundamental: No officeholder in Washington seems to understand President Donald Trump's populism or have a cogent theory of how to effect it in practice, including the president himself. House Speaker Paul Ryan isn't a populist and doesn't want to be a populist. He has spent his adult life committed to a traditional limited-government agenda. He crafted his own platform during the campaign, the so-called Better Way agenda, to di... Full story
Apologist I have managed to keep my blood pressure in check without upping the dosage while reading the opinions of your recently added columnist, Frank Watson. But it has not been easy. This latest one, “We Have Lost the Spirit of Compromise,” almost pushed me over the edge. Where was he with this observation when Congress, including our very own congresswoman, promised to do nothing for eight years? Frank seems an apologist for the person a friend of mine refers to as “The Orange One.” I don’t understand how anyone can support someone f... Full story
American entrepreneurs’ ability to invent, create and bring products and services to market makes our nation great. Their success generates the tax revenue which fund our schools and puts people to work. Many “big businesses” started in the imaginations of immigrants who came to our country – a place of boundless possibilities. America is a land where your station in life doesn’t matter and where hard work, innovation and perseverance are the keys to success. The story of M&Ms is a good example. Today, the Mars Company is a global giant mar...
April Fools' Day has come and gone, but on the first of the month, I kept marveling at how -- starting even before he ran, continuing through his campaign and certainly since Inauguration Day -- Donald Trump has played us for a fool. Successfully, I might add. After all, we elected him, or enough of us did. Millions of people were and are attracted to his message of hate and ignorance -- that, combined with justified anger at the establishment. Even though millions more did not vote for him, he and his operators finessed a Democratic candidate...
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. FOUR COUNCIL POSITIONS OPEN Four seats on the Colfax City Council will be up for election in 2017, a year for elections for positions in junior taxing districts and city and town councils. Filing for the office by mail will begin May 1, and in-person and online filing will be the week of May 15-19, according to Debbie Hooper, elections...
Mary Dye, 9th Legislative District representative, has protested the cutbacks in funding for fairs in the state. Reportedly, the threatened budget cuts at the expense of county fairs is not new. The cuts seem more symbolic than financially important. Out of the entire state budget of billions of dollars, the fairs have only been getting $4 million. Mark Schoesler, state senator for the 9th District, blames house Democrats. County fairs are important to rural communities. They provide entertainment, opportunities for education, local...
Colfax golfers Tuesday topped the team scores with a 424 in a meet Tuesday at the Colville course. Northwest Christian placed second with a 452, and Wilbur Creston placed third with a 469. Augie Allenbach led Colfax with a 73 for second place behind medalist Palmer Guhlke of Davenport. Chance Weitz placed fourth at 78 in a tie with Dawson Strobel of Tekoa/Rosalia. Bennett Gray tied for sixth with an 81. A.J. Miller finished with an 88 to tie for ninth. Scores for the Colfax girls were McKenna Davis 82, Sarah Pugh 105 and Cassidi Shindler 106.... Full story
Kaitlyn Cornish of Colfax rolls in the 100-sprint in front of eventual winner Rachel Schell of LRS. Lauryn Rawls of Oakesdale is next to Schell. Rawls placed fourth. For more pictures, see Weekly Pages: April 13 Colfax and Oakesdale girls battled for points Tuesday in an all-B combo meet at Colfax. The Bulldogs took the point win with 105 points, just 5.5 ahead of the Panthers. Asotin's girls finished just behind the Nighthawks with 95 points. The Panthers lost some of their normal point...
Colfax softball players took two wins Monday at Asotin and two last last Thursday at Davenport to move their NE league record to 6-0 with another league pair booked against the Broncos at Ritzville Friday. The Bulldogs bagged the string of four league wins after being hammered 20-5 by Colton Wednesday, April 5, on the Colfax turf. Monday at Asotin Colfax dropped the Panthers 8-5 in the first game and 13-9 in the second game. In the first game, Abbie Miller allowed the Panthers just five hits and walked just two batters. Colfax pegged a 3-0...
Seth Thompson led Garfield/Palouse with three hits in a non-league loss at Potlatch Tuesday. The Loggers' Dylan Andrews hit a two-run single in the fifth inning to push their lead to 7-2. Potlatch pitcher Dakota Hadaller struck out six Vikings batters....
