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Votