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Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad has received a $5.7 million Federal Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development grant. Three of PCC rail’s branch lines will be improved to allow them to carry 286,000-pound rail cars. The project includes replacing, refurbishing or rebuilding 10 bridges, replacing about 4.6 miles of rail and rehabilitating nearly 16.3 miles of track structure. The funding award was announced at last Thursday’s Port of Whitman meeting by Port Commissioner Tom Kam...
Whitman County Commissioners approved a resolution Dec. 17 to add $2 per hour in wages for all Public Works employees, union and non-union, following a presentation Nov. 19 by Jeff Stehr, District 1 superintendent, asking for a pay increase to help retain and hire employees. The increase will take effect Jan. 1, pending union approval. Stehr presented a spreadsheet of local workers who have left the county in recent years for higher-paying jobs with farmers, ranchers, Washington State...
Year after year, Endicott has a fantastic Christmas lights display at one house in particular. Camels are making their way down a hill to a nativity; carolers are singing outside a lit church; soldiers are saluting; Snoopy is flying and Santa is driving a golf cart. All are created by Dan Helt. Helt has lived in Endicott his entire life, except for his time serving in the U.S. Army in 1968. Even while he was teaching in Cheney, Helt came down to help his parents on the farm over the weekends...
Rosalia Garden Club members gathered at the Rosalia Methodist Church basement to assemble 50 cheer baskets. They were intended for people who recently experienced a death in the family, illness or an accident. Mary Ann Bowman, long-time Rosalia resident, was seven-years-old when her mother began delivering the cheer baskets in 1935. They included several sweets and Christmas related items. "There is a need for cheer at Christmas time," Bowman said. She noted cheer basket recipients are often by...
The Rural Alliance Art Show will return to the Libey Gallery at The Center January 5 through 11, during Colfax library's regular open hours. This exhibit showcases the paintings, drawings, pottery, collages and sculptures created by 60 middle and high school students. Students from Colfax, Garfield-Palouse, Oakesdale, Rosalia and St. John/Endicott have their work displayed in the show. A reception for the show will be Monday, Jan. 7, from 5 to 6 p.m. The exhibit and reception are free to the public, and all are encouraged celebrate the teens'...
A crowd turned out Dec. 19 for the Art Among the Trees event at The Center next to the library. Gary and Trudy Libey pulled down the cover over the plaque honoring Don and Bettie Steiger and family and the Libeys for donations which started the project and provided funds to get it finished, respectively. Librarian Kristie Kirkpatrick passed out recognition certificates to people who assisted with the project. Winners of the festival of trees competition were presented by Kirkpatrick and Mayor To...
Pullman Regional Hospital CEO Scott Adams will be the speaker during the Pullman Chamber of Commerce January general membership luncheon at noon Jan. 8 at Banyan’s on the Ridge in the Pavilion. Lunch will be catered by Banyan’s, and the cost is $18 per person, or $15 for chamber members. Reservations are required for all attendees by Jan. 4 to Pullman Chamber of Commerce at 334-3565....
Family Promise of the Palouse is looking for volunteers to help at the warming shelter in Pullman through January 31, 2019. The warming shelter this year is in the basement of the new Pullman City Hall building, the former Encounter Ministries at 190 SE Crestview. The warming shelter is a temporary emergency shelter, open from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. on nights when temperatures reach below 30 degrees. It will provide a place for homeless people to be safe and warm in extreme cold weather. The...
Colfax school district board approved a list of new staff and volunteers Dec. 21 and received a construction update from District Supt. Jerry Pugh. The board convened in a rare morning session due to Christmas break and basketball games the night before. Last week, eight boxes each weighing more than 100 pounds were delivered by FedEx to the district office. Inside were construction documents to be delivered to eight consultants the district has hired to look them over before the bid process begins. This round follows a previous first round in...
Colfax boys booked a split in pre-holiday action with a strong fourth quarter against Wahkiakum on the home court last Thursday and a loss on the road to Lakeside at Nine Mile Friday night. The loss was the second in the season for the Bulldogs who now stand at 6-2 mark with two games set this week at the West Valley holiday tournament in Spokane Valley. The Bulldog boys were slated to play Okanogan Thursday at West Valley, and they will return to West Valley Saturday to play Newport at 1:30...
Colfax girls last week booked a 1-1 for their last two hoop games prior to the Christmas break. The Bulldogs were crunched by a strong Wahkiakum Thursday 73-46, but they turned around and downed the Lakeside Eagles Friday night at Nine Mile 55-34. Wahkiakum's girls arrived at Colfax with a 7-0 record and extended it to 8-0 with the win over Colfax. Bulldog Coach Corey Baerlocher noted the Mules were a strong team which executed their plays well. The Mules' Macie Elliott hit six three-point...
