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WAWAWAI PARK – Fire restrictions went into effect at Wawawai County Park on June 10. Campfires and smoking on trails are not be permitted within park boundaries. Cooking with charcoal briquettes or gas grills is still an option. Whitman County Parks Department advises all park visitors need to be prepared and vigilant, always keep a bucket of water and shovel nearby when cooking....
The Garfield-Palouse High School graduation ceremony will be Saturday, June 27, at 10 a.m. for immediate family only. It will be live-streamed via Youtube for the public. To view, log on to the school’s website for the link to the graduation stream. At the conclusion, the graduates and families will be escorted out of town by the Palouse Police and Fire/EMS. The public is invited to come down to Main Street for their exit....
Youth preschool to high school age are invited to create a Fairy Tale Creature for the library summer reading art contest. Create a new fairy tale creature or re-create one from a story you’ve read using any media, watercolor, pencil drawing, clay or recycled material. Submit a JPG or BMP photo of the creature to fairytaleart@whitco.lib.wa.us June 26-July 3. A virtual art show of creations and selection of five random prize winners will be announced July 10 at www.whitco.lib.wa.us....
Colfax Police responded to a welfare check June 17. The reporting party requested the check after hearing a boy yelling for help and that he was dying. Officer Perry Tate responded and found the middle school age boy was playing a computer game in which his character had died. The boy was wearing a headset and was unaware how loud he had been....
Four year old Murphy Nolan, daughter of Andrew Nolan of Spokane, was a house guest of great-great-aunt Karen Broeckel from Thursday to Sunday. Murphy and her Auntie K. had a busy four days planting flowers, playing at Schmuck Park in Colfax, checking out the goats, cats and toys at the home of Angela and Brian Broeckel and playing a lot of pretend games. Her daddy took her into Colfax Sunday to join the Nolan family for a Father's Day lunch before returning her to her home....
Whitman County Library invites all readers, infants to adults, to participate in the summer reading program “Imagine Your Story” now through August 31. To complete summer reading, children read (or be read) 10 books or 10 hours to earn prizes and certificate recognizing reading achievement. Teens read the books and complete the Imagination Quests, like learn to juggle, create your own fractured fairy tale, or check out a cookbook from the library, “read” a recipe and make it. Adult summer reading includes challenges like read for one hour ou...
Whitman County Public Works began its summer chip-sealing work this week at Farmington Road. Eight county roads are scheduled to be chip-sealed June 17 - 25. Chip-sealing waterproofs and puts new wear-course down on paved roads. Roads in planned order of completion–barring delays from weather or equipment failure–are as follows: Farmington Road, June 17; Wells Road, June 18; Scharpenberg Road, June 22; Scott Road, June 22; Zaring Cut-Off Road, June 23; Elberton Road, June 24; Country Club Road, June 25; Church Road, June 25....
Thursday, June 25 Albion STEM Bag Pickup, 5 to 6 p.m. Email Amy at albion@whitco.lib.wa.us to reserve a K-6 STEM kit and pick it up in the town hall parking lot. Trivia Night at 5:30 p.m. Visit WCL’s Facebook page for some friendly competition and fun facts. Imagine Your Story Trivia Night at 7 p.m. Sign up for the special Zoom event at endicott@whitco.lib.wa.us, featuring fairy tales, mythical creatures, and literature. Friday, June 26 Fairytale Creature Art Contest June 26-July 3. PreK-High schoolers, countywide are invited to create a f...
8 Years Ago June 14, 1895 Theodore Buck, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Buck, was thrown from a buggy at the corner of Thorn and Main Street, in Colfax, about 8 o'clock Thursday morning. He was picked up unconscious and live only a few minutes. He was in his eighteenth year. The accident was a particularly frightful one. The young man was in charge of his father's livery stable during the latter's absence at the G.A.R. encampment in Spokane. Early Thursday morning he hitched up Mrs. Erford's horse, a recent purchase, to a single top...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with the Revised Code of Washington, Chapter 36.77.070 that the following construction projects shall be performed by County Forces: McIvor Bridge, C.R.B.P. No.230000.02(3) This project provides for the replacement of the McIvor Bridge with a 60 foot long, 85 inch by 127 inch arch culvert for an estimated cost of $40,000.00. Seltice-Warner Bridge, C.R.B.P. No. 1075 00.81(2) This project provides for the replacement of the Seltice-Warner Bridge with with a 28 foot wide by 35 foot long steel...
