2023 Five years ago
Washington State’s Daiyan Henley accepted an invite to the NFL scouting combine, the senior linebacker announced on social media. The invitation-only event brings about 300 of the top football prospects in the nation to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for a week of drills and a chance to improve their NFL draft stock. ESPN ranks Henley as the No. 91 overall prospect and No. 5 inside linebacker in this year’s draft. Henley burst onto the national scene during his lone season with the Cougars after transferring from Nevada in 2022. ... The Latah County Courthouse was buzzing with activity Wednesday as local and national media awaited the arrival of the suspect arrested in connection to the deaths of four University of Idaho students. Reporters and spectators set up camp on sidewalks surrounding the building, hoping to get a glimpse of Bryan Kohberger, who made the long flight from eastern Pennsylvania to the Palouse to be booked into the Latah County Jail. He is suspected of murdering Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin on Nov. 13 at their King Road residence in Moscow.
2019 Five years ago
Tavesi Dougal, the first baby born on the Palouse in 2019, turned one week old at 12:44 this morning. It’s been only seven days since she gave birth, but mother Yvette, 26, said she has already resumed her online class work through Brigham Young University. “Things are actually going surprisingly well,” Yvette said. “With my other two kids, I had a tough recovery, but this time it’s just a breeze.” Tavesi’s father, Landon, is a junior studying food science at the University of Idaho and has also returned to class, she said. .. The Whitman County Republican Central Committee voted unanimously Saturday to eject far-right agitator and former Washington State University College Republicans President James Allsup from their ranks. The move all but unseats Allsup from the position of precinct committee officer, a role he obtained by running unopposed. According to state law, when a single candidate runs for the position of PCO, the “candidate is deemed elected and the auditor shall issue a certificate of election.”
2014 10 years ago
A Washington State University researcher has spent the last 20 years trying to conquer one of the world’s most destructive and widespread crop viruses. Now, with the help of a researcher from the University of Queensland, Hanu Pappu has taken a big step toward solving the tomato spotted wilt virus. The tomato spotted wilt virus is spread from plant to plant by thrips, tiny black-winged insects that feed on numerous plants including tomatoes, beans and potatoes. ... Outgoing Moscow Mayor Nancy Chaney gave her final Renewing Our Focus presentation Monday night to a good-sized audience. After delivering thank yous to an array of people — council members, city employees and residents — Chaney devoted some time to remembering the late Moscow Councilor John Dickinson. She showed a video of him leading the other council members and the audience in a sing-along of the first portion of “America the Beautiful.”
