The Pullman Regional Hospital Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday to explore placing an expansion of the hospital’s taxing district on the November general election ballot. Read more
Saturday, January 02, 2021
One World Cafe in downtown Moscow is expanding into the former Mock Orange restaurant adjacent to the coffee shop, One World co-owner Brandy Sullivan said.
Thursday, December 31, 2020
The second floor of the former U.S. Bank building in the heart of downtown Moscow has been converted into 18 private offices with a kitchen and lounge area for new businesses and entrepreneurs…
Thursday, December 24, 2020
For most of the COVID-19 pandemic, Oak on Main in Pullman has been offering free meals to the public once a week to help anyone who might be struggling to afford food during the difficult year.
Monday, December 21, 2020
A women’s clothing boutique featuring bohemian and western fashions has been open at Palouse Mall in Moscow for the past month.
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Pullman businesses have formed a group to promote each other and organize events intended to attract much-needed foot traffic downtown.
Friday, December 11, 2020
Tri-State Outfitters in Moscow temporarily closed its store Thursday after 25 to 30 customers refused to put on masks when asked by the store’s staff, Tri-State Outfitters President and CEO Jo…
Bennett Lumber Products Inc. of Princeton requested the Idaho Transportation Department increase the maximum commercial truck load from 105,500 pounds to 129,000 pounds on portions of three st…
Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Monday marked the opening of Gritman Medical Center’s new COVID-19 drive-through testing site on Jackson Street, southwest of Gritman in its overflow parking lot.
Monday, December 07, 2020
After Legends Barbershop in Pullman closed at the end of June, barber Jennifer Siegrist was running out of options.
Friday, December 04, 2020
After nearly 70 years of operation at its downtown location, Moscow pharmacy and gift shop Marketime Drug will move to a location across town.
Monday, November 30, 2020
A men’s salon recently opened in Moscow where patrons can get a haircut, drink a beer and watch sports.
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Three downtown Moscow business owners said they don’t know how much customer traffic to expect now through the holiday season, but they hope it’s like years past where holiday shopping provide…
NEW YORK — The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in online shopping offered a beacon of hope for struggling retai…
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories plan to break ground on a new manufacturing facility during spring 2021 in Moscow.
Friday, November 20, 2020
The Idaho Women’s Business Center, hoping to help Native American and minority female entrepreneurs in the area, has opened its first northern Idaho office inside the Moscow Chamber of Commerce.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Whitman County businesses must once again adapt to COVID-19 restrictions put in place by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
Tuesday, November 03, 2020
The Pullman Chamber of Commerce executive director said Pullman will lose more businesses because of the COVID-19 pandemic if the community does not support them.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
A small modular building for COVID-19 testing could be installed on the west side of Gritman Medical Center as colder weather sets in on the Palouse, Gritman President and CEO Kara Besst said.
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Since his arrival at Washington State University as a freshman, the owner of vintage clothing store Dante’s Deal’s has poured whatever spare time he had into growing his business.
Thursday, October 08, 2020
The owner of the new Grocery Outlet store that is set to open Oct. 15 in Pullman said the store should appeal to shoppers who enjoy “the thrill of the hunt.”
Monday, October 05, 2020
LEWISTON — A temporary scarcity of items like toilet paper and hand sanitizer that hit in late March has subsided, but that was only the beginning of the coronavirus-induced shortages that hav…
WASHINGTON — This spring, Magdalena Valiente was expecting her best year as a Florida-based concert promoter. Now, she wonders if the career she built over three decades is over.
Monday, September 28, 2020
Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport lost one of its three daily round-trip SkyWest commercial passenger flights to Salt Lake City earlier this month, even as passenger numbers slowly rebound.
Friday, September 18, 2020
After an investigation, the cause of the fire that destroyed Fonks Coffeehouse on March 17 in Colfax is unknown.
Monday, September 14, 2020
It all started a few years ago with a pallet of used books that was on its way to the landfill. Moscow’s Mark Beauchamp couldn’t stand the thought of the pile of damaged yet salvageable books …
Tuesday, September 08, 2020
LEON COUNTRY ELEVATOR, Wash. — People on the Palouse have been talking about Tony Egland for nearly four decades. His standout play on basketball courts in Genesee, Carroll College in Helena, …
Saturday, September 05, 2020
The McCoy Grain Terminal near Rosalia is operational again after a fire shut down the facility Aug. 29.
