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Friday, April 03, 2020
All Pullman Regional Hospital hourly and salary employees will receive a 25 percent reduction in pay for the next 60 days as the hospital deals with financial challenges stemming from COVID-19…
Declining pH levels is a growing concern for farmers and soil experts on the Palouse and in the inland northwest, said Carol McFarland, Washington State University Farmers Network outreach coo…
Unemployment claims skyrocketed in both Idaho and Washington last week, part of a worldwide economic slowdown caused by the spread of the coronavirus.
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Owner Shaheen Khan, left, takes an order from a take-out customer during a free community dinner Monday at Mela Bangladeshi Cuisine in Moscow. The event was held to give back to the community …
Monday, March 30, 2020
According to numbers released last week, 133,464 people in Washington State filed unemployment claims seeking financial relief after losing jobs in the midst of measures to stop the spread of …
Friday, March 27, 2020
People who are concerned they may have COVID-19 can now use Gritman Medical Center’s new online assessment tool.
Gritman Medical Center in Moscow established an incident command system in late February in response to COVID-19, a change hospital officials indicate will allow the facility to reallocate sta…
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
More than 200 customers were waiting outside Clarkston’s Costco when it opened at 8 a.m. Tuesday, with new rules in Washington looming. All businesses other than those identified as essential such as grocery stores, pharmacies, banks and gas stations have to close by tonight, according to Gov. Jay Inslee’s statewide order that runs through April 6 to slow the spread of the virus.
Gyms, tattoo parlors, barber shops and salons in Moscow must close and gatherings of more than 10 people within facilities that include educational institutions, churches and other religious o…
Oak On Main employee Terry Byrne, left, brings a free take-out meal to a customer during the restaurant’s Feeding Our Friends community dinner Tuesday in Pullman. The restaurant organized the event as a way to help the community during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Hundreds of people have lost their jobs in north central Idaho since health officials began recommending people limit social contact to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Monday, March 23, 2020
The concept of the 19th hole might be placed on hold, but otherwise golf courses in north central Idaho and southeastern Washington are in full swing despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Gritman Medical Center’s COVID-19 hotline is available for those with questions about symptoms, testing and home treatment regarding the coronavirus.
Gatherings of more than 10 people and dining in at bars and restaurants are no longer allowed in Moscow until May 5 in response to COVID-19.
Residents in assisted living facilities in the area are having to make sacrifices in response to government recommendations and other changes stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Running out of toilet paper is one worry that Clearwater Paper employees may avoid as they work through the coronavirus pandemic.
Friday, March 20, 2020
About 100 food and beverage businesses, including about 20 in Moscow, signed a letter to Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little, asking him to require all nonessential social gathering places to ce…
Thursday, March 19, 2020
In 1992, Jenny Torgerson was a 20-year-old single mom working two jobs to support herself and her baby boy. She couldn’t afford childcare and depended on daycare assistance to keep her jobs.
Gritman Medical Center implemented several changes at its hospitals and clinics in response to COVID-19, according to a Gritman news release.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
A fiber optic company is acquiring the Northwest operations of Frontier Communications for $1.35 billion.
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Pullman businesses are either closing temporarily or allowing limited services in response to state-mandated restrictions on bars, restaurants and other establishments.
A handful of Moscow restaurants and bars have closed, changed their hours or restricted business to takeout orders until further notice in response to COVID-19.
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Pullman business community representatives are encouraging the public to continue eating and shopping at local businesses in light of the news that Washington State University is moving to onl…
The Moscow Food Co-op is the first co-op in the country to endorse an act in Congress that would reduce carbon emissions quickly and spur development of sustainable sources of energy.
Saturday, March 07, 2020
An unfortunate diagnosis would later lead to an unexpected blessing for a Whitman County family.
Friday, March 06, 2020
Two Colfax business owners love breathing new life into old things.
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Hyperspud Sports on Main Street in Moscow is for sale, the owner announced Thursday.
Friday, February 28, 2020
Beasley Realty recently welcomed its newest Washington broker, Genevieve Brown, to the team that provides real estate services in Pullman, Moscow and Whitman and Latah counties.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
The Sears Hometown store at Eastside Marketplace in Moscow will close, according to Mandi Gualtieri, a spokeswoman for Sears.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
The Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport is closer to offering flights to Denver thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
After less than a year in operation, Tri-State convenient care clinics in Lewiston and Moscow will shutter their doors this week.
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Pullman Regional Hospital is planning to fund space for a Washington State University family medicine residency program with $2.7 million raised by the PRH Foundation.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers announced Friday the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport was awarded $6 million in grant money for its runway construction costs.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
The president and founder of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories said SEL has partnered with Pullman Regional Hospital to help it be more transparent with health care costs.
Verizon customers and others in north Idaho and eastern Washington, including some on the Palouse, experienced service outages Monday night as a result of a semi-truck hitting fiber optic cabl…
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Moscow’s Village Centre Cinemas will soon be the only movie theater in the area with reclining chairs.
BOISE — Idaho employers would no longer be able to ask job applicants about their criminal history prior to the interview process, under legislation introduced Monday in the Senate Judiciary a…
Sarah McKnight with SE Washington Economic Development, and Adam Jones, owner of Pullman Marketing, will host the first session of a series of workshops on digital marketing for small business…
Friday, February 07, 2020
Gritman Medical Center in Moscow is offering free, no-obligation information sessions detailing its yearlong weight management and diabetes prevention program starting at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
Thursday, February 06, 2020
The venue adjacent to the Paradise Ridge Challenge Course south of Moscow has been a popular destination for weddings and other outdoor events the past nine years, but recent complaints from n…
A dispute between St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and Regence BlueShield of Idaho has been settled.
Tuesday, February 04, 2020
A longtime downtown Moscow wine store has closed and a new wine business recently opened its doors on South Main Street.
Saturday, February 01, 2020
Harbor Freight Tools is planning to establish a store in the former Shopko building on South Grand Avenue in Pullman.
Genesee will be home to one of the eight new branches Potlatch No. 1 Financial Credit Union is opening in the next 14 months as part of an expansion made possible by its shift from a federal t…
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Genesee’s only grocery store is closing, and residents and city officials say the loss will greatly affect the community.
The Pullman Regional Hospital Foundation recently awarded $6,000 in the form of three education scholarships to hospital employees and students Hannah Kasperick, Anya Kinyanjui and Cindy Snell…
Monday, January 27, 2020
The Third Street Gallery will have a reception for the exhibit “Cozy,” 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the Gallery located in Moscow City Hall, 206 W. Third St., Moscow. The event will include a viewing …
Friday, January 24, 2020
Regence BlueShield of Idaho executives will travel to LifePoint Health in Tennessee the first week of February to work on a new agreement for St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston.
The owners of Renaissance Fine Woodworking in Pullman plan to retire and are looking to pass the 30-year-old business to someone else.
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Pullman Regional Hospital officials will spend this spring deciding what to do next following the failure of its proposed $29 million bond in the fall.
