Colfax News

Wheat farmers on the Palouse are delighted by some unexpected rain. Weather experts had predicted a dry spring and summer, but the opposite has occurred, said Washington State University Extension agent Steve Van Vleet.

Whitman Medical Group PS, which operates a clinic adjoining Whitman Hospital & Medical Center, in Colfax, Wash., says it expects to select Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, to start work this month on a 3,000-square-foot addition to the clinic.

State Route 195 south of Colfax was shut down for at least an hour Sunday night after a power line fell across the road.

Whitman County prosecutors are deciding whether to charge two Washington State University football players accused of bicycle theft.

Republican Susan Fagan kicked off her campaign for the Washington 9th District legislative seat on Wednesday at the Metriguard Hopkins Court in the Industrial Park of Pullman.

Voters will see familiar names in a couple of races for state representative this fall as family members of two late lawmakers run for office.

An inferno in the middle of La Crosse, Washington destroyed the city's dream of having its own grocery store.

Vandals who egged a Colfax car dealership early Wednesday morning left a note at the scene decrying "the ignorant use of fossil fuels" - " a note written on the back of a Winco receipt for 5 dozen eggs.

Vandals who egged a Colfax car dealership left a note at the scene condemning "the ignorant use of fossil fuels." The Whitman County sheriff's office says the note was written on the back of a grocery store receipt for five dozen eggs.

Rep. Don Cox, R-Colfax, announced today he has no plans to run this fall for the Eastern Washington legislative seat he took over from the late Rep.

" John De Rooy is a boat builder but his real passion is racing boats. Specifically De Rooy likes to build boats for jet sprinting, a relatively new sport that hasn't even caught on in Canada yet.

Woman causes collision with U-turn maneuver One woman was arrested in a two-vehicle collision on the Moscow-Pullman Highway on Wednesday.

In a letter addressed to WSU Athletic Director Jim Sterk and forwarded to The Daily Evergreen, the Pullman Chamber of Commerce denounced the potential move of the Apple Cup from Martin Stadium and Husky Stadium to Qwest Field in Seattle.

As Pullman resident Jeff Williams sees it, the continuing expansion of the federal government is unconstitutional.

Two men visiting Pullman on a tour promoting civic involvement have been arrested for allegedly attempting to break into the National Guard Armory.

Indianola photographer Gavin Watta s photography is matched with Mary McInnisa paintings and pastels and Sharon Robertsona s watercolors for a menagerie of place in this montha s Winners Circle show, up through March 31 at the Sidney Museum and Art Gallery, 202 Sidney Ave.

Colfax-based Bank of Whitman, which has three branches in the Spokane area, has reported net income of $5.8 million for 2008, up 5 percent from $5.5 million the prior year.

A traffic accident in front of Safeway on Saturday resulted in two people being transported to Pullman Regional Hospital.

No word on possible concert fight suspect Ryan M. Tober is still the only suspect who has been arrested for the fight that broke out during the Three 6 Mafia Concert on Jan.

February 19, 2009 U.S. Wheat Associates is the industry's market development organization working in 90 countries on behalf of America's wheat producers.