Group raises funds to aid restaurants, cover meals

WHITMAN COUNTY - A 1998 Colfax High School graduate and her mother have started a program to assist Whitman County restaurants, finishing work with their 19th last weekend.

The "Pullman-Colfax Quaranteam," modeled after a similar program in Spokane, began in December, with a request on a Facebook page for contributions to fund a targeted amount of free meals to the public.

"People donate through Venmo, Paypal, Facebook...." said Hearther Kortness, the daughter, who now lives in Spokane with her husband and two children.

Each week Kortness and her mother, Debbie Sinkbonner of Pullman, pick a lo...