Five South Sound residents who dedicated their lives to civil rights work in the community were honored last Sunday as part of a Black History Month celebration at First United Methodist Church in Olympia.

City crews will now work on reopening West Valley Highway. The city reports the roadway might not be ready to reopen today.

Police in Lewiston say no charges will be filed in a fatal traffic crash last month where a man in a wheelchair collided with a sport utility vehicle at a city intersection.

A 70-year-old Washington state man faces at least eight years in prison for the February 2011 robbery of a US Bank branch in Lewiston and pointing a gun at officers trying to track down the robber.

Hoisington's attorney, Dale Slack, has filed a motion for a change of venue, citing reasons such as too much pre-trial publicity; claiming "an impartial trial cannot be held in Asotin County." The 60-year-old defendant was convicted of three Valley rapes between 1977 and 1991, two in Lewiston and one in Clarkston, resulting in a life sentence.