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COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Jan.16 – Jan. 17 Jan. 16 6:48 a.m.- South Whitman Avenue, Rosalia. Suspicous person. 8:42 a.m.- SR 270 and Pullman Airport Road, Pullman. Agency assist WSP, 3 vehicle accident. 9:09 a.m.- Reid Road and SR 27, Pullman. Parking problem. 9:41 a.m.- SR 128 milepost 1, Clarkston. Agency assist WSP one vehicle slide off. 11:05 a.m.- South Fairview Avenue, Rosalia. Civil matter. 11:17 a.m.- North Mill Street, Colfax. Fingerprints. 1:43 p.m.- North Madison Street, Tekoa....
TEKOA - Several Whitman County athletic programs are struggling to reschedule games late in the season, as weather conditions caused many cancellations. For the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves, the boys team played just one game last week, with games against Pomeroy and Waitsburg cancelled. The game against Waitsburg has been cancelled, and the Pomeroy game is now scheduled to be played on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The lone Timberwolf game was against the Cusick Panthers. The game against the Panthers was pl...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Jan. 9 – Jan. 15: Jan. 9 2:52 a.m.- Wilhelm Road, Rosalia. 911 open line call. 6:53 a.m.- South Whitman Avenue, Rosalia. Domestic dispute. 7:40 a.m.- Estes Road and Whelan Road, Pullman. Non-injury accident. 8:29 a.m.- West 2nd Street, Albion. Welfare check. 9:28 a.m.- East Woodworth Street, Uniontown. Welfare check. 1:03 p.m.- John Henley Road, Hay. VIN Inspection. 2:14 p.m.- 3rd Street, Endicott. Theft of tools. 2:44 p.m.- 411 North Mill Street, Colfax. Finge...
COLFAX - The Whitman County Elections Office has released the 2024 Local Voters' Pamphlet for the Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024 Special Election, with ballots expected to be mailed out Friday, Jan. 26. This year's Special Election ballot has several school district resolutions from LaCrosse School District, Pullman School District, Colfax School District, St. John School District, Tekoa School District, Steptoe School District, Colton School District, Endicott School District, Rosalia School District,...
PALOUSE - The Garfield-Palouse Vikings boys basketball team have won seven of their last eight games, including two straight against Whitman County opponents. The most recent game for the Vikings was a match up with the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves. The game was played on Saturday, Jan. 13, and took place in Tekoa. The Vikings used a 20-point second quarter to help secure a 59-48 victory over the Timberwolves. With the win, the Vikings are 5-2 in 1B district play, tied for third-best. The Timberwo...
PALOUSE — The Garfield-Palouse Vikings girls basketball team are a bright, youthful team, who get better with each passing game. This week was no different, as the girls took down two 1B district opponents in dominating fashion. The Vikings defeated the Asotin Panthers by 18, then took down Whitman County opponent, the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves, by 35. The girls team has just five games left to be played in the regular season, and are making a late push for a hope in the state championship tournament. The game against Asotin was played on T...
COLTON - The Colton Wildcats took on the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves for the second time in two weeks, with the same result occurring as the game before. The game was played on Friday, Jan. 12, with the game taking place in Colton. The Timberwolves used a 25-point advantage after the first quarter to earn the 63-39 victory over the Wildcats. Tekoa-Rosalia scored 28 points in the first quarter, led by 13 from Isaac Bone, while holding Colton to just three in the quarter. Five Timberwolf players...
COLTON — The only game this week for the Colton girls basketball team was against the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves. Colton held Tekoa-Rosalia to nine total points, while scoring 61 to win by 52. Kyndra Stout led Colton with 23 points, Rori Weber had 16, and Ella Nollmeyer had 10 points. The next game for Colton will be played on Friday, Jan. 19, against Prescott. The game will be in Prescott at 6 p.m....
