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Lights go up along Main Street Christmas lights and snowflake decorations went up along Main Street in Colfax Tuesday. Chris Clark from Colfax Public Works worked in the city’s bucket truck to plug in the new LED lights strings. Jim Gills assisted on the project as the wrap man. The lights went up on 40 streetlight standards along Main Street. The city has also ordered additional snowflake decorations which are expected to arrive some time during the holiday season. These reports are from the p...
The Port of Whitman at its Nov. 22 session approved its 2017 operating budget. The budget remained the same as when it opened for public comment in early November. “We passed it with no changes,” said Port Properties and Development Manager Debbie Snell. The budget totals $4,037,000 with $1,094,500 slated in operating expenses and $1,546,000 in estimated capital expenses The capital expenses include potential projects at the Pullman Industrial Park and Henley Court, Boyer Park and possible fiber line installations. Those projects are not yet...
Oakesdale High School students took the top three places in the 2016 Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1435 Spokane Valley “Voice of Democracy” regional essay contest. Senior Danielle Young took first place followed by senior Lindsey Lindgren, second, and Julie Baljo, third, a freshman. The theme of this year's contest was, “My Responsibility as an American.” The essays were written as an assignment in English class and later recorded as the students read their entries aloud. Winners were announced Nov. 21.... Full story
A crew member for CTX Infrastructure of Spokane Valley helps guide into the place the second section of the new restrooms facility at Schmuck Park Nov. 21. A joint City of Colfax-Colfax School District project, the building will serve the athletic complex and the park. The Colfax school board met Monday night and touched on a range of topics following last week's attendance at the Washington School Directors' Association (WSSDA) conference in Spokane. Superintendent Jerry Pugh opened the... Full story
A total of three Colton players and three Garfield/Palouse players were named to the all-league Southeast 1B football team. Colton's Brady Chadwick and Grant Kinzer, both seniors, were named to the all-league offense and defense. Gar/Pal's Evan Weagraff and Mason Bates were also named to both teams. Offense Quarterback: Brady Chadwick, Colton, senior Running back: Evan Weagraff, Garfield/Palouse, junior Running back: Titus Miller, Touchet, senior Running back: GaryEd Schuroff, Pomeroy, senior Receiver: Grant Kinzer, Colton, senior Receiver:...
Colfax football coach and band director Mike Morgan will travel to Chicago Dec. 12 to attend the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. Morgan will be one of more than 80 clinicians from all over the world who will deliver presentations. His clinic will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 12 to 1 p.m. The topic will be "Tearing Down the Wall between Music and Athletics – How to make the musical athlete work for you!" Morgan starts the school year in August when he heads the Colfax football program in a campaign which continues i...
Special award winners at Tuesday's volleball banquet were, from the left, Rachel Brown, most improved player; Taylor Garcia, co- winner of most inspirational; Carmen Gfeller, most valuable player and co-winner of most inspirational; Johanna Stolle, co-winner of the coaches' award, and Lexie Smith, scholastic award and co-winner of the coaches' award. Coach Sue Doering presented Johanna (JoJo) Stolle, a German exchange student who played a big part of this year's volleyball campaign, with a team... Full story
Colfax girls basketball team will launch the new season Friday with an extra-tough assignment, a matchup with coach Clark Vining's Colton Wildcats, the eight-straight 1B champions. Colfax already received a sample of Colton power in a Tuesday jamboree here when the Wildcats moved to a fast lead in the 10-minute game segent. "I think they hit about seven or eight three-point shots," coach Corey Baerlocher commented. Colfax will start the season after finishing last March with a sixth-place trophy in the state finals at Spokane. They rolled up a...
Haunted Palouse proceeds for 2016 totaled $56,950, which was distributed to seven Palouse organizations. Palouse Community Center received $19,932, 4H Sciborgs robotics team got $9,097, Gar/Pal FFA $7,118, Garfield/Palouse Athletic Club $7,118, Palouse Chamber of Commerce $5,695, Tony Kettel Skate Gardens $5,139 and Roy M. Chatters Printing Museum $2,847. In 15 years of the event, which takes place annually over two weekends in October, $521,643 has been raised for various community organizations....
The next Colfax Connects luncheon has been scheduled for Dec. 7 at the Colfax Golf Course. The luncheon is organized by the Colfax Chamber of Commerce and brings together individuals and businesses to discuss happenings and ideas for Colfax. The Colfax Connects program occurs quarterly with the previous meeting having been in September at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds. About 25 people attended that session. The luncheon will be a taco bar and costs $5 at the door. To RSVP, go to www.explorecolfax.com or email colfaxdirector...
