milestones

Shannon Purcell was Nut Tree scarecrow contest winner

10 YEARS AGO Oct. 24, 2002 – Enjoying Halloween carnival activities at Colfax Elementary School was student Kiefer Hackney, who got her face painted by Barbi Ivey. Having fun at ...

Frank Wakefield illustrated Clark Ashton Smith book

10 YEARS AGO Oct. 10, 2002 – The Colfax District Cemetery was turned from a place of serenity into a crime scene Monday. Sometime late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, 81 ...

Dingus McGee's, Canyon Inn were in the news

10 YEARS AGO Oct. 3, 2002 – The surprise movie hit of 2002, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” will open Friday at the Colfax Theatre. “We also hope to be lowering our ticket pric ...

Traffic light in Colfax?

10 YEARS AGO Sept. 19, 2002 – Colfax Theatre owner Wendell Jacob feels the downtown icon is here to stay, but it will probably take on a different format, not presenting first-r ...

Quonsets were a popular stopping off place

10 YEARS AGO Sept. 12, 2002 – An eastbound Union Pacific Railroad derailed as it approached Cape Horn just before 11 p.m. Sunday. The train included 72 cars and 21 left the track ...

Colfax gets a new fire truck

10 YEARS AGO Sept. 5, 2002 – Colfax will honor the memory of those killed in Pennsylvania, New York City and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001 with a special service at 9 a.m. Wednesd ...

Tony Lorang: Boeing aerospace engineer

10 YEARS AGO Aug. 29, 2002 – When Lisa Preston decided this August she wanted to be active in the community beyond just teaching at Colfax Elementary School, she took on the dir ...

Another Ponderosa fire breaks out

10 YEARS AGO Aug. 22, 2002 – Exactly one year and one day after they fought the stubborn Ponderosa fire in 2001, which consumed 2,625 acres and took 2,200 firefighters to control ...

Colfax Chronicles

10 YEARS AGO July 18, 2002 ? Just how hot was it? The Colfax temperature reached 106 degrees on July 10. That, however, wasn?t a record. Back in 1961, it was a record 110 degrees ...

Colfax Chronicles

10 YEARS AGO July 4, 2002 ? Colfax ended the current rainfall year on June 30, with 42.63 inches of precipitation. This is 89 percent of normal for the season. Colfax rainfall rec ...