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State begins in Yakima Friday vs. Klickitat The Colton High School softball team won the Regional 7/9 2B championship last weekend with three wins at Medical Lake. In two of the games, Colton trailed early before coming back. "We finished well," said Wildcats coach Brad Nilson. "It’s kind of hard when you spot them a bunch of points." Sophomore Winnie Schultheis and freshman Zoe Moser pitched in combination the entire three games. "One of them has a lot of spin and the other a lot of speed so t... Full story
St. John senior Michal Schuster carded an 86 for a five-stroke lead in the girls’ side of the state B golf finals Tuesday at Oakbrook, and Colfax golfers Hunter Weitze and Kasey Johnson made the first day cut. Paige Mackleit of Colfax finished in sixth in the first round with a 96, and SJE’s Sierra McCanna also made the cut with a 104. Tekoa Oakesdale’s Nicole Zimmerman posted a 123 and Kim Groom a 131, both over the cut. Weitze finished with a 84 for a three-way tie for sixth behind the 72 par medalist score of Ryan Baumgart of DeSal... Full story
With a team of four returning starters, three players who have never played high school baseball and two eighth-graders, Colton took third in state. Playing at University High School in Spokane Saturday, May 18, Colton beat Odessa-Harrington 6-5 in the morning followed by a 2-1 loss to league rival Liberty Christian to give them the third-place finish. Against the Patriots in the state semifinal game, Jordan Druffel pitched the entire seven innings, allowing seven scattered hits as Liberty...
Colfax softball players will again depart for Yakima Thursday in search of a state trophy after bagging a 2-1 record in the regional playoffs back at the Merkel complex in Spokane Saturday. The Bulldogs were bumped by Dayton 9-6 in their first game and lost their starting pitcher. Erica Eng, in the middle of the second-round game with Springdale. They managed to get back on track to win the elimination round over the Chargers and then finished with a 11-6 win over Asotin for seeding in the... Full story
Cofax girls again rolled up a pile of points Friday to take the sixth straight track title at the District 7 qualifications at Riverside. The Bulldog girls finished with 189 team points with a 83-point gap over number-two Northwest Christian. Colfax boys cooked 106 points to place third in the team standings behind NWC and Reardan. Overall, Colfax will take 22 tracksters to the state 2B finals Friday and Saturday at Eastern Washington University. Scout Cai, Colfax freshman who battled an injury during the early season, finished with four event... Full story
The first week of election filings for town councils and small district commissions ended with only one three-way race which will go on the primary ballot for Aug. l 6. The filing period ended with candidates on the ballot for all the open mayoral positions. Lone race for mayor will be at Garfield where Ray McCown and Larry Hunt have filed for mayor. Incumbent Jarrod Pfaff did not file for another term. At Rosalia, Council-woman Nan Konishi filed for the mayor’s chair which has been held by Jim Stenhouse. At Farmington, James Woomack filed u...
Raises for city employees were granted at Monday night’s Farmington City Council meeting. City Superintendent Brian Oliver’s salary was raised from $12.50 to $13 per hour while city water maintenance worker Todd Lobdell went from $300 per month to $11.67 an hour. City Clerk/Treasurer Barb Dial-Flomer’s salary was lifted from $13.50 an hour to $15.05 per hour. The first up for discussion was Oliver’s. “The mayor has nothing to say about what city employees make,” said Mayor Ron Dugan, indi...
More than 20 Colfax FFA members will put out 250 crosses this evening (Thursday) and 250 flags on Friday evening at the Colfax Cemetery as part of the Memorial Day observance. Advisor Brian Long said FFA members also will conduct a ceremony at the World War II Monument in the cemetery at 10 a.m. on Monday. The ceremony will include presentations about the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Memorial Day. Colfax senior Lindsay Webber and Craig Willson will sing during the ceremonies. Long said FFA members will take everything down on Monday...
Bill Tensfeld of Rosalia is Whitman County’s new Emergency Management Director. He will begin his new position May 31. “I’m pretty excited,” Tensfeld said Tuesday. “It’s just a change, a change to a job I have a desire to do.” Tensfeld replaces Fran Martin who is retiring next month. His monthly salary is $4,392. The county commissioners offered Tensfeld the position on May 6. Tensfeld is Rosalia Fire Chief and ran for county commissioner last year, but was defeated by Art Swannack. He has been a traffic systems safety operator for the state...
Port of Whitman County commissioners requested support from Whitman County commissioners as the port applies for a grant to repair and replace bridges in anticipation of the opening of the McCoy Grain Terminal which is expected to go into service before this year’s harvest. The port is applying for $4.7 million in federal Transportation Investment Generation Economic Recovery (TIGER) 5 funding for the P&L Shortline Railroad Rehabilitation Project. According to Debbie Snell, port properties and development manager, this is the fifth time the p...
The Washington Department of Ecology’s blueprint of a water plan outlines a strategy to decrease water temperature in the North Fork of the Palouse River. The plan is available for public review now through June 14. The plan outlines several ways to improve temperature in the river to meet Ecology’s temperature goals: • Increasing mature native streamside vegetation, including ponderosa pine, cottonwood and low growing shrubs. • Reducing the temperature of wastewater discharged from the Palouse wastewater treatment plant. • Implement...
Potential costs of maintenance, concerns of adjoining residents, and the status of state ownership were among topics discussed May 13 in an informational meeting of the proposed Colfax-Albion-Pullman trail. It would be located on the former UP railroad which has been idle since the 2006 trestle fire. Owners of property along the now-idle railroad line between Colfax and Pullman expressed their concerns about litter, emergency services and possible trespassing at the session. A sign-in sheet at...
The Uniontown Community Development Association has received its biggest grant yet for the Dahmen Barn. ArtPlace America announced Monday that the UCDA will receive $362,300 to complete the expansion of the Dahmen Barn, which will include tearing down the loafing shed and building a new one. The project to expand the center was chosen from more than 1,200 applications nationwide as an exceptional example of creative placemaking. “We’re really excited,” said Leslee Miller, manager for the Dahme... Full story
Whitman County elected officials will get more than a two percent cost of living raise next year following a recommendation by the county’s salary commission. According to Kelli Campbell, county human resources manager, the commission used a formula to determine how much the officials should get during its annual meeting last week. The salary commission increased elected officials’ salaries last year by about seven percent after denying increases for the last three years. Those raises went into effect at the start of this year. The com...
Two stained glass experts are building new stained glass windows for the LaCrosse Market to make it look like the building of the past. Jack and Mary Kiernan of Mount Carroll, Ill., drove six stained-glass windows carefully packed in a rental truck more than 2,000 miles to LaCrosse to put in the upper portion of the windows at the market. The Kiernans lived in Garfield and had a small shop in Palouse called New Morning Glass until a few years ago when they sold the business and moved to...
NOTICE OF MEETING WHITMAN COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION Notice is hereby given that the 2013 County Board of Equalization will convene at 10:45 a.m. on July 15, 2013, in the Whitman County Commissioners’ Chambers, 400 N. Main Street, Colfax, Washington, and will continue in session and adjourn from time to time for a period of not less than three (3) days, and not to exceed twenty-eight (28) days. Additional meetings will be held on August 5, 12 and 19, 2013 at 10:45 a.m. and at other times as required, to publicly examine and equalize the a...
