Local briefs

Election van visiting Latah County towns

A mobile election van is visiting Latah County towns through Oct. 9 to register new voters, update voter registrations and help people request an absentee ballot, according to Latah County Clerk/Auditor/Recorder Henrianne Westberg.

The van will visit 10 a.m. to noon Friday at Genesee City Hall; 2-4 p.m. Friday at Troy City Hall; 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the 1912 Center in Moscow; 9-11 a.m. Oct. 1 at Juliaetta City Hall; 1-3 p.m. Oct. 1 at Kendrick City Hall; 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 5 at Potlatch City Hall; 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 7 at Deary City Hall; 2-4 p.m. Oct. 7 at Bovill Community Center; and noon to 2 p.m. Oct. 9 at the 1912 Center.

New exhibition to open at WSU art museum Wednesday

The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University will have two events featuring Tokyo-born, Seattle-based artist Etsuko Ichikawa on Wednesday.

An open gallery with Ichikawa will take place from 1-4 p.m. inside the museum. Ichikawa will be present in the gallery to informally welcome visitors to her exhibition, “Broken Poems of Fireflies.”

As many as 10 visitors will be allowed in the museum at one time, including museum staff. Attestation, distancing and masks will be required.

The second event will be a live-streamed artist’s talk via Zoom and take place from 5-6 p.m. The talk can be accessed via the following link: bit.ly/2HkDrp2.