Whitman County roads closed due to snowdrifts

COLFAX — Serveral rural roads are currently blocked due to drifting snow.

State Highways 26, 127 and 194, were among those blocked due to snowdrifts on the highway.

Many other rural roads were closed, too, including some where vehicles were stuck in drifts on the roadway, officials said. A Tekoa School District vehicle was among those reportedly stuck and abandoned.

Plow crews are working on clearing the drifts, officials said.

The National Weather Service reported that the winter weather is severely affecting the following towns: Potlatch, Rosalia, Clarkston, Plummer, Pomeroy, Colfax, Tekoa,...