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MALDEN — In a press release from the Port of Whitman County, the Port announced that a multi-year project to install fiber-to-the-home around Pine City and Malden has recently been completed. The project was funded by a $1,734,921 CERB grant from the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund and $433,730 from the Washington State Broadband Office’s Match Grant Program. The launch of the fiber optic network began in October, as construction of fiber to the homes was completed. The project provided service to approximately 70 homes in the area pre...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Oct. 24 – Nov. 1 Oct. 24 11:04 a.m.- North Mill Street, Colfax. Civil call. 12:05 p.m.- Tennessee Street, Steptoe Elementary School. DARE. 1:52 p.m.- East Pine Street, Colfax. Communications problem. 1:54 p.m.- North Mill Street, Colfax. Fingerprints. 2:28 p.m.- Fonner Street and Church Street, Endicott. Civil call. 3:34 p.m.- West Desire Street, Tekoa. Report of checkbook stolen. 5:09 p.m.- Granite Road, Colfax. 911 hang up. 7:01 p.m.- Uniontown. Suspi...
Sheriff’s Log COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Oct. 17 – Oct. 23 Oct. 17 8:39 a.m.- 411 North Mill Street, Colfax. Fingerprints. 9:15 a.m.- Estes Road, area, Palouse. Subject trespassing. 9:22 a.m.- 411 North Mill Street, Colfax. Fingerprints. 10:10 a.m.- Northeast Broadway Avenue, Malden. Civil issue. 10:53 a.m.- Union Street, Colton. Controlled substance problem. 12:09 p.m.- Tennessee Street, Steptoe. Public program. 12:58 p.m.- Old Moscow Road, 1 mile from Johnson, Pullman. Animal problem...
ROSALIA — The Rosalia Veterans Park is hosting its annual Veterans Day Program on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. in the Veterans Memorial Park, located behind the Texaco Station Visitor Center on Whitman Avenue. This year’s speaker is retired Private First Class (PFC) Tony Blount, who served in Vietnam with Delta Company, USMCP, and is a Purple Heart recipient. Blount works regularly at the Malden, Rosalia, and Spangle food banks. Pastor Mike Hill will give the invocation, and Bruce Henning will play taps during the program. Volunteer She...
ROSALIA— The Rosalia Garden Club donated over 250 pounds of fresh produce from members’ gardens in October due to National Garden Clubs Inc. encouraging members to participate in fighting food insecurity. In October, the club donated fresh food to the Rosalia and Malden food distribution center, and the donations were added to the U.S. total donations amounting to seven tons or over 14,000 pounds donated throughout the U.S. by the middle of September. Rosalia Garden Club Publicity Chairman MaravaLee Peterschick reported that the Rosalia Gar...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Oct. 10 – Oct. 16 Oct. 10 1:39 a.m.- North Main Street, Colfax. Controlled substance problem. 8:14 a.m.- Tate Cut off Road and Parvin Road, Palouse. Non-injury accident. 8:28 a.m.- East Henkle Street, Tekoa. Domestic dispute. 8:36 a.m.-411 North Mill Street, Sheriff’s Office, Colfax. Sex offender registration. 9:51 a.m.- East Nob Hill Street, St. John. Civil issue. 10:06 a.m.- 411 North Mill Street, Colfax. Sex offender registration. 11:00 a.m.- East Hengle...
Linda Marie Horn, age 74, of Westwood, Kansas, passed away on September 4, 2023. Linda was born May 31, 1949, in Colfax Washington to Ray and Kathleen Horn. Linda grew up in the small town of Oakesdale, Washington, where she enjoyed cheerleading, Future Farmers of America activities and was a member of the Oakesdale/Malden Order of Eastern Star. Linda graduated from Oakesdale High School in 1967. After high school graduation she attended Western Washington University and Washington State...
