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Last weeks cover of the Gazette featured Dan D. Pea of the USA Dry Peas, Lentils and Chickpeas Council in the National Lentil Festival parade. Pea was erroneously misidentified as his relative Tase T. Lentil. While both are members of the legume family and provide significant contributions to the regional economy and public nutrition, Pea's complexion marks him as distinctive from Lentil....
The Pullman Vehicle Vessel Licensing office is marking one year of new ownership. The former site at the Pufferbelly Depot closed on Aug. 8, 2016, and the new office opened under proprietor Molly Johnson three weeks later on Sept. 1, 2016. The office is now located at 1195 SE Bishop Boulevard. The Pullman Vehicle Vessel Licensing office on SE Bishop Blvd. will mark one year of operation under new ownership tomorrow, Sept. 1. Molly Johnson was selected to begin operation of the sub-agency after...
“We're looking straight up Alder Street now,” said Mark Hellinger, pictured. Hellinger and wife Liz petitioned the Town of Farmington to sell a group of plotted, but unused, streets and alleys in Farmington. The Town of Farmington approved a sale of alley, unopened alley and unopened streets in what is known as the Truax Addition and Sheehan's Addition at its Aug. 14 town council meeting. For a price of 50 cents per square foot, the town council approved the sale to Mark and Liz Hellinger, who... Full story
Ghosts are still up in the air, according to Valoree Gregory, Colfax unified executive director. Gregory has been preparing for the final run of the Haunted Hospital at St. Ignatius, and she said that everything is ready to go with the new building owners. A contract deal has been reached among the owners, the Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Association. That contract calls for the new owners to receive a portion of the proceeds from the Haunted Hospital. The wait to re-launch the tours is contingent upon meetings with the city. “The owner d...
Representatives from Garfield and Palouse will meet with Chief Jerry Neumann and the Palouse Police Department to negotiate a renewal of the contract for the Palouse department to cover Garfield. The second of two four-year contracts will expire at the end of this year. Under the arrangement, the Town of Garfield pays the Palouse department a flat fee for law enforcement coverage. Garfield Mayor Ray McCown will appoint two town council representatives to meet with two from Palouse. “For us, it's been a good deal, and I'm sure for them, too. W...
Notable athletes will make their way to Pullman this week for “Champions for Kids,” an autograph session to support the Regional High School Athletic Training Program. The training program presented by Pullman Regional Hospital and Colton School District provides athletic training services for student athletes during practices, games and camps. It also provides treatment for injured athletes, free of cost, at the hospital's outpatient physical therapy clinic. The contract was recently expanded to include the Garfield/Palouse, Pullman and Pot... Full story
The county is searching for a coordinator for its Voluntary Stewardship Program (VSP) that was approved last week on Monday, Aug. 21. The approved contract is the second two-year contract and spans from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2019. This contract is meant to cover the implementation of a plan created in the past two years during the first contract. That contract created the watershed work group that aims to protect agricultural activity and preserve wetlands, flood plains, animal habitat, aquifer recharge and geologically hazardous areas.... Full story
Marcy Goossen pauses from cutting a batch of caramels Tuesday in her downstairs commercial kitchen. What started as an added item at the Farmer's Market in Rockford is now a commercial product made in Farmington. Marcy Goossen, who moved to Farmington two years ago, sells Buttercup & Blossoms caramels around northeast Washington and Idaho. The operation reached another level in July when she and husband Rudy added a commercial kitchen to their house. Marcy and her daughter, Hannah, a part-time... Full story
With just more than a week to go before the big kiss at the Palouse Empire Fair, the collection jars for the Colfax and Community Fund (CACF) 'Kiss the Pig' fundraiser have brought in $72. “I'm hoping we'll get going more once we get closer,” said Jeannette Solimine, board member with the CACF. Candidates in the second rendition of the event include Scott Ackerman of Ackerman Heating and Air, dentist Al Kirkpatrick and CPA Terry Eng with Kirkpatrick, Utgaard & Perry. As of the last jar collection count Ackerman was in the lead with $42, Kir...
Whitman County commissioners Monday, in a workshop meeting, discussed issues with flooding surrounding an old trestle in Oakesdale. The county and Town of Oakesdale want to be able to remove the trestle, but ownership issues are preventing that right. “We need ownership and permission prior to removing it,” said Commissioner Art Swannack. The trestle is currently owned by Union Pacific, which is willing to sell the trestle so that it can be removed. UP offered the trestle to the Town of Oakesdale for $1. The county is now trying to see if it...
The Rosalia Whitman Avenue reconstruction project is continuing on schedule. Crews have been working on installing new water lines. The Whitman Avenue closure is expected to improve to alternating one-lane traffic after this weekend....
Colfax students start the first day of the new school year Aug. 29 with hope and a smile....
The Town of Rosalia is accepting bids for a project at the Rosalia Municipal Airport. The project includes lighting, improvement of an access road, creating a taxiway and installing fencing. “It’s pretty straightforward,” said Tim Ike, project engineer with J-U-B Engineers out of Spokane. Mayor Nanette Konishi said this project is “mostly electrical” but will also include some paving. Her hope is to have it start as soon as possible and completed before winter. “We’re hoping to have it finished before the snow flies,” she said. “There are some...
As the Colfax Chamber of Commerce is preparing the final First Thursday event of the year, volunteers are being sought to help with the set up. Colfax Unified Executive Director Valoree Gregory said no volunteers have come forward as of yet. The last First Thursday event will be next week, Sept. 7, with Wiley Gustafson and the Wild West band as the feature attraction. “I’ve sent it out in some eNews letters now, and I’ve called businesses,” said Gregory. “Not one person has returned my calls, and nobody has emailed me back either.” Gregory sai... Full story
The City of Palouse has approved another free audit of its city energy use by a company that conducted a previous audit in 2015 that led to installation of Palouse’s solar farm. Apollo Solutions of Spokane approached the city again in July to ask about looking into other potential energy-saving projects in Palouse. Representatives from Apollo will return this fall and look at the systems at the wastewater treatment plant, exterior and interior lights in city-owned buildings, wells, the fire stat...
Dennis Hughes and daughter, Samantha, of Spokane roar around the course at Webb's Slough Saturday on the way to a win in the unlimited class. The Hughes Overkill boat posted the fastest time of the day for the elimination rounds with a 45.455 in the quarter-final run. Winners of Saturday's classes were awarded double points for the season championships because St. John turned out to be the only stop for the season's competition.... Full story
After being denied state funding for Startup 365, the Southeast Washington Economic Development Association (SEWEDA) may be receiving county .09 money to help keep the entity full-time. “They were counting on that 365 money to start the new fiscal year, which started in July,” Dean Kinzer, county commissioner, told commissioners Art Swannack and Michael Largent in a workshop meeting Monday. Startup Whitman launched here as a pilot program in 2015 under the state program of Startup 365 Washington. It was launched to support economic dev... Full story
In the superior court of the State of Washington for the county of Whitman, Whitman County, Building Dept. Plaintiff, vs. LIA JUNE BERG, Defendant. No. 17-2-00160-38 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION The State of Washington to the said Defendant, Lia June Berg You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after the 27th day of July, 2017, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, Whitman...
