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Updated 2 days, 3 hours ago

Elk hoof disease likely causes systemic changes according to WSU research

PULLMAN — Elk treponeme-associated hoof disease, previously thought to be limited to deformations in elks’ hoove...

Updated 2 days, 14 hours ago
Q&A with Ephrata trustee candidates Mike Fleurkens and Jordan Hansen

EPHRATA – Two candidates are vying for a seat on the Ephrata School Board. Mike Fleurkens and Jordan Hansen made it past the primary over the summer...

Updated 2 days, 23 hours ago
State awarded grant for community colleges

OLYMPIA — The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges announced Monday that it and the Washington Student Achievement Council were awarded a one-year $50,000 Accelerated Study in Associate Pro...

Updated 3 days, 14 hours ago
Trucking students

OTHELLO — The Othello School District has instituted a commercial driver's license program that will be offered for the spring semester at Othello High Schoo...

Updated 3 days, 22 hours ago
WARRIOR ROYALTY

MATTAWA — Wahluke High School seniors Christopher Gallardo, left, and Andrea Corrales, right, reigned as the Homecoming king and queen at the WHS homecoming ...

Updated 4 days, 14 hours ago
Historical science

MOSES LAKE – Big Bend Community College Chemistry Instructor Lindsay Groce recently returned from her sabbatical in Europe. Drawing on experiences from her t...

Updated 5 days, 2 hours ago
CWU selects new executive director of Institutional Effectiveness

ELLENSBURG - Jason Jones will be joining the Wildcat family on October 16, coming to CWU from the Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, whe...

Updated 1 week, 1 day ago
Bites 2 Go

OTHELLO — Qualifying elementary students in the Othello School District will be getting food to tide them over the weekends with the help of a partnership be...

Updated 1 week, 2 days ago
Ribbon cutting Sept. 27 at Columbia Ridge Elementary

EPHRATA — Students and teachers at Grant Elementary and Ephrata School District officials will be cutting the ribbon on the completed remodel of the building...

Updated 1 week, 2 days ago
Grant Elementary upgrades on hold

EPHRATA — The Ephrata School District is putting planned upgrades to Grant Elementary on hold, citing greatly increased costs of construction. An October pub...

Updated 1 week, 4 days ago
COLUMN: Inslee right to support individual tutoring to help students make up for COVID learning loss

Earlier this year Senator John Braun (R-Centralia) introduced SB 5248 to provide funding for individual tutoring to help students recover from the learning l...

Updated 1 week, 5 days ago
WSU becoming a destination for Latine students

PULLMAN - The number of students of Hispanic and Latino origin attending Washington State University has grown substantially in the last decade — up 75% to m...

Updated 2 weeks ago
WSU regents advance capital projects, endorse strategic plans

PULLMAN - More than a dozen action items before the WSU Board of Regents – ranging from design and budget approvals for capital projects to President Kirk Sc...

Updated 2 weeks, 1 day ago
CWU music professor’s latest composition earning worldwide acclaim

ELLENSBURG - Dr. Jiyoun Chung, who holds a doctorate in musical composition from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, felt like she was on to something bi...

Updated 2 weeks, 1 day ago
WSU sees largest new first-year student class since 2019

PULLMAN — This fall, Washington State University welcomed its largest cohort of new first-year students since the fall of 2019. WSU saw a 6.5% increase in...