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The flurry of climate regulations coming out of federal agencies is an example of what to avoid. Whether those new rules are based on laws enacted by Congress is questionable. Case in point: American Highway Users Alliance, a diverse group of organizations representing transportation, vehicle manufacturers and energy trade associations, questioned the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) legal authority to impose greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction requirements on state transportation departments and metropolitan planning organizations. The A...
The influence that Colin Powell has over Hillary Clinton is something to behold. His word is her command. When he tells her to break the law and endanger the nation's secrets, she doesn't hesitate. She salutes smartly and does as she is told. Clinton has been desperate for the moral cover of Colin Powell for her email arrangement since the scandal first broke last year. Now we've learned that Clinton told the FBI that Powell advised her to use private email as secretary of state at a dinner in 2009. This escalates Clinton's email defense from...
Can we stop with the platitudes about celebrating the workers and face the reality of America? For starters, let's do something about the name of this three-day weekend. Instead of Labor Day, let's call it Plutocrat Day or maybe Oligarch Day. Let's face it, fellow beachgoers, what we're celebrating these days is fantasy. No longer can we expect that hard work will pay off, that those who profit from it will share their rewards with those who put their noses to the grindstone for them. Instead, they'll take away the grindstone when they merge... Full story
Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49’er quarterback, does not stand when the Star Spangled Banner, our national anthem, is played before a game. He says he will continue to sit during the pre-game renditions of the anthem in protest of the injustices he claims exist in the the country. Specifically, he is protesting the state of race relations and the recurrence of police violence. His refusal to stand during the national anthem has caused some serious conversations. Many citizens object, saying he is disrespecting the country. He is even a... Full story
Smoke signals from Boyer area fire -Debbie Snell photo A cloud of smoke rises from a fire which burns across the river from Boyer Park and Marina Friday. Fortunately, this fire did not cross the river as a previous fire recently did, but stayed confined to Garfield County, only the smoke drifting over county lines. 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...
Tekoa/Rosalia Timberwolves will again play a schedule of eight-man foes in non-league match ups this year. The football mode for the T-wolves will be the same as last year, but the travel miles should be fewer, according to coach Scott Eaton. Last year, TR's search for non-league foes in the eight ranks sent them as far as Darrington. The T-Wolves, who are in the state 2B division, cannot qualify for playoff action by opting to play eight-man football against teams in the 1B division. Because of a lack of players, they followed the same mode...
Colfax gridders will head for Reardan Friday night to start another run in the NE league campaign. The Bulldogs will be going up against a Reardan team which clipped them 40-34 here last year in the final home game of the season. Reardan took the win by scoring three times in the last quarter. "They needed to score twice to take the win, and they did it," coach Mike Morgan recalled. Coach Eric Nikkola and crew are expected to greet Colfax with its traditional cruncher wishbone offense. Reardan likes to find a weakness in an opponent's defense...
For photos, see Weekly Pages: Sept. 1 Endicott has its first Tin Foil Man triathlon in the books. A spoof off the Ironman competition, the Tin Foil Man took participants on a 250-yard swim, six-mile bike ride loop on the Winona Road and a 1.75-mile walk/run in town. The kids' versions included 50 or 100-meter swim, a half mile or two-mile bike ride and a half mile or one-mile walk/run. “It went awesome,” said Jamie Misner, event organizer. “I thought it went really well.” About 70 adult and youth participants turned out for the event, and som...
Brian Swindahl in the Bandit Black 76 boat turns down the number 13 channel in a qualification run on the way to a win in the 400 class Saturday at Webb's Slough. The races were the second of two summer sprint boats events in St. John. Charlie Reynolds in the 199 Bad to the Bone boat goes up on the bank in a qualification run Aug. 27. Second round of sprint boat racing at Webb's Slough in St. John Saturday saw two of the season's class leaders derailed in the final round of a full day of...
Colton's Josh Straughan, who played quarterback at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Ala., will be the starting quarterback for South Illinois University at Carbondale when they open their season Saturday. Straughan, who was a three-year starter at Stillman, graduated there last December and transferred to Southern Illinois for the spring semester. He was an all-conference player at Stillman in 2014, but did not play last year because of an injury so he has remaining eligibility to play college ball. Straughan was among four quarterbacks...
It starts in earnest Friday for Garfield/Palouse's 2016 football season. Opening at Troy, an Idaho eight-man powerhouse in recent years, the Vikings will take the field without senior running back Cameron Springstead, a key part of last year's team which finished in the playoffs at 6-5. Springstead dislocated his elbow last week in practice. Overall, the team loses just two starters from last year, Ian Neibergs and Wyatt Griner, who both played tight end on offense. Returning starters, aside...
Coach Doering introduces players on this year's volleyball team during last week's “Meet the Bulldogs” session at McDonald Park in Colfax. A total of 23 girls are on the roster. It will be a case of start all over again for Colfax volleyball players as they embark on another fall campaign. Coach Sue Doering and crew will crank it up after rolling through a 31-4 season last year on the way to a third straight title in the 2B championships at the Sun Dome. The Bulldogs graduated seven seniors off... Full story
Paint striping season arrives on county roads after Labor Day. The annual work will cover 25 to 30 roads from start to finish, laying down new stripes with a paint truck and warning vehicle following. Roads will remain open during the process. Costs associated include an estimated $100,000 in paint and $2,000 in glass beads, which cure in the paint and reflect light once on the pavement. “We try to make the roads as safe as we can by making them as visible as we can,” said Mark Storey, county public works director.... Full story
Fujiyama Japanese Steakhouse & Bar Aug. 24 announced plans to open a fourth restaurant in the state at Pullman. They plan to locate at 1170 SE Bishop Boulevard, the site of the former Denny’s restaurant which has been closed for several months. Fujiyama now operates restaurants in Silverdale, Olympia and Richland. The hibachi-style restaurant features cooking by chefs on 2x4 grills which are installed at customer tables in the restaurant. In addition to steaks, the restaurant features seafood and appetizers. They plan to open a full-service b...
