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Oakesdale’s Old Mill Days returns this weekend with a slate of events July 13-14. New for the town festival will be a car show and a horseshoe contest, both Saturday afternoon. It all begins Friday night with bingo and pulled pork sandwiches from 6 to 9 p.m. at the McCoy Valley Museum, followed by a beer and wine garden open at the city shop from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday starts with the firemen’s pancake breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m. at the fire station. At 8 a.m., the starting gun goes off for...
Pullman League of Women voters plans candidate forums next Tuesday, July 17, at the library in Colfax, and Wednesday, July 18, at the Neill Library in Pullman. The Colfax session will be from 7 to 9 p.m. and the Pullman session from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. At Colfax, candidates for three county offices and two candidates of five candidates for 5th District representative are scheduled to appear. U.S. Representative candidates Democrat Lisa Brown and Trump Populist Party member Dave Saulito have confirmed they will participate. Republican incumbent...
The City of Palouse/Fire District Four will have a new fire chief some time after harvest. Chief Mike Bagott plans to return to the assistant chief position after 15 years in the top job. Scott Beeson will take over as chief. Beeson, a department member since 2003, has served as assistant chief for the past year after the retirement of Marc Arrasmith. “I’m self-demoting back to assistant chief,” said Bagott. “When it’s time, you know it’s time. I kind of felt like I’ve done what I can in the le...
Japan on July 6, became the second country to ratify the 11-nation CPTPP agreement, leading U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheatgrowers to call for the U.S. to join the pact or start bilateral negotiations with Japan - to allay the impact on America's No. two wheat export market. The CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership) came out of the original Trans-Pacific Partnership which was negotiated by the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations....
Packaged methamphetamine and heroin valued at more than $2,000 was found in an early Saturday morning search of a residence in Tekoa, according to a report from Sheriff Brett Myers. Sheriff Myers reported they had received information from Coeur d’Alene Tribal Police earlier Saturday about possible drug trafficking at a location in Tekoa. Officers obtained a warrant to search an apartment at the Wheatland Arms in the 300 block of Alder Street in Tekoa. The probable cause arrest report said other residents in the building told deputies they beli...
Whitman County commissioners July 2 approved a zone change for a two-acre parcel owned by Inland Empire Milling outside Pine City. The change converts the parcel from agricultural zoning to limited heavy industrial. Under the change, the owners will not be required to update conditional use permits each time they make a change to the property, such as adding a scale....
Two Colfax residents were booked into jail early June 30 on probable drug possession charges after warrant searches were executed at separate residences. According to arrest reports by Colfax Officer Cory Alcantar, he and deputies arrested James A. Taylor, 30, after searching his residence in the 800 block of N. Park Street. Drug items were allegedly found in a gray lock box located in the suspect's basement room at the residence. Tests of residue indicated presence of methamphetamine and heroin, the report said. Deanna Koker, 35, was arrested...
JUNE RAINS POST .33 GAIN Precipitation for June totaled 1.69 inches which was .33 over the 1.36 normal for the month. The month included the .83 reading June 11 after a weekend of heavy rain. The June gain followed a .25 of an inch gain for May.Other big rainfall days for June included .20 on June 4 and .40 on June 22. FIRE BAN AT COUNTY PARKS County Parks Superintendent Dave Mahan reported fire restrictions were posed July 5 for all county parks and trails. Campfires and smoking along trails are now prohibited at Kamiak Butte, Klemgard and...
Pullman's Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL), along with company founder and President Ed Schweitzer and wife, Beatriz, donated $3 million to the new career and technical education center at Lewis-Clark State College (LCSC). It is the largest cash donation in school history. On Monday, SEL announced it will give $2 million toward the new CTE building, with the Schweitzers contributing another $1 million. “I cannot think of a better example of cooperation between industry and higher education than SEL and LCSC joining to make a better f...
Fire crews from this area responded July 4 to a range fire which started in the Nisqually John Canyon along the Snake River about 12 miles downstream from Clarkston. The fire moved up a steep part of the canyon which could not be reached by crews from Colton District 14 when they responded to the scene. Airplanes and a helicopter were used on the fire and the Whitman County Sheriff’s marine patrol was used on the river to clear a zone for the aircraft to scoop up water. The fire was contained as of Saturday morning and remaining fire crews f...
