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Christmas is a difficult time for anyone grieving for lost loved ones. It is especially painful for America’s military families whose son, daughter, spouse or parent was killed while serving in uniform. Normally, the fallen are remembered on Memorial Day, but thanks to a Maine family and more than 800,000 donors and volunteers, more than a million wreaths will be laid on the tombstones of our fallen soldiers, sailors and airmen on Dec. 17. The panoramic view of Arlington National Cemetery’s rolling hills with its white grave markers per... Full story
MARRIAGE LICENSES David Michael Finkel, 25, Spokane Valley, and Benjamin Paul Wyant, 26, Port Orchard, Dec. 6. Russel Alexander David Dach, 27, and Rochelle Rehe Thompson, 26, both Pullman, Dec. 6. Joe Molina Melon, 24, and Juan Luo, 30, both Pullman, Dec. 7. Ryan David Lease, 31, and Alysia Kendra Nafsinger, 28, both Moscow, Dec. 7. Tyson Andrew Koepke, 32, and Anne Marie Guerrettaz, 35, both Moscow, Dec. 9. REAL ESTATE SALES Quality Loan Service Corp., Seattle, to Bank of America, trustee deed on house on Line Street, Colton, $148,900, Oct. 2...
It looks like the weather will bring the protests in North Dakota to a halt – at least until spring. I have been trying unsuccessfully to make some sense out of the controversy, but I haven’t heard anything that says the pipeline is not a good idea. The United States uses more oil than any other country in the world. To fill our requirements, we have had to import crude from countries that are not always friendly. Some are downright hostile. Before we began development of the North Dakota oil fields, we were dependent on foreign sources for...
Transmogrify Friends and fellow citizens who are loudly advocating for the sanctity of the second amendment, remember, there’s a lot more to the Constitution that needs defending these days. It’s like the Ten Commandments, you don’t get to just pick the ones you like and ditch the rest. Let’s all keep our eyes on the ball and be sure our great democracy doesn’t transmogrify into an oligarchy or a kleptocracy. Too many have sacrificed too much. Steve Swoope, Colfax...
A sale of a deed of trust for the Arby’s restaurants in Colfax and Pullman, scheduled for last Friday morning on the courthouse front steps, has been continued until Feb. 17. Notice of the sale had been posted for 9 a.m. Friday morning by Robert Rowley, Spokane attorney who has been named successor trustee on the deed to the two properties. The Colfax Arby’s was closed March 20, 2015, by proprietor Wayne Bergey who continued to operate the Pullman Arby’s in the shopping center along South Grand in Pullman. The scheduled trustee sale on the c...
One of the Obama administration's core competencies is suspending pipeline projects with no cause. It will leave office with another notch in its belt, now that the Army Corps of Engineers has acted to block a final piece of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The 1,200-mile pipeline is designed to move oil from North Dakota to Illinois and will have to await completion in a Trump administration with a more rational attitude toward pipelines specifically and fossil fuels generally. The story of the Dakota Access Pipeline will be familiar to anyone who...
Oh, the games the Donfather is playing. He does know how to take his pound of flesh. With Mitt Romney, for instance, he's extracting a ton. Donny the Avenger, who seems to be motivated by grudges, has been able to humiliate Mitt by making him grovel for the secretary of state job. And that was after he sent out his stalking horse Kellyanne Conway to say that making Mitt Romney his chief steward of foreign policy would be a "betrayal." Newt Gingrich, a stalking something else, ridiculed Romney for "sucking up." Their assignments from the boss se...
The Boeing company has been tweeted down by President-elect Donald Trump. He took exception to the company’s work on a new generation of planes designed to carry the president and others. These would be the new Air Force One class of planes. Two of them are planned. They will replace the aging aircraft that have been in service since George H.W. Bush was president. New ones are needed. These are not average aircraft. They are equipped with massive amounts of electronics, sophisticated communications, defensive devices and in-flight refueling c... Full story
Trail meet fills Center Participants in the Dec. 7 Colfax session on the fate of the corridor for the former Union Pacific railroad between Colfax and Pullman filled The Center. The Colfax meet was the third of four sessions planned by the Pullman Civic Trust to get public input on what the Department of Transportation, present owners of the corridor, should do with the right-of-way. That night’s meeting included objections of land owners who live along the idle railroad and advocates of placing...
Colton football grad Josh Straughan received the most valuable player award Dec. 4 in the 2016 FCS Senior Bowl Game at Daytona Beach. He threw three touchdown passes and totaled close to 300 yards of passing offense. Straughan played this year for Southern Illinois University at Carbondale where he led an offense which averaged 457 yards and 32 points per game. He finished his college career completing 705 passes for 8,012 yards and 70 touchdowns. Straughan, son of Gene and Jenni Straughan, graduated from Colton High School in...
Liberty girls Tuesday night pegged a 60-37 win over Tekoa/Rosalia to extend their record to 3-0. Maisie Burngan hit 25 points for the Lancers, and Christine Denny hit 14. The Timberwolves, now 1-3, were led by Hannah Beach with 11 points. Tekoa/Rosalia will host Reardan Friday at Tekoa and then travel to Colfax Saturday for a league clash. Liberty boys posted a 72-26 crunch over the Timberwolves in the Tuesday round with Tyler Haas hitting 20. The Lancers are now 1-2 on their new season. The Timberwolves are now 0-4....
Senior cheerleader Lauren Claassen leads the Bulldog student section in the "Roller Coaster" cheer against the Panthers Friday night, Dec. 9....
