Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

Whitman County has earned a clean audit for the year 2017, marking two consecutive passing years after 12 years without. The Office of the Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy reported Monday to county commissioners no significant deficiencies in...

A barnyard mechanic growing up on the foothills of Mt. Spokane, Paul Clark later spent five years on the Arctic Circle before he moved south to Nome, Alaska. He moved to Colton this summer to take over as superintendent and high school principal. Cla...

A chapter in Whitman County economics and politics has marked an end with the sale of the Hawkins property located on the Washington side of the state line along the Moscow-Pullman highway. The property 10 years ago surfaced on the public agenda...

Paul A. Papiese, 45, Colfax, pleaded not guilty in superior court Friday to two charges of vehicular assault involving an accident at one of the Highway 195 construction sites in the Rosalia area. He was scheduled for trial Nov. 13. The...

Randi M. Keene, 35, Garfield, was ordered to serve a year in jail Friday in Whitman County Superior Court after she told the court she opted to serve the jail sentence instead of undergoing an evaluation and treatment for drug use. Keene had been ord...

County Auditor Eunice Coker Friday reported her office is getting bogus voter registration forms which have been sent out to county residents from an organization known as "Center of Voter Information." The letter advises voters that they are listed...

PULLMAN, WA: The Pullman Chamber and Visitor Center Community Investment Committee has awarded a Community Investment Fund Grant in the amount of $10,000 to Pullman Good Food Co-op. These funds will be used to finance market studies specific to food...

The second half of a hot-mix asphalt overlay project on Farmington Road began Monday at Tekoa, with paving headed south toward Farmington on the project expected to last into next week. The work, being done by Central Washington Asphalt of Moses...

During this year’s Oct. 6 Health & Wellness Fair at Pullman Regional Hospital, Whitman County Health Department representatives will be in attendance to highlight resources available to Whitman County residents. Deanna Claybaugh, LPN, and Amanda Ni...

Issac S. Depaolo, 19, Cheney, was booked into the Whitman County jail Monday afternoon on two probable charges of arson and a charge of vehicle prowl. Depaolo has been named as a suspect in the suspicious fire which destroyed a wooden deck on the bac...

Robin R. Woltering of Palouse sustained minor injuries Thursday when the pickup truck in which she was riding struck a moose on Highway 27 a mile north of Pullman. According to report by Washington State Patrol Trooper Bruce Blood, Angela K. Griner,...

Pie, bingo at Oakesdale Oakesdale community residents are invited to an evening out at the library for pie and bingo Saturday, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. This free event is made possible by the Palouse Wind Farm and Novatus Energy, which is sponsoring the...

The WSU School of Music will hold a used piano sale Friday and Saturday, Sept. 21-22, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Kimbrough Hall on campus. The pianos have been maintained and hold the original factory warranty. Financing and delivery are available....

AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: Chicken patty or burger, baked beans, fries, fruit. Tuesday: Biscuit and gravy or chicken patty, egg, fruit, juice. Wednesday: Chicken Alfredo or burger, bread stick, green beans, fruit. Thursday: Bulldog burger or chicken...

Whitman County Library Teen Librarian, Nichole Kopp will give a presentation and lead a discussion on how to recognize the warning signs of these risks and how to protect children/teens online no matter how they access the internet. The free...

Liberty Quartet will give a community concert at Church of the Nazarene in Colfax Monday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. Liberty Quartet is a traveling gospel group which performs and ministers for church services, nursing homes, prisons and more. They have...

Neill Public Library will present at the Cordova Theater (Foursquare Church) in downtown Pullman a free screening of the Frederick Wiseman documentary, Ex Libris: The New York Public Library on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 1 p.m. Frederick Wiseman’s...

September is library card sign-up month. As a special incentive, Friends of Whitman County Library will offer a drawing for a $25 gift certificate for those signing up for a new card during September....