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Whitman County Commissioners approved Monday two emergency declarations, the first for the jail building which houses the coroner’s office and information technology after a problem with sewage backup. The second was for incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county in proximity to streams and rivers in a response to last week’s flooding. “Kind of an L-shape―across the top and right side of the county,” said Brandon Kruger, operations manager for the county’s roads and bridges maintenance...
The St. John Community Fair rolls out next week, gearing up as early as Tuesday for an event which is treated by many as the warm-up for the Spokane Junior Stock Show. In addition to the sights and tastes at the fairground Thursday through Sunday, on Saturday there will be the 41st Hog Jog with starting pistol sounding at 8:30 a.m. and parade at noon. The cowboy church service will be Sunday at 9 a.m. with Pig Putt Golf Scramble at the St. John golf course at 10. The cook shack will be serving up traditional fair food of burgers and fries...
The North Fork of the Palouse River is back to normal levels this week after a surge at Palouse April 9-10. The water crested at noon Wednesday, April 10, with the Lions Club Park near the car wash submerged along with much of Hayton Greene Park – the corner grass and trees area along the riverbank at the west edge of town. Afterwards, the water went down four feet in one day. “I need to go to church twice this Sunday, to say thank you,” said Michael Echanove, Palouse mayor. The United State...
Whitman County commissioners Monday approved an extension of .09 funds to the Palouse Empire Fair, a total of $100,000 for additional over-excavation work at the fairgrounds on the new grandstand project. Workers have determined that a more extensive foundation is needed than expected, with deeper and wider footing for the new grandstand’s 53 piers. The change came after the initial $1.4 million estimate for the grandstand was made without soil test results available. “It’s not a surprise,” said Bill Tensfeld, fair director. “We figured it was...
The Old Time Farming Days will return to Mockonema across from the Palouse Empire Fairground this Saturday and Sunday, April 20 and 21. Teams of draft horses and mules will be hitched to harrows, plows, seeders and fertilizer spreaders to sow the 15 acre plot five miles west of Colfax to barley. The event is open to the public, free for all to catch a glimpse of farm work in days of yore and better understand the true meaning of “horsepower.” This is the second of three stops for the vintage plowing circuit in the area. In Pomeroy earlier thi...
With spring in the air, it is time to start thinking about what seeds are going in the ground. To encourage those with green thumbs of all shades, a new garden club has sprouted and the dormant seed bank project is blooming once more. Malden library hosted the first meeting of a new garden club April 9. Seeds were shown and shared and those in attendance talked about future projects. “It was a nice start,” said Vanessa Place, Malden librarian. One of the club members is a long-time resident wit...
How does an ice skater spin? What is friction and how does it work? What is the difference between regular ice and dry ice? LaCrosse fifth through eighth graders now have a better understanding of the answers to those questions after a visit to the Palouse Ice Rink in Moscow for a Science on Ice field trip. "We had a grand time," said Leanne Bafus, LaCrosse fifth grade teacher. Bafus has been wanting to take students on the science trip for years. She finally signed up through the ice rink's...
Blue ribbons were tied in front of the courthouse Monday morning in tribute for Cowlitz County Deputy Justin DeRosier who was fatally shot while on duty Saturday night. DeRosier, 29, a 2012 WSU graduate, served three years with the Whitman County Sheriff's office as a reserve deputy and deputy before going to the Cowlitz County Sheriff's office in 2016. DeRosier was shot after 10 p.m. Saturday when he responded to a report of an RV blocking a roadway in the Kalama area. The deputy was taken to...
Jeremy D. West, 45, Troy, Idaho, was booked into jail here at 9:33 a.m. Monday on a probable charge of first-degree theft. West was the clerk at the Bud Hut marijuana store on the Moscow-Pullman Highway who reported he had been robbed the previous Monday morning. He reported a man wearing a mask and carrying a pistol came in to the shop around opening time last Monday morning and demanded cash. West was brought to jail here from Latah County where he was held on an arrest warrant. He had been arrested at his home in Troy, Idaho. He waived...
The officer will become the actor again. Terry Snead of the Palouse Police Department will leave his position for the 10th year next week to go to Roanoke Island, North Carolina, to act in summer stock theater. A full-time officer in Palouse (which also serves Garfield) since last November, after the departure of Joe Handley, Snead filled in from his reserve role and now leaves as new officer Leighton Cox steps in. Snead's last day is Sunday. Originally from Atlanta, a broadcast journalism...
