Moscow-Pullman Daily News

01/15/2025

COLFAX — While the prosecution argues Jacob Spray murdered his estranged wife in Pullman last March, the defense contends he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The second day of the Pullman man’s two-week jury trial began Tuesday with opening statements and witness testimonies at Whitman County Superior Court.

Opening arguments and testimony starts in case of Jacob Spray, who is accused of murdering his estranged wife last spring

01/15/2025

Made By Us helps small businesses thrive as it refocuses local consumption and unites the community around the goal of buying from those who live, work and own businesses in the Inland Northwest.

01/14/2025

Two wolves from the Columbia pack in southeastern Washington were shot and killed recently, fulfilling an order from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife designed to stop attacks on cattle.

Kill order was issued because of attacks on cattle

01/14/2025

OPINION:

"Idaho’s 2025 legislative session opened with a bold push for education choice, as leaders and citizens debated giving families more control over their children’s education."

Commentary by Dale Courtney

01/14/2025

Jamire Calvin’s heart dropped when he got the phone call. It was last Wednesday morning and Calvin found himself in the Pasadena Courtyard Inn, where he and his family had sought shelter from the Los Angeles fires that consumed their homes. Calvin got a call from his father, Zaire.

Calvin played for WSU from 2017-20

01/14/2025

AREA ROUNDUP:

Washington State volleyball incoming freshman Livia Ward was named Gatorade Player of the Year in the state of Oklahoma, it was announced.

Ward notched 1,233 assists and 372 digs as a senior

01/14/2025

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opted against issuing a stay on the prosecution of physicians for allegedly spreading COVID-19 misinformation in a case involving a retired Clarkston ophthalmologist.

High court doesn’t stop prosecutions of physicians, but Clarkston ophthalmologist’s case continues in 9th Circuit

01/14/2025

PULLMAN — Pullman Regional Hospital is looking to fill a vacancy on its Board of Commissioners after the outgoing president announced he was resigning.

Commission looking to fill vacancy left by Jeff Elbracht’s departure

01/14/2025

BOISE — The new head of the state’s largest agency is well-accustomed to speaking before the state budget-writing committee, but on Monday he did so for the first time as the director of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.

New director presents staff and department reorganization

01/14/2025

MOSCOW — The Moscow Urban Renewal Agency is open to new ideas for the vacant Sixth and Jackson street corner property in Moscow, including a temporary outdoor market or food truck court.

Food trucks, outdoor market among ideas for vacant property

01/14/2025

Idaho Gov. Brad Little named funding for education and tax relief his top priorities for the 2025 legislative session that kicked off last week.

Idaho governor visits Lewiston to discuss his top priorities for the 2025 session

01/13/2025

UPDATE AT 12:56 P.M.:

Power was restored in the Potlatch-Palouse area at about 9:30 a.m. Monday after an outage that started about 4½ hours earlier, according to an Avista Utilities spokesperson.

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UPDATE AT 9:14 A.M.:

The power outages in the Potlatch-Palouse area is now expected to be resolved at 2:45 p.m. Monday, according to an update on Avista's outage map.

Clearwater Power customers in the same area also are being affected by the outage, according to that company's outage map.

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ORIGINAL POST

Power outages affecting more than 2,000 customers hit the Potlatch-Palouse area early Monday morning, according to Avista's online outage map.

More than 2,000 customers affected, according to Avista; Clearwater Power customers also affected

01/12/2025

The return of upriver spring chinook to the Columbia River that starts in a few months will nearly mirror the 2024 run, according to fisheries managers.

That’s the sort-of-good news. The return of Snake River wild and hatchery chinook will be less than mediocre — the bad news.

Sockeye and fall chinook could provide good fishing

01/12/2025

One of the region’s most well-known television personalities has revived a popular segment of a local news broadcast.

Keith’s Big Fish and Outdoor Trophies is dropping at 3:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday on Facebook, said Keith Havens, a former weather forecaster at KLEW-TV, a Lewiston CBS affiliate.

'Keith's Big Fish' lives on in internet form

01/12/2025

PULLMAN — In 54 seconds, a triple from Tara Wallack and two treys from Eleonora Villa cut the Gonzaga lead from 11 to 2 late in the third quarter.

Then, the Zags opened the fourth with an 8-0 run to put the game out of reach and beat Washington State 69-61 on Saturday at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman in the schools’ first meeting as West Coast Conference women’s basketball foes.

Cougs lose rebounding battle 45-22; GU’s Turner tallies career-high 20 points

01/12/2025

Gonzaga’s Graham Ike had 21 points and seven rebounds, and No. 18 Gonzaga pulled away from WSU after a back-and-forth first half to earn an 88-75 victory Saturday night at the Kennel in a much-anticipated West Coast Conference men’s basketball meeting.

In first meeting in a decade, Gonzaga beats WSU 88-75

01/12/2025

Washington state lawmakers will convene in Olympia this week for a 105-day marathon legislative session. Leaders offered a preview of their priorities Thursday as they gear up for lawmaking and budget writing, as the clock starts on the new fiscal cycle July 1.

This year’s session in Olympia starts Monday

01/11/2025

OPINION

Columnist Becky Tallent writes today about the elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion programs in Idaho.

"Eliminating all DEI programs means Idaho doesn’t respect people from different backgrounds. The action tells students, faculty and staff who might be from another culture or faith, be a female, or who might have a handicapping condition (physical or socio-economic) that they are not valued, they do not belong here.

"That, very easily, leads to more racism and discrimination simply because people don’t understand other groups. To be blunt, it is the politics of fear, fear of the 'other' in society. If people fear, they will never accept diverse groups as equal."

Commentary by Becky Tallent