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Tekoa swim pool completed its summer run for 2018 Friday after a mudslide last winter made for much work to ensure the season would happen. Opening on June 12, the last day of school, the pool was ready after thousands of buckets of mud were taken out, among other repair work. "I asked one day, 'we're on bucket 500,' they said," Denise Angelo, manager of the pool, said. After last November's mudslide – caused by a blown end-cap on a water main at a Tekoa school building up the hillside from the...
Steptoe resident Kirk Suess requested time to speak to county commissioners Tuesday and came in with a couple things on his mind. He opened with one. “The old state highway through Steptoe is in drastic need of some attention,” Suess said. “It’s got some serious potholes.” He continued. “The road is in horrendous shape,” he said. Mark Storey, Public Works director, sitting in the seats nearby, said that he’ll go take a look at it. “I’d like to hear someone say we’ll fix it,” Suess said. Stor...
Two people were injured Tuesday morning when a truck driver failed to stop at the Highway 195 passing lane project at Thornton and started a chain accident involving three other vehicles. The first vehicle hit in the accident ignited and burned along the side of the highway. According to the Washington State Patrol report, Robert C. Cathcart, 55, Spokane, was driving a 2016 truck and trailer northbound at 11:34 a.m. and failed to stop in time to avoid hitting as 2017 Silverado pickup truck, the...
After years of consideration, Whitman County is moving to implement a geographic information system (GIS) to better manage and present a wide variety of public data. GIS is a digital data management system used extensively by local governments across the country for a wide variety of purposes, such as municipal planning, determining property taxes or mapping geographical features. GIS benefits local jurisdictions and their residents through its capability to aggregate and visualize huge amounts of data. Governments can scale the extent and...
The prospect of a future utility rate increase in Palouse was broached at the city council meeting Aug. 28. Kyle Dixon, city administrator, attended an Association of Washington Cities municipal budget conference in Leavenworth the week before and suggested that Palouse was overdue for utility increases, referring to sewer rates in particular. The matter has not been further discussed by the mayor and city council. “We have pretty reasonable rates,” said Mayor Michael Echanove. “You don’t...
The Port of Whitman County will host an open house Monday, Sept. 17, seeking public input on proposed upgrades to the Boyer Park Marina near the Lower Granite Dam. The meeting will run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Whitman County Library in Colfax. The Port of Whitman County is redesigning the Boyer Park Marina and is looking for public suggestions on what the design should include. The initial focus is to modify docks 1 through 7, improving access and overall dock condition. The Port will submit the design to the Washington Recreation and...
Pullman League of Women Voters seeks volunteers to help register voters on the following dates and at these locations: *Sept. 25 at the WSU CUB on campus from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. *Oct. 4 in Colfax at the Library. Contact Deb Olson , service chair for the league, to volunteer. olsonbones@aol.com...
Estavan V. Torres, 22, Pullman, was sentenced to 180 days in jail Friday with 173 suspended after he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of malicious mischief in the third degree. Torres was charged with kicking two windows out of the Beasley Coliseum. According to the report by the WSU Police Department, Torres was observed on a surveillance recording kicking out the windows which were located near where the skybridge crosses Stadium Way at about 3:09 a.m. June 30. The report said Torres entered the concourse area of the coliseum and later was...
On the front page of last week’s Gazette, a sprint boat that rested on the top of a Jeep at Webb’s Slough in St. John was misidentified as that of Scott Jensen. The driver of the boat that inadvertently parked it on top of the Jeep was Rick Phillips of the Hammertime team....
Tom Hennigar of St. John is president of the Palouse Empire Threshing Bee Association, and Stan Riebold is vice president. The article in last week’s fair edition incorrectly listed the officers. Also, donors of header boxes to the association in 1977 included Jim Hereford, Philip Broeckel, Frank Feenan and Lester Sauer....
Grangers and others worked on five grain mosaics in the Display Building at the Palouse Empire Fairground over the weekend. Ewartsville-Whelan and Pine Grove granges worked on their entries and will compete for championship and reserve ribbons in the senior class. Colfax FFA and Junior Grangers will compete with entries in the junior division. A Pomona grain mosaic will also be on display at the fair with members from other granges working on that project. Grange grain mosaic displays around...
September is National Preparedness Month, a nationwide campaign, now in its 15th year that aims to remind households, businesses and communities of the importance of preparing for all kinds of catastrophes. Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins urges local residents to sign up for the Whitman County/City of Pullman Emergency Alert System to receive notification of natural disasters as soon as a threat is recognized. See Whitman County’s Emergency Management page as well as PPD’s website and social media platforms to find additional disaster pre...
