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• Willson goes distance to guide Colfax girls to title

  May 19, 2012 Morgan Willson won two events Saturday to lead the Colfax girls to the title at the District 7 2B championships at Whitworth College.

• Injury accident near Colfax

  May 6, 2012 in News, Region A car making a left turn in front of another car caused an injury accident on Highway 26 about three miles west of Colfax just before 9 a.m. this morning. …

• Colfax mayor overcomes troubles at marathon

  April 20, 2012 in Region COLFAX — Halfway through Monday’s Boston Marathon, everything was going according to plan for Colfax Mayor Todd Vanek. He felt fine and was running smooth, reeling off the first 13.1 … 1

• Colfax boys win State 2B basketball crown

  March 4, 2012 in Sports on Page C7 The Spokane Arena nets were in pieces, the gold ball covered with fingerprints, the hoarse voices finally silenced. Colfax High’s Brandon Gfeller took a breath. And the junior guard explained …

• Colfax, Northwest Christian set up title matchup

  March 3, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 In one corner this afternoon will be the Colfax Bulldogs, who last played in a State B final in 1947. They won. In the other corner will be the Northwest …

• Services set for Marine

  February 28, 2012 in City on Page A5 A U.S. Marine killed last week during a midair helicopter collision grew up primarily in the Spokane area and loved spending summer afternoons on Lake Coeur d’Alene, his uncle said … 2

• Colfax falls to Waitsburg-Prescott in State 2B football semis

  November 27, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 PASCO – Colfax High School football coach Mike Morgan thought he might have the Waitsburg-Prescott offense figured out. “We thought we had a pretty good game plan for them,” Morgan …

• W-P, Colfax to battle again

  November 25, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 Waitsburg-Prescott’s football season has been ended the past two years by the Colfax Bulldogs. Last year’s setback was the most disappointing since it came exactly a year ago in the …

• Colfax, ACH in state semifinals

  November 19, 2011 in Sports on Page C7 The Colfax Bulldogs are one step closer to their chance at redemption. Levi Hardy scored from 1 yard out with less than a minute left to give Colfax a 42-37 …

• Reardan completes sweep, repeats for 2B volleyball title

  November 13, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 YAKIMA – Reardan senior Liz Flowers called it “the whole picture.” In the aftermath of a surprisingly easy 25-19, 25-23, 25-17 State 2B volleyball championship win over Colfax at the …

• Colfax running back Li hopes to make big splash for rebuilding Bulldogs

  September 1, 2011 in Sports on Page O17 Speedy Chace Bell of Reardan has graduated. So Northeast 2B football coaches can breathe a sigh of relief. While Alvin Li won’t be doing any Bell impersonations, longtime Colfax coach …

• Then & Now: Downtown Colfax

  August 29, 2011 in City on Page A5 Colfax, the county seat of Whitman County, was settled in the 1860s and incorporated in 1873. The town was originally called Belleville but was renamed to honor Schuyler Colfax, a …

• Regulators shut down Bank of Whitman

  August 6, 2011 in Business on Page A1 State regulators closed the Bank of Whitman on Friday night and sold the Colfax-based lender’s deposits and some assets to Columbia Banking System of Tacoma. The deal shutters 12 branches … 6

• Regulators shut down Bank of Whitman

  August 5, 2011 in Business, City State regulators closed the Bank of Whitman on Friday night and sold the Colfax-based lender’s deposits and some assets to Columbia Banking System of Tacoma. 2

• Pedestrian, 76, killed crossing street

  May 9, 2011 in City on Page A6 A 76-year-old woman was struck and killed by a pickup truck while crossing the street Saturday afternoon in Colfax. According to the Colfax Police Department, Maryann Largent was in the …

• NWC conquers Bulldogs

  March 5, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 There was no way Kwinn Hanson was going to miss any more basketball just because he got an elbow sandwich. “No way,” the 6-foot-5 Northwest Christian junior said after the …

• Colfax girls lose at buzzer, but Bulldogs boys win to stay alive

  February 26, 2011 in Sports on Page C5 Colfax girls basketball coach Corey Baerlocher called his team’s 11-point lead a “ticking time bomb.” Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, the explosive detonated when Lake Roosevelt’s Jada Desautel hit a 28-foot …

• MAC hosts features elaborate works of bookmaking artist

  December 2, 2010 in Features on Page C1 No words exist to describe Colfax artist Timothy C. Ely’s stunning new exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. Oh, wait. Ely just invented one.

• Colfax returns to title game

  November 29, 2010 in Sports PULLMAN – Maybe it was the weather. Or maybe the Colfax football team simply wasn’t used to facing a worthy opponent during a season where the final outcome of each …

• Inmate escapes during work detail

  November 22, 2010 in City on Page A6 Police are searching for a man who escaped from a work detail at the Whitman County Jail on Saturday.

• Colfax friends aim for football title

  October 27, 2010 in Sports The one thing that’s eluded Colfax football stars Kellen Morgan and Alex Teade is a state title. And it’s almost heresy in Colfax for an athlete not to have some …

• Police rescue woman reporting assault on ride to Spokane

  October 20, 2010 in City, Region A woman who reported that she was assaulted and threatened by an ex-boyfriend in a cross-county ride was rescued by law enforcement officers in Colfax on Tuesday afternoon. 5

• Staying positive

    September 4, 2010 in Features on Page E1 Carol Stueckle, former mayor of Colfax, recently lost her job with a hospital foundation. She cried for several days, then she got busy creating an event-planning/fundraising/motivational speaking business she named … 1

• Idaho avalanche victims from the Palouse identified

  March 31, 2010 in City, Idaho The Idaho County Sheriff’s Department has identified two snowmobilers from eastern Washington state who were killed in an avalanche near the Brundage Mountain ski area.

• Pilot unhurt after crop duster crash

  February 19, 2010 in City For the second time in a month, authorities in Whitman County reported a crop duster crash.

• Colfax leads class

  March 8, 2009 in Sports on Page C7 The new kid on the block had a reputation. She backed it up Saturday night.