2022 One year ago
A joint venture between the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections and Idaho Health and Welfare is expected to create a number of youth community centers around the state to provide services to juveniles in crisis mode. The centers will be funded through a $4.42 million grant that was part of Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s $50 million Leading Idaho plan and approved by the Idaho Legislature to expand the state’s behavioral health resources. Monty Prow, director of the juvenile corrections department, and Ross Edmunds, behavioral health administrator for health and welfare, said the youth crisis centers are badly needed in the state. ... This year’s Idaho Student Advisory Council met Monday and brought together 13 students from across the state. One of those students was Moscow’s Koharu Nomura, a fifth-grader at McDonald Elementary School. The council, in its second year, was set up by Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra. Nomura, 10, is the youngest member of this year’s group, which includes students from fifth grade through their senior year in high school.
2018 Five years ago
More than a century before the popular video game bearing a similar name hit the shelves, Pullman’s Fortnightly Club — which celebrates 125 years — began meeting twice a month. “It’s a group of women who have met twice a month during the academic year for 125 years to read and discuss books — works of literary merit,” Fortnightly President Annette Pettenger said. The club was founded in 1893 by Hattie Bryan, the wife of Washington State University’s second president, Enoch Bryan, Pettenger said the first lady of WSU was looking for intellectual stimulation in her new home. ... Moscow Police Officer Caleb Struble pursued about 40 robbers in a light rain along West Third Street. Struble, packing his 23-pound utility belt, ran in the third annual Cops and Robbers Fun Run hosted by the Moscow Parks and Recreation Department. He eventually caught all the robbers but one, as he finished second in the race. “I just wanted to come out here and chase some robbers,” he said. “The 5K is the farthest I’ve ever run in my full uniform.”
2013 10 years ago
The therapy room in Summit Therapy and Health Service in Pullman was a scene of chaos as multiple law enforcement agencies participated in an active shooter drill organized by Pullman Regional Hospital. Aaron Breshears, firearms instructor for Pullman Police Department, acted as the shooter, simulating an angry boyfriend looking for his girlfriend, Sarah, an employee at Summit Therapy who he believes is cheating on him. “A lot of them (active shooting incidents) stem from domestic violence and the tipping point in mental illness, and they just go crazy,” Breshears said. ... Local dogs and pet owners enjoyed perfect fall weather and canine-oriented fun and games during the Whitman County Humane Society’s 5th Annual Mutt Strut. The fundraising event, which benefits the recently opened Pooch Park in Pullman, brought hundreds of dogs of every size and their owners to Reaney Park for four hours of contests and entertainment. Dogs participated in contests ranging from best smile or best costume to who could eat hot dog chunks out of a bowl of water the fastest.
