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COLFAX – The Palouse Empire Fair will be suspending the exhibiting of poultry at this year's Fair, due to the ongoing outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influence (HPAI) being detected in both domestic and wild birds. The Washington Department of Agriculture (WSDA) confirmed the presence of avian influenza in May of 2022. The Washington State Veterinarian is recommending suspending all poultry exhibitions, fairs, shows, and sales. Avian influenza is also known as bird flu. It is a disease c...
COLFAX – Colfax Historic Preservation Commission has been working on a grant for a Historic Inventory of south Mill, Canyon, and a portion of South-Central Main Street. There will be a presentation on the findings this Thursday, August 18, at the Methodist Church located at 109 South Mill Street from 6 to 8 p.m. Frank White, a member of the Historic Preservation Commission, and the Whitman County Historical Society explained that the commission has been working on the project for about 6 months. “We went over the first four blocks of south mai...
COLFAX – Two firefighters were injured while fighting a house fire Saturday, Aug. 12, near downtown. Firefighter Tim Tingley confirmed the injuries Tuesday morning; the names of the firefighters were not immediately released. According to Tingley, local volunteer fire crews, as well as several volunteer firefighter departments in Whitman County, were called to 611 S. Meadow St. after a fire broke out in the home. Nobody was home when the fire started, and officials do not yet know the cause o...
EWAN - Volunteer firefighters from across the county were pitted against two wildfires this past week, successfully extinguishing both with the help of state fire services. On Thursday, Aug. 11, volunteers from Rosalia's Whitman County Fire District 7 were tasked with investigating the source of smoke coming from the Hole in the Ground area north of Rock Lake. At around 2:15 in the afternoon, responders located a growing fire burning in timbered rocky terrain, which Rosalia Fire Chief Laura Laut...
Sheriff’s Office August 9 2:18 a.m. - North Madison Street, Tekoa. Deputy, EMS and the Coroner responded to a death. 8:27 a.m. - Mountainview Cemetery Road; Farmington. Truck inspections, Deputy requested a case. 9:11 a.m. - Finch Road, Thornton. Deputy responded to a citizen dispute. 12:03 p.m. - Dry Creek Road, Colfax. Deputy provided a courtesy transport. 1:16 p.m. - State Route 272, Palouse. Deputy responded to a report of animal abuse and neglect. 4:09 p.m. - South Josephine Ave; Rosalia. Deputy responded to a report of stray goats and s...
PORT OF WILMA – Rapid responses from Whitman and Asotin County fire departments prevented a burning vehicle on Wawawai Road from spreading to nearby brush on Sunday, Aug. 14. At 4:52 in the afternoon, deputies of the Whitman County Sheriff's Office responded to reports of a car fire at Milepost 35 near the Port of Wilma on the north shore of the Snake River. Around the same time, volunteer firefighters from Whitman County Fire District 14 out of Colton-Uniontown and Asotin County Fire D...
PULLMAN – Pullman Regional Hospital’s Board of Commissioners now has a vacant board position, and is seeking candidates. Former board member Margaret Werre finished her last day July 31 of five years serving the board, and will be moving out of the area with her family. Eligible candidates must be a registered voter, live in Pullman city limits, and cannot be employed at the hospital. Candidates can send a letter of interest accompanied by a resume or CV to Board of Commissioners President Jeff Elbracht. Addressed to the hospital at 835 SE Bis...
Aug. 2 Primary sees increased voter turnout COLFAX – County election officials will finish processing ballots from the Aug. 2 primary election this week. The most recent ballot count on Monday, Aug. 15 revealed that of the 22,859 registered voters in the county, 9,596 ballots have been counted from the election. This ratio puts the county’s current voter turnout at 41.98%. In 2021’s Aug. 3 primary election, 7,921 voters were registered in the county, and a total of 2,826 ballots were counted, making last year’s voter turnout 35.68%. More lo...
