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Colfax golfers posted a 434 team score for another team win Tuesday in a match at the par 71 course at Stoneridge in Blanchard, Idaho. They had a 47-stroke margin over the number-two finisher, Wilbur/Creston. Augie Allenbach finished first overall with a three -over 74 and Chance Weitze was second at 75. Other scores for the Bulldogs were Bennett Gray 82, Lorenzo Torlai 94, Will Dunning and Chayne Aeschliman each 109. McKenna Davis placed third on girls side with an 88 and Cassidi Shindler carded at 109. Next stop will be Monday at Deer Park... Full story
With a sweep over Pomeroy April 28, the Colton softball team took the no. 1 seed from the Southeast 1B league/District Nine for the postseason. Now they wait to find out who they open the playoffs against May 12 in Medical Lake, where they will meet the no. 4 seed from District 7. Wildcats sweep Pomeroy Colton went to Pomeroy last Saturday, winning 10-2 and 8-4. In a tight first game through five innings, the Wildcats led 2-1 in the sixth when they exploded for nine runs to take the win. Abby Kelly went 3-for-4 to lead at the plate while...
The postseason arrives next week in 1B baseball as Colton, the no. 1 seed from the Southeast 1B league/District Nine, will play Odessa, the no. 2 team from District Seven, at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at Northwest Christian in Colbert. Garfield/Palouse, the no. 3 team from the Southeast 1B, will play the same day at 11:30 a.m. vs. the yet-to-be-determined No. 4 seed from District 7, also at Northwest Christian. Pomeroy took the Southeast 1B’s no. 2 seed. Colton splits with Pirates Playing at P...
Gavin Merritt holds onto the lead and took first in the 1600 and 3200. Oakesdale girls placed second with 72 points in the big Undeberg Invitational meet at Ritzville Saturday. Colfax girls placed seventh with 35 points behind the 172 win also booked by Lakeside. Colfax boys placed sixth with 34 points behind the 110 -point win also posted by Lakeside. Lone win for the Bulldogs came in the girls 4x200 relay with Kaitlyn Cornish, Piper Cai, Carmen Gfeller and Josie Riebold cooking a 1:24, just...
A motion to revitalize slow pitch softball during the fall was approved by the WIAA executive board at its April 22 meeting. League action could start next fall and a state tournament would be the following year. Slow pitch had been sanctioned by the WIAA, but it was dropped in the 1990s when interest dropped and a state tournament was discontinued. Greater Spokane League and Columbia Basin Big 9 now offer softball. The Spring softball season in the NE League is fast pitch softball, which allows the pitcher to wind up with an arm rotation...
St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse shortstop Glory Dickerson and Steven Campbell hold off a Touchet runner Saturday, April 28, in a 14-3 loss at Endicott. Colfax baseball players dropped Wilbur-Creston 15-2 in five innings Tuesday at McDonald Park in the first round of the district playoffs. The win advances the Bulldogs to the second district round Monday when they will mix it up with the other three finalists. The Wildcats posted two runs in the top of the first inning, and had a 2-1 lead on the...
Carmen Gfeller hands off to Piper Cai for Colfax in the last lap in the girls 4 X 400 relay Tuesday at the NE meet. Northwest Christian boys rolled up 237 points, and the Asotin girls stacked 329 Tuesday when the 12 NE league teams converged in the Colfax track from the district meet. Colfax boys placed third with 184 points, and Tekoa/Rosalia placed ninth with 57.5. Colfax was led by senior Ben Ahmann who took both hurdle races. Carson Cloaninger took a win in the pole vault by clearing 11 feet...
Grants prioritized for diesel engine fleets in areas facing air quality challenges. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the availability of grant funding to modernize local diesel fleets by retrofitting or replacing vehicles with cleaner, more efficient diesel engines. EPA anticipates awarding approximately $40 million nationwide in Diesel Emission Reduction Program (DERA) grant funding to eligible applicants, subject to the availability of funds. “These grants will incentivize improvements to aging diesel fleets and i...
A bill introduced by Cathy McMorris-Rodgers to maintain the 2014 Biological Opinion passed the House April 25. The BiOp, which was compiled and approved during the Obama administration, is a collaborative agreement on how to manage the river system to protect fish and support clean, renewable energy. “Dams and fish can coexist, and after more than two decades in the courtroom, let’s let scientists, not judges, manage our river system and get to work to further improve fish recovery eff...
Top: Dennis Gransberry and son Braxden at national wrestling tournament. Dennis Gransbery, Colfax High School wresting coach, placed third in the Greco tournament in his age division at the Masters National Wrestling tournament last week. The tournament was last Tuesday and Wednesday at the South Point in Las Vegas. He wrestled in the 44-51 age division. Gransbery placed third with a win in the first period on his final match. This was the first time he has competed at the masters since 2009...
Alex McGregor speaks on the importance of rural roots. Supporting youth at the Junior Livestock Show of Spokane and recognizing the impact the show has made on area youth was the focus of an open house at the The McGregor Company last Thursday. “We’re giving kids the skills they can really carry for the rest of their lives,” said Lisa Baser, second vice president of the show executive board of directors. While appetizers and drinks were served, a slide show of past junior show parti...