8 Years Ago From the Colfax Gazette, Friday, October 14, 1898 HIT BY AN ENGINE An Old Man Receives Fatal Injuries Saturday Evening H.C. Whittal, an aged man of nearly 70 years, was struck by an engine coming down the steep grade west of the depot, about 6 o’clock Saturday evening and is no doubt fatally injured. At time of going to press he was not expected to survive the night. The blow was received upon the left breast. The breast bone was caved in, the shoulder dislocated and several ribs broken. He has since been suffering internal h...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Assessor’s Office reported the following land transactions from Sept. 28- Oct. 6: Sept. 28 Judith Kay Battin, Lake Tapps, Wash., sold land only, LaCrosse, Wash., to Warren and Constance Horton, LaCrosse, Wash., parcels 2-0000-41-15-14-1802, 2-0000-41-15-14-2904, 2-0000-41-15-14-3904, 2-0000-41-15-14-4904, selling price $141,015, Statutory Warranty Deed. Sept. 29 William Siegwarth, Cuadelajava Jalisco, Mexico., sold 705 South East Street, Colfax, Wash., to Katrina and Cody Johnson, Colfax, Wash., parcel 1-0...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Oct. 3 – Oct. 9: Oct. 3 7:26 a.m.- West Walla Walla Highway, Colfax. Mathew Grayson McNeilly, 18, DWLS 3rd and reckless driving. 7:43 a.m.- Endicott. Domestic dispute. 12:06 p.m.- Tennessee Street, Steptoe Elementary School. DARE. 2:24 p.m.- North Fir Street, Palouse. Agency assist Palouse PD. 2:37 p.m.- North Mill Street, Colfax. CPS referral. 2:41 p.m.- West Fairview Street, Colfax. Michael Timothy Haycraft arrested for DWLS 3rd and misdemeanor warrant. 2:48...
MALDEN - Between 60-70 people attended the second Malden and Pine City Revival on Saturday, Sept. 16. Event organizer and The Pine Creek Community Restoration Long-Term Recovery Organization spokeswoman Chandelle Frick said the event was catered by Rattling The Pans BBQ of Rosalia. It commemorates the revival of both the towns of Malden and Pine City, much of which were destroyed in the Babb Road Fire on Sept. 7, 2020. "Any additional funding goes back to the Fire Department," she said, adding...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Library (WCL) is hosting a mixed exhibit of pictures and replica rail signs highlighting the present and past of the Palouse to Cascades Rail Trail from Easton to Tekoa Washington, which started Wednesday, Sept. 6, running through the end of the month in the Center located in Colfax. In May of every year, approximately 120 horseback riders and wagons travel the trail from Eaton to Tekoa, ending with parades in both Rosalia and Tekoa. The trail is the former home of the Chicago Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific R...
Jail Log COLFAX—The Whitman County Jail reported the following individuals booked from Aug. 15-16: Aug. 16 Dantae John Billings, 25, two counts of second-degree possession of stolen property attempting to elude police and reckless driving. Bails set at $500 through Colfax Municipal Court, and $10,000 through Whitman County Superior Court. Amber Jean Sitter, 32, warrant for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Sitter is being held on $10,000 bail through Whitman County Superior Court. R.J. Mitchell William, 22, f...
PULLMAN — A state appellate court has affirmed the conviction of a local man arrested after a January 2022 social media sting intended to catch drug dealers. On Aug. 17, the state Court of Appeals Division III filed an unpublished opinion affirming the arrest and conviction of William Patrick McBride, 59, of Malden. McBride was convicted of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) with intent to deliver after communicating with a fictious person on social media, court records show. He was sentenced to 90 months in prison. He appea...
Joanne Terry Curtis was born in Colfax, Wash., at St. Ignatius Hospital on September 4, 1939, to Albert Lynn and Margaret Geraldine Feenan Curtis. She was the second of six children. Joanne grew up on her family's farm between St. John and Steptoe, Wash., near what is now Eccles Grange Hall. She attended St. John Schools, graduating as salutatorian of her High School class in 1957. Joanne met David Gfeller at a dance at what was then the Wheatland Grange. David was soon drafted during the... Full story
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from August 1 to August 7: August 1 1:13 a.m. – N Washington St., in trailer, Tekoa. Domestic dispute. 10:13 a.m. – NE Wilson Rd., Cogel Plant Bioscience Bldg, Pullman. Public program. 11:56 a.m.- 411 N Mill St, Whitman County Sheriff, Colfax. Civil issue. 12:12 p.m.- Kriebel Rd., Garfield. Child custody order. 1:00 p.m.- N G St., Albion. Welfare check. 1:51 p.m.- N Whitman Ave, and South, Rosalia. Extra patrol. 3:36 p.m.- Barbee Rd., Pullman. Trespassing complai...