The Pullman Regional Hospital Foundation has awarded scholarships to, Bonnie Brown, Caitlin Carl, Elizabeth Schilling, Eunka Tobia and Nicole Weiss following the 2018 spring semester. Brown, Carl and Schilling each received a $1,000 scholarship to pursue a bachelor of science in nursing degree. WSU College of Pharmacy student Eunka Tobia is the 2018 fall semester recipient of the Bill Gaskins Pharmacy Scholarship. The $2,500 scholarship is awarded to eligible applicants seeking to practice pharmacy in a rural environment or provide services to...
Palouse Patriots Friday will start a three-day run at the Lewiston American Legion tournament which is the last event on their season schedule prior to the district playoffs in Spokane the following week. The Pats will commute down to Lewiston after rolling out a 3-2 record and the Legion tournament in Whitefish, Mont. They placed second after losing to the Kalispell Lakers in the title game. The Lakers, who defeated the Patriots in the final Summer Series game at McDonald Park in Colfax two weeks ago, now hold a 3-0 series edge over the local...
Organizers of the first annual "Try"athlon in St. John Monday, June 23, said the event had a strong initial showing and will be returning in 2019. According to event organizer Amy Swannack, the "Try"athlon featured the unlikely combination of trap shooting, golf and horseshoes. Those in attendance could also win prizes, enter raffles, grab a philly cheesesteak or relax at the beer garden. The event was put on by the Eagles/Wildcats Booster Club, which raised more than $5,000 that afternoon for...
Garfield/Palouse High School student Jordan Paddock has qualified for Washington's National High School rodeo team and will soon compete in bull riding at the national high school finals July 15-21 in Rock Springs Wyo. Paddock will be among nearly 1,700 contestants from 43 states and four different countries to compete for more than $350,000 in college scholarships. He finished fourth for bull riders in Washington this year in Paddock's draw to bull riding began at a young age when he went with...
Athletes in Action, a worldwide Christian organization, has selected Colton graduate Jake Straughan to travel this summer to play basketball against international teams and do missionary work. He will embark on a trip to New Zealand July 22 – Aug. 11. Straughan’s trip is estimated to cost $5,000, and he is looking for help with the costs. Those who would like to help fund Straughan’s basketball missionary trip may do so at the link below. Straughan led Colton to the state 1B basketball championship in 2014, then played at University of Idaho...
Endicott Gun Club paid out $180 to the top three winners at its first four-gun shoot July 4. The 10 participants shot various targets with shotguns, deer rifles, .22 rifles and pistols. The shooters, who ranged from 15 to 79 years old, competed to earn as many of the possible 80 points laid out in the courses. The first event was with shotguns and the marksmen had a chance at 10 birds of singles and 10 birds of doubles. Then they moved to deer rifles to shoot 10 targets placed 100 to 300 yards...
Pullman Barracudas traveled to Endicott Tuesday to open the season's novice swim season against the St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse/Washtucua team in a big meet. Pullman posted a 652-539 win to start the season. 100-Yard Freestyle Girls 12 & Under: 1.Bree Myers-P 1:11.06. 2. Naomi Carter-P 1:20,27, . 3. Josephine Belzer-P 1:21.12, 4. Kaylynn Misner-S 1:25.61, 5. Sophie Anderson -S 1:26.24, 6. Cody Thomas-P 1:32.02, 7. Megan Stratton Hanson 1:48. 28, 8. Jackie Smith J-P 1:50.16, 9. Elsie Garza-P 2:21.63. 14 & under: 1. Ava Hegler-S 1:17.62, 2. Emma...
Colfax Superintendent Jerry Pugh was named the 2017-18 NE 2B league Administrator of the Year. He was presented with a plaque by Colfax Athletic Director Nathan Holbrook on the last day of school....
The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Monday night should mark a reckoning for the Democratic Party. With now three consecutive respected choices in the most major of personnel decisions, President Trump has solidified a claim to the mainstream voter, in a time which the Democrats are defined by niche issues. Trump’s picks of Mike Pence, Neil Gorsuch and now Kavanaugh, for millions of people, backs the reason they voted for him. For millions of others, it makes it that much h...
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. HARVESTERS ASKED TO AVOID CEDAR Colfax Public Works Director Matt Hammer Tuesday asked harvest crews to avoid the North Flat construction zone which includes Cedar and Oak streets. He noted neither the work zone nor the single-lane detour can accommodate large combines and trucks. A detour on...
