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  • Virus tests for WSU students

    Staff Report, Whitman County Gazette|Updated May 12, 2021

    PULLMAN — Washington State University students will be required to take a coronavirus test to return to the campus for the spring term. Testing will take place in Beasley Coliseum. Following testing, they will be quarantined in their rooms until results return, officials said. Results are expected to come back in 48 hours. University officials said students will be required to carry proof on smartphones that they have taken a coronavirus test and have it came back negative. Students who test positive for the virus will be q...

  • WSU Cougars host Cal Bears

    Staff Report, Whitman County GAzette|Updated Dec 22, 2020

    PULLMAN — The Washington State Cougar football team will host only its second home game Saturday as California rolls into town. The Cougars, 1-2, and banking on freshman quarterback Jayden de Laura to be the deciding difference in the game against the 1-3 Bears. Kickoff will be at 1 p.m. Since no audience is allowed, the game will air on FOX TV stations in the region....

  • Loren Culp files lawsuit over election process

    Staff Report, Whitman County Gazette|Updated Dec 12, 2020

    REPUBLIC — Gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp filed a lawsuit Thursday in King County Superior Court against Secretary of State Kim Wyman seeking an audit of ballots in six Western Washington counties. The lawsuit alleges election officials failed to verify that the ballots they counted in the Nov. 3 general election were cast legally. He’s seeking an audit of votes in King, Clark, Thurston, Pierce, Kitsap, and Skagit counties. Incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island, won those six counties and five others. Cha...

  • Combine accident takes Colton life

    Staff Report|Updated Sep 14, 2020

    COLTON — Whitman County Sheriff’s Office has reported a Colton man died Sept. 6 following a combine incident west of Colton and Uniontown. At 3:50 p.m., Whitman County Deputies and District 14 Fire and EMS were advised of an unconscious person who was involved in a combine accident on Bauer Road near Wolf Road, according to a media release from Undersheriff Chris Chapman. Once deputies arrived on scene it was determined the individual had succumbed to his wounds. The investigation revealed the deceased, Brian Lee Smith, 55,...