MALDEN — A family who lost their home in a Thursday morning, July 20, fire is asking for community support. “It’s like our whole life just disappeared,” renter Alysha Galindo, 35, said. “It’s so much to process.” Galindo lived in the home at 124 S. Main St. with Bobby Robbins, 37, and six children – Nevaeh, 15, Capryce,15, Skylar, 14, Danni, 11, Novah, 7, and Baynz, 6. They were left homeless and lost most of their belongings as well as cherished memorabilia, a Chevrolet Suburban and pet bird, Sarah. Two of the family’s five dogs remain unaccou...
MALDEN - The City of Malden held the unveiling of Eagle Scout Troop 588 Gabriel Morgan's information kiosk at the Main Street and Moreland Avenue intersection on Tuesday, July 18. Malden City Clerk and Treasurer Micki Harnois stated that the unveiling went well, bringing in more residents than they thought they would get to come. "We had a program, and there was a blessing of the kiosk, and then the Mayor read a proclamation," Harnois said, adding that it was because of the dedication to giving...
MALDEN — Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission Grant Awarded $2,018,261 for improvement of the Palouse to Cascades Trail. State Parks will use the grant to improve the five mile stretch on the trail between Malden and the historic site known as Kenova. This section of the trail includes three trestles that burned in a 2020 fire. State Parks will also restore and fireproof the bridge trestles, upgrade the trail surface, reinstate drainage, and develop a trailhead access point across Kenova. This trail segment will connect to the t...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from July 18 to July 24: July 18 5:23 a.m.- Stevens St, Steptoe, Unattended Death 9:18 a.m.- Armstrong Rd & Brayton Rd, Pullman, Abandoned Vehicle 11:09 a.m.- SR 2270, Pullman, Civil Calls 12:12 p.m.- Pullman Albion Rd, Pullman, Welfare Check 12:57 p.m.- N Mill St, Colfax, Sex Offender Registration 1:16 p.m.- John Henley Rd, Hay, Abandoned Vehicle 1:40 p.m.- SR 270, Pullman, Suspicious Circumstance 3:47 p.m.- N Mill St, Colfax, Other Law Enforcement Calls 4:49 p.m...
Kareen Wilson, PR of the Estate of Richard A. Wilson, of St. John, Wash., sold property located in St. John, Wash., to Karen Willson, of St. John, Wash., parcel 1-1693-00-00-04-0000, assessed value $16,500, June 30, 2023. Mark Wallace, of Colton, Wash., sold 151 Butte Street, Colton, Wash., to Carolina Sosa, of Lenore, Idaho., parcel 1-2120-00-11-05-0000, selling price $6,176.65, Quit Claim Deed, June 20, 2023. McKenna and Matthew Caples, of Troy, Idaho., sold 1020 SW Corral Court, Pullman, Wash., to Michael and Michele Giesy, of Pullman,...
MALDEN — The City of Malden is hosting a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Malden Fire Station Tuesday, August 1, at 10 a.m. at the Corner of Ash Street and Moreland. Malden City Clerk and Treasurer Micki Harnois stated that Washington State Legislator representatives, county commissioners, town leaders and state department staff will be in attendance. “So far, we’ve got word from Mark Schoesler and Joe Schmick, only if he does not have harvest,” Harnois said. Harnois explained that the Department of Commerce funded the building of the Fir...
MALDEN - Two dogs are missing and unaccounted for after a blaze destroyed a home and travel trailer Thursday morning, July 20. Nobody was injured in the blaze at 124 S. Main Street; the cause remained under investigation at press time. Alysha Galindo resided in the rental home with her two dogs, officials said. The dogs were in cages at the time of the fire and could not be rescued by the neighbors and volunteer firefighters. As of press time, the dogs remain unaccounted for, Whitman County...
MALDEN — The town of Malden is hosting an unveiling of Eagle Scout Troop 588 Gabriel Morgan’s information Kiosk he built at the Main Street and Moreland Avenue intersection on Tuesday, July 18, at 6:30 p.m. Destroyed in the 2020 Babb Road Fire, Rosalia native Nathan Richards built the original kiosk as his Eagle Scout project. “The kiosk is very important to the residents of Malden as it is a place for community announcements and events,” said Malden Mayor Dan Harwood. Morgan just graduated from Rosalia High School and lives north of Malden....