With a 14-3 win over Waitsburg Tuesday night, the Colton softball team is now 6-2 (1-1 league), following a split doubleheader against Orofino April 7. At home against Waitsburg, freshman Lydia Smith went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs while Emily Schultheis was 2-for-3 with four RBIs. Emma Schultheis pitched the five-inning game, allowing two walks and two hits with six strikeouts. Against Orofino, Emily Schultheis pitched game one, going all seven innings in a 6-3 loss. On the mound, Schultheis allowed seven hits and nine walks with...
Colfax baseball players Monday logged two big wins at Asotin to post a 4-0 run mark against teams on the south side of the NE league. The Bulldogs had strong pitching performances from starters Danny Robinson and Parker Huber. Coach Mike Parrish noted the Bulldogs were wary of Asotin which consistently turns out top baseball teams. The Panthers hosted Colfax after running a 7-2 mark, a lot more games than Colfax has managed to play during the rainout spring. "We knew we had to take these two games if we were going to have a chance to finish in... Full story
The Port of Whitman County at its meeting last week made a decision to transfer fund entitlements to the City of Deer Park for its airport taxiway project. The total amount transferred equalled $1,173. The entitlement funds come from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and are not actual money the Port has on hand. Each year, airports are entitled to a certain amount of funds from the FAA, which can be saved for up to four years before they expire. “It's just money sitting on the FAA books that would otherwise be expired,” said Deb...
A public comment period for proposed street work in Oakesdale has led to a change in curbing on the southeast side of First Street. The curb will be an edgeless rolled sidewalk to make it easier for cars and parking maneuverability. Bids are due April 13 at 3 p.m. for work to start right after school gets out. The public comment period closed Feb. 24 for input on a permit application for work at Pearl Street, McCoy Street and First Street. The work would include reconstruction of sections of the three streets near Oakesdale schools, reducing...
Garfield/Palouse High School weight room in Palouse is now open to the public. After being moved to the former ag shop building last year, the weight room – in a separate building – opened to the public two weeks ago after a local effort brought in an $8,000 grant from the Empire Health Foundation. "We've seen a need for a place in Palouse to utilize, for exercise, especially for the geriatric population,” said Holli Parrish, a Palouse resident and physical therapist at Summit Therapy. She now teaches a twice-per week class at the Palou...
A Pullman developer has proposed converting the former Pullman Building Supply space into a permanent food truck hall along with an arcade space and bar. The developer is also seeking to lease a pump house building on the site for use as an outdoor seating area. A Pullman developer is proposing to breath new life into the former Pullman Building Supply quonset hut on Grand Avenue in Pullman. The developer is proposing a permanent food truck hall with a bar, arcade and event space. Plans call...
The Palouse Habitat for Humanity will host its ninth annual “Beans 'n' Jeans!” fundraiser Saturday. The event will be at the Schweitzer Engineer Laboratories event center. Tickets are still available and cost $40 for individuals, or tables can be reserved for $400 each. The event will include a barbecue dinner from CD's Smokepit as well as live music and silent, live and dessert auctions. Prizes will also be given away. All proceeds will benefit the Palouse Habitat for Humanity to build homes on the Palouse. “Beans 'n' Jeans!” is slated...
Whitman County Public Works accepted a bid two weeks ago for a road stabilization product for this spring's work, the third-year of the program which aims to improve high traffic stretches of gravel road. The county received four bids for the magnesium chloride and chose to go with Envirotech Services of Spokane Valley at $36,000 for 47,787 gallons, or $3,000 per mile. The material will be spread in May on sections of four roads; a 1.7 mile stretch of Hilty Road east of Colfax, three miles of Brayton Road north of Pullman, two miles of Country... Full story
Northwest Collegiate Road Race Cycling Championships will be in Troy on Saturday, a new location after the culvert washout between Colfax and Palouse caused a change in plans. The annual event is the culmination of the northwest college cycling season, with 15 teams expected from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia. Traditionally held in and around Palouse with riders gathering at Hayton Greene Park, the race was moved because of last month's culvert washout and subsequent...