Colfax Mayor Todd Vanek Tuesday night reported to the city council that the city has opted out of game day duty for WSU games. The university's athletic department issues contracts to area police agencies to supply officers for security duty on game days. Mayor Vanek told the city council his chief concern was the staffing problems of the police department which is still one officer short of a full roster. He said he believed the agreement could call for an officer to work an eight-hour duty shift at Pullman on the heels of a long shift at...
Embarking on their first football opener against a non-league foe, the Colfax Bulldogs Saturday afternoon sustained a 0-14 loss to the Wahkiakum Mules at Cathlamet. The game was one of two booked between NE and SE leagues. Colfax and Liberty headed to the coast Friday for one of four non-league games which will start the season for both teams in the SE South Division. The trip involved a nine-hour bus ride, lodging on air mattresses in the hosts’ gym and dinner and breakfast served by the local booster club. Coach Mike Morgan marked it down a...
Oakesdale volleyball players swept Dayton/Waitsburg in three games Tuesday for their season opener. Scores were 25-9 25-12 and 25-18. Top scorers for Oakesdale were Logan Reed with 17 kills and four aces, Brooklyn Henley with 14 kills, four aces and two blocks, and LouEllen Reed with 22 assists and 8 digs. Kaleigh White had five kills for the D/W team. Oakesdale and Garfield/Palouse were slated to collide Wednesday in a league match. In a Saturday jamboree at Clarkston, Oakesdale posted leads over Pomeroy, Clarkston and Asotin in matchups...
After a bye week due to Touchet not having enough eligible players for a game Aug. 31, Garfield/Palouse will start their football season Friday at home against Sunnyside Christian. The game is the debut of new head coach Garrett Parrish, a four-year assistant to Will Woltering, who resigned earlier this year after five years as head coach. Parrish, a 2005 Garfield/Palouse graduate and former Vikings quarterback, looks to have his team ready to play the Knights, expected to be the top team in...
Colfax cross country team started their competition season at the Josh Wright Memorial run at Northwest Christian Tuesday. The Bulldogs had 16 runners in the varsity race which didn’t log times or placings. Sophomore Kolby Slate finished among the leaders led the Colfax contingent which finished well in the big season opener. Jorga Slate of Colfax was the top finisher in the junior high race. Next action for the Bulldog runners will be Sept. 18 when they host a league meet at the Colfax Golf course....
The 2018 Colfax Junior Golf Championship took place Tuesday, Aug. 28, as Jacob Ward took first place in the age 10-12 category with a 61. Tyler Peterson followed in second-place with 65 and Eric Christensen, third with 77; Paul David Buri, 85, and Cooper Phillips, 118. For 8-9 years old, Cody Phillips shot 68 and Kaitlynn Ward 78....
Colton traveled to Granger, Wash., Aug. 30 to meet Sunnyside Christian in the season-opener for both and the Wildcats went down 64-34. In a Southeast 1B league game, Colton lead early before Sunnyside Christian put together seven consecutive touchdowns to take control of the game. Colton went up 20-16 in the second quarter when Parker Druffel threw to Reece Chadwick for a 19-yard touchdown. Soon after the Knights pushed ahead as quarterback Kyler Marsh scored for what would later total four rushing touchdowns and three touchdown passes. In the...
Colfax Junior-Senior High School held a Back to School assembly Aug. 29 in which teachers and student leaders wore blue and gold T-shirts with a design for “Go Beyond” printed on them. Principal Carrie Lipe introduced the program during the assembly. “We’re going to go beyond to be our best selves,” said Lipe. “As we go our own way and create our own path, we have to remember each other.” The theme is a joint operation of ASB (student leadership) and the administration, which grew out of discussions at the end of last year. Examples of t...
The Lionel Hampton School of Music at University of Idaho has announced its September performance schedule, beginning Saturday, Sept. 8, at 2 p.m. for the Vandal Marching Band. On Sept. 13, the Faculty Chamber Music Recital will be held at Haddock Performance Hall. The Percussion Ensemble follows Friday, Sept. 14. On Sunday, Sept. 16, the Mauchley Piano Duo will also play at Haddock Hall. On Sept. 20, Convocation will be held there featuring select students and ensembles. The Jazz Band and Jazz Choirs will appear Friday, Sept. 21, at 6:30 p.m....
Colfax volleyball players traveled north Tuesday to face Lewis & Clark in their opening match. The Tigers, a 4A school in the Greater Spokane League, took the match in three games, 25-21 25-21 and 25-18. Molly McNeil, new volleyball coach of the young Bulldogs squad, credited her crew with battling with the Tigers for the duration. "Overall, it was a good showing for the team. They played hard against the 4A Tigers of LC and showed improvement on blocking from the Saturday jamboree. Kylie...