The Pullman-Moscow Runway Realignment project made significant progress this summer and fall, airport Administrator Tony Bean told the Gazette Friday, Nov. 18. The project is now being shut down as adverse weather moves in until the spring. “It's too wet to work at this point,” said Bean. “The contractors are getting everything put away.” Bean reported that the project made significant steps in the last few months. He added that land acquisition talks are still underway with the university. “All the private land acquisition has been completed,...
--Ted Blaszak photos The Tekoa Trestle is aglow ahead of Christmas, and for the first time it is powered with LED lights. The lights run daily on a timer from 4:30 p.m. to midnight. A crew works Nov. 18 to install the Tekoa Trestle Christmas lights. For the third year, the Tekoa Trestle has been decorated Christmas. A group of volunteers climbed into place Nov. 18 for a streamlined process which included more lights and features than last year. “Every year it gets better,” said Monte Mor... Full story
Whitman County election results were certified Tuesday afternoon following the final ballot tabulation. Ballots cast in the county totaled 18,328 for an 84.74 percent voter turnout. With the certification, the results became final, and four town and district levies were still below the passing 60 percent approval threshold with the finalization. Among those were the City of Colfax proposal to form a metropolitan parks district. This measure, after rising with each ballot tabulation, came in with a 55 percent approval rating. It needed 60...
The City of Pullman announced the hiring of Adam Lincoln as Pullman’s new city supervisor. Lincoln comes to Pullman from Lakewood where he served as assistant city manager. Lincoln graduated from Western Washington University with a bachelor’s degree in science, and he then went on to earn his masters in public administration from the University of Washington. He was confirmed as the city supervisor at the Nov. 15 Pullman City Council meeting. Lincoln will take over the position vacated by Mark Workman, who previously announced he plans to ret... Full story
Whitman County Commissioners and the Pullman City Council held a joint session in Pullman last week and discussed several matters of mutual concern, including the county’s and city’s tax sharing agreement, marijuana retail sales, the Pullman-Moscow airport project, a comprehensive emergency plan, single stream recycling and bypasses. County Commissioner Michael Largent said the recycling and bypasses were big items on the agenda. “One of the larger sections was talking about single stream recycling and the impact of glass on the solid waste...
The first of January is quickly approaching, and the Colfax Downtown Association wants to make sure businesses here are able to get a share of tax credit incentives available through the statewide Main Street program. Colfax was designated as a Main Street community one year ago. “We have all of our stuff prepared now,” said Colfax Unified Executive Director Valoree Gregory. The Main Street program offers tax credit incentives totaling $1.5 million statewide, and Colfax is eligible for up to $133,000 of that money if businesses apply for it.... Full story
Colfax The Colfax Winterfest festivities are slated for today with vendors, the Festival of Trees, Santa Clause and a lighted parade. There will be pop-up shops in several locations, including in The Center, the DeHart building at 213 N. Main St. and the Masonic Temple. Also, artisans will be back in the former Nostalgia building at 103 S. Main Street. The shops will run from 3 to 7 p.m., and the artisans will run from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Several downtown businesses also are planning extended hours, and some will have sales and promotions. Santa...
Football fans slowed to a stop-and-go mode along Main Street in Colfax Friday morning as they made their way to WSU’s Martin Stadium for the big Apple Cup game. A 12:30 p.m. start on Friday, one day after Thanksgiving, compressed the game day traffic load, but this snarl cleared out at about 11 a.m. as the fans advanced to Pullman. Many fans chose to make the trip on Thanksgiving....
News media have been savaged recently. Particular vitriol has been leveled by President-elect Donald Trump. He has accused journalists of being liars, scum and low lifes, among other unflattering things. He has attacked reporters personally and has tried to discredit entire media companies, not to mention particular stories. His continued attacks have generated intense reactions from his followers and, in fact, many others. The credibility of many news outlets has been so routinely questioned that the damage to reputations may be long lasting....
After a months-long study and recommendations by Washington State Parks for improvements to the John Wayne Trail in Whitman County, Ninth district Representative Joe Schmick of Colfax is skeptical of its prospects in the legislative session which begins Jan. 9. The 105-day session includes a goal of passing a new budget to pay for a myriad of items – among them the McCleary mandate to fully fund K-12 education and the Parks' proposal. In July, State Parks released its budget request for the 2...