After discussions with students, teachers, coaches, maintenance staff and administrators over the past three weeks, Colfax School District architect Ned Warnick took in more input from the public Monday night as plans move ahead for construction at school facilities in the next two years. The timeline is, as of now, for the school board to consider a set of educational specifications (what will be done to classrooms) May 23 followed by first schematic designs from Warnick and Design West in... Full story
With all the changes and new faces at Boyer Park and Marina, it is uncertain whether the park will have a fireworks display for the Fourth of July this year. “It’s always been the concessionaires call,” said Debbie Snell, Port of Whitman properties and development manager. The port does not provide support for the fireworks. Evon Maag, the new Boyer manager, has been busy taking reservations, getting the new store set up and making the change to KOA. In past years, concessionaires had the whole year to set up and grow a fireworks fund; Maag...
A derailment April 20 stopped this northbound Washington & Idaho train on the grade above the North Fork of Palouse River. Crews were still at work Wednesday clearing the cars from the site which has no road access. Wheels under the grain hopper cars went off the rails at the front of the train which was pulled by two engines. Crews from Washington & Idaho Railway are now working to clear a train which was stopped by a derailment on the tracks north of Palouse Friday, April 20. The train was...
A drug arrest in Colfax early April 21 included a new element: Dust Off. Jolene R. Boyd, 38, Clarkston, was booked into the county jail here at 3 a.m. Saturday on probable charges of possession of methamphetamine and hydrocodone. She was also detained on a warrant from Asotin County. Deputy Michael Jordan's arrest report said he stopped the car on Highway 195 near the intersection at Poplar Street in south Colfax because of inconsistency in the license. Boyd was a passenger in the car. Jordan also detected a smell which was later determined to... Full story
An 11-year-old Colfax boy was arrested and taken to Martin Hall detention center by Colfax Police April 25. Chief Rick McNannay said the youngster was arrested for an alleged assault of another boy April 23 at Hamilton Park. He said they learned April 25 that the boy had also threatened a youngster with a shooting. The chief noted the prosecutor’s office and juvenile department are asking police departments to follow through with arrests in juvenile cases involving violence and threats....
Hunters have through May 23 to apply for special hunting permits for fall deer, elk, mountain goat, moose, bighorn sheep and turkey seasons in Washington. Permit winners will be selected through a random drawing conducted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in June. Special permits qualify hunters to hunt at times and places beyond those authorized by a general hunting license. To apply for a special permit for deer or elk, hunters must purchase an application and hunting license for those species and submit the application with t...
Dax Taylor, chief organizer of the Weedstock event at Union Flat Creek, in a Facebook post April 24 said he was seeking help in obtaining an attorney to sue the Whitman County Sheriff’s office. Taylor’s post alleges deputies parked at each end of the road and as a result cost the event $1,000s. He stated he did not plan to tolerate the alleged actions. Taylor’s post alleged everything was tried to get the event stopped and when opponents were unable to stop it they used what he said was “dirty tactics.” “From day one multiple groups in W...
Montana-based First Interstate Bank has entered a definitive agreement with Inland Northwest Bank which has branches in Colfax, Oakesdale and Rosalia. “We try to make it as less disruptive as possible,” said Kevin Riley, First Interstate CEO. The merger is expected to conclude by the end of the year. Riley noted the INB name would not change locally until late 2018 or early 2019. No branch closures are planned at this time. As First Interstate is a larger company with more than 120 banking off...
More than 50 residents packed the Palouse City Council chambers April 24 to hear the council turn down a preliminary proposal to annex land south of Fairview Road to build nine triplexes. The land, east of town off North River Road on the hill toward Potlatch, is zoned as R1-residential. Parametrix, an engineering, planning and environmental sciences firm in Pullman, submitted a request for the city to annex the land from the county – which would allow access to water and sewer – and for a non... Full story
For 36 years, Kerry Schanzenbach has operated the Department of Licensing Vehicle and Vessel sub-agency in Rosalia and for 33 of those years, Dixie Burnham has been the one to greet and help customers. Both are set to retire from the state agency July 31, and that started the process for seeking a replacement through the state competitive bid process. “Dixie and Kerry have been phenomenal. We’re going to miss them greatly,” said Eunice Coker, Whitman County auditor who oversees the licensing in... Full story
Brennen Gonzalez, 13, St. John, passes the lines to Anker Evans during the St. John community fair parade. Gonzalez had been driving his family’s Percheron team all morning before the hand off. Evans, Auburn, is a driver and friends with Brennen’s father, Guy who is wearing the white hat, standing behind the seat. Brennen began driving when he was 7 years old and only passed the lines because he was getting tired and wanted Evans to have a turn, according to his mother, Carie. Janet Leifer pho... Full story
Dog judge Julie Bishop observes as showman Dakota Cook makes his dog stay for the required three minutes. At left, a duck makes its mark. Below, young kids check out the petting cages. Customers stream away from the Colton FFA plant sale with their items. Below, Colton junior Addison Kinzer shows her horse, Cutter, to a group of pre-schoolers and kindergartners. Chicken showing gets underway early in the ag shop building. Kate Schultheis oversees Alexis Alred and Hagen Tippet, looking to the...
