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WEBB'S SLOUGH - A debut is in the making for the next sprint boat races in St. John on Aug. 28. Dangerous Curves is a team of locals, Mike Thomas and Clint O'Keefe, who formed last year and waited out the pandemic-canceled 2020 season. Then the night before the opening race at Webb's Slough in June, they put the boat in the water for a test run and it did not go as they hoped. "Catastrophic failure," said Thomas. The boat sucked in water, ruined two pushrods, and bent a...
COLFAX - Coming off a sweep of Davenport in the season-opener, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos (1-1) dropped three in a row to the host Bulldogs on Tuesday night, Feb. 23. Colfax (1-0) won the sets 25-16, 25-10 and 25-19. Junior setter Justice Brown led the Bulldogs with 18 assists and 6 aces as teammate senior hitter Sophie Klaveano had nine kills. Anni Cox added 10 digs. "It was great for our first night out," Colfax Coach Brandy Brown said after the win. Individual stats...
LAMONT — Voters are giving an initial thumbs down to a two-year School District levy request in the Tuesday, Feb. 9, special election. Preliminary results show only 40.62% of voters are supporting a two-year replacement levy of $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed property valuation by a vote of 13 yes to 19 no. The measure would have collected $130,000 next year and $132,000 in 2023. The owner of a $200,000 home here would be pay $500 each year. The Whitman County Canvassing Board will review and certify the early results as well a...
PULLMAN – What would decide a double-overtime game between two PAC-12 early season contenders last Saturday night in Pullman? A ball thrown off an opponent’s thigh to save a possession? A tip-away steal on the dribble in the last minute of regulation? The lingering effect of a technical on WSU coach Kyle Smith an hour-and-a-half earlier? None of the above – it was a banked-in three-pointer from the top of the key, Arizona winning 86-82. The silence that followed in the no-fa...
COLFAX — A new airline may be flying into Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport in the near future. During a meeting Monday, Dec. 7, Whitman County commissioners approved a $400,000 request for a profit guarantee for SkyWest/United Airlines to fly from Pullman twice per day to Denver. In a four-year, ongoing process, the airport has garnered interest from the airline — SkyWest has a partnership with United — to add the route. The potential service was made possible by the Pullm...
PULLMAN – Had he touched the ball yet all game? WSU 7’1” center Volodymyr Markovetskyy, who went in in the second half -- hand-raised, arm out -- got no reply until Noah Williams fed him in the final minute for an emphatic dunk, giving the Cougars a game-breaking lead over Eastern Washington on a night WSU trailed for ¾ of it, winning 71-68. Markovetskyy’s score came just before EWU’s Jacob Davison hit a three-pointer to cut the lead back to one and Eastern got the ball once...
COLFAX - Have you noticed the amount of hay trucks on Whitman County highways late this summer and fall? The harvested area for hay is up by 60,000 acres in Washington since 2019, according to the Oct. 1 statewide crop production report from the USDA National Statistics Service (NAS). It means more trucks shipping the harvest. Reasons why are connected to potatoes and the timing of rain. In a normal year, about 160,000 acres of potatoes are planted statewide. In 2020, the...
PULLMAN - The Rolovich era will begin in 2020 after all for WSU football as the Pac-12 CEO Group voted Thursday, Sept. 24, to resume athletics competition Nov. 6. The team will play seven games, all within the conference. No fans will be allowed at any PAC-12 football venue. WSU will also not host tailgating. The CEO Group noted that the decision to resume play - which had been postponed to no earlier than Jan. 1 - was based on updated Pac-12 COVID-19 Medical Advisory...
WHITMAN COUNTY – Reports from harvest fields and grain elevators in Whitman County are bringing good news in winter wheat. The USDA forecasts a Washington state average of 74 bushels per acre. Whitman County represents the higher side of the median, particularly this year, it appears. “From what I understand, and what we’re experiencing, it’s probably a good 20-25% increase in the winter wheat crop,” said Gary Bailey on Tuesday, from a tractor pulling a bankout wagon sou...
Kari Largent, born and raised in Colfax, a farm girl from 17 miles south of town, was named Distinguished Young Woman of Washington Saturday, Aug. 1. Largent, daughter of Gary and Lisa Largent, won a $3,500 cash scholarship with her title, along with a $500 overall scholarship award and $200 awards each in talent, self-expression and interview. "State DYW was an amazing, although unconventional, experience," Largent said. "I had the opportunity to meet other young women my...
The Fonk's building in Colfax burned Tuesday night, its roof collapsing in a fire still being investigated Wednesday morning with no cause yet determined. Three people were sent to the hospital in the incident, including two from neighboring apartments and a firefighter. All have since been released. Because of the roof collapse and total loss of the building, a concern remains for collapse of the building into Main Street. Fire crews will be on scene throughout Wednesday. A...