If you want a glimpse of parched river bottoms behind “would be breached” lower Snake River dams, look at recent photos of European rivers and lakes. On parts of picturesque Rhine River there is often more dry land than flowing water. Europe is in the clutches of another drought—the second since 2018. It is so severe that countries across the continent are imposing water restrictions. There are massive fish kills and desiccated croplands. Shipping is endangered on the Rhine and the Danube river...
The local news coverage of the celebration for units returning from Iraq and Afghanistan left me with mixed emotions. I was delighted that our fighting men and women were being embraced by our community. At the same time, however, I couldn't help feeling an emptiness as I recalled the lack of welcome for those of us who returned from Viet Nam. We came home to an ungrateful, and sometimes hostile, nation. In some extreme cases, we were spit on as we got off the plane. Some of us had relatives...
They claimed it wasn’t going to happen. But now, we know for certain that gasoline prices in Washington state will begin to take a huge jump next year. No, we don’t have a crystal ball. And no, this isn’t an issue of price gouging or “greedy” oil companies. This time, the blame can be centered right on Olympia. State lawmakers, you’ll remember, recently passed a carbon tax and low carbon fuel standard. In order to get support for the low carbon fuel standard legislation, they insisted ti...
Lawmakers are considering a massive handout to corporate America known as the PTAB Reform Act of 2022. If passed, the bill would have disastrous consequences for bootstrap innovators like me, and, in the long run, keep potentially millions of life-changing inventions out of the hands of Americans. I seldom get involved in politics. I have five daughters, and each day brings a new athletic event to attend or after-school study session to supervise. Yet on top of my motherly duties, I'm a successful "mompreneur" with several patented products...
Increase funding for lab-grown meat Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell have the opportunity to help alleviate a tremendous amount of nonhuman suffering by increasing funding for cultivated-meat research. For those who aren’t aware, cultivated meat is grown from animal cells, without slaughter. We can start to put the era of killing sentient beings for food behind us. The private sector has made excellent progress developing this revolutionary protein, but public money is necessary to help bring it to market as fast as possible. One r...
Pullman Regional Hospital • Lilianna Kay Bowles, a girl, was born Aug. 5, 2022, to parents Byron and Alexys Bowels of Moscow, Idaho. She weighed 9 pounds, 6 ounces. Paternal grandparents are Tony and Jenny Bowles of Moscow, Idaho. Maternal grandparents are Ted and Suzanne Jolley of Warden, Wash. Lilianna joins brother, Aleczander, 2, at home. • Miles K. Ruhga, a boy, was born Aug. 3, 2022, to parents Jonathan Ivan and Eva Louise Ruhga of Clarkston, Wash. He weighed 9 pounds, 3 ounces. Paternal gGrandparents are K. and Jackie Ruhga of Mod...
8 Years Ago From the Colfax Gazette, Friday, August 20, 1897 AROUND THE COUNTY Garfield- L. W. Follis has finished harvesting a piece of timothy that is hard to beat. From 19 acres he had 45% tons, or nearly two tons and a half to the acre, says the Enterprise. Pullman- At a recent meeting of the school board a five mill tax was levied to raise a sufficient amount of money to pay current expenses, and pay one-half of the bonded indebtedness, the idea being to pay one-half this and the other...
Stanley Jay Duncan, Sr., 77, of Endicott, Wash. passed away August 11, 2022 at Whitman Medical Center in Colfax, Wash. Stanley was born February 13, 1945 in Denver, Colorado to Gus & Katherine (Steele) Duncan. He grew up in Colorado and following high school graduation enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He served in Germany and it was there that Stanley met the love of his life Victoria Eckert. They were married in the Switzerland LDS Temple and upon his honorable discharge returned to Colorado. Together they raised their six children. He went to...
Jeanette M. Miller, 78, passed away in Spokane on August 12, 2022. She was born February 13, 1944 to Howard and Olive Shearer in Hood River, Oregon. Memorial Services will be held on Friday, August 19, 2022 at 6:00 PM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Colfax, Wash. Corbeill Funeral Homes in Colfax is caring for the family....
