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Yesterday marked another exciting chapter in my journey as a reporter, as I had the honor of speaking to two forensic criminology classes at Gonzaga University in Spokane. The opportunity to share my experiences and insights into cold cases, a passion I’ve pursued since the age of 19, was truly exhilarating despite the pressure of being a guest speaker in a classroom full of students my age. The classes I spoke to were held at 12:20 p.m. and 4:40 p.m. I was impressed by how Professor Matthew DeGarmo seamlessly introduced cold cases and i...
OAKESDALE- Students from St. John Elementary, Endicott Middle School and Oakesdale school had the chance to release over 454 rainbow trout that they had raised in the classroom into Garfield Pond and Rock Lake. Oakesdale Science and FFA Teacher Nathan Moore brought 35 students to release the trout they raised on Thursday, April 11, into Garfield Pond. St. John Endicott Elementary Teacher Jenny Miller's third grade class followed, releasing the trout they raised in the Garfield Pond on Friday,...
COLFAX — Whitman County Commissioners held a lengthy discussion about plans for the Monday, April 29, meeting to have presentations regarding county code and the proposed Wind Turbine project near Kamiak Butte. Commissioners plan meeting During the regular county commissioner workshop, Monday, April 22, Commissioner Art Swannack mentioned plans for the April 29 meeting, and possibly having a later meeting so that community members could express their views. Swannack stated that the intention for the meeting is to convene workshop at 9 a.m., t...
TYLER – A wind turbine corporation has been acquiring land leases across southern Spokane County from the Tyler area to Fairfield. Over the last five months, Cordelio Development Holdings LLC of Toronto, Canada, has acquired 20 leases across southern Spokane, northern Whitman and eastern Lincoln Counties. The purchases include parcels near Cheney, Fairfield, Latah, Waverly and Tyler, according to county records. Details of some of the purchased tracts have yet to be made public, and company o...
CLARKSTON – Mikey Taylor, 19, of Clarkston, has been arrested and booked into the Whitman County Jail for taking a vehicle without permission and attempting to elude a police vehicle. Reports say that on Wednesday, April 17, at approximately 9:27 a.m., a black Chevy pickup was traveling 85 mph southbound along State Route (SR) 195 at Milepost 58. Washington State Patrol (WSP) Trooper James Retzner states that he signaled to the vehicle; however, upon signaling, the vehicle began to speed upwards of 122 mph. “My communication center advised the...
MOSCOW — Bryan Kohberger has recently filed a document that provides an alibi on the night of the University of Idaho slayings. His defense plans to call upon a cell phone tower and radio frequency expert to substantiate Kohberger’s claim that he was driving south of Pullman and west of Moscow during the time in question. The court document supporting this alibi defense was filed on Wednesday, April 17, revealing details about Kohberger’s alleged routine of driving to areas near Moscow for hiking, running or stargazing. A comprehensive gag o...
COLFAX — Dr. W. Douglas B. Hiller, MD informed the Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics Board of Commissioners that hospital sterilizer had been down for over two months during the Wednesday, April 17, regular commissioners’ meeting. Manager of Administration Services Laurie Gronning confirmed that the hospital’s large sterilizer has been out of service. A sterilizer is a medical device used to sterilize surgical instruments using steam, dry heat, radiation, ethylene oxeide (EtO) gas, vaporized hydrogen peroxide and other sterilization metho...
RITZVILLE — Sen. Mark Schoesler is following a gun case in Western Washington closely. On Monday, April 8, Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge Gary Bashor ruled that the 2022 state law banning high-capacity magazines is unconstitutional. “As you might guess, Attorney General Bob Ferguson did not take this news well,” Schoesler, R-Ritzville, said in an email. The case involves Gator Custom Guns in Kelso, which was sued by the state in an effort to stop the business from selling magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammun...
PULLMAN — The Washington State University Police Department is observing National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week from Sunday, April 14, to Saturday, April 20. This week highlights emergency dispatchers from Whitcom 9-1-1 Regional Dispatch Center and its support in safeguarding the WSU community. “These unseen heroes are first to provide crucial assistance to people in need, reassuring and supporting them while law enforcement, fire personnel, or emergency medical teams are en route. They are truly the ‘first of the first respo...
Whitman County District Court Judge John Hart is not endorsing superior court judicial candidate Jenna Brozik. The candidate initially provided incorrect information to The Whitman County Gazette. As a result, the story published on Page A3 of the April 11, 2024, edition of The Gazette was in error....
DAVENPORT—The trial of a Sprague defendant in a criminal sex case has been continued again. This time, the trial of Jonathan Ray Stocker, 42, of Sprague, was continued because he was served with a federal warrant. Stocker is being held in the Lincoln County Jail. Stocker is already charged with five counts of first-degree possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and one count of second-degree possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit. The new federal warrant was issued for Stocker for a...
PULLMAN — Concerned Pullman residents gathered at the Neill Public Library Monday, April 1, to discuss property taxes increasing in certain areas. Pullman resident John Swenson said that at the meeting they explained to people what it is that they’re trying to bring attention to. Residents say there are procedural problems According to a site made by residents, many homeowners in the City of Pullman have seen their taxes increase 15% to 200% in the year 2024, including those on Pioneer Hill and Sunnyside Hill. “It also includes some other...
