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Articles from the October 26, 2023 edition


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  • Trestle back in operation

    Roger Harnack, Whitman County Gazette|Updated Oct 26, 2023

    WINONA – Trains are running over Rebel Flat Creek only two months after the Winona Fire destroyed the train trestle here. On Friday, Oct. 20, state officials announced that the trestle has been replaced and the trains are running. The trestle is a vital link connecting wheat farmers and suppliers in Adams and Whitman Counties. The 197-foot wooden trestle over the creek was destroyed Aug. 19 in the Winona Fire, which burned 2,525 acres as well as several buildings. "The b...

  • Megan Moore gets a head start with drag racing

    Cade Barker, The Reflector|Updated Oct 26, 2023

    Megan Moore, a freshman at Battle Ground High School, already has four years of driving experience with her success behind the wheel of a Junior Dragster car. In 2022, Moore earned first place in the Junior Thunder class at the Woodburn Dragstrip. In 2023 she moved up to the Junior Lightning class and raced her way to third place in the points system at Woodburn Dragstrip in Oregon. "I would love to go pro if I could," Moore said of her aspirations in drag racing. "Not a lot...

  • Thousands of Knitted Knockers are stitched with love

    Amy Kepferle, Cascadia Daily News|Updated Oct 26, 2023

    In the black bag Char Malseed carries with her at all times are yarn, knitting needles, scissors, projects in progress and a worn sheet of pink paper full of minuscule tally marks. The numbers on the note represent the 2,252 (and counting) pairs Malseed has created for the Bellingham-based Knitted Knockers, which provides free, lightweight knitted and crocheted prosthetics for breast cancer survivors around the United States - and the world. Starting a little more than a...