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NOTICE OF 2021 BOARD/COMMITTTEE MEETINGS AND 2021 COUNTY OFFICES HOLIDAY CLOSURES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FOLLOWING BOARDS/COMMITTEES WILL MEET IN 2021 ON THE DATES AND AT THE TIMES AND LOCATIONS SPECIFIED BELOW. Blue Ribbon Advisory Task Committee Tuesday, April 20, 2021 All meetings take place in the Whitman County Commissioners’ Chambers, Courthouse, 400 North Main Street, Colfax, WA 99111 beginning at 7:00 p.m. Board of Equalization Monday, July 19, 2021 (T) Monday, July 26, 2021 (T) Monday, August 2, 2021 (T) All meetings take p...
COLFAX — Here are the Whitman County Jail bookings for Dec. 21-24: Dec. 22 Austin Allenleon Diggs, 25, driving while under the influence. Release date Jan. 3. Milissa Anne Elizabeth Long-Kenniston, 50, driving under the influence. Release date Dec. 24 Lainey Marlis Ripley, 22, driving under the influence. Released date Dec. 24. Ryan Roderick Stuart Runnels, 35, U.S. Marshal Service hold for a federal violation. Held without bail. Dec. 23 Cavan MacKenzie Simenson, 28, two counts of possession of a controlled substance-methamphetamine. Held on $...
COLFAX — Here is the Whitman County Sheriff’s dispatch from Dec. 21 to Dec. 26 Dec. 21 1:10 a.m. — Colfax — Transportation detail for an inmate from North Mill Street to SeaTac. 7:48 a.m. — Albion — Windows smashed in car on North D Street. 8:00 a.m. — Colfax — House check on East Cooper Street. 8:58 a.m. — Garfield — 911 landline issue on Dry Creek Road. Dec. 22 3:49 a.m. — Pullman — Report of a person refusing to leave property at 18424 state Highway 194. Deputy provided a courtesy transport to a motel. 3:58 a.m. — Albion — Disorderly condu...
COLFAX-The Fireman's Toy Box give-away last week provided toys to more than 200 Whitman County youth, according to organizer Bill Knox. While down some from last year's 267 total, Knox said volunteers met their goal. Fundraising this year was very successful, Knox said. He has been overseeing the Toy Box for more than 30 years. More than $10,000 was received in donations - the exact number was unknown at press time as Knox was still calculating donations. People also brought in toys. Knox, his...
COLFAX — The following births were reported at Whitman County Hospital: Henley Rayne Hall was born Dec. 21 at Whitman Hospital, a girl weighing six pounds and nine ounces, to Kylie Gronning and Austin Hall. Maternal grandparents are Craig and Laurie Gronning of Colfax and Scott and Kelly Hall of Kendrick, Idaho. Zaidee Louise Davis was born Dec. 6 at Whitman Hospital, a girl weighing eight pounds, to Maggie and Nick Davis of Colfax. Maternal grandparents are Terry and Nancy Cochran of Colfax. Paternal grandparent is Robert Davis, also of C...
Thursday, Dec. 31 Closed at 3 p.m., All 14 WCL Branches Friday, Jan. 1 Closed, All 14 WCL Branches. Happy New Year! Saturday, Jan. 2 Teen/Tween Trivia Night, 6 p.m. Contact Endicott Library to participate in this board game trivia via Zoom at endicott@whitco.lib.wa.us or 509-657-3429. Monday, Jan. 4 Whitman County Libraries, Storytime To Go Check in with your library branch to see about picking up a weekly storytime packet, full of educational crafts and fun! Tuesday, Jan. 5 Check Out a Webcam or Hotspot Wednesday, Jan. 6 Colfax, Libey Gallery...
Colfax Monday, Jan. 4 Chicken enchiladas with shredded lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and salsa, refried beans, broccoli and grape salad, baked apple slices Thursday, Jan. 7 Birthday party Beef pepper steak, rice, green salad and fruit, 10-grain bread, birthday dessert Endicott Tuesday, Jan. 5 No meal LaCrosse Tuesday, Jan. 5 Birthday party Beef pepper steak, rice, green salad and fruit, 10-grain bread, birthday dessert Palouse Wednesday, Jan. 6 Birthday party Beef pepper steak, rice, green salad and fruit, 10-grain bread, birthday dessert...
8 years ago The Commoner November 15, 1895 (continued from Dec. 17, 2020 issue of The Gazette) The jailbreak was a well-planned one, showing that the originators were men with a genius for that kind of thing. The jail proper is in the northeast corner of the courthouse, directly beneath the prosecuting attorney’s office. The walls are very heavy, the ceiling is of steel, floor of cement and the windows, which are ten or twelve feet from the ground, are heavily barred. Inside the jail, and surrounded on all sides by an open corridor, is a s...
