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After being stopped by snow Friday when they were booked for a trip to Liberty Christian, Colton girls Saturday blasted Pomeroy 83-18 for their second league win. The veteran Wildcat club is now 4-0 overall. Colton will host Tekoa/Oakesdale in the next league round Jan. 3. The Nighthawks, who had a bye Friday, crunched Liberty Christian 54-18 Saturday at Oakesdale to extend their early win string to 5-0. St. John/Endicott defeated Rosalia 45-30 Saturday on the Spartans’ court to extend their league mark to 3-0 which puts them on top of the r...
Applications are now open and available for the 2014 scholarship program conducted by First Wind. Entering its fifth year, First Wind Scholars will make scholarships available to qualified high school seniors in communities where the company has projects in operation. High school seniors who attend schools where First Wind projects a operating are eligible to apply. That includes Garfield, Oakesdale, Rosalia, St. John, Spangle and Tekoa. In the past four years they have committed nearly $250,000 to 59 students. As part of the 2014 program, 16 o... Full story
He told people the reason he did it was to spruce up his obituary. In the process, he dealt with issues ranging from pest beavers and finding a snowplow driver to freeing a ball of baby-wipes stuck in the sewer lift station — all the while adapting to the workings of the state after 26 years as a business owner. Farmington’s Ron Dugan, 73, will complete his 21 months as mayor Dec. 31. When appointed in April 2012 as the sole applicant to replace Laura Hokenson, he said he would serve out the rem...
The Nutrition Program and COAST Transportation received a sizable donation from Palouse Wind on Friday, Dec. 20. Palouse Wind Operations Manager Greg Scorsone and Support Specialist Shawn Elston presented a $5,000 check to Nutrition Program Director Suzy McNeilly. “We are very happy to provide funds that can truly make a difference to those Whitman County residents in the greatest need,” said Scorsone. “These funds will support a variety of needs such as a county-wide distribution of holiday pork roasts to 250 of the county’s neediest familie...
Guardrails and a sidewalk will likely be installed by next year on a section of Park Road in Tekoa. Funding for the project will include a $733,000 grant from the Transportation Improvement Board. Announced last week, the money will allow the two-tenths of a mile road section to be made more pedestrian and truck-friendly, as it connects around a curve at the southeast section of Tekoa. The project will run from Howard Street to about 150-feet south where Park Street becomes Tekoa-Farmington... Full story
Whitman County coroner Peter Martin Friday issued a determination after an investigation of the death of Tiffiny Brennan, 44, St. John, on Rock Lake Road Saturday, Dec. 14. Martin said after a detailed investigation and a review of the investigation report from the Sheriff’s office he determined Mrs. Brennan died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sheriff Brett Myers reported Dec. 19 his office had conducted an extensive investigation, but would wait until the coroner made a determination of his findings before concluding the case. The s...
New Garfield mayor Ray McCown will take office again on Jan. 1. It will be his third time serving as the town’s mayor, succeeding Jarrod Pfaff, who completes an eight-year term Dec. 31. “I haven’t gotten any plans at the moment,” said McCown, 80. “I have to feel things out. I just can’t step in and start slamming doors.” McCown won the office by beating Councilman Larry Hunt by two votes. “Any one person voting the other way would’ve changed it,” McCown said. On Dec. 7, McCown went to a re... Full story
Although a couple of days last week felt more spring-like than winter, the county had another taste of the white stuff starting late Friday morning and lasting into Saturday morning. A winter storm warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Spokane starting at 10 a.m. Friday and lasting through 5 a.m. Saturday. Snowfall was light at first late Friday morning, but in the afternoon the snow got heavier and the wind began blowing. Temperatures hovered in the upper 20s and even warmed to the low 30s during the night on Friday.... Full story
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NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Whitman County Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on Monday, December 30, 2013, at 11:30 a.m. in the Whitman County Commissioners’ Chambers, Courthouse, Colfax, Washington. The purpose of the hearing is to consider proposed amendments to Whitman County Code, Title 3, Chapter 3.50, Enhanced 911 Emergency Telephone System. The proposed revisions would impose an excise tax on the use of each radio access line by consumers whose retail transaction occurs within Whitman County as a...
