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CLARKSTON — The last chance to re-certify for pesticide credits this year is Dec. 10. Washington State University and University of Idaho are offering the program from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Clarkston Campus of Walla Walla Community College, 1470 Bridge St., or online. There is no charge to participate. Five Washington and Oregon and four Idaho re-certification credits have been applied for during the program. Topics for the program include are: Invasive and Noxious W...
ST. JOHN – Desks sit empty and the gymnasiums are silent as students in the St. John-Endicott School District stay home in quarantine. The district closed the schools Oct. 1 and anticipates reopening Monday, Oct. 11. The closure was due to a high rate of absent students and staff, officials said. “There were days where we were reaching up to 30-40% (absent due to coronavirus concerns),” Superintendent Suzanne Schmick said. “It varied on any given day ... We are finding...
COLFAX – About 80 dead white-tail deer have been found so far in the Colfax area. The Colfax public works have picked up the carcasses found in city limits, said Colfax police Chief Bruce Blood. Four of the deer were found while they were alive and ill. They were dispatched by Colfax officers. “To let them go would have left them suffering,” he said. “It’s tragic that something like this happens.” Blood said a similar situation happened in 2015. “It’s not very unusual, unfort...
ROSALIA — An expected romantic encounter at the local rest area became a crime scene early Monday morning after two women allegedly robbed a Spokane man, taking his wallet and later allegedly shooting at him. The women, Rienna Louise Edgeman, 24, of Evans, Colo., and Stacy Lynn Nieri, 25, of Moscow, Idaho, will be arraigned July 9 in Whitman County Superior Court on possible charges of first-degree robbery and first-degree assault. They were arrested and booked into the j...
Memorial Day is not to honor living veterans, but the military personnel who died in the line of duty. “We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance ... Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic,” said U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John A. Logan in 1868. It was three yea...
It's time to decide if you want a COVID vaccination. If you want to take a precaution to help you avoid contracting COVID, then you can accept a free vaccination. If you don't want a new COVID vaccine, you can turn down the free vaccination. It's that simple. You are free to decide what you want to do with your body. The ugliest side effect of the COVID vaccinations is the nasty, bullying attitude affecting some people. I keep speaking with people and business owners about how...
SPOKANE – Barbara Rockness is suing Whitman County for lack of a policy prohibiting romantic relationships between deputies and former victims of crime. The Rosalia woman named her ex-husband and former Whitman County undersheriff Ron Rockness as a defendant in the lawsuit, seeking money for his alleged abuse. Ron Rockness served in law enforcement for 17 years before resigning his position after being charged in Whitman County with felony assault in the second degree for a...
COLFAX – Tracy Porter pled guilty to reckless burning for lighting five fires to burn tall grass in Rosalia that spread to three abandoned mobile homes. Porter, 65, of Rosalia, was charged with reckless burning in the first degree on May 3 in Whitman County Superior Court. He pled guilty on May 7. He was sentenced on May 14 to 90 days in jail but Porter was granted a first time offender waiver for the jail time. Conditions of his waiver include 12 months of supervised probatio...
ROSALIA – Brett Baum is leaving the Liberty School District in Spangle to become the new Rosalia schools superintendent. The district board made the decision March 25. “It took them a long time in executive session discussing the candidates,” outgoing Rosalia Superintendent Rick Linehan said. “I think that they like that he’s a guy who can give his all for the community.” Baum is currently the Liberty superintendent. The district serves 520 students from Spangle, Fairfield,...
COLFAX — Incumbents Sen. Mark G. Schoesler and Rep. Mary Dye are leading the races for 9th Legislative District positions. Schoesler, R-Ritzville, is running unopposed after Democratic candidate Jenn Goulet dropped out of the race. Scheosler received 7,805 votes in the first count, and Goulet 6,077 votes. Dye of Pomeroy, the Position No. 1 lawmaker, is running against Libertarian Brett Borden. Dye leads with 8,824 votes; Borden trails with 4,071 votes after the first count. M...
COLFAX — Incumbents Sen. Mark G. Schoesler and Rep. Mary Dye are leading the races for 9th Legislative District positions. Schoesler, R-Ritzville, is running unopposed after Democratic candidate Jenn Goulet dropped out of the race. Schoesler received 7,805 votes in the first count, and Goulet 6,077 votes. Dye of Pomeroy, the Position No. 1 lawmaker, is running against Libertarian Brett Borden. Dye leads with 8,824 votes; Borden trails with 4,071 votes after the first count. Meanwhile in the Position No. 2 race in the same d...
