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See page 4 for a complete listing of the first election counts. First count for Tuesday's general election shows Pullman's $29 million hospital proposal and the county roads levy lid lift proposal both lagging. The first count of the ballots on election night totaled just 3,020 ballots with approximately 4,000 more ballots in the stack to count and more expected to be in the pipeline. The Pullman Hospital proposal, which failed last April because it failed to meet turnout requirement, booked 1,147 votes in the first count and the tally was...
Two men were hurt Saturday when the brakes failed on a 1990 Honda Accord while they were descending the Palouse Highway grade into Colfax and crashed into the S. Palouse River flood control channel. The report from Sheriff's Sgt. Dan Brown said Tyler Davis, 20, Sandpoint, was driving down the grade on Canyon Street at 11:51 a.m. and was unable to stop the car. The runaway car went through the Main Street intersection, struck a pole, crashed through the fence along the channel and dropped...
Port and county commissioners Monday conducted a joint workshop session on port and county related issues. Mark Storey, public works director, and Marc La Vanway, county project engineer, brought before the commissioners a proposed project for the roads at Port of Wilma along with cost estimates. They want to solve drainage issues, overlay the road and repair weak spots. Storey mentioned surface water at the port can't be drained directly into the river. Their goal is to get the drainage away fr...
The Garfield Plaza and In-Convenience Store has sold and re-opened Oct. 31 under a new name, the Schaut Market. Sonja Hall founded the store in 2015 in a former storage room of Mitz’s Cabinets. “We were getting successful to the point of incorporation, big loans and needing to hire employees,” Hall said. “My kids, the more successful it got, the more they were pushed to the side.” Discussions began in mid-October with Connie and John Schaut. “It happened pretty quick,” said Connie. “Sell...
The Whitcom Executive Board met in a special session Thursday, Oct. 31, to discuss the organization’s staffing concerns. There are currently 12 full-time employees, one part-time and three in training. A full staff would ideally have 22 people. Tara Mucker, Whitcom executive director, said that all times four people need to be on the main floor. Right now Whitcom is currently running with three to four on the floor. In addition, a typical trainee requires five to six months to be prepared to get on the phones. For 2019, 117 people applied f...
Two high school seniors have been selected to represent Washington wheat farmers and will serve as the Washington Wheat Ambassadors for the upcoming year. Spencer Miller of Ritzville and Gunnar Aune of LaCrosse were selected after an initial written application process that also included submitting a short introductory video. Miller and Aune will each give a speech at the Washington Association of Wheat Growers awards banquet Nov. 14 during the Tri-State Grain Growers Convention in Spokane. The...
The question of former Tekoa resident Ted Blaszak’s property near the Tekoa trestle – and whether someone could legally live in a houseboat and trailer on site without a water and sewer hook-up – appears closer to resolved, after the city last week completed its work into what the cost would be. Blaszak, a former city council member and president of the Tekoa Trail and Trestle Association, owns three lots at the east end of the trestle, and, according to Mayor Troy Wilson, has allowed a homel...
Air stagnation advisory has been extended to remain in effect until Friday at noon. The original advisory went in effect last Friday, Nov. 1, and was supposed to conclude Tuesday, Nov. 5. The majority of the region is included in this advisory. Air stagnation, according to the National Weather Service, means there will be light winds, little to no precipitation, strong morning inversions and poor conditions for pollution dispersion. Due to the limited movement of an air mass in the region, pollution has the potential to increase to dangerous...
Washington Association of Realtors have donated $1,000 to each of the challengers in the two Pullman City Council races, according to listings from the state’s Public Disclosure Commission. Francis Benjamin, a former council member, challenged incumbent Eileen Macoll for council seat six, and Chris Johnson challenged incumbent Ann Parks for position four. Backing from the Realtors Association has become one of the factors in the Spokane mayoral campaign where, former TV news reporter Nadine Woodward has received strong backing from the state r...
Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins issued a notice that the week of Nov. 4-10 will be National Drone Safety Awareness week. He noted aircraft between 8.8 ounces and 55 pounds must be registered with the Federal Aviation Administration. Jenkins said drones cannot be operated within five miles of an airport without proper notification via Low Altitude Authorization and Capability. The entire city limits of Pullman is within five miles of the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport. Pullman Airport has allowed residents to email notices for flight plans...
Luis Alberto Urrea, born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother, who beforehand registered him as a US citizen born abroad, will come to the Palouse Nov. 12-15 in support of Everybody Reads. His book "The House of Broken Angels," is the choice for the 19th year of the program, which features one title for readers across the region. "I've been almost everywhere, but not quite there," said Urrea, though he's been to Lewiston and gone to Wallowa Lake multiple times to participate in...
