Gazette staffers to be recognized

OLYMPIA — Several Whitman County Gazette and Colfax Daily Bulletin staffers and contributors will be recognized for their work during the annual Washington Newspaper Publishers Association gala Oct. 4-5 at Indian Summer Golf and Country Club.

Gazette reporters Teresa Simpson and Olivia Harnack will receive reporting awards. Gazette Manager Justin Slayton and Owner/Publisher Roger Harnack are also among those being recognized.

In addition, Free Press Publishing graphic artists Michelle Van Diest and John Myers and advertising specialists Linda Pantzer will be recognized, as will photographers M...