Year: 2024

A serial thief from Moses Lake has pleaded guilty to stealing a generator from a home in Colfax. 25 year old Hunter Grant pleaded guilty to 3rd degree theft and trespassing in Whitman County Superior Court on Friday morning.  Court Commissioner Doug Robinson agreed with the prosecution’s recommendation and sent […]

The Port of Whitman County has received a state loan to finance improvements at the airport outside Colfax. The 1.2 million dollar loan is from the Washington State Department of Transportation’s Community Aviation Revitalization Board.  The financing will pay for a new hangar, taxiway paving and site work for up […]

The Simpsons United Methodist Church is inviting the community to gather on Saturday, December 21 for “Twelve Songs of Christmas,” a concert featuring a mix of hymns and holiday classics. “Joy to the World,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” and “The First Noel” are just some of the selections […]

Drivers can expect rock scaling on US 95 between Riggins and the Time Zone Bridge to finish in January 2025. The work began in early October to improve conditions on the highway by removing loose rock and installing anchors to stabilize the hillside above the road.  In the meantime, drivers […]

The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust in Vancouver Washington recently awarded about 400,000 dollars in grants to Washington State University. The charity awarded a roughly 300,000 dollar grant to the WSU Foundation for a mass spectrometer to support biomedical research.  The trust also gave the foundation another 75,000 dollars to support […]

The Port of Whitman County’s public-private partnership effort to develop a new brewery in Pullman has been scrapped due to rising costs. In the fall of last year, the port announced that the Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board had provided a two million dollar low interest loan for the […]

The local rural electric cooperative Inland Power and Light Company has received a federal grant to buy wind and solar energy. The USDA announced on Thursday that Inland Power has received grant dollars from the Biden administration’s Empowering Rural America Program.  The funding is from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act […]

You can find the link to donate to the project here https://app.seemylegacy.com/communityfullview/recq0tIqsBAUoI4mE#campaigns  The park will be a memorial for all Whitman County veterans.