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The State Department of Natural Resources Sept. 25 issued a report that it had rescinded the statewide burning ban on DNR protected lands in the state. Recent rainfall and moderating temperatures led to the decision. The DNR action does not affect restrictions by local authorities, and fire bans are still in place in all county parks. More precipitation will be required here, and the department will review long-range forecasts before lifting the bans in the parks. A fire ban is also in place along the Snake River and in Wawawai Canyon until...
Public Disclosure Commission listings for Whitman County candidates show three of the four candidates in the two contested races opted to comply with the mini reporting option in which they pledged not to spend more the $5,000 on their campaigns after paying the filing fee and will not accept more than $500 from any one contributor. Jim Hawkes, the staff appraiser who is challenging incumbent Joe Reynolds for the assessors job, opted to take the full reporting option. Hawkes to date has reported $7,915 in campaign contributions and $4,238 in... Full story
The National Fire Protection Association, the official sponsor of Fire Prevention Week for more than 90 years, this year plans a “Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month!” theme for the Oct. 5-11 observance. This year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign reinforces the importance of testing smoke alarms each month and works to ensure that people have the needed protection in the event of a home fire.... Full story
The city of Palouse has a renewed rating for firefighting capability after an evaluation by the Washington Survey and Ratings Bureau. The review process takes into account a town’s ability to respond to a fire, then concludes with a rating on a scale of 1-10 — which can affect homeowners’ insurance rates. For Palouse, regarding fire response inside city limits, the town retained its class six rating while for rural response, it improved from an eight to a seven. The town’s last bureau review...
Tekoa’s Empire Theater could soon be listed on the National Register of Historic Places if an effort by local citizens earns approval. Diane Harp, a member of the Empire Theater committee, took information to the city council Sept. 20 to show her efforts on behalf of the listing. Beginning in August when she had a week off of work, Harp researched plat maps, United States Geological Survey quad maps and architectural drawings and went to the theater to take pictures. All of it was to meet the r...
Dr. Greg Aune of San Antonio, Texas, a Colfax High School graduate whose research work in Texas was recognized with a fund drive exercise at the high school here, has been nominated by the National Cancer Institute to be a new member to its Council of Research Advocates. Aune is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The announcement was made Sept. 19 by NCI director Harold Varmus in a briefing on pediatric cancer at the White House....
NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Whitman County Commissioners has completed and will place on file at the Office of the Whitman County Commissioners, Whitman County Courthouse, the Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2015. The total amount of the budget for 2015 is approximately $60,000,000. The budget will be available October 6, 2014 and may be reviewed by any citizen who contacts the Clerk of the Board in the Commissioners' Office or by calling 397-5240. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a public hearing for the purpose...
