Articles from the August 8, 2019 edition
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Hearing set for second marijuana halt
Nearing the end of the six-month moratorium on new or expansion of marijuana businesses in Whitman County, commissioners set a hearing on whether to extend it for Sept. 3 at 10:30 a.m. Board chairman...
Salzman, Starrett lead Endicott primary tally
Incumbent Endicott Mayor Steve Salzman and council challenger Derek Starrett topped the three-way tallies after the primary election poll closed Tuesday night. Two proposals for the town of Farmington appeared to be on the brink after the Tuesday...
Board approves $1.6 million in .09 projects
Whitman County commissioners Monday approved $1 million from the .09 economic development fund to go to the fiber-to-the-home and rural fiber extensions to transmitter sites project for the Port of...
Roadside murder results in 15-year prison sentence
Ashley Myers, 31, the suspect in the Sept. 28 fatal shooting of a man at the intersection of the Colfax Airport Road and Highway 26, was sentenced to 180 months in prison after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder Friday...
Colfax Chief returns to duty after city civil service ruling
Colfax Police Chief Rick McNannay returned to duty Aug. 1 after being out of action for close to 10 months. McNannay was ordered to report for duty Aug. 1 by the Colfax Civil Service Commission after a two-hour session July 2. The board ruled in...
Collision on I-90 in Montana takes lives of mother, daughter
An accident on Highway I-90 near Alberton, Mont., took the life of a St. John woman and her daughter Saturday at approximately 6 p.m. Fatally injured in the collision were Amy Bass of St. John and her daughter, Matisen Rae Huntley, 18, a former...
BoCC passes letter to protect dams
Whitman County commissioners passed a resolution Monday against breaching of Snake River dams. “We thought we would reaffirm the position Whitman County has had for a long-standing period of time,” said Commissioner Michael Largent, who is also...
County joins proposed lawsuit for state mandated ballot boxes
Whitman County commissioners voted Monday to join, as a co-plaintiff, a proposed lawsuit brought by the Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) regarding a 2017 state mandate for additional ballot boxes. Previous Whitman County Auditor...
Clarkston port responds to dam study
The Port of Clarkston July 31 responded to a study prepared by ECONorthwest and funded by Vulcan that argues the costs of the Lower Snake River Dams outweigh the benefits. “ECONorthwest and Vulcan should get their facts straight,” said Mark...
Palouse delays compliance date for welding shop tidying
The Palouse city council voted July 23 to postpone a compliance date from Aug. 7 to Oct. 9 for Palouse Welding & Machine, a longtime local business which drew some complaints to city hall for things...
County road work projects begin
A three-week, county-wide rumblestrip and striping project was to begin Wednesday on Hume Road, part of a list of roads to get new rumblestrips followed by re-painted centerlines and white fog lines...
Borleske seeks photos, maps for Rosalia storefronts
Mark Borleske has been working with the Rosalia Chamber and local businesses to use vacant storefront windows to display scenic or historic aspects of Rosalia and the Palouse area. Borleske is looking for materials to display in a storefront that...
Ecology will accept comments on proposal for more spring spill
Washington Department of Ecology is proposing to change the water quality standard for Total Dissolved Gas during the spring season to spill more water over the dams at crucial times to help juvenile salmon migration in the Snake and Columbia...
Pullman 'cudas keep Cluckey cup; Bree Myers sets three meet records
Pullman Barracudas topped the five-team tri-county meet at the Colfax pool Saturday by rolling up 549.5 team points for the all-day meet which concluded the season. Other team scores were St....
Junior Gold: August 8, 2019
Tournament four: 8-10 years: Kaitlynn Ward 55, Vivian Riley 77. 11-12 years: Jacob Ward 52....
Lentil fest sport event deadlines
Registration deadlines for National Lentil Festival’s 3-on-3 basketball tournament sponsored by Gritman Medical Center, co-ed softball tournament and the Circles of Caring tennis and pickleball tournaments are approaching. Registration for the...
Sprinklers set to return for Colfax Cemetery
Sprinklers neared a return to normal operation at the Colfax cemetery this week as staff members finish setting up a renewed electrical programming system. The cemetery has not been watered since mid-June after a period of manual operation followed...
More shootings
Last week in a 24 hour period, 31 innocent people were shot and killed in two mass shootings. Nearly 40 additional people were injured. The massacres occurred in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas. Sadly, the shootings were predictable, not as to time...
Pelosi and Mueller's Mush
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is playing a sophisticated game. Since her Democrats took the House, she's the one who has steadfastly fought off a hasty plunge into the impeachment of President Donald Trump. In the process, she has appeared to resist...