The Vintage Threshing Bee at the Palouse Empire Fairground is slated for Monday, Sept. 5. The fun will start at 10 a.m. at the field with old farm equipment and draft horses. Jenny Meyer at the Endicott Food Center will provide a lunch in the newly-remodeled event center starting at noon. The Threshing Bee is held annually on Labor Day, just ahead of the Palouse Empire Fair which will run from Sept. 8-11. The field there was plowed and planted the third weekend in April during the Plowing Bee. Weather for the day is expected to be mostly sunny...
Youngsters go for a swim in the Endicott pool prior to the season closing. The pool’s boiler went out in mid-July, and pool manager Nancy Anderson has started raising funds to replace it. A fundraising swim at the Endicott pool Saturday started to bring in money needed to help replace the pool's struggling boiler. Pool manager Nancy Anderson organized the fundraiser in response to the boiler going out in mid-July. She said the tubes which run the water through the heat exchanger to the boiler a... Full story
Whitman County commissioners signed an application Monday to the state's Rural Arterial Program (RAP) for reconstruction of three miles of Hume Road near Oakesdale. Deadline for grant application is Sept. 1. The estimated $3.5 million project would follow the previous nine miles of Hume Road, which was structurally upgraded three years ago and funded by the RAP. Crews on the final stretch would put down four inches of asphalt and a structural grid to reinforce it. “A lot of roads in Whitman County were never engineered,” said Public Works Dir...
The new Pullman licensing office is indicated by this license plate sign on Bishop Boulevard and is opening just three weeks after the closure of the longtime subagency at the Pufferbelly Depot, which closed Aug. 8. Pullman's new vehicle/vessel licensing sub-agency office is opening today. Molly Johnson, new proprietor, plans to open the doors today at 8:30 a.m. – just three weeks after being awarded the contract. “I'm thrilled. We've been so busy getting ready,” said Johnson. “The state h...
Pulverizing of the base of the Schmuck Park track was underway Monday. A subcontractor from Oregon has arrived with a special machine to pulverize the remaining base of the track and combine it with gravel to provide a base before new asphalt is applied....
The Council on Aging and Human Services/COAST Transportation was recently awarded $2,500 by Select Health, a not-for-profit insurance organization in Utah and Idaho. “They want to encourage organizations that promote health,” said Suzanne Seigneur, transportation director at COAST. Seigneur traveled to Boise to receive the award at the beginning of August. Seigneur said approximately 180 organizations applied for the award, called Select 25, and 25 were awarded. “Of the 25 they awarded, they're all super worthy causes,” said Seigneur. “It was a... Full story
Tiana Gregg, owner, painted the mural herself in the new studio space next to The Green Frog. Gregg has opened The Bends Yoga House in Palouse and will host a grand opening Sept. 9. The space was open, she was a co-owner of the building and thought, ''why not?” The Bends Yoga House in Palouse will have its grand opening Sept. 9. In the same building as The Green Frog Cafe, its co-owner Tiana Gregg runs the new yoga operation, after being certified as an instructor earlier this year. By c...
A potential new micro-antenna tower for broadband internet will be the subject of a Garfield Planning Commission meeting Sept. 12. Cascade Computing of Spokane approached the town with its plan, which would require a conditional use permit. The 30-foot tower would be placed on a plat of land owned by Garfield Mayor Ray McCown, who has deeded the land for the work. The planning commission will thus seek a variance to allow the tower and an adjacent building at the intersection of Adams and Third... Full story
Mike Macy Mike Macy, an executive with Columbia Bank for the last 10 years, has been named Chief Financial Officer for Whitman Hospital and Medical Center. Macy has moved here from Sunnyside to start the new job. Macy Monday said he learned about the opening at the Colfax hospital when he made visits here every two weeks while working for Columbia Bank. He noted he and his wife, Pat, have always had an interest in residing in a small town next to a major university, and that added to the appeal... Full story
A meeting of the leadership team which was appointed to determine the fate of the now-idle Colfax to Pullman railroad connection has been scheduled for today, Thursday, at the Albion Community Center beginning at 5:30 p.m. The meeting follows a workshop session June 15 at the Community Congregational Church in Pullman which brought 130 people to learn about what options are available to the Washington State Department of Transportation, owners of the line which was previously operated for years by the Union Pacific. The rail has been out of... Full story
Not many scenic photos of Steptoe Butte include a foreground of sunflowers. This field has been planted by Jon Scholz on the east side of Highway 195. The photo was taken just back of the butte information sign along the highway. Two weeks ago, Whitman County commissioners sent a letter to the Washington State Parks, requesting the department to consider placing the Steptoe Butte State Park road on its top 100 capital improvement projects list. “That road is in really bad shape. A lot worse t...
