January 2018

Washington State University and  University of Washington Medicine voiced their support this morning for legislation that would add the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine to the Family Medicine Residency Network during today’s Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Committee. Senate Bill 6093 adds the Washington State University college of […]

Moscow Mayor Bill Lambert is hosting a Poverty on the Palouse Forum tomorrow evening at Moscow City Hall, starting at 5:30 P.M. The City will be facilitating the discussion and all community members are invited to attend.  In December of 2017, a group of local citizens representing faith communities visited with […]

The Whitman County Library’s annual Food for Fines drive kicks off Thursday.  Food donations can be exchanged for fines at all 14 branches of the county library system.  All donations will be given to local food banks.  The Whitman County Library’s 18th annual Food for Fines drive runs through February.

An organic food maker and a flour company have teamed up to fund a new 1.5 million dollar endowment at Washington State University.  Clif Bar and the King Arthur Flour Company have announced the endowment for organic grain breeding research.  The funding is being awarded to Dr. Stephen Jones, Director […]

The Pullman Police Department has installed game cameras on Military Hill following several cougar sightings in the neighborhood.  Officers installed the cameras in locations that might be attractive to the big cat.  Several cougar sightings have been reported on the hill in the last week and a half.  The police […]

January of 2018 will go down as a very mild month.  Washington State University Meteorologist Nic Loyd says regional temperatures this month have been about 4 degrees above normal.  Compare that to last January which was the coldest in 38 years with average temperatures about 10 degrees below normal.  January […]

A Washington Fish and Wildlife agent was on Pullman’s Military Hill Tuesday morning following several recent cougar sightings in the neighborhood.  Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins requested the patrol.  There have been several big cat sightings on the hill in the past week and a half.  Pullman Police haven’t’ received […]

Nearly a thousand students will be taking part in the Idaho Music Educators Association’s All-State Conference which begins Wednesday at the University of Idaho.  The event concludes with gala concerts on Saturday inside the Pitman Center.  The All-State Instrumental Concert is at 1:00 followed by the All-State Choir Concert at […]

     Whitman County’s Chief Deputy Prosecutor and Colton’s Municipal Court Judge has announced his candidacy for the Whitman County District Court bench.  Dan LeBeau is running to replace longtime Judge Doug Robinson who is retiring at the end of the year.       LeBeau has spent his legal career in the […]

A Pullman attorney and local Pro Tem Judge has announced his candidacy for the Whitman County District Court bench.  Rob Rembert is running to replace longtime Judge Doug Robinson who is retiring at the end of the year. Rembert is a partner at Irwin, Myklebust, Savage & Brown.  He is […]