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COLFAX – The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls from July 23 – July 29:. 11:39 a.m.- 411 North Mill Street, Colfax. Sex offender registration. 12:14 p.m.- West 9 th Street, Rosalia City Park, Rosalia. Suspicious person. 1:08 p.m.- South Summit Avenue, Rosalia. Junk...
3 hospitalized after crash, driver arrested for DUI
WHITMAN COUNTY, Wash. — Three people were taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center following a car crash around 3 a.m. on Saturday. Washington State Patrol (WSP) says the driver, 43-year-old Brad Olander, was arrested for DUI. The car was traveling north on State Route 195, just south of Rosalia....
Whitman County Board of Adjustment Unanimously Approves Conditional use Permit for Apparent Amazon Warehouse off Moscow-Pullman Highway
COLFAX - The Whitman County Board of Adjustment has granted a Conditional Use Permit for an apparent Amazon warehouse off the Moscow-Pullman Highway. The board unanimously approved the required CUP during a public hearing in Colfax Thursday night. The applicants are Ambrose Property Group and Kimley-Horn. Those companies build distribution warehouses for Amazon across the country. The application doesn’t mention the online retail giant.
38 Year Old Albion Woman Receives Maximum Prison Sentence For Giving Marijuana To Young Girls
A 38 year old Albion woman has received the maximum prison sentence for giving marijuana to young girls. Catherynne Starks pleaded guilty in Whitman County Superior Court on Friday morning to four counts of felony delivery of marijuana to a minor. Starks was arrested by the Sheriff’s Office in November for giving the drug to two 13 year old girls and a 16 year old girl on multiple occasions. She violated her pretrial release and was recently arrested on a warrant in Montana.
Company provides visuals of wind farms
COLFAX — The company proposing a new wind farm in Whitman County is hoping to soothe the public’s fears that the machines will be an eyesore on the Palouse. Steelhead Americas hosted public information sessions Thursday and Friday at the Whitman County Library in Colfax regarding the Harvest Hills Wind Project. The company displayed digitally rendered images that show what the windmills will look like from different vantage points on the Palouse.
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