The Garfield/Palouse boys blew out Colton for the second time in just over a week, Dec. 22, this time in the consolation round of the Wildcats’ Christmas tournament. Ely Hawkins scored 16 points and 10 rebounds while Tanner Anderson added 13 points, six rebounds and four steals in the 68-42 win. Caden Sanderson, another Gar/Pal senior, added 12 points, helping push the Vikings’ lead in the second half. Parker Druffel scored 17 points for Colton in the loss while Reece Chadwick had 14. The Vik...
Colfax wrestlers placed sixth out of 18 teams Friday at the Tri-County tournament at Central Valley. Nolan Burrill at 120 and Augie Allenbach at 220 placed second after advancing all the way to the title round. Colby Slate placed sixth in the 138 class, and Riane Jones placed third in the girls’ 115 class. Reardan again looked dominant for the NE mat campaign with a 179-point win at the big CV invitational which included entries by GSL teams. Mead finished just one point behind Reardan, and the NE’s Liberty was the number-three finisher at 101...
The final of the Colton Christmas tournament was a present. The No. 1-ranked RPI girls team in Washington from 1B met the No. 1 for 2B and it came down to the last possession. Colton (8-0, 3-0) won 56-54 over Wahkiakum (9-1, 1-0) after the Mules missed a reverse lay-up with seven seconds left. The Wildcats came down with the rebound and ran out the clock. Emily Schultheis scored 17 points to lead Colton while Jordyn Moehrle and Dakota Patchen each had 16. Moehrle scored 13 of her points in the...
Logan Reed of Oakesdale has been named as the Most Valuable Player for the 1B state volleyball tournament in Yakima. Reed led Oakesdale to their fourth consecutive title. LouEllen Reed and Brooklyn Henley of Oakesdale were also named to the first team. Oakesdale’s Brandy Brown was named Coach of the Year. Also named were Sidney Smith, Pomeroy; Ashley Mitchell, Almira/Coulee/Hartline; Deana Caruso, Pomeroy; Gabi Isaak, Almira/Coulee/Hartline; Taylor Gudmundsen, Naselle. Second team honors included Katie Kogler, Firm Foundation; Jenna Couch, S...
Tekoa/Rosalia boys added two strong wins last week before the Christmas break. The Timberwolves powered past SJEL 72-42 in a non-leaguer Dec. 19 and rolled over Valley Christian in another non-leaguer Dec. 20 on the Tekoa court to advance the record to 5-3. The Timberwolves will return to NE-South league action Jan. 4 when they host Asotin at Rosalia. The Wolves are now 1-1 in league play. Asotin will visit after with pre-holiday record at 3-4 after edging Garfield/Palouse 61-54 last Friday in the second round of the tournament at Colton....
Bluewood ski resort east of Dayton opened for the skiing season over the Christmas season and will be open daily through Tuesday, Jan.1. They will then operate on their standard schedule, Wednesday through Sunday and on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 21. Bluewood this year has installed conveyor style lifts which replace the former platter pole in the beginners’ area. Skiers now can get up the hill by stepping on the conveyer belt. Bluewood is located 21 miles east of Dayton....
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. POOL ASSAULT NETS PRISON Demetrius R. Robinson, 31, was sentenced to 15 months in prison Friday morning after an extended sentencing hearing in Whitman County Superior Court. Robinson, who has been in jail here since he was arrested, was convicted by a jury Nov. 13 of charges of second-degree...
In the 1991 movie “City Slickers”, the old cowboy Curly tells the protagonist the secret to life is “one thing.” “Just that one thing. You stick to that and everything else don't mean sh**,” he says. What that one thing is is up to him and, as Billy Crystal's character learns, it can change in different situations. Most people agree global warming is a serious issue; perhaps THE issue most urgent in the world. If things don't change and the global temperature rises more than 1.5 degrees Cel...
OK, I get it. After an election, when the incumbent is about to be transformed into the former, we need a transition period. All in all, it's a good idea. It allows for a smooth changeover. Yada, yada, yada. But like all bright ideas, this one is invariably tarnished, because humans are involved. (How's that for Yuletide cheer?) As we all know, the time between outgoing and incoming is called the "lame duck" period. In Wisconsin and Michigan, the Democrats who were victorious in winning the governor's races and other statewide races are crying...
The office of the presidency is known for wearing down the mere mortals who hold it. At the very least, it prematurely ages its occupants. Often, it humiliates them, forcing them to rehabilitate their reputations later (George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter). In the worst case, it chews them up and spits them out (Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon). It is a journalistic trope that this is happening to Donald Trump before our eyes. The media constantly write stories about how the president is panicked and cornered, barely able to handle his duties,...
Our President is crude, crass, undiplomatic and rude. I agree with many of the things he has done, but I have real issues with the way he does them. I think his America First policy is spot on. We have allowed other countries to walk on us too long. I agree with his initiatives to rein in some federal agencies. The EPA has far too much power. They have been allowed to rely on pseudo-science to make arbitrary rules. They needed to be brought into the real world populated with people. I agree with President Trump’s policy to enforce our e...