Whitman County farmer Richard Scheuerman visited the ruins of the town shortly after the fire. “It was really remarkable,” said Scheuerman, who grew up on a small farm on the Palouse.

While Whitman County is one of the smallest in the state in terms of population -less than 50,000 residents county-wide -it’s an agricultural powerhouse not only for Washington, but the nation ...

WHITMAN COUNTY, Wash. — More than 2,000 Avista customers were without power on Sunday as heavy rain causes flooding around eastern Washington and North Idaho. According to the Avista power ...

The battle over wind turbines along the Palouse has taken a turn as developers hope to blow past Whitman County leaders and move forward with the Harvest Hills Wind Project. Harvest Hills and its ...

The city experienced a fire in 1908 and severe flooding in 1910. The 1929 stock market crash and the Great Depression put two more nails in the town's coffin, and Elberton was practically a ghost ...