At the Monday Whitman County commissioner workshop, Chris Nelson, county treasurer, gave an update on this year's tax season. Payments as of the October second-half deadline totaled approximately $17 million. “We are currently at 91.14 percent collected on our 2019 taxes,” Nelson said. “We are moving right along the same usual path as we usually do. We generally run 92-93 percent by the end of the year.” Through the Whitman County website, county residents can look up their taxes and also pay their taxes online. This feature can be found t...
Contractor M2 Construction, of Ellensburg, started Monday on installing 8,000 feet of new guardrail work on Pullman-Wawawai Road and Wawawai Road. The project was approved in May as part of a package funded for $650,000 from the federal Highway Safety Improvement Program and has since gone through delays as an underground phone line needs to be moved by Frontier Communications. Dean Cornelison, assistant county engineer, reported the project should take three weeks if everything goes smoothly. “Most likely longer than that,” he said. Fro...
A new Al-Anon group is now meeting on Tuesdays from noon – 1 p.m. at the Garfield Christian Fellowship Church, 303 N. 3rd Street, Garfield. Al-Anon provides help and hope for families and friends of alcoholics. For more information call 509-339-5265....
Results for statewide races here only include the county totals. County top vote getters may differ from statewide vote getters. WHTMAN COUNTY RURAL ROADS Rural road levy lid lift to $2.25 per $1,000 assessed property valuation from present levy of $1.4525 per $1,000 assessed. Yes 421, 55% No 342, 45% PULLMAN HOSPITAL DISTRICT PROPOSITION #1 Levy for $29,000,000 bond issue over 30 years for electronic personal health records and construction of out-patient medical facility for offices and services. Yes 643, 60% No 434, 40% STATE MEASURES Initi...
Colfax volleyball team swept the Wilbur/Creston Wildcats Tuesday night to advance to the semi final round of the NE playoffs which will be today at Liberty. The Bulldogs will play Northwest Christian, the top north side finisher which swept Asotin on the first playoff round on the NWC court. Playing on their home court for the last time this season, the Bulldogs topped the Wildcats 25-13, 25-21 and 25-14 in the first playoff round. The Wildcats started the match with an early lead, before Kierst...
Colfax football team will host the LRS Broncos Friday for a chance to qualify as one of the 16 teams around the state to get a ticket to the first round of the state playoffs. The Colfax-LRS matchup surfaced after final south side league games went into the books last Friday with Colfax getting the bye date. The key for Colfax was a 61-13 win by Liberty over Reardan. That knocked Reardan out of a chance as the league’s number-one qualifier and bumped them down to number four with a 2-2 mark. Colfax Coach Mike Morgan noted Reardan faced a t...
Garfield/Palouse senior Anais Mills led a field of 66 runners for the top finish in the regional run Saturday on the Chewelah Golf Course. Mills, who won the SE district race here last week, clocked 19:24.15 to finish 26 seconds ahead of Mya Edwards of Kettle Falls, winner of the district seven girls run last week at Harrington. Anna Cocking of Colfax placed fifth in the girls race to lead the Bulldogs to a third-place team finish which qualifies them for the state run Saturday at the Sun...
The final week of the regular season for Southeast 1B league football is here, with top teams looking to secure playoff seeds as others vie for a chance to keep playing. Lyle/Wishram, Tekoa/Rosalia and Pomeroy hold the top three spots with Colton and Sunnyside Christian still in consideration for a potential fourth playoff berth. The two teams play at Sunnyside Thursday night at 7 p.m. Lyle/Wishram 64 Tekoa/Rosalia 36 Tekoa/Rosalia played at Lyle – just across the Columbia River from The Dalles...
Colfax football team and boys cross country team have been named to receive the WIAA award for top scholastic honors for the fall sports season. Also, Oakesdale’s volleyball team won the academic award in the 1B division. The Colfax boys cross country team had a grade average of 3.890, and the football team had a grade average of 3.710. Colfax football also topped the academic listing last year. Oakesdale’s volleyball team had a grade average of 3.994 which ranked third among all the teams for all fall sports. They were topped only by the Fer...
Early November, nearing the second week and Christmas stuff glares in store windows. Have they no respect for what season it really is? District volleyball playoffs – with the 1B/2B state high school tournament in Yakima seven days away. The Southeast 1B league’s no. 1-seed Pomeroy was set to host no. 4 St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse Wednesday night at 6 p.m. No. 2-seed Oakesdale hosted no. 3 Colton, also Wednesday night. On Saturday, Nov. 9, because Pomeroy drew a higher number at a September ath...
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. VINTAGE STREETLIGHTS OFFER Martin Marler of Colfax, a member of the Whitman Hospital board, Monday night extended an offer from the hospital to donate two vintage streetlights to the city. Marler suggested the two lights could be installed at the downtown Codger Pole Park. The two light standards...