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Pullman firefighters stayed busy with some small, fireworks caused blazes Tuesday night.  The first came in around 9:30 on Walnut Street on Sunnyside Hill.  A bush caught fire which was mostly out by the time crews arrived.  The next blazes were reported at about the same time just after 10:00.  […]

A Washington State University student was hurt in a crash in Central Washington Sunday.  The Washington State Patrol reports that 19 year old Sydney Buchheister of Pullman was driving Westbound on State Route 28 near Wenatchee when she left the highway and rolled over.  Buchheister was taken to a hospital […]

One of the suspects from last Fall’s home invasion robbery South of Pullman is going to prison after being convicted of his 40th and 41st felonies.  41 year old Richard Hoffman of Spokane pleaded guilty Friday to 2 counts of burglary in Whitman County Superior Court.  Hoffman and 2 others […]

Annual summer fire restrictions for Whitman County parks begin Monday.  The parks and recreation department has placed the restrictions on Kamiak Butte, Klemgard County Park and the Chipman Trail between Pullman and Moscow.  Campfires and smoking on trails is prohibited starting Monday.  Cooking with charcoal or gas is still allowed.  […]

All government offices will be closed Tuesday for the 4th of July holiday.  The universities will close.  There will be no bus service in Moscow, there will be reduced bus route service in Pullman Tuesday.  Mail will not be delivered, banks will be closed and trash will not be picked […]

There will be several 4th of July celebrations on the Palouse Tuesday.  It all starts with America’s craziest 4th of July parade in Johnson.  The Johnson Parade gets underway at 10:00 in the small hamlet South of Pullman.  The Albion 4th of July parade starts at Noon followed by lunch […]

Two highway construction projects in Whitman County are ramping up.  The Washington Department of Transportation says crews are conducting preliminary chip seal work on State Route 272 and SR271.  Drivers will be directed through these single lane work zones with flaggers and or pilot cars.  The pre-level paving work is […]