2023 One year ago
A popular hamburger restaurant in Moscow is taking a short break as the business prepares to reintroduce itself to the community on a grander scale. Humble Burger plans to open at 509 S. Main St. after moving from 102 N. Main St., where it expects to be serving its burgers, french fries and milkshakes to a bigger crowd. The larger space seats about 45 diners inside at once, about twice as many as the former space, said Nate Wolff, an owner of Humble Burger. The Humble Burger building has two commercial kitchens, one on the main level and a second in the basement. ... Idaho Gov. Brad Little is looking to continue his focus on education by prioritizing teacher pay in the 2023 legislative session. “When we show teachers we support them, we’re showing families their child’s education is our priority,” Little said in his annual State of the State address. In last year’s single-day September special session, Little recommended — and the Legislature passed — a bill to dedicate $410 million a year in continuing funding for education, with $330 million of that going to the public school income fund for K-12 public schools.
2019 Five years ago
With the implementation of electric bicycles this spring and a lack of clarity in the city code, the Moscow Pathways Commission recommended the City Council allow electric bikes and scooters on pathways within the city. City administrative staff will review the commission’s direction before the council makes a decision on the matter. Fifty pedal-assisted electric bikes are expected to hit the streets of Moscow and the University of Idaho this spring. ... Edmund Schweitzer, founder of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame this year. Schweitzer will join the ranks of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla when he is inducted May 2 in Washington, D.C. Schweitzer brought the first microprocessor digital relay to market that made electric power safer, more reliable and more economical.
2014 10 years ago
Engineering students at the University of Idaho have been working alongside NASA to help design and test new technologies that will safely return experiments to Earth. Mitch Bodmer and Kevin Ramus, both seniors, recently built electronic printed circuit boards for a satellite released from the International Space Station. The students are part of the University of Idaho Vandal Atmospheric Science Team, a program sponsored by the NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium and Idaho RISE. Both students have interned at NASA Ames Research Center in California. ... The 15,000-square-foot second floor of the University of Idaho Student Union Building, closed since last fall for renovation, should be open as students return for spring semester. The floor has been updated with new carpet, furniture and technology as well as new conference and ballroom spaces.
