Month: July 2025

CLARIFICATION: HR and Finance will remain separate departments. Those units will now fall under Skinner in his new role. The restructuring of the Washington State University administration is continuing with the consolidation of two departments. Human Resource Services and Finance and Administration are being combined into the new Finance and […]

Deary Days community celebration is on Saturday. It begins with a pancake breakfast at the old fire hall from 6:00 to 9:00.  The fun run gets underway at 7:00 followed by the parade at 10:00.  There’s a car show beginning at 11:00 and a logging show at noon.  Afternoon activities […]

Washington State University’s M.T. James Entomological Collection, the largest insect collection in the state, will now be able to eliminate unused space and expand its collection thanks to a recent donation from longtime supporters Terry and Faye Whitworth.  The $250,000 donation will pay for the installation of a new compactor […]

Music on Main in downtown Pullman continues Thursday with Leslie Sena.   The music in the Pine Street Plaza starts at 6:00 pm.

The University of Idaho’s Screen on the Green series of outdoor movie screenings is back this summer, showing films under the stars on Theophilus Tower Lawn on Thursday evenings. This week’s movie is A Minecraft Movie on July 31.  Screenings begin at dusk (around 8:30 pm), with seating available starting […]

Fire crews have been able to get a jump on several new lightning caused fires in the local Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest in North Central Idaho. Over the past week thunderstorms have sparked 23 fires.  Quick response from firefighters have extinguished or controlled the new blazes.  The recent fires have […]

Crime reported in Whitman County declined last year compared to 2023. The annual statewide crime statistics have been released by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.  The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to 4% fewer crime reports last year.  Thefts and car thefts dropped significantly in 2024.  Drug […]

The Pullman Police Department will be conducting training drills in St. John Thursday. Officers will be training at the Port of Whitman County’s building that was formerly the St. John Café.  The public is being advised that the Pullman Police presence on Main Street in St. John Thursday is only […]