Pomeroy’s Oscar Morfin considers options at Colton Dec. 9. The Pirates pulled out an overtime win after Colton’s Grant Kinzer put-back his own deep shot to tie in regulation. The Garfield/ Palouse boys are at the top of the Southeast 1B league basketball standings after first league games were played last weekend. The Vikings are 1-0 league, 3-1 overall, while Pomeroy is also 1-0 in league with a 2-1 overall record. Oakesdale is at 0-1, 2-3 overall. Colton is 0-1 in league, 0-3 overall, aft... Full story
Colfax and Garfield/Palouse wrestlers placed fourth Saturday at the Liberty Invitational tournament with a score of 101. Riverside topped the card with 147, and Selkirk was second at 127 among the 13 team entries. Colfax had two first-place finishers. Garrett Phillips placed first in the 113 class, and Dane Hall topped the 152 class. Nolan Burrill placed second in the 106 class on an overtime decision against Avery Kitt of Springdale in the title match. Phillips pinned Cody Mandarino of Riverside in his championship match, and Hall won the 152...
Colton junior Georgia Meyer takes a rebound back up to the basket in a 48-33 home win over Pomeroy. In Southeast 1B League girls basketballstandings, Colton and Oakesdale are tied at the top, both with 1-0 league records. Colton is 4-0 overall while Oakesdale is 3-2. Pomeroy follows in the standings with an 0-1 league record (1-2 league) after losing at Colton Dec. 9. Garfield/Palouse is 0-1 in league, 0-2 on the year. Touchet and St. John/Endicott have not yet played a league game. Several...
Jared Kneale battles for a rebound against Asotin’s Coby Blunt in the first game Friday. The Bulldogs lost 66-60. Colfax boys over the weekend booked a 1-1 split for the first week of NE action. The Bulldogs were out-paced by a fast Asotin team in their home league opener Friday and then went to Ritzville where they dropped the Broncos 57-34 with a power charge in the second half. The weekend split leaves the Bulldogs at 2-2 overall with a NE neighborhood battle booked here Saturday when the T... Full story
Taylor Garcia of the Bulldogs goes up for a shot Friday between Asotin's Natasha Ireland and Kinsie Miller. After sustaining a 0-2 record over the opening weekend of basketball last week, the Bulldog girls booked two solid wins over the weekend in first rounds of the NE competition. The Bulldogs Friday hammered Asotin 61-26 in the Panthers' NE league debut on the Colfax court. Saturday at Ritzville, the Bulldogs put on a power surge in the first half on the way to a 55-45 win over the Broncos. C...
Tekoa City Council Dec. 5 voted against placing a $50,000 streets levy again in February after it failed in November. The vote ended a proposal made by Mayor John Jaeger which was reported in last week's Gazette as already decided. The mayor was interviewed for the story before the Dec. 5 city council session. “Obviously, I was very disappointed,” said Jaeger. The Nov. 8 levy vote failed with 59 percent of the vote, just one percent short of the 60 percent majority required for approval. The...
The total cost of a burial plot in Tekoa will soon go to the Goldenrod Cemetery's general fund in an expected move by the city council. Previously, a percentage went to the cemetery's endowment, from which the city is only permitted to spend interest. Of the $400 plot cost, before $250 went to the general fund and $150 to the endowment. The matter was discussed at the Nov. 21 council meeting and again Dec. 5. A vote is expected at the council's January meet. The adjustment frees more funds for cemetery operating costs. The decision coincides...
The City of Palouse has postponed the ribbon-cutting for its solar farm, originally scheduled for Dec. 2, until next spring. Mayor Michael Echanove and project engineers will wait until weather is more cooperative. “The ground is just not conducive to holding an event up there,” said Kyle Dixon, Palouse clerk-treasurer. The solar site is on the south side of Palouse, just past the railroad tracks. The eight-acre operation was inspected and went online in mid-November. The solar farm con...
Valoree Gregory, front, addresses business owners at a workshop last week at the McGregor Company. Kimberly DeHart and Sarah McKnight stand at the left. Colfax Downtown Association met with business owners at the McGregor Co. conference room in Mockonema Friday, Dec. 9, to help the businesses get a head start on applications for tax credit incentives through the state's Main Street program. Colfax was accepted into the program last year and subsequently missed out on earning tax credit... Full story
St. Ignatius Hospital gained fame in the last year as the site of ghost hunts conducted there. It attracted attention nationally and was even featured on Good Morning America. In this 2015 photo, a ghost hunt participant wanders the halls of the abandoned hospital. An interested buyer has stepped forward to potentially purchase the former St. Ignatius Hospital building. Though the potential buyer is remaining anonymous, he has visited Colfax several times and is said to be making plans for the...
--Rena Davidson photo Clean up and remodeling are underway at the former Sandbagger Tavern. Kevin and Mary Davidson, formerly of Buhl, Idaho, have purchased the building and plan an antique shop there. When Mary Davidson opens her new antique shop in downtown Colfax for business, her commute to work will not take long at all. “Twenty-seven steps,” she said. Kevin and Mary Davidson purchased the former Sandbagger Tavern building in July from Felipe and Luz Guitron of Colfax. The couple – along...
The Board of County Commissioners Monday, Dec. 5, voted unanimously to convert from salary pay to hourly pay for non-exempt employees. “It will affect any employee who is non-exempt from overtime,” said Kelli Campbell, who works in the county human resources department. “Most of us, the majority.” Non-exempt employees, under the Fair Labor Standards Act are able to receive overtime pay. The county has decided to convert the employees from a salary basis to hourly basis to help the county be more in line with federal regulations. Campbel...
Melissa May of Colfax won the drawing for the Passport to Colfax prize. She received $200 worth of gift cards for a variety of businesses in Colfax. Shoppers entered the drawing by submitting passport cards which had been stamped by local businesses. The Chamber of Commerce event encouraged local shopping.... Full story
