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8 years ago The Commoner May 31, 1895 Rumors of a change in the line of the O. R. & N., between here and Spokane, in order to avoid the Alto hill at which so many accidents have occurred, are current. A Dayton dispatch says: “It is thought possible that the Oregon Railway & Navigation company will this year build an extension of its line from Dayton to Delaney station, and thence to Starbuck. By this arrangement Alto hill, one of the severest grades on the line from Portland to Spokane, will be avoided. It will also place Dayton on the main l...
Tracy Kent Shaffer (age 63) of Valleyford (Spokane) Wash., unexpectedly passed away of pneumonia Sunday, May 17, 2020, at Sacred Heart Medical Center. He entered into this world on December 21, 1956, in Sunnyside, Wash., as the son of the late Gary W. Shaffer and Darlene M. Bailey. Above all, Tracy was a kind and gentle man who loved the Lord and his family. He had a brilliant mind, a kind spirit, and was an amazing woodworking craftsman and artist. He loved viewing the heavens with his...
Floyd Alfred Morasch passed away from this life on May 20, 2020, at 97 years old. He was born January 21, 1923, on the family farm in Endicott, Wash., the seventh of 12 children born to Adam V. and Mary Elizabeth (Gerlitz) Morasch. He attended schools in Endicott and graduated in 1942. He worked on the family farm and met a young lady from St. John named Joyce Schreiber. They courted and were married on November 12, 1950, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Endicott. Together they farmed in the St....
Daniel Ernest Helt passed away peacefully on May 20, 2020, after a courageous battle with brain cancer. He was born in Colfax, Washington on February 13, 1944, to Ernest and Helen Mae (Weitz) Helt. Dan was a graduate of Endicott High School in 1962 and received a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Eastern Washington University in 1966. Dan served his country in the Army during the Vietnam era for two years in Berlin as the commander's jeep driver. He was excited when Bob Hope came to Berlin to...
William “Bill” E. Curtis, 84, rancher, passed on to greener pastures and faster horses on Saturday, May 16th. He was born in Colfax, Washington on December 26, 1935, and was the third son of E. J. “Ed” and Ruth Curtis. He graduated from Colfax High School in 1954 and went on to serve two years in the Army stationed in Germany from 1954-56. After his return from duty, he married his high school sweetheart, Karen Miller, on November 11th, 1956. They lived on the Curtis family ranch in Elberto...
Port of Whitman County, Debbie Snell, 302 N Mill St Colfax, WA 99111, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Flightline Drive Realignment and Drainage Project, is located at the Port of Whitman Business Air Center in Colfax in Whitman County. This project involves 3.6 acres of soil disturbance for Commercial construction activities. The receiving waterbody is Rebel Flat Creek. Any persons desiring to present their views...
1. ANATOMY: What is a more common name for the medical condition called desquamation? 2. TELEVISION: Who uttered the catchphrase "you rang?" in the sitcom "The Addams Family"? 3. GAMES: How many dominoes are in a standard set? 4. GEOGRAPHY: In which city is the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia located? 5. MOVIES: Actress Meryl Streep won her first Academy Award for which movie? 6. LITERATURE: What kind of creature was Bagheera in "The Jungle Book"? 7. FOOD & DRINK: What is the primary ingredient of bouillabaisse, a type of stew? 8. PSYCHOLOGY:...
WHITMAN COUNTY – While graduation ceremonies aren’t as typical this time around for Whitman County seniors, this summer will mark the graduation for 329 students. This year’s Class of 2020 remains the same count as the Class of 2019. Past senior counts show slight fluctuation with 339 in 2018, 299 in 2017 and 287 in 2016. Colfax will graduate 41 seniors, one more than the year before. Colfax will hold a drive-in style graduation ceremony on June 6 at 11 a.m. for students and immediate family only. At the end of the ceremony, the cars will...
COLFAX – Stay home orders have prompted people to pursue a variety of activities they may not have otherwise. For Dylan Nails, 20, Colfax, that includes running for Washington State Governor. "I think the youth are really underrepresented in politics," said Nails, a 2018 Colfax High School graduate. Nails is running to show that youth have something to bring to the table of politics and to promote youth involvement in government. "I definitely want to be a voice for Eastern Washington and W...
