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Fire Restrictions for Whitman County Parks and Trails ended Oct. 2. Campfires are now allowed at Kamiak Butte and Klemgard Park. Fire restrictions at Wawawai County Park will continue until Oct. 10. All park visitors should still remain prepared and vigilant....
Questions 1. MOVIES: Who directed the movie “La Dolce Vita”? 2. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the famous Olduvai Gorge located? 3. MYTHOLOGY: Tyr was a Norse god of what? 4. MUSIC: What pop group sang “Love Shack”? 5. PRESIDENTS: How old was Theodore Roosevelt when he was inaugurated? 6. SCIENCE: In what century was Isaac Newton born? 7. HISTORY: When was the last year the Dodgers played in Brooklyn? 8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the symbol of the zodiac sign Scorpio? 9. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek prefix “speleo” mean? 10. MEASUREMENTS: How many bo...
* It was noted American science fiction author Philip K. Dick who made the following sage observation: “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” * You might be surprised to learn that when Hernan Cortes reached the New World in the 1600s, he found the Aztecs drinking hot chocolate at their banquets. * The World Health Organization does not include cockroaches on its list of insects hazardous to human health. * Are you afraid of rattlesnakes? Those are certainly dangerous creatures, but keep in mind that the venom...
NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE AN ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT The public is notified of intent to issue an Administrative Use Permit to Sundance South LLC to deposit approximately 28,000 cubic yards of clean topsoil and subsoil in a farm field in the Agricultural District. The soils will come from a residential development inside city limits of Pullman just to the east of the fill site. The farm field will eventually be levelled then returned to farming. This permit can be issued administratively pursuant to Whitman County Code Chapter 19.10.100. The... Full story
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 accounts have been updated. CAR THEFT NETS PRISON TERM Loran Thomas Bacon, Jr., 20, Spokane, was sentenced to 26 months in the state prison system Friday after he pleaded guilty in superior court to taking a motor vehicle without permission. A pre-sentence report included a long list of prior convictions in Spokane County, and Bacon was assigned an offender score of 10,...
