November 2022

The Whitman County Broadband Action Team encourages county residents to help improve the newly released Federal Communications Commission (FCC) National Broadband Map. Users can search for their address to see information about services that internet service providers claim are available there. If those services are unavailable at the user’s location, […]

Regional Theatre of the Palouse is looking for actors for Niell Simon’s (non-musical) play Plaza Suite, onstage February 10th through the 19th 2023. Regional Theatre of the Palouse is looking for actors, singers, and dancers for Rodger & Hammerstein’s South Pacific, playing April 13th through 23rd of 2023.  Auditions are […]

The University of Idaho held a candlelight vigil Wednesday afternoon in the Kibbie Dome in remembrance of Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin and Madison Mogen, who were killed off-campus on November 13th. President Scott Green, Dean of Students Blain Eckles, and some of the parents of the victims spoke […]

A Washington State University fundraiser has been hired to lead the Pullman Regional Hospital Foundation. Linda Infranco has been hired as PRH Foundation Executive Director starting January 9th.  Infranco has been working at WSU since 2000 most recently as Senior Director of Development for the Honors College. Infranco replaces Rueben […]

The Colfax library will host the Festival of Trees and the Libey Gallery art exhibit from December 1st through the 28th.  Families are invited to tour the display of trees from Colfax Chamber, ReMax, Napa Auto Parts, Colfax PTO, Raven Square, and many more.   Make sure to cast your vote […]

An incident involving a knife in Moscow from last summer is not related to the murders of four University of Idaho students. The Moscow Police Department released an update Wednesday on the investigation into who killed the students who were found stabbed to death on November 13th.  Some reporters have […]

The updated Winter Storm Warning from the National Weather Service is calling for an additional up to 6 inches of snow for parts of the Palouse.  The warning runs until 7:00 Thursday night.  The heaviest snow report to the agency so far is from Viola with over 5 inches.

The City of Pullman’s first Salary Commission has nearly doubled the pay of city’s councilmembers. The commission met on Wednesday morning to set the salaries for Pullman’s mayor and council.  The group was presented with an analysis of elected officials pay in comparable cities in Eastern Washington.  The comparison included […]

UPDATE:  Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers confirms that Deputy Cory Alcantar was the man who was injured.  Deputy Alcantar was off-duty at the time. A Colfax man was injured when he was pinned between two vehicles while trying to help a motorist get unstuck from the snow. The Colfax Volunteer […]

The final ballots from this month’s vote by mail general election in Whitman County were counted by the auditor’s office on Tuesday. Whitman County Commissioner Michael Largent was re-elected with 56% of the vote.  The Pullman Regional Hospital expansion bond passed with 76% approval.  The only small taxing district levies […]