Sherrie Vivian Novak, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Providence Sacred Heart in Spokane, Wa. Surrounded by loved ones. Sherrie was born in Coos Bay, Oregon, To Bob and Joan Zimmerman. She grew up in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon. She has two brothers, Robbie and Johnny Zimmerman. Growing up she loved to ride and work with horses. She married Micheal Holtman, in Coos Bay, Oregon, in 1973. They had three children together Shane, Travis and Josh. Sherrie raised her boys primarily on her...
PULLMAN – The second Depot Days celebration is set for Thursday, Aug. 18, through Saturday, Aug. 20. The free event at Depot Heritage Center, 330 N. Grand Ave., celebrates the history railroads played in development of agriculture and commerce in the area. Scheduled activities are: Thursday, Aug. 18 – Local historian Kathy Meyer will present "Stuff Yourself for Only a Dime: The Northern Pacific's Great Big Baked Potato," at 7 p.m. in the Freight Room. Reserve a seat by emailing pullmandepot.events@gmail.com. Friday, Aug. 19 -- Depot Her...
UNIONTOWN - Two bands will be performing at Dahmen Barn. The Cherry Sisters Revival will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, and Birds of Play will perform at 7p.m. Monday, Aug. 22. Doors for both shows open at 6 p.m. Cherry Sisters Revival will perform a variety of tunes from Janice Joplin to a little "Hee Haw." The show includes fun music, sing-a-longs and audience participation. Band members include vocalist and banjo player Tracie Brelsford, guitar and ukulele player Connie Steiger, and lea...
The City of Tekoa is seeking to contact William and/or Brenda Stoneham in the matter of City Ordinance Enforcement. Please contact the City Clerk at 509-284-3861, P.O. Box 927, Tekoa, WA 99033, and/or 419 Washington St, Tekoa, WA 99033 Published: Aug. 18, 2022 NOTICE TOWN OF LACROSSE, WASHINGTON REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL & ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR PUBLIC WORKS SHOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECT The Town of LaCrosse (Town) announces its intention to seek qualifications from qualified and experienced firms or individuals in...
PULLMAN – In a ceremony Wednesday, local dignitaries officially broke ground on the Moscow-Pullman Regional Airport’s new terminal. The airport’s recent construction comes after years of planning and fundraising, which brought in $82 million to fund the project. The planned terminal, which is expected to be finished by the end of 2023, will be 42,000-square-feet, almost five times larger than the airport’s current 8,700-square-foot terminal. The airport’s recent expansion is intended to accommodate an anticipated increase in flight and passe...
MOSCOW – Humane Society of the Palouse is offering fully waived and half-priced adoption fees for the week of August 22-27, as part of the Clear the Shelters pet adoption campaign. Located at 2019 East White Avenue in Moscow, the shelter will be open by appointment on August 22, 23, and 24. It will open for walk-ins from 1-5 p.m. on August 25, 26, and 27. The purpose of the campaign is to encourage pet adoptions from local animal shelters and humane societies. Since 2015, Clear the Shelters has aided in the adoption of more than 550,000 p...
There is something in the air this time of year. The baseball season is heating up, pro football is starting its preseason, college football has been practicing for a week and the Washington high school football teams are practicing for the first time today (Wednesday). For baseball the excitement for the most part is in the wild card races. A majority of the first place teams are running away with their division titles by double digit games. But the wild card races make things a bit exciting....
CHENEY – The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has suspended the fishing limits for Williams Lake in preparation for poisoning the lake with rotenone. The unlimited daily retention will run through Oct. 9 for all gamefish, officials said. The lake will close Oct. 10 through April 21 for application of piscicide rotenone, a naturally occurring poison is used to remove species Fish and Wildlife officials deem undesirable or illegally stocked. The 317-acre is stocked annually by the d...