2022 One year ago
In a year where nearly everything has gone the Vandals’ way, it makes sense that they would collect the most end-of-the-year honors since rejoining the Big Sky Conference in 2018. The conference announced its annual awards and it included 15 Idaho players, highlighted by quarterback Gevani McCoy earning the freshman of the year award. McCoy was named one of the finalists for the Jerry Rice Award, which goes to the best freshman in the Football Championship Subdivision, earlier this week. ... Updated revenue numbers give Washington Gov. Jay Inslee a little more money to work with as he outlines his spending plans ahead of the 2023 legislative session. The Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council recently bumped the fiscal 2021-23 forecast up to $63.9 billion, an increase of $762 million, or about 1.7%, compared to what was expected just two months ago. The 2023-25 forecast increased by $681 million, or about 1.5%, to $66.2 billion.
2018 Five years ago
Chilly winds and overcast skies set the stage for the 2018 Apple Cup, but Cougars and Huskies still turned out in force to celebrate in the hours before the event. Washington State University parking lots were packed with fans drinking, playing cornhole, cozying up to portable fire pits and generally killing time in the hours leading up to kickoff. “Rain or shine, baby — I’m hoping this good weather hangs around,” WSU alumnus Jordan Beld said. Win or lose, Beld said, WSU football games are an event for everyone, and it’s always a worthwhile time. He said even though WSU was favored to win, nothing is certain during the Apple Cup. ... This year, more new medical students are starting their careers in Spokane than in Seattle. Why does it matter? Here in Washington and elsewhere across the nation, there’s a shortage of physicians in rural areas and small cities, a problem that’s expected to worsen as a generation of baby-boom doctors retires. The hope is that getting students to train in eastern Washington will sway more of them to stay east of the mountains, or to make their homes in smaller communities and rural areas, and to focus on primary care instead of specialty medicine — known for being more lucrative.
2013 10 years ago
The Washington State University Board of Regents approved four construction projects on the Pullman campus totaling $7.65 million. They authorized a $2.4 million project to make improvements to the WSU women’s soccer field. The existing soccer facility does not meet the NCAA requirements outlining the best practices to be used in maintaining a field for intercollegiate play, according to the meeting’s agenda item. ... The Moscow Transportation Commission believes bicycles on downtown sidewalks are a safety risk, and wants to have a discussion with the Moscow City Council about efforts to put more bikes on the road. The commission will meet with the council’s Administrative Committee today to get feedback on its proposal and decide whether to pursue it with the full council. On the committee meeting’s agenda, the Transportation Commission states that bikes create congestion on sidewalks, which results in “a potentially unsafe” environment for pedestrians and bicyclists.