ROSALIA - On Tuesday, Jan. 16, Whitman County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a call for a single vehicle rollover accident on Pandora Road, west of Waterman Road and east of Rosalia. Deputies arrived on scene where it was determined that the vehicle's driver, Cyndle Sypher, 19, of Latah, was traveling westbound towards Rosalia. According to Whitman County Sheriff's Offfice reports, Sypher's vehicle failed to navigate a left hand curve in the roadway causing it to leave the road on the north side and rolling at least once. The vehicle came to...
COLFAX — With the winter surge hitting Whitman County, local schools are taking action, canceling schools and extra-curricular activities. Updates for Friday, Jan. 19, from the Whitman County school districts are as follows. Colfax: The school has been running on emergency routes for buses in the mornings and afternoons. The basketball game against Davenport Friday, Jan. 19, is still on. Pullman: School was on time. Buses are running on emergency routes. No sports have been cancelled. In district activities are not cancelled, and trips may b... Full story
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Jan. 2 – Jan. 8 Jan. 2 12:17 a.m.- Albion Road, milepost 3, Pullman. Traffic offense. 6:01 a.m.- Pine City Malden Road, area, Rosalia. Non-injury accident. 9:19 a.m.- Hume Road, 1.5 North of 195, Colfax. Non-Injury accident. 9:31 a.m.- Controlled substance problem. 12:21 p.m.- West 3rd Street, LaCrosse. Abnormal behavior. 1:57 p.m.- Sheriff’s Office, Colfax. Suspicious package. 2:38 p.m.- 411 North Mill Street, Colfax. Sex offender registration. 2:59 p.m.- 4...
PALOUSE — The Garfield-Palouse girls basketball team split their district games this week, bringing their overall record to 6-5 on the season. The Vikings took on the Dayton Bulldogs Friday, Jan. 5. The game was played in Palouse. Garfield-Palouse would win the game 54-33 with team defensive efforts. The Vikings led 13-2 in the first quarter before the Bulldogs called a timeout. After the timeout, the Vikings went on a 7-5 run to lead by 13 after one. The second quarter saw the Bulldogs score j...
TEKOA - The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves came close to winning this week with a dramatic loss to the Pomeroy Pirates on Friday, Jan. 5. The game was played in Tekoa, with the Timberwolves losing 41-44. Before the Pirates, Tekoa-Rosalia took on the Colton Wildcats. The game was played Wednesday, Jan. 3, taking place in Rosalia. Colton would dominate as they sailed to a 55-14 victory. The Timberwolves were down 4-15 after the first quarter as they let the Wildcats loose. Hanna Douglas and Clare...
OAKESDALE - Both the Oakesdale boys and girls basketball programs are on fire early in 2024. The boys are undefeated in two games in the new year, where as the girls are 1-0. The Nighthawk girls sit 7-1 on the season, with a 4-0 district record, tied for first with Sunnyside Christian. The girls also are ranked seventh in RPI for the 1B WIAA division. The boys are 9-4 on the year, with a 4-1 district record, good for third, trailing undefeated Pomeroy and DeSales. The Nighthawk boys are ninth...
COLTON - The Colton Wildcats are still searching for their first win in 2024 as they fell in back-to-back games to give them an overall record of 2-11. Colton lost to the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves 37-65 before losing two more games over the weekend. The Wildcats started with a 38-60 loss to Highland (Idaho) then lost 30-63 to the Garfield-Palouse Vikings. Colton are now winless in their last seven games, with their last win coming Tuesday, Dec. 12, against the Dayton Bulldogs. The game against...
TEKOA - The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves earned two hard-fought victories over Whitman County district teams this week. The Timberwolves defeated the Colton Wildcats at home, then took down the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles. In between the games, Tekoa-Rosalia lost by 30 to the Pomeroy Pirates. The first game of the week was against the Colton Wildcats. The game was played on Wednesday, Jan. 3, and took place in Rosalia. Tekoa-Rosalia took a 27-15 lead to halftime, then surged for the 65-37...