Eunice Colyar Brown, former long-time resident of Colfax, died June 12, 2020, in Yuma, Ariz. She and first husband Ralph Colyar traveled back and forth between Colfax and Yuma as some of the first "Snowbirds". Born on July 18, 1928, to William and Georgia Hunt Cochran, she was raised in the Colfax area through high school. As a teen she worked at the Roxie Theatre on Main Street. After graduating, she worked for Pacific NW Bell's main office in Colfax. She married Ralph Colyar on September 11,...
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee announced today that residents statewide will be required to wear a face mask effective Friday in an attempt to slow the coronavirus spread. “This is something we can get use to,” Inslee said, noting that a willful decision not to wear a face mask is “tantamount to a misdemeanor.” The governor balked, however, when questioned on how the state would enforce the requirement. “We just think people will respond,” he said. Inslee said the requirement stems from an order...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Gazette and Colfax Daily Bulletin office is in the process of moving to a new location. As of July 1, the Gazette will be located in the DSHS building owned by Scott Ackerman. "Our move to a new location will give our Gazette staff the modern amenities needed to continue providing local news long into the future," Publisher Roger Harnack said. "We'll be connecting our new digital systems to high-speed broadband, which will enable our staff to offer audio and video ser...
COLFAX – June rainfall is already above average, promising excellent conditions for crop growth. "We're in good shape," said USDA Soil Conservation Technician Dave Weber. "It's really been a great summer for growing." While May rainfall was above average, it is the June rainfall, the timing of it, that is key to crop growth. "Timing is everything," Weber said. As of June 22, Weber had recorded 1.42 inches of rain at the office in Colfax. Historical average for the month is 1.3 inches. With a p...
WHITMAN COUNTY – The Palouse Empire Fair's stock sale committee will meet Monday night, June 29, to discuss options for 4H and FFA kids raising animals for a county fair that will not take place. In a usual year, youth buy and/or raise animals to show at the fair, be analyzed by judges and go up for sale at the conclusion. Because the 2020 fair has been canceled, the livestock committee has already committed to buying the animals at the floor price – a fluctuating base market price. "We wou...
Port of Whitman County Commissioner John Love has announced his retirement after 24 years on the board. He is a retired/retained Navy Reserve Rear Admiral Flag Officer. Retained? "If something comes up and they need me, I will be underway," Love said. He enlisted in 1950, beginning in the Navy Air Reserve while a student at Whitworth College in Spokane. After graduating in economics/business administration, Love was commissioned as an amphibious officer in Coronado, Calif., boarding underwater...
RENTON- The WIAA released guidance for opening high school athletics and activities in accordance with Gov. Jay Inslee’s four-phase state re-opening plan Monday. The document detailed guidelines for schools for each of the four phases. The document also noted that if a school or school district is closed over COVID-19 concerns, than all training, practices and games for that school or district should be canceled. Points of emphasis for all four phases included decreasing exposure to respiratory droplets through physical distancing and m...
COLFAX – The Colfax Rotary Club applied for the permit to operate a fireworks booth June 23. The booth will open at its traditional location at the Rosauers parking lot. It will be operated by the Colfax High School softball team June 28-July 3 12 to 8 p.m. and by the Rotary Club July 4. The Rotary Club sets up the booth and handles logistics while the softball team covers most of the selling. The two organizations then split the profits. According to state law, discharge of fireworks is allowed June 28 from 12 to 11 p.m., June 29 -July 3 f...