COLFAX – The Citizen’s Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials met on May 19 to decide on the salaries for the county’s elected officials for 2021.The Salary Commission sets the salaries for the auditor, assessor, county clerk, treasurer, commissioners, coroner, prosecutor and sheriff. Darren Jones, salary commission chair said that with everything that has been going on with COVID-19, there are many financial woes in the area. “In previous years of economic struggles in the area we gave zero percent increases,” Jones said. “This was...
TEKOA – A lawsuit has been filed against The City of Tekoa by Eric Hood, Langley, Wash., alleging that the city withheld requested records from a public records request in April 2019. The state Public Records Act requires that all public records maintained by state and local agencies are made available to all members of the public. The complaint states that Hood emailed the Tekoa Clerk on April 22, 2019, requesting all records the city received from the state auditor, after being recently audited, and all records of any response to the audit o...
COLFAX – Rain gauge readings the morning of May 21 at the NRCS office in Colfax measured more than two inches of precipitation in the previous 48 hours. The May 20 deluge dropped 1.4 inches on top of Tuesday’s rainfall for a total of 2.25 inches. Despite the extended downpour, the City of Colfax Public Works department reported no flooding or damage as a result of the rain....
Whitman County Gazette readers responded after the Gazette published accounts of fox sightings in Pullman. Pullman police received multiple reports. Cody Jess had to gather physical evidence to prove to non-believers when he first spotted one about a year ago; evidence including the photo at right. "This particular one I see pretty regularly," he said. Jared Chastain reported a family of seven foxes, two adults and cubs, living near the Pullman Aquatic Center....
OKANOGAN — A lawsuit filed Friday in Douglas County against Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order was continued to 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 29, in Okanogan County Superior Court this morning. The case was moved to Okanogan County because Douglas County commissioners are among the plaintiffs in the suit. Assistant Attorney General Zachary Jones contended Inslee’s stay-at-home order was issued in Thurston County and therefore should be heard in a Thurston County courtroom. Jones claimed Insle...
WENATCHEE — Supporters and opponents of Gov. Jay Inslee’s quarantine measures will have to wait a little longer to see if the shutdowns will remain intact. Of the at least seven lawsuits seeking to end Inslee’s orders, two could have preliminary decisions coming in the next few days. On Thursday morning, Chelan County Superior Court Judge Kristin Ferrera ended a hearing by saying she’ll take hours of arguments under consideration before determining the fate of the case, filed by multiple plaintiffs, including former state Rep. Cary Condott...
OLYMPIA — A U.S. Department of Education ruling could effect scholastic sports in Washington's middle and high schools and colleges. In a ruling Thursday, May 28, the agency found that a Connecticut policy that allows athletes to compete as the opposite sex is a violation of the federal Title IX laws requiring equal opportunity for boys and girls to compete in scholastic sports. The finding threatens funding to schools and related athletic programs that allow boys who "gender identify" as girls to compete in female-designated sports. The a...
Whitman County Library has eight Discover Passes available for checkout. The passes are available for one to two weeks and are required at all state parks, including Steptoe Butte and Palouse Falls. Through the program "Check Out Washington," limited-edition Discover Passes allow borrowers access to millions of acres of state parks and other state public lands. These passes are included in an activities backpack that contains binoculars, field guides, various interpretive materials and local...
According to a report from the Washington Department of Health, the latest statewide modeling report shows COVID-19 transmission trending downwards in western Washington and upwards in eastern Washington. The report is based on data from May 3-12. The report estimates the effective reproductive number – the measure of how many new infections a single COVID-19 case will produce – for different parts of the state. A reproductive number below one means the number of new cases are declining. The...
Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible Saturday following a day of high heat. Tonight's overnight lows are expected to stay in the 50s to 60s, bringing little cooling relief before Saturday with temperatures getting up in the 80s or 90s. These "July-type temperatures" are being followed by cold air, said Steve Bodnar of the National Weather Service. The greatest potential for storms in Whitman County begins Saturday evening around 8 to 9 p.m. According to Bodnar, damaging winds and hail are the greatest threats. There is potential for hail...