Articles from the August 6, 2020 edition
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Elizabeth Hansen
Elizabeth Lee Hansen, 34, of Colfax, Washington, passed away July 27, 2020, at DreamWorks Assisted Living in Colfax, Wash. Elizabeth was born April 1, 1986, in Spokane, Wash., to David & Christy...
Sandra Knott
Sandra Susanne Knott Boone (age 74) passed away July 30, 2020, at her daughter, Kathleen, and son-in-law's home in Vancouver, Wash. Sandra was born March 31, 1946, in Colfax, Wash., to Harold R....
Colfax plans for students back in the buildings
COLFAX — The Colfax school board met July 27 in the boardroom and on Google Meet, approving a budget for the 2020-21 school year and taking in a report from Superintendent Jerry Pugh on plans for...
Teri Calhoun retires as Colfax Postmaster
COLFAX - She started as a carrier and a clerk. A month short of 31 years later, Teri Calhoun has retired from the U.S. Postal Service as postmaster in Colfax. "I loved to carry the mail," said...
Garfield McGregor branch receives designation
Garfield – The McGregor Company retail branch in Garfield achieved certification from ResponsibleAg this summer. The ResponsibleAg Certification Program is the only program in the nation that provides a voluntary comprehensive assessment of...
Summoned for extortion
PULLMAN—A Georgia man has been summoned to appear for charges of extortion and criminal impersonation after police responded to a harassment call at the WSU resident hall in March 2019. According to the police report, the reporting party told...
Vehicle prowl arrest
COLFAX — A 17-year-old boy was arrested July 23 for vehicle prowl. According to the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office log, the reporting party found the juvenile breaking into his vehicle and held him at bay until deputies arrived. The Sheriff’s...
Stalking, burglary, theft charges
PULLMAN—Two cases were filed against the same man in Whitman County Superior Court July 29. The first is for a charge of stalking/protection order violation. The second lists seven charges including three counts of burglary, three counts of...
Abduction, escape, ends in stabbing outside Pullman
PULLMAN—Law enforcement officers from the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office, Pullman Police Department and Washington State University Police Department responded to the report of an abduction and stabbing near the intersection of Whelan and...
County field tests surface product on Estes Road, Beeson Cut-Off
PULLMAN – Last week on Estes Road and Beeson Cut-Off Road, commuter routes from Viola to Pullman, County Public Works crews field-tested a new road surface product. The not-yet-available item comes...
Crop art appears for second year
PULLMAN – Crop artist Stan Herd of Lawrence, Kansas, has created a mural on a hillside wheat field near Pullman for the second year. At the intersection of I-270 and I-195 on the Jack Fulfs family...
Jury finds Armstrong guilty
COLFAX—A Superior Court jury found Dillon Armstrong, 20, guilty of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, with intent to deliver July 28. Armstrong was arrested in Sept. 2019 after deputies found one-quarter pound of...
Charged for child rape, molestation
ROSALIA—A Rosalia man has been charged with rape of a child and three counts of child molestation in Whitman County Superior Court. Charges were filed July 29 against Ryan O’Neill, 36. According to the court documents, the charge of rape of a...
Almota paving may start next week
COLFAX – Construction on Almota Road has advanced to the paving stage. Mark Storey, Whitman County Public Works director, told county commissioners Monday that paving may start as early as next...
Hearing set on marijuana moratorium
COLFAX – Will the county commissioners extend the six-month moratorium on new marijuana operations in the county for a third time? An online/call-in public hearing has been set for Aug. 31 at 10:30 a.m. to decide. The Whitman County planning...
Births: August 6, 2020
Oliver Gene Korbel was born at Pullman Regional Hospital July 31, weighing seven pounds and one ounce, to parents Braunwyn Haverfield-Korbel and Daniel B. Korbel of Moscow. Paternal grandparents are Kevin and Christine Korbel of Orofino. Maternal...
Mystery seeds from China
COLFAX-An international concern is showing up in local mailboxes. Unsolicited packages of seed from China have been sent to people across the country. Even Whitman County has not been spared this biza...
Handy leads Kinzer in preliminary count
COLFAX--Primary elections night counted 23.11% of the 22,267 Whitman County eligible voters with next count due for Wednesday. There were 5,147 ballots counted with an estimate 3,000 left. Colfax...
Colfax's Kari Largent 2020 state DYW
COLFAX--Kari Largent, born and raised in Colfax, a farm girl from 17 miles south of town, was named Distinguished Young Woman of Washington Saturday. The daughter of Gary and Lisa Largent, she won a...
Public Health supports school return
WHITMAN COUNTY—Public Health is supportive of county schools resuming in-class instruction, as long as the viral load continues to remain low, according to Public Health Director Troy Henderson....
Whitman County election night results
Local races and top vote recipients. Whitman County Commissioner Dist. #2 Tom Handy: 490 Dean Kinzer: 460 TOTAL: 957 FARMINGTON Prop. No. 1: Yes: 21 No: 19 Prop. No. 2: Yes: 22 No: 18 GARFIELD Prop No. 1: Yes: 70 No: 41 State Representative Dist. 9...
Seeks to identify internet gaps
OLYMPIA—The Washington State Broadband Office and state Public Works Board have launched a mapping initiative to identify gaps in high-speed internet service and areas of broadband infrastructure needs. Residents to are to perform a one-minute...
Volz, Graham, McGarry and Zappone advance to general election
SPOKANE -- Early primary election results Tuesday night, Aug. 4, indicate that incumbent Republican Rep. Jenny Graham should face Democrat challenger Tom McGarry in November's General Election in the race for the 6th District state Representative Pos...
Colfax enacts burn ban
COLFAX--A burn ban was issued by Colfax Fire Department Aug. 3 due to dry conditions and high heat advisories. The ban is regularly put in place during the months of August and September which prohibits all open burning. The ban will remain in place...