Month: August 2020

Vandals Dining at the University of Idaho(U of I) gifted over 500 free Chick-fil-a meals to children 12 and under as a much-needed community outreach initiative. Every child, who cleared proper COVID -19 safety enhancements, was eligible to receive 1 meal per day within 2 weeks of Chick-fil-a’s reopening. Kids […]

9 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Latah County. The North-Central District of Idaho Public Health reported the new cases Monday, August 31st. 90 people have fully recovered. No other information was released. That brings the total number of confirmed Coronavirus Cases in Latah County to 232. No […]

Idaho Transportation Department crews have successfully blasted material from the unstable slope on U.S. Highway 95 South of Riggins in Central Idaho. The shot on Friday removed about 14,000 cubic yards of unstable rock.  That’s the same amount of rock that has already fallen onto the highway since the first […]

Messages supporting Washington Republican gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp have been plowed into fields South of Pullman.  CULP 4 GOV and CULP 2020 have appeared about 3 miles South of town along U.S. Highway 195.

The smoldering fires at the large McCoy Grain Terminal in North Whitman County are out. Whitman County Fire District 7 Volunteers extinguished the smoldering grain in the facility on Sunday afternoon.  They were called to the terminal on Saturday afternoon.  The Volunteers had to chase multiple locations of smoldering grain […]

The Whitman County Commissioners have once again extended their moratorium on new marijuana businesses in the unincorporated areas of the county. The board voted Monday to extend the moratorium for another 6 months for the third time.  The last moratorium was set to run out on Friday. The moratorium was […]

24 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Whitman County. Whitman County Public Health reported the new cases on Monday.  All of the patients are stable and self-isolating, and they are all either 19 years old or younger or between 20 and 39. There have been 367 new confirmed […]

The Pullman Police Department issued 5 tickets for pandemic restriction violations involving parties over the weekend. Officers are now immediately issuing tickets when responding to reports of parties with more than 10 people, people not wearing masks, or failing to socially distance at gatherings.  Pullman Police issued tickets to 5 […]