FREE Family Science Program at the Colfax Library

Consumer Reports free to library card holders!

Did you know Consumer Reports is one of the library's most popular online products? Last year, it was used more than 5500 times!

Learn a new language!

Want to learn a new language for free? The library offers Livemocha from our website with upgrades expected to the product at any moment.

Booksale in progress!

The Friends have set up an extra table of items for sale at the Colfax Library. Are you looking for Books on Tape? Let our staff know and we'll take you to the basement to browse. And don't forget our cool new journals .... with new titles expected any day now. Thanks to Cougar Graphics for partnering on this great new fundraiser!

The Friends of Whitman County Library are proud to announce the 2012-2013 Teen Advisory Board Scholarship winners. Casey Hall of Colfax and Kayler Dub from Tekoa will each receive a $200 scholarship from the Friends thanks to proceeds from the annual Teen Dance sponsored each year by Whitman County 4-H and the library’s teen department.

The honorary Teen Advisory Board (TAB) is made up of Whitman County high school representatives nominated for their outstanding leadership, academic success and civic involvement. Six additional scholarships of $25 were awarded to participating Teen Advisory Board members Jordana Dahmen, Colton; Cassie Thompson,Garfield-Palouse; Anna Roberts, LaCrosse; Kourtenay Perry, Oakesdale: Joshua Roe, Rosalia; Michal Schuster, St. John-Endicott.

If you’d like more information on supporting the TAB scholarship or annual Teen Dance, contact Chelsea Leachman at chelsea@whitco.lib.wa.us. The next teen dance is scheduled at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds for Saturday, May 4 from 8-11:30 p.m.

The United Arab Emirates is a tale of rags to riches. Join Randy Suess as he shares stories and pictures from his travels to the region on Thursday, March 28 at 6:30 pm in the Norma McGregor room at the Colfax Library.

Food For Fine Drive Success

Whitman County Library and area food pantries thank the 138 residents who donated $900.00 in non-perishable food for the thirteenth annual “Foods for Fines” drive. Donations came in throughout Whitman County with almost 1/3 of those not attached to the waiving of library fines. Food for Fines is held each February when area pantries report more people struggling with high heat bills and difficulty feeding their hungry families.