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The St. George’s Dragons Saturday night visited Colfax and served notice they will be back in contention for another state title run this year. After being challenged by Colfax in the second quarter, the Dragons put it together and pulled away from a young Bulldog team for a 64-35 win. Coach Reece Jenkin said despite the big margin he felt the Bulldogs did a solid job of competing with the Dragons. “They obviously are back with a whole lot of talent and have to be considered as favorites to tak...
The Colfax wrestling team Saturday advanced four wrestlers to the final round of the Liberty tournament at Spangle. The Bulldogs had six wrestlers compete at Liberty. The tournament included Newport , Freeman J.V. and Hanford from the A division with the host Lancers, Wilbur-Creston-Keller, Republic, Northwest Christian and Selkirk from the Bs. They also had Trapper Askins at 132 and Kevin Knauff at 160 to compete as an entry for Garfield/Palouse. Both of the Vikings advanced to the finals but...
Colfax girls opened the league run with two power wins over the weekend. They dropped Davenport 49-30 on the road Friday night and then crunched St. Georges in the NE opener on the home court Saturday. Coach Corey Baerlocher said a big gain for the club in the league start was more power play by the Bulldog bench. "We'd been a little tentative in our first games and it's good to see our younger players get a little aggressive.” Sophomore Sidney Sheer came off the bench to hit nine points in t...
Straughan, Stamper, Patchen, Lopez, Thurman, Jamison, Nelson, Maley… these are a few of the names that will be heard in Whitman County gyms this winter. The question is which ones will be called in Spokane in March. In a year with at least three teams with strong returning players, if no local Southest 1B team makes it to state, it would be a surprise. The 2013-14 year picks up after a back-and-forth league fight last year between LaCrosse-Washtucna, Colton and Gar-Pal, with Rosalia right b...
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Pullman, announced the company was honored to receive the 2013 Paper of the Year Award in the wind power category at the Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo North America in Orlando, Fla. The paper was written by SEL employees Michael Thompson, engineering services principal engineer; Tony Martini, engineering services automation engineer, and Nicholas Seeley, research and development lead power engineer. This paper introduces a centralized and integrated control system for wind farms. Power...
After 70 years of having an office rent free, the Whitman Conservation District must move, according to a new policy from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. According to conservation board member Jan Turney, the district has known about the possibility of a move for a couple of years. She said after calculating a percentage of square feet and divided by the employees who work in the office, the rent was “an extremely high amount,” she said. No decision has been made where the conservation district will land. “Out intent is to move... Full story
During Friday’s meeting, Whitman County Library Board of Trustees voted to place a library maintenance and operation levy restoration election on the Feb. 11 ballot. Restoring the levy rate allows the library to maintain existing hours, collections, technology, programs and staffing levels in all 14 county locations. The measure seeks to reset the library’s levy rate to 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value within the library district, a rate that was originally approved by voters in 1984 and was in effect through 2002. With the pas... Full story
Five Pullman firefighters, along with Pullman Police Officer Wade Winegardner, were awarded the Distinguished Service Medal Sunday for their exceptional service and performance during the massive Grove Apartment fire in July. Fire Chief Mike Heston presented the award to Winegardner for alertly capturing the license plate of a suspicious vehicle which led to the arrest of the arson suspect. Firefighters receiving the Distinguished Service Medal from Heston include: Andrew Howell, the initial incident commander for exceptional leadership and...
Special guest artist Paul Smith recently performed “Touch the Sky” from Disney’s movie “Brave” with the Garfield and Palouse Elementary schools during their holiday concerts directed by Rebecca Hemphill.... Full story
The Best Western Wheatland Inn in Colfax still is cleaning up after a water pipe broke above the entrance last Sunday. According to one of the inn’s employees, a water pipe in the ceiling froze then broke above the entry door. The pipe ran to the breakfast area, with water gushing through the light fixtures. For three hours, inn employees swept the ankle-deep water out of the building. Finally the water was shut off. Guests had their breakfasts in a conference room down the hall from the main e...
