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From the pages of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News and the Idahonian
2016 One year ago today
A $175,000 grant awarded by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust will help residents of Viola finally construct a roof for their new community center and inch closer to the facility's completion. ... As Pullman Police and Washington State University continue to investigate allegations of a sexual assault and drugging at the Delta Upsilon fraternity, more women are coming forward and saying they were drugged at the fraternity during a party Friday night.
2012 Five years ago today
Washington state gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna is ready for a change in Olympia and is hoping that amid high unemployment and cuts to education funding, voters will agree. ... Latah County schools received some validation from Idaho's new five-star rating system for public schools - 66 percent of the county's schools received four or five stars. The new system will replace the federally mandated Adequate Yearly Progress measure, which is based solely on scores from the Idaho Standardized Achievement Tests and graduation rates.
2007 10 years ago today
Alturas Analytics, Inc. was begun in a garage, but Thursday ground was broken for a 10,000 square-foot, $1.5 million facility in Alturas Technology Park. ... Convicted sex offender Steven Sitler's conditions of probation were amended Friday at a court date originally scheduled as an evidentiary hearing. Sitler was arrested June 18 on an allegation that he violated his probation by engaging in voyeurism. He was forced to move from his home at 801 Residence St., which is within 150 feet of Grandma Bea's Day Care, at 807 West C St.
1992 25 years ago today
Washington state Rep. Duane Sommers is the first veteran legislator to challenge longtime Congressman Tom Foley. And Sommers thinks he's going to beat the embattled Speaker of the House. ... General education reform, biological pest control and a molecular sciences center are the probable survivors in the unlikely event a 16.4 percent budget cut becomes reality for Washington State University, WSU officials say.