Colfax boys topped 170 points Tuesday to edge Asotin in a nine-team meet that turned out to be the season opener for the Schmuck Park track. Oakesdale girls scored 149 points to edge Asotin by over 27 points which brought 10 schools to the Colfax track in still-cold running conditions. The Colfax boys posted the home win after placing 10th in the giant Nike-Van Kuren meet Saturday which was hosted by Cheney on the Spokane Falls Community College track. Colfax bagged 16 points. The super meet...
Colfax softball players finished off a 2-1 run for the week with a 10-2 win on the road Tuesday at Pomeroy. The win over the Pirates follows a split last Friday against league foe Liberty on the WSU rec field on Valley Road in Pullman. Tuesday, Colfax freshman Jorja Koerner pitched a three-hitter in going the distance against the Pirates. She allowed just three hits, walked two batters and struck out six. After posting a 1-1 tie in the first inning, Colfax exploded for five runs in the second...
Playing Tuesday night against Touchet at Asotin (because of field conditions), the Garfield/Palouse baseball team won 15-5 to put their record at 4-1 for the season. At bat, junior Blake Jones went 3-for-4 with a home run for Gar/Pal and five RBIs. Riley Pedersen, a senior, was 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs. On the mound, the Vikings’ Ely Hawkins pitched the first two innings followed by freshman Kane Weiker, making his high school pitching debut. Weiker posted four strikeouts, allowed f...
After being rained out of a league double with Liberty Saturday, Colfax baseball player rolled out a 10-0 shutout Tuesday in a non-league round at Pullman. The Bulldogs stacked 13 hits against the Pirates while a cluster of Colfax pitchers held the hosts to just four hits in the shutout. Coach Scott Parrish essentially ran down the Colfax battery to keep arms in turn for the tough league double the Bulldogs will face with Asotin. Nate Akesson, Kelan Becker, Blake Bodey, Isaiah Buri, and Layne...
Colfax senior Bennett Gray carded a 77 to win medalist honors Tuesday in a district round on the Chewelah course. Augie Allenbach of Colfax and Kristoff Pankey of Davenport finished two strokes back of Gray to share runner-up honors. Gray’s 77 was five-over for the par 72 course at Chewelah. Cassidi Shindler tied for third place on the girls side with a 114. The golfers are scheduled to play a Quail Ridge in Clarkston today and at Deer Park Monday....
The Colton softball team swept a doubleheader Monday at home against Potlatch to total four games played in the 2019 season. The date was April 11. Spring break has already happened. Prom has already happened. The team has gotten in three practices outside this year. “In my 20 years, this is the worst I’ve ever had,” said veteran Colton coach Brad Nilson. The Wildcats, 3-1 now with a loss to league rival Pomeroy (which has played seven games) met Potlatch and won a blowout and a tight game...
A self-defense class in a style popularized by the Israeli military will be taught April 27 at the First Baptist Church in Colfax with a class for men and women each. “I’m excited. I think it will be fun,” said Tammy Lewis, co-coordinator for the event with Kristina Willson. According to Lewis, the church always tries to host a spring event for the women of the congregation. This year they decided to do something different and bring in an instructor for a self-defense class. As it was discussed, the idea drew more attention with men also expre...
The April 9 heavy rainfall turned out to be a test for the new street drain system which was installed last summer on Cedar Street. Public Works Director Matt Hammer said the new surface drain system worked well to get the surface runoff water from the streets into the North Fork of the Palouse River. During the heavy runoff, the 9th Street drain into the North Fork of the Palouse River had to be shut because river water flow reached a height where the river threatened to back flow into the North Flat. Hammer said the city had one pump working...
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. JAZZ BAND SECOND AT CBC Colfax High School jazz band placed second Saturday at the Columbia Basin College Jazz Festival in Pasco. They competed among seven bands in their division. A Hanford band topped the division. The jazz band last night played its competition set, "There Will Never Be Ano...
Despite the calendar, tax season is not over. Bernie Sanders has released his returns. Much to his embarrassment and the embarrassment of some of his supporters, he is a millionaire. He has spent much of his career railing against millionaires. President Donald Trump, on the other hand, steadfastly refuses to release his tax returns. An official request from Representative Richard Neal, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, has been blunted, and the Internal Revenue Service so far has been holding fast against releasing them. Neal wants...
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President Donald Trump obviously loves playing whack-a-mole. You know, like the amusement-park game where once a thingy is knocked back into a hole, another one pops up somewhere nearby. Trump is a political whack-a-mole wizard. Just as his carnival roadies tamp down one of his outrageous controversies, another one explodes. Did he go too far, though, with his guacamole whack-a-mole? To review the past few moves in his never-be-bored game: Just as Donald Trump was taking a totally premature victory lap after special counsel Robert Mueller, for...