Just as board chairman Scott Hutsell predicted, Martin Hall’s numbers increased to 24 for November, up from 22 in October. “I hope that is a trend that continues,” said Hutsell, who is also a Lincoln County Commissioner. “We are serving a few more tribal youth in the last couple of months which is a good thing,” he said in an email to the Gazette late last week. Although Whitman County is well below its 912 budgeted number of juvenile offenders at 240 so far this year, other counties and Native American tribes who utilize the facility...
Judge William Acey last Wednesday morning, Dec. 12, granted a motion to dismiss a $1.5 million damage suit which had been filed against the city of Palouse by David Mayhan, the father of the 16-year-old Palouse boy who was found dead under a former railroad bridge in Palouse Oct. 24, 2010. The dismissal was sought in a motion for a summary judgment filed by Ephrata attorney Brian Christensen on behalf of the town and Police Chief Jerry Neumann. Judge Acey ruled David Mayhan failed to properly present a claim for damages to the City of Palouse...
Colfax councilmen Don Henderson, left, and David Nails were honored Monday night after their final council meeting. Henderson has served on the city county for 16 years, and Nails has served for eight years. Mayor Todd Vanek presented the appreaciation plaques at the end of Monday night’s meeting and a brief reception with cookies and Chrismas treats followed in the City Hall office.... Full story
Five people were transported to hospitals from the scene of a three-car accident on Highway 195 at the Horn School rest stop Thursday night, Dec. 12. Rosalinda Schluneger, 69, and Ed Schluneger, 78, both Colfax, were transported to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Stewart F. Mackey, 57, and Katherine Mackey, 54, both Orofino, were transported to Whitman Hospital here, and Laurence C. Downing, 23, Spangle, was transported to the hospital here. According to the Washington State Patrol report, Rosalinda Schluneger was driving a 2008... Full story
The president of the McGregor Company and the town of Uniontown have been recognized with Hometown Awards from Inland Northwest Partners. The “Hall of Fame” honor went to Alex McGregor of the McGregor Company while Uniontown was given a “Community” award. A non-profit organization, INP focuses on the long-term vitality of the two-state inland northwest region. A former in-house economic development initiative of Avista Utilities, it became its own non-profit corporation in 1996. On Nov. 21 the INP presented its awards at their winter economi...
Whitman County commissioners decided to ask voters to raise property taxes beginning in 2015 to ease budget woes. After a long discussion Monday morning during a workshop, commissioners met again Monday afternoon and voted unanimously to ask voters to hike property taxes from $1.38 to $1.60 per $1,000 of assessed value starting in 2015. Voters will cast their decisions in February. The state limit from the county general fund levy is $1.80. The added tax would raise more than $750,000 in 2015. Under the state’s one percent annual limit on r... Full story
Endicott fire crews Thursday responded to another long fire battle with the report of a house fire on the Jordan-Knott Road west of Winona. The fire, which was at the Charmain Despain place, was reported at 2:43 p.m. Endicott Chief Randall Schmick said the fire destroyed the house which was made of logs. They were extremely difficult to extinguish. He said at one point fire crews had to cut through the wall to get access to the burning logs. Despain was not at home at the time the fire started. Cause of the fire was unknown, although it is...
Farmers and livestock producers packed the Public Service Building auditorium Dec. 12 to listen and respond to state Department of Ecology assessment letters on the potential of livestock to pollute watersheds. DOE officials were invited to the meeting by the Whitman Conservation District. Ray Ledgerwood, program coordinator for the state Conservation Commission, began the meeting saying that the discussion was about the watershed assessments done earlier this year and laid the ground rules for...
MARTIN HALL JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY NOTICE OF MEETINGS Notice is hereby given that the Executive Board of the Martin Hall Juvenile Detention Facility will meet at 10:00 a.m. at Medical Lake City Hall, 124 S Lefevre, Medical Lake, WA on the following dates for calendar year 2014. Thursday, January 23, 2014 Thursday, February 27, 2014 Thursday, March 27, 2014 Thursday, April 24, 2014 Thursday, May 22, 2014 Thursday, June 26, 2014 Thursday, July 24, 2014 Thursday, August 28, 2014 Thursday, September 25, 2014 Thursday, October 23, 2014... Full story
—Misty Zornacki photo Endicott celebrates Christmas with fireworks at the Endicott Community lot. The display was delayed because of a house fire across the street last week. The crowd also sent off paper balloons and visited with Santa Claus....