Thursday, September 03, 2020
Genesee’s shuttered grocery store is expected to reopen next week under a different name and ownership.
Tuesday, September 01, 2020
Masons work on the facade of the new Idaho Central Credit Union branch Thursday on West Third Street in Moscow. The branch office is scheduled to open in December. The building will include design elements and photos from the Palouse and the University of Idaho.
Monday, August 31, 2020
Owners of Slice Pizzeria and Taphouse are planning around $1.4 million in renovations that will add two stories of commercial and residential space on top of two buildings located on the corne…
Friday, August 28, 2020
The former Macy’s department Store inside Palouse Mall in Moscow has been empty for four years but the space appears to be under construction for a new tenant.
An excavator works at the site for a new Chipotle restaurant Wednesday in Pullman. The 2,325-square-foot building will be at the intersection of Harvest Drive and Brelsford Drive between Starbucks and Pullman Building Supply. It is scheduled to open in March 2021.
Monday, August 24, 2020
Moscow business owner George Skandalos didn’t feel he or other local business owners in Idaho had a voice when trying to promote the needs of their businesses to government officials.
Saturday, August 15, 2020
Updated restrictions on weddings, funerals and gyms issued by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee earlier this week have begun to bite but local businesses say they will survive — though services will …
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
The cool, rainy days of spring made for ideal growing conditions for the area’s grain and legume plantings. And now that farmers have begun the annual harvest, that charmed weather is paying o…
The Moscow Board of Adjustment unanimously approved on Monday night a conditional use permit application to allow 27 residential apartment units on the ground floor of the 85-unit, three-story…
Wednesday, August 05, 2020
After postponing its reopening because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Palouse Health Center in downtown Palouse is ready again to provide health care to patients.
Tuesday, August 04, 2020
Two family physicians have recently joined Pullman Family Medicine. Laura Baker and Drue Webb, will begin seeing patients in September. They will also provide obstetrical care.
Friday, July 31, 2020
The Pullman Chamber of Commerce executive director said Thursday the Pullman businesses community has been in flux because of the pandemic, yet several new businesses have opened and others pl…
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
The owners of a newly opened coffee and ice cream shop in downtown Pullman hope it can provide Main Street with a fun, family friendly destination.
Sunday, July 26, 2020
Free legal assistance and representation for low-income eastern Washington residents facing noncriminal legal problems is now available on the Palouse, thanks to a new service in Pullman.
Monday, July 20, 2020
The area’s last remaining regional cellphone and internet provider found itself at the edge of the national spotlight for pioneering the use of technology that might give the United States an …
Saturday, July 18, 2020
A mixed-use development project that has been in the making for 14 years may soon come to fruition between the University of Idaho and downtown Moscow.
Thursday, July 16, 2020
The owners of a new Tex-Mex restaurant in Pullman have been taken aback not only by the kindness of their customers, but of the locals’ heat tolerance as well.
Saturday, July 11, 2020
A start-up software business, which opened this year in downtown Moscow, allows automotive shops to obtain a vehicle’s diagnostic data from the road so it can pinpoint small issues before they…
Tuesday, July 07, 2020
Two former Kush 21 employees no longer work at the Pullman store after speaking out against its former policy to allow customers to shop without wearing masks.
Saturday, July 04, 2020
A hair salon and a storage business now occupy the former Palouse Prairie Charter School in Moscow.
Friday, July 03, 2020
A sign outside Tri-State Outfitters informs customers that the hardware and housewares departments are temporarily closed Thursday in Moscow. An assistant store manager said a sprinkler head burst, flooding the two departments. The manager said she doesn’t know yet when the departments will be ready to reopen.
Wednesday, July 01, 2020
Several local businesses have closed in recent days because of COVID-19 risks as the area has seen a recent uptick in cases.
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Rather than engage in an expensive and likely fruitless legal challenge, Hardware Brewing Co. in Kendrick has chosen to pay a $2,500 fine for violating Idaho’s coronavirus shutdown order.
