May 2017

A duplex on Pullman’s Sunnyside Hill was heavily damaged by fire Wednesday afternoon.  City of Pullman firefighters responded to their third blaze of the week around 4:30.  This time crews were called to a duplex on Sunrise Drive.  The fire was primarily burning a back porch when units arrived.  Firefighters […]

State Route 194 West of Pullman is closed about 7 miles outside of town at Union Center because of a semi crash.  The collision occurred around 3:00 this afternoon at Hamilton Hill Road.  There are no reports of injuries.  No word yet from the Washington State Patrol when the highway […]

Work is progressing on the long planned for new community center in Viola.  Volunteers recently got the walls up on the facility for the small town North of Moscow.  The roof should be installed next month.  The project is at a critical point as an influx of money is needed […]

The Washington Department of Transportation will be hosting a public open house Thursday in Colfax regarding this Summer’s project to add passing lanes to US Highway 195.  Crews will be constructed 2 more passing lane segments on the highway between Colfax and Spokane.  Four more passing lane sections are scheduled […]

Scheduling appointments are being accepted for the SmileMobile dental clinic which will be in Pullman starting next week.  The dental exams are open to children from newborn through high school.  The clinic accepts Medicaid, Apple Health and provides a sliding fee scale.  It will be at Encounter Ministries on Crestview […]

Work is underway to protect the historic architecture and improve safety at the University of Idaho’s Administration Building.  The UI is teaming up with the state division of public works on the 2.3 million dollar project.  Work began this week to remodel and install safety improvements in the foyer.  The […]

The rash of car burglaries in Pullman continues to get worse.  Pullman Police responded to 16 car prowls Tuesday morning.  Most of the burglaries occurred on Military Hill with a few on Sunnyside Hill.  All of the cars were left unlocked and rummaged through.  Only minor items like change were […]

Washington State University will not be cancelling class for this Fall’s weekday home football game.  Unlike the last time Cougar Football hosted a weekday game, students will have class on the Friday September 29th gameday against USC.  WSU announced Wednesday that faculty, staff and administrators will be given flexibility regarding […]

FEMA is accepting applications for federal dollars to help certain local entities in Idaho recover from March’s flood.  President Donald Trump recently declared a disaster for 8 North Idaho counties for the flooding and mudslides between March 6th and the 28th.  That designation includes Latah County locally.  FEMA specialists are […]

The first ever teachers union bargaining session open to the public in Washington turned out to do very little in making the process more transparent.  The Pullman School District started negotiating with its teachers union Tuesday with the public in attendance.  In January the school board became the first in […]