Uncle Bill left us on his own conditions, passing away peacefully while listening to opera with his nephew Greg by his side. He was 95 years old and was ready to be reunited with his life partner, Steve Carmack, and his ever-faithful dog Harley who passed this past spring. Uncle Bill's life passion was opera, theater and acting. He was mentored early in life by Craig Noel, founder of The Old Globe Theater in San Diego. He was honored to have become one of the first associate directors there and... Full story
A Celebration of Life for Neva C. "Niki" Weatherly will be held Saturday, January 9, 2021, at 2:30 p.m., at the Spokane Baptist Church, 4506 N. Harvard Road, Otis Orchards, Wash., 99027. The service will be live-streamed on the churches website; spokanebaptist.org for all that would like to view the service. The church will provide social distance seating by family if people want to attend in person. Niki passed away December 12, 2020, at Hospice of Spokane Hospice House South from chronic... Full story
COLFAX — The Whitman County Parks and Recreation Board will meet digitally at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, to discuss trails. The meeting will include discussion on the Klemgard/Wawawai/Elberton/Colfax Trail and the Kamiak Butte/Bill Chapman Palouse Trail, among other topics. To participate in the digital discussion, contact Parks and Recreation at 509-397-6238....
OAKESDALE — Steptoe Butte State Park will close for 12-16 weeks later this winter for improvements. Washington State Parks officials said the entire park will be closed beginning in February or March to allow for major road and parking improvements. The start date and completion depend on the weather, officials said....
OLYMPIA — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking comment on its proposed rules for mineral prospecting that may affect fish. Proposed rules include updating definitions related to mining, requiring proof of compliance with the federal Clean Water Act and requiring a state hydraulic project approval for dredging or siphoning operations. Comment by Jan. 30 by emailing HPARules@dfw.wa.gov. There will be a public hearing on the new rules Jan. 29....
OLYMPIA — Residents and visitors will be able to visit state parks for free twice in January. Fee-free days are scheduled for Jan. 1 and Jan. 18, state Parks and Recreation Commission officials said. Because of the coronavirus precautions, rangers will not provided guided hikes. On fee-free days, park-goers do not have to have a Discover pass....
With a letter to the governor, and concurrent revised recommendations from his office about returning more kids to in-person learning, the approaching date to begin delayed high school sports in 2020-21 is a just over a month off. Are its chances to get started now improved? “We gotta get our kids playing again, or in any activities,” said Ken Lindgren, Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) board member and longtime Oakesdale athletic director, teacher and coach. “Idaho just finished a football season, volleyball. What is th...
OAKESDALE - A lifelong point guard who was needed inside, brother and sister coaches, double-overtime survival in the first round, year two of a classic rivalry, a sequel to an unforgettable state volleyball finale, and, in the end, second and fourth-place finishes for the Oakesdale girls and boys basketball teams at Spokane Arena. In six days, the Arena would shut down because of the spreading Covid-19. Oakesdale High School's basketball season made it just in time to be the county sports story...
Since the moment our founders signed their names to the bottom of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, the U.S. has been organized by a successful moral and ethical code. We were a nation formed by protestant immigrants and a smattering of Catholics that broke free of England under a new Constitution and Bill of Rights. Over time, Catholics, American Indian, blacks, Hispanics, Asians and other new Americans, to include Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and atheists, have...
For eight years, Washington state has consistently failed to meet our CO2-reduction targets even as energy-intensive industries have closed or left the state. Washington companies like Amazon and Microsoft have successfully met their CO2 targets. The contrast between their success and the state’s failure is telling. Unfortunately, the governor’s new proposal continues the trend of proposing costly and ineffective strategies that focus more on political special interests than responsible env...
While the coronavirus and its devastating effects on people and economies worldwide were unfortunately the top 2020 stories, the massive impact of western wildfires can’t be ignored. It was catastrophic. The National Interagency Fire Center’s western states tally shows a record 8.6 million acres were incinerated in 2020 compared with 4.6 million acres in 2019. In Washington just over 700,000 acres were burned; however, California and Oregon were not as fortunate. By comparison, a combined 5.7...
Yesterday, my 13-year-old son asked me about the election, and the fraud charges leveled by President Trump and his supporters. I thought about my answer for a bit, then used the O.J. Simpson trial, and that jury verdict, as an example of how humans who want to believe something badly can be convinced that an enormous “preponderance of evidence” should be ignored. In the O.J. case, the evidence, both physical and circumstantial, was overwhelming. He was obviously guilty. Sadly, a jury predisposed to mistrust police and support a celebrity vot...
PULLMAN — A man being held in jail on $5,000 bail for alleged possession of methamphetamine and heroin will be arraigned Jan. 8. Superior Court records show Pullman Police and Whitman County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Cavan Simenson, 28, following a Dec. 23 traffic stop for expired tabs. Deputies were speaking to a front seat-passenger identified as Simenson about not wearing his seat belt when they observed him allegedly exhibiting signs of drug use, records show. Simenson allegedly told deputies he had meth in a backpack on the flo...
COLFAX - Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers and Public Works Director Mark Storey presented a wood-carved American flag with a county logo on it to outgoing county Commissioner Dean Kinzer on Monday morning to commemorate his eight years as commissioner. An engraving marks his two terms, from 2013-2020. Myers and Storey represented the county's Elected and Appointed Team, which commissioned the carving. The group is made up of county elected officials and department heads except county...