Undergraduate classes move online for fall; letter urges students not to return to campus
CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter
July 23, 2020
The WSU Pullman campus will be offering all undergraduate classes remotely with very few in-person exceptions, according to a letter WSU officials published today. WSU will announce information about graduate classes by Aug. 1. Delivery options for class schedules will be finalized Aug. 1, said...
Pullman Kiwanis holds annual ‘Stuff the Bus’ project
LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen reporter
July 20, 2020
The Kiwanis Club of Pullman is holding its 12th annual Stuff the Bus project to provide students with school supplies. Donations are accepted until Aug. 14. The project is a collaboration between the Kiwanis clubs in Pullman and Moscow, as well as the school districts of Pullman, Moscow, Colfax and Colton-Uniontow...
Airport receives grant for service to Denver
ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter
July 6, 2020
Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport received a grant from the United States Department of Transportation that will help the airport bring service to Denver. Tony Bean, PMRA executive director, said the airline that will provide service to Denver is United or a United-affiliate carrier. The fi...
U of I men’s basketball program fined for coaching violation
LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter
June 24, 2020
The NCAA penalized the University of Idaho men’s basketball program and former head coach Don Verlin for rule violations related to coaching practices. The penalties included a $5,000 fine and two years of probation for the men’s basketball program, as well as restrictions during the 2020-21 season....
Washington mask mandate starts Friday
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter
June 24, 2020
All Washingtonians will be required to wear masks or facial coverings in public starting Friday, according to a public health order from Gov. Jay Inslee and Secretary of Health John Weisman. The mandate applies to all indoor public spaces and outdoor public spaces where social distancing is difficult, acco...
Pet groomers offer services with new regulations
JENNA GEELAN, Evergreen reporter
June 15, 2020
Washington and Idaho residents had months of abstaining from haircuts due to COVID-19, but humans were not the only ones needing a trim. Zelda’s Pet Grooming closed their doors on March 26 and did not reopen until May 25. Owners Dani and Melanie Voorhees faced uncertainty for the future of their bu...
Demonstrators march against systemic racism
JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen news editor
June 13, 2020
Around 200 people marched and chanted from Martin Stadium to Pullman City Hall on Friday in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight against systemic racism. Ivy Ndambuki, co-organizer of the march, said small communities like Pullman have the capacity for big changes. She said chang...
Alerting police can help keep demonstrations peaceful, local organizers say
LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter
June 12, 2020
Activists and city officials recommend demonstration organizers contact police if they are planning a demonstration. Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins said the department wants to work with organizers to protect their right to protest and de-escalate tense situations should they arise. “Th...
Researchers use math, computers to model spread of COVID-19
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter
June 8, 2020
Eric Lofgren and other researchers in his lab at WSU are using computational epidemiology — a combination of computer simulations and complex mathematics — to model the spread of diseases, like COVID-19, in certain populations. Lofgren, assistant professor in the Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Heal...
Latah County libraries provides summer reading, virtual performances
CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter
June 8, 2020
Residents of Latah County can get their fill of reading, crafts and virtual performances this summer through the Latah County Library District. LCLD is offering a Neighborhood Reads program with the theme, “It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” inspired by Mr. Rogers, LCLD Outreach Special...
‘We’re tired of being silent’
JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen news editor
June 5, 2020
Editor's note: Some sources asked to go under a pseudonym to protect themselves from retaliation. A crowd repeated the phrase, “I can’t breathe,” after the name of each Black person killed by police was read out into a microphone. The second after each name was read — before the crowd respo...
‘I shouldn’t have to put it on a sign for people to know that I’m worthy of life’
JAYCE CARRAL and ANGELICA RELENTE
May 31, 2020
A demonstrator waved a pole with the American flag hung upside-down. People waved posters that read “I can’t breathe” and “A riot is the language of the unheard” in the air. About 100 demonstrators marched through downtown Pullman on Sunday in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter mov...
Whitman County received 19 more reports of positive COVID-19 tests this week, which brings the county’s total case count to 114. Nine cases were...
