New sports reporter joins Gazette

COLFAX— Whitman County Gazette has hired Matthew Strissel, 39, as a sports reporter.

Originally from Rudyard, Mont., Strissel is no stranger to small farming communities having been raised in the farming area of Montana boasting approximately 200 residents.

Strissel worked at the Lewiston Tribune before deciding to relocate to Pullman with his wife Bre, two dogs (Evee and Ronald), a Senegel parrot (Kisses), and a chameleon (Bruni).

Obtaining his degree in photography from Northwest college in Powell, Wyo., Strissel fell in love with journalism after working for the student newspaper and the we...