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After all the restrictions of the pandemic, Palouse residents and surrounding communities were excited to celebrate at the Palouse Empire Fair Thursday Sept. 8-11. The Palouse Empire Fair's mission is to promote, develop and improve the agriculture, livestock, business, industry and home life of resident families, youth and visitors. Gates and animal barns opened at 8 a.m. Thursday Sept. 8 through Sunday, Sept. 11. The Fair kicked off with a Senior Citizen Pancake Breakfast sponsored by the...
COLFAX – Smoke from Pacific Northwest wildfires continued to linger Tuesday evening, prompting area health officials to issue an air quality alert. The alert was expected to remain in place through 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 14, in Adams, Spokane, Lincoln and Whitman counties, among other places. "When air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups,sensitive persons may experience health effects and should limit prolonged or heavy exertion and limit time spent outdoors," the alert said. "...
OLYMPIA – Sen. Mark Schoesler is calling a new program that subsidizes mass transit in urban areas as unfair to rural residents. Schoesler, R-Ritzville, further calls the program that went into effect in eight areas of Puget Sound last week disrcimatory. Schoesler represents the 9th Legislative District, which includes Lincoln, Whitman, Southern Spokeane and parts of Adams and Franklin counties, among other areas. The program allows individuals younger than 18 free public transportation in many areas; it was approved by the Legislature d...
COLFAX – Local Colfax ranch owner Tess Griffiths reported to the cops that 12 hundred dollars worth of diesel, a thousand gallons, was stolen from her families ranch on Friday or Saturday night. “I reported it yesterday. I made a police report,” said Griffiths, “We’ve got farmers there planting seed for us, so it’s very inconvenient. We already paid for it, and it was very expensive.” Griffiths hopes the cops look into it, but wanted to tell the community. “We’re from Seattle originally. “We m...
WHITMAN COUNTY – On Wednesday, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife invoked a closure for the fishery of white sturgeon, effective until one hour after sunset on Sept. 30. The fishing closure bans the fishing of or retention of the fish in Lake Roosevelt, and expands from Grand Coulee Dam to China Bend boat ramp, including the Spokane River from Highway 25 Bridge upstream to 400’ below Little Falls Dam, Colville River upstream to Meyers Falls Dam and the Kettle River upstream to the Barstow Bridge. The reason for the closure is the...
MALDEN – The communities of Malden and Pine City, located in northern Whitman County mostly destroyed by a firestorm in 2020, hosted a public event on Sunday, Sept. 11 from 2 -5 p.m. celebrate recovery efforts. Two years ago the Babb Road Fire destroyed most of the buildings in the communities, torching over a hundred homes, and 15,000 acres. The Pine Creek Community Resoration Long Term Recovery Organization and the Town of Malden hosted the event, called Malden-Pine City Revival. The event included free hot dogs, games, live music, and d...
I’ve heard of fried green tomatoes but fried pink petunias? I was disappointed when I came home from the lake to find my hanging baskets of petunias dry and brittle beyond recovery. I had planned an outdoor barbecue and was counting on my petunia baskets for decoration. There wasn’t time to replace the petunias and plus 90 degree temperatures were still in the forecast. Though we gardeners usually consider ground covers to work their magic on the ground, why can’t they be as phenomenal hanging at eye level? And there are so many options availab...
Courthouse remodeled and open to public COLFAX – The Whitman County Courthouse officially reopened Monday, Sept. 12. 86 year-old Lynne McClintock, of Colfax, could be seen entering a new ADA compliant elevator in the newly remodeled courthouse with her daughter, Trudy Libey. Both were there to help Superior Judge, Gary Libey reorganize his office and the courtroom. All county offices are relocating back to the courthouse. Albion Camera club holds first meeting COLFAX – The Albion Camera Clu...
Gov. Jay Inslee announced last week that he will finally end governing under an emergency order — after more than 900 days —on Monday, Oct. 31. When the Legislature next convenes, it should ensure that this type of ongoing emergency governance without affirmative legislative approval never happens again. Whether or not you agree or disagree with every decision the governor made for the last 900-plus days, the fact remains these decisions with vast impact on individuals and businesses were mad...
Over the years, Seattle leaders faced “Herculean” challenges yet found the will, resources, and determination to come together and tackle them. Today’s conundrum is to overcome the city’s growing wave of crime and illicit drug trafficking. Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat summarized the predicament best. “During a time that, one hoped, was going to mark some summer recovery from the social dislocations of the pandemic, Seattle is instead continuing to slide backward---d...
Myth: It makes no difference if one calculates cow feed intake on a dry matter basis or an as-fed basis. Answer: Oh, but it does matter! Okay, here we go! This is one of those topics that probably caused more confusion among my students than most any question I asked them (or had them calculate on an exam!). Let’s make some practical sense of this and how it applies to the real world for cattle producers. Before we can address this concept, we define our terms: As-is (or as-fed) basis refers t...
