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14 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed after the holiday weekend in Latah County Tuesday.  There have been 2,262 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Latah County since the start of the pandemic. 2,066 people previously diagnosed with the virus in Latah County have since recovered. There have been six coronavirus […]

The University of Idaho Women’s Center received a $299,944 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women.  The grant will fund its efforts to implement culturally relevant and community-responsive prevention education, as well as victim services at the university. “At a time of increasingly limited resources […]

University of Idaho researchers are recruiting breastfeeding mothers and their infants for research on food allergies.  The mother, 18 or older, and their infant, 0-12 months, will participate in the study exploring the detection of cow’s milk and soy proteins in breastmilk.  If you live near Moscow or Boise and […]

A Whitman County coronavirus death was reported over the weekend.  Whitman County Public Health reports that there have been 35 coronavirus deaths among local residents in Washington since the pandemic began. The agency has for the first time released detailed coronavirus case numbers by community per 100,000 people.  The data […]

The Whitman County Commissioners are asking Washington Governor Jay Inslee to return to a county approach to reopening businesses during the pandemic. Inslee recently mandated a new regional approach to his phased reopening plan.  It places Whitman County in the Eastern region with much larger Spokane County.  Whitman County officials […]

The Latah County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a missing 82-year-old man. Edward McKenzie was last seen Wednesday night in Genesee.  His family believes he may be experiencing memory loss. McKenzie was last seen wearing a plaid shirt and black pants.  He drives a blue and silver 2005 Honda CRV […]

Whitman County and Eastern Washington are remaining in phase 1 of Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s latest coronavirus restrictions on businesses.  The new guidelines require regions to meet 4 metrics set by the governor to move into his phase 2 restrictions. In the Eastern Washington region, which includes Whitman County locally, […]

Six new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Latah County on Friday.  There have been 2,248 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Latah County since the start of the pandemic.  2,031 people previously diagnosed with the virus in Latah County have recovered.  There have been 6 coronavirus related deaths in Latah […]

A Whitman County coronavirus death was reported on Friday.  34 people from Whitman county have died from coronavirus since the pandemic began. Whitman County Public Health reports that 19 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the county on Friday.  Three of the new patients are over 80 years old. […]

Moscow City Hall will remain closed for walk-in business for the rest of the month.  City staff are only available by phone, email or appointment through the 29th.