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Serving Whitman County since 1877
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WHITMAN COUNTY--Tom Handy, the challenger for the Whitman County Commissioner District 2 seat, widened his lead over incumbent Dean Kinzer in the subsequent ballot count. The county elections office added 1,802 ballots to the election night count, bringing the total rate of return to 31.18% with 6,946 so far. The extra ballots gave Handy 162 more votes and Kinzer 155. The two are now at 653 and 615, respectively, of the 2,534 votes cast in that race. Dist. 9 Representative incumbent Republican Mary Dye widened her lead over challenger...
PULLMAN — Returning university students are bringing the coronavirus with them. Whitman County has 105 total positive COVID-19 tests, with eight cases added Aug. 6. That brings this week's total to 15 after last week's total was down eight from the July 19-July 25 high of 18. All new cases are stable and self-isolating, officials said. To date, there have been two hospitalization — none current — and no deaths. At last month's Board of Health meeting, officials linked the increase to retur...
OLYMPIA — After counting of almost 500,000 late-arriving ballots, Republican candidates have cut into incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee's lead in the Aug. 4 primarily. As of 6:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, Loren Culp had reached 17.17% of the statewide vote, up about a half-a-point since the initial tally. Gov. Inslee had slipped about the same amount, down to 50.82%. Despite the slip in percentage, Gov. Inslee will still walk away from the primary with a commanding win. As of Thursday, Inslee received 8...
OGDEN, Utah — A conference football season in which Big Sky powers Montana, Montana State and Weber State were slated to visit Eastern Washington University's newly-turfed Roos Field will have to wait until 2021. On Aug. 7, Big Sky athletic directors moved an eight-game conference schedule to next spring, according to a release from EWU athletics. The Big Sky President's Council then approved the decision this morning, Aug. 7. Nonconference games are still "under review," per the release. EWU w...
COLFAX — A spike this week in positive COVID-19 cases has prompted the Whitman County Health Department to consider recommending schools in Whitman County keep campuses shuttered. Nine new cases were announced today, Aug. 7, bringing the weekly total to 24, and 114 cases since the start of the pandemic. Whitman County Public Health Director Troy Henderson said 40% of the cases are non-Pullman residents. Henderson is urging the public to reverse the trend by wearing a mask, social distancing a...
MEDICAL LAKE — Local students will be starting the school year mostly online learning model, School District Superintendent Tim Ames announced today, Aug. 7. The decision followed state and regional health recommendations for “high-risk” counties where more than 75 new coronavirus cases have been reported in a 14-day period. “Our school board and administrative team have the obligation to follow the strong recommendations from the health experts,” Ames said in a video posted to the district’s website. “Though it is not the situation we...
COLFAX — After a moist June, July came in under average for precipitation. The rain gauge at the NRCS office logged two precipitation events totaling 0.32 inches. The majority came from a thunderstorm early in the month, dropping 0.29 inches July 6. Rain on July 10 added 0.03 inches. That puts July in the books for just over half the average of 0.56 inches....
COLFAX — The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch for 2-10 p.m.Tuesday for Whitan County and other parts of Eastern Washington. Predicted breezy winds and low humidity, along with dry vegetation, may lead to rapid fire spread, the service said. Meteorologists are forecasting west winds gusting 25-35 mph across much of Central and Eastern Washington tomorrow afternoon and evening....
Census takers were set to begin follow-up work Aug. 9 with households that had not responded to the 2020 Census. Whitman County is one of 20 eastern Washington counties being impacted by the work and is one of the counties with the lowest response rate. Washington state is tied for fourth best-responding state in the nation at 68.9%. Whitman County is on the lower end of the response spectrum with 59% returns. Ferry County is the lowest in eastern Washington with 39.4% while Benton is the best-responding of the east side with 72.7%. The...
PULLMAN — The School Board just voted to keep campuses closed to start the school year. The action at tonight's meeting, Aug. 12, follows a recommendation from the Whitman County Health Department, which cited increasing coronavirus cases. If cases decrease in the near future, the district will likely consider a "rolling start" to reopening classes one or two grades at a time, officials said, noting they need a "fluid" plan to be able to adjust as conditions change. Other area school boards have yet to officially decide reopening plans. To t...