COLFAX – Local painter Nancy Rothwell's "Chaos in the Ukraine," is being exhibited at The Libey Gallery M-F 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sat. 1-5 p.m. Rothwell's acrylic collage, inspired by an interview on the news of a Ukrainian farmer in the midst of war will be on display in the Libey Gallery adjacent to the Colfax Library now through the end of the year. Rothwell was watching the news when a journalist asked a farmer, "Why are all your cows inside the barn on such a nice day?" The farmer r...
8 Years Ago From the Colfax Gazette, Friday, Sept. 17, 1897 Weather and Crops Two Hundred Thousand Bushels a Day Threshed. The past week of find weather, with almost uninterrupted clear skies, has revived the spirits of the Palouse country. Despite the heavy rains of the past week., general confidence is felt that the crop will be all saved, and those who ten days ago were talking about the 25 per cent damage to wheat from the rains, are now certain that with continued clear weather the...
PALOUSE FALLS – Local chapter members of the Ice Age Floods Institute will gather at the falls Sept. 24 for a short walk and meeting. The 11 a.m. program is open to members and prospective members, officials said. The program will run until 2 p.m. There will be several 2-minute talks, and demonstrations on volcanoes, earthquakes and mima mounds, officials said. Food and beverages will be available. The event also will include lawn games – participants may bring their own corn hole, bocce and other games. To participate in the event, RSVP by...
Pullman Regional Hospital • Frankie Eliza Hessler, a girl, was born Sept. 10, 2022 to parents Kellan and Amanda Hessler of Clarkston. She weighed 8 pounds and 13 ounces. Paternal grandparents are George and Dana Hessler of Walla Walla. Maternal grandparents are Tim and Liz Troutt of Pullman. Frankie joins brother Griffin, age 6, and sister Elliot age 2 at home. • Kayle Nanora Rahl, a girl was born on (date not listed, signed by parent on 9/7/22) to parents Elizabeth Smith and Robert Rahl of Pullman. (Grandparents not listed). She joins sister L...
The Palouse Empire Fair Rodeo took place on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9 and Sept. 10. Here are the results from the event. Asterisk are designated for competitors that only competed Friday. BAREBACK RIDING 1. Dylan Riggins, Score – 83. Airway Heights, Wash. 2. Austin Foss, Score – 77. Terrebonne, Ore. 3. Mat Turner, Score – 76. Wilsonville, Ore. STEER WRESTLING 1. Ty Sherman, Score – 4.4. Moxee, Wash. 2. *Jaret Whitman, Score – 4.8. Belgrade, Mont. T3. Jacob Stacy, Score – 5.8. Moses Lake,...
Market – FFA Grand Champion: Devin Holling Reserve Grand Champion: Samantha Holling 4H RG Grand Champion: Cade Wolf Reserve Grand Champion: Landon Miller Fitting and Showing – FFA Grand Champion: Kyra Holt Reserve Grand Champion: Tess Lewis ADV – Keianna Rudd (G) Shaylee Wadsworth (RG) INT – Landon Miller (G) Jack Baser (RG) NOV – Cade Wolf (G) Hagen Tippett (RG) "Lil" Squealers Grand Champions: Aubree Brickey, Carter DeBolt, Harper Hill, Tucker Wolf, Deacon Startin. Reserve Grand Champions...
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR WHITMAN COUNTY WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. RYAN T CLARK, Defendant. Case No.: 21-2-00059-38 SUMMONS (Service by Publication- 60 Days) The State of Washington to the said Defendant RYAN T CLARK: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 25rd day of August, 2022, and defend the above-entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff and serve a copy of your a...
ROSALIA, Wash. – The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves got their first win of the season while the Garfield-Palouse Vikings lost their second straight in an inter-county Washington 1B southeast game. Garfield-Palouse came into this game with more numbers than they had last week against St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse, 13 players compared to 10, but it wasn't enough to take down Tekoa-Rosalia. "It was good. The boys needed a good win like that," Tekoa-Rosalia coach Ron Rogers said. "(Garfield-Palouse) is y...
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Oakesdale opens season with win The Oakesdale Nighthawks opened their season picking up right where they left off with the 2021 season: a win. Oakesdale (1-0) beat Mary Walker 3-0 (25-19, 25-11, 25-17) on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Jessie Reed led the team with 10 digs. She and teammate Marilla Hockett both had three aces on the day. Samantha Holling had 21 assists and Brieyn Henley had 12 kills for the Nighthawks. “We had a really good showing for our first match of the year,” Oakesdale coach McKinzie Turner said. “Ob...
PALOUSE - Palouse is hosting their annual Palouse Days all day Saturday, Sept. 17. Events kick off at 6 a.m. at the Lions Club, West Main Street, with a Pancake Breakfast $5 donation until 10 a.m. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Palouse Memorabilia Display from Don and Teresa Myott's collection will be available to view. As well as Roy Chatters Newspaper and Printing Museum. Also from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Lions Club is hosting its 39th annual Car Show at the City Park, 490 West Main Street. There...