COLFAX — A Yakima man was arrested and booked into the Whitman County Jail on Friday, April 13, for eluding deputies in a stolen vehicle. According to reports, deputies from the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office identified a stolen vehicle parked near a local Colfax business downtown. Christopher Lee Cornelius, 33, of Yakima, was later identified as the driver, according to reports. Upon deputies making contact, reports say Cornelius refused to comply, fleeing from the scene in the vehicle westbound on SR 26 at speeds of 80 to 90 miles per hour....
COLFAX –– Residents on the west of Main Street in Colfax experienced a power outage Monday, April 15. At approximately 1 p.m., according to a report from Avista, 425 customers experienced a disruption in their electric service due to high winds in the area. Reports say, the winds caused infrastructure damage, leading to power lines being downed near Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics. According to reports, an Avista crew was able to make the necessary repairs to the downed lines, res...
COLFAX — Concerned residents attended the regular Monday, April 15, Whitman County Commissioners meeting to voice concerns and start open communication about the proposed Kamiak Butte Harvest Hills Wind Turbine project. County Commissioner Art Swannack told those in attendance that they are going to have a meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, April 29, when the county planner is available to give presentations on the topic. “Basically we’re going to lay the groundwork of what is allowed in the code, and what is not allowed in the code,” Swannac...
TEKOA - Jamie Ann Wilson's friends, and family gathered for a memorial on Saturday, April 13, at the Tekoa Event Center. Over a hundred gathered in the building, several having to stand, with many saying they remembered her as a light in their lives and a driven individual. Wilson was found deceased March 26, the victim of an alleged homicide. A Daughter, A Sister, A Friend Wilson was born in Salem, Oreg., on July 8, 1998, to parents Troy and Alicia Wilson, who later settled in Tekoa. The...
PULLMAN — A ground breaking ceremony on Monday, April 1, was held in Pullman by Mayor Francis Benjamin, with support from members of the Pullman City Council to mark the beginning of construction on the reconstruction of Main Street. The ceremony was attended by community leaders from the Downtown Pullman Association, Chamber of Commerce, community members who served on the project’s Steering Committee, engineering consultants and contracting team leaders. According to reports, crews will reconstruct the street, underground utilities and bui...
PULLMAN — Criminal charges have been dropped against Washington State University student who was shot at by a University Police Officer, Wednesday, March 27, due to his attempt to commit suicide by cop. John Bazan, 20, of Pullman was arrested March 27, and was facing charges of obstructing a law enforcement officer, intimidating a public servant and resisting arrest. The leave and arrest followed an 11:22 a.m., March 27, report of a man with a knife. Police arriving on scene of the fourth floor of Global Scholars residence hall, located on t...
COLFAX — Local lawyer Jenna Brozik announced on Friday, April 5, her candidacy for Whitman County Superior Judge. Brozik is owner and managing attorney of the law firm, Prinz and Brozik PLLC in Pullman. Practicing law since 2010, she is licensed to practice in both states of Washington and Idaho. Prinz and Brozik represents clients in criminal defense, civil litigation, family, employment law, and estate planning. Currently serving as Presiding Judge Pro Tempore of Colfax Municipal Court, Adjunct Professor at the University of Idaho College o...
COLFAX — The Port of Whitman County Commissioner accepted a grant from the Department of Commerce on Thursday, April 4, for a childcare project in Colfax. The Port was selected as an Apparent Successful Grantee for Commerce’s two year Child Care Partnership Grant. Through the grant the Port will receive up to $20,000 in the first year and $55,000 in the second year. The Port moved forward as a continuation of a childcare project in Colfax conducted by a local organization exploring opening a childcare center in their facility. The org...
PULLMAN— A traffic stop on Sunday, April 7, led to the arrest of suspected cocaine dealer Lance Greggory Dawson, 20, of Pullman. Whitman County Sheriff’s Deputies stopped a vehicle at Northwest State Street and Northwest Irving Street in Pullman, at 12:54 a.m., according to public records. The driver, Isaac O. Nino, 20, of Pullman was found with cocaine. According to a probable cause affidavit, Nino told Sheriff’s Deputy Cory Alcantar that he received the drugs from a guy named “L,” determined to be Dawson. Nino was cited and released,...
COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho — A Tekoa man accused of trying to strangle his girlfriend has been released on bond. Brandon Calvin Camp, 19, was released from the Kootenai County Jail on $35,000 bond April 5, court records sow. He is charged with felony attempted strangulation and misdemeanors of unlawful entry, malicious injury to property, false imprisonment and battery. Records show the arrest stems from a domestic violence incident. Preliminary hearings in the case have been scheduled for 8:30 a.m. April 16 and 1:30 p.m. April 18, records show. Cam...
TEKOA - Friends and family of Jamie Ann Wilson-Spray will gather Saturday, April 13, at Tekoa Event Center to remember a young woman full of life. "In honor of Jamie, we encourage everyone to wear Converse," said a Celebration of Life posted to her social media page. Family and friends will gather at 1 p.m. at the center, 139 N. Crosby St., to remember Wilson-Spray, who grew up in Tekoa and was working on her master's degree at Washington State University. The daughter of Troy and Alicia...
CLARKSTON — Asotin County deputies arrested a woman Sunday night, March 31, after she attempted to flee law enforcement following a domestic dispute. Rianna Jabbora, 34, is facing a charge of attempting to elude police and obstructing a law enforcement officer, court records show. Deputies were called to the area at about 7:25 p.m. Sunday for an alleged domestic dispute in the 1400 block of Locust Lane. The two people involved in the dispute were leaving the scene as deputies arrived , records show. Both vehicles were northbound. Deputies s...