Our beloved Patrick passed away at Sacred Heart Medical Center after a fatal respiratory arrest with his family by his side. He is now at rest with his Lord Jesus Christ. He was the sixth of seven children born to Leslie Wayne Maley and Marilyn Lou Dollarhide. The first baby born in the new Whitman Community Hospital in Colfax, Washington, he was in such a hurry to arrive that a nurse, not a doctor, delivered him upon entry into the foyer. He lived the rest of his life in a hurry as well. He... Full story
8 Years Ago From the Colfax Gazette, Friday, January 6, 1899 HEAD ROLLED AWAY Conductor Gilbert Decapitated By a Car Wheel Fell With His Neck Across a Rail and Was Caughty by a Wheel Conductor Henry L. Gilbert of the Spokane & Palouse train from Pullman to Genessee, was beheaded at the Pullman yards about 10 o’clock Saturday morning by a car wheel of his train. His head was cut as squarely off as it would have been possible with a guillotine. His son, Emery Gilbert, who was a brakeman on the same train, was standing near and witnessed the t...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from Dec. 22 – Dec. 30: Dec. 22 8:21 a.m.- Albion Parvin Road, .25 mile north of Pullman. Suspicious vehicle. 9:10 a.m.- Margin Street, Endicott. Civil call. 11:23 a.m.- John Wayne Trail, Tekoa. Agency assist . 12:23 a.m.- SR 26 milepost 131, Colfax. Traffic violation. 1:55 p.m.- Garfield Farmington Road, Farmington. Civil issue. 2:49 p.m.- 411 North Mill Street, Sheriff’s Office, Colfax. Transportation detail. 4:36 p.m.- Omer Brown Road and Elberton Road, Garfiel...
TEKOA — Heading into the final game of 2023 with 997 career points, senior Isaac Bone needed just three points to break 1,000 career points for the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves. Bone would surpass the 1,000 point total in the first quarter of the Timberwolves game against the Jenkins (Chewelah) Cougars. The game was played on Friday, Dec. 29, with the game taking place in Jenkins. The Timberwolves took a 27-26 lead to the second half before failing to score double-digit points in the third and fourth quarters, falling 45-66 against the C...
ROSALIA-The Rosalia Garden Club gathered on Tuesday, Dec. 12, to put together "Cheer Baskets," for those in the community that needed holiday cheer. Rosalia Garden Club Publicity Chairman MarvaLee Peterschick said the "Cheer Baskets," tradition was started in 1935 by the Alpha Club, a social club that was actively contributed to the Rosalia community doing good things. "It's been continuous since that date," Peterschick said, noting that the Alpha club took care of it for many years, and then...
OAKESDALE - The Oakesdale Nighthawks basketball are cooking early this season, with their latest foe being the Colton Wildcats. The two teams met in Oakesdale on Tuesday, Dec. 19, where the Nighthawks defeated the Wildcats 61-13. The first quarter saw Oakesdale soar to an 8-0 lead before Colton called a timeout. Oakesdale did not let off the gas in the first quarter, dominating on the offensive glass, and used persistent pressure on defense to take a 23-0 lead heading into the second quarter. Co...
TEKOA — The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves boy’s basketball team dominated Dayton on Thursday, Dec. 21. The boys took the court on Tuesday, Dec. 19, and started the game strong, leading the way with a 22-13 point lead in the first quarter. Issac Bone stole the show in the first quarter, scoring 12 points on his own. The Timberwolves scored 10 points in the second quarter and 11 points in the third. The Timberwolves started the third quarter with a 54-point lead. They quickly led 54-28 before the quarter ended. In the fourth quarter, the Tim...
OAKESDALE - In the last game before Christmas and the new year, the Oakesdale Nighthawks were dominant against Whitman County rival Colton. The Nighthawks jumped on the Wildcats early, and never let off the gas, earning the 60-34 victory. The Nighthawks started the first quarter with a quick 9-0 lead. Payton Davis had seven of the nine points, with two offensive rebounds to help put the game away early. After a Wildcat timeout, the Nighthawks allowed five quick points from Colton. Kyndra Stout...
