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COLFAX — The longest discussion during last Monday’s, Dec. 21, City Council meeting was on the proposed update of the Home Occupation code, planned to come before the council in January for approval. The code applies to businesses that operate and serve customers in a physical space within a home, such as hair dressers, Building and Community Development Associate Steve Bretveld said. A Home Occupation code is on the books, but it is very vague, Bretveld said. The Planning Commission has been working on updating it for the past yea...
COLFAX—While things remain quiet on a federal disaster declaration from the President of the United States, the U.S. Small Business Administration is making disaster loans available to businesses in Whitman County affected by the Labor Day firestorm. Nonfarm small businesses in Whitman County can apply for loans to offset economic losses caused by the fires Sept. 7. Farm small businesses can access USDA programs. Whitman County Commissioners echoed the plea of Malden officials and congressional delegates in a letter to the president Dec. 21, a...
OLYMPIA - When the 2021 legislative session begins Jan. 11, Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy, will lead the House Environment and Energy Committee for the state House Republicans. Committee assignments were released Friday in Olympia. The committee considers issues relating to the State Environmental Policy Act, the Growth Management Act, the Shoreline Management Act, air quality, aquatic lands, oil spill prevention, recycling and solid waste, hazardous waste, toxins, and climate change. It also...
PULLMAN — The Whitman County Health Department is now supporting the return of elementary students to campus for in-person education. While the Pullman School District has constitutional jurisdiction over all educational matters, the governor’s coronavirus shutdowns asked for health districts to provide input to local school boards. The Health Department now supports allowing high-need students to return for in-person learning in groups of 15 or fewer....
OTHELLO — A LaCrosse woman was located safe after Whitman County Sheriff’s Office issued a silver alert for her Dec. 17. Sylvia “May” Kennedy, 86, was located Dec. 18 in Othello and reunited with family, the Sheriff’s Office reported....
UNIONTOWN — A Coltan man has bought the former Eleanor’s saloon. Brian Greene bought the building earlier this month for $190,000. The two-story, late-1800s building housed the well-known bar and grill until the late 2000s. The building has a loft apartment on the second level. Greene declined to comment yet on plans, saying to stay tuned for further developments....
COLFAX — Schools Superintendent Jerry Pugh reported that Dec. 16, was the last weekly formal construction meeting for the $18.9 million remodeling and reconstruction project. Small and “punch list” items remain, such as basketball shot clocks being mounted in the junior-senior high school gym, and replacing all 80 of the new lockers installed in the locker rooms because of a manufacturing defect on the latches. It will be covered by warranty. The work began at spring break 2019....
STARBUCK - The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking information on the shooting of a bald eagle and a golden eagle. The first bird was found near Payne Hollow, close to the Columbia-Walla Walla county line two weeks ago, officials said. A radiograph scan revealed that the bird had been shot, probably five to seven days before being found. The bird was alive, but so badly injured that it had to be euthanized, officials said. A second eagle was found a day later in the Tucannon...
COLFAX –– Newly-elected District 1 Whitman County Commissioner Tom Handy, left, shakes hands with Superior Court District Judge Gary Libey after Libey swore him in Dec. 22. Handy will fill the seat occupied by Dean Kinzer, who lost to Handy in the November election. A Pullman businessman, Handy will assume his duties at the first board meeting of the new year, Jan. 4, 2021....
Whitman County commissioners approved a marijuana ordinance Monday, concluding an almost two-year process with a final discussion of amendments. Late-stage changes made to what will be new county code are a ban on outdoor growing and processing of marijuana, a maximum of two retail locations in unincorporated areas of the county and a directive that a policy be written by the planning department on odor detection and the protocol for complaints – to be reviewed by county commissioners within three months of the Dec. 28 adoption of the o...
The Colfax School board met Monday night, Dec. 21, for its final meeting of the year, appointing officers and taking in a report from Superintendent Jerry Pugh on what may come next year for more in-person learning. Pugh first filled in the board about a letter he was part of putting together, led by superintendents from Reardan and Davenport, and signed by 71 athletic directors, superintendents and principals across Eastern Washington, which called for school co-and extra-curricular activities to be brought back, saying it can be done safely....
COLFAX — A Pullman man in the Whitman County Jail on charges of kidnapping, attempted murder and three counts of assault allegedly committed suicide Saturday afternoon, Dec. 26. Jose Chagollan-Flores, 35, was found hanging from a bed sheet attached to the upper bunk of his cell at 5:33 p.m., according to the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office. Correctional officers, deputies and EMTs tried to revive him, performing CPR and attempting other lifesaving measures, officials said. He was transported to Whitman Hospital, where he was later pro...
OAKESDALE—Whitman County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an attempted murder-suicide of a couple in their 80s Saturday shortly after 1 p.m. According to Sheriff Brett Myers, the husband called 911 after shooting his wife to report it. When deputies arrived, they contacted an 83 year old female laying on the front entry of her home suffering from serious injuries consistent with a gunshot wound to the face. She is believed to have been shot in the mouth area two times. The woman was able to tell deputies she had been shot by her husband who...
SPOKANE — Protesters are expected to pack the parking lot of the Liquor and Cannabis Board office at 11:45 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4, to rally for restaurants and taverns trying to keep indoor table service — and their businesses — open. The peaceful protest being organized by Caleb Collier of Spokane Valley will take place in the parking lot at 1303 W. Broadway Ave. The protest is the first of two to take place at Liquor and Cannabis Board offices in Eastern Washington this coming week. The second it set for 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, at the agenc...
COLFAX — The nationwide "Stop the Steal" protest will hit close to home Wednesday afternoon. Local Republicans are planning to rally from noon to 4 p.m. at the Codger Pole on Main Street to oppose approval of the Electoral College vote in Congress. The protest coincides with similar events taking place across the region and in Washington, D.C. Former state Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, will be leading the protest that takes place simultaneously on the steps of the Spokane Valley Courthouse, 1116 W. Broadway Ave. Meanwhile in Washington, D.C...
