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COLFAX - The Whitman County Sheriff's Office has a new deputy.

Resident Randy Miller was sworn in Dec. 1.

"He's a real great hire for us," Undersheriff Chris Chapman said.

Miller, 30, is the son of Clark and Fonda Miller of Diamond, one of eight children to the pair.

He first became involved with firefighting when he was 16, accompanying his dad at the Diamond Fire Department.

"He liked that law enforcement deal a long time ago," his father, Clark Miller, said, recalling Randy Miller always wanted to help people.

He graduated from St. John in 2008 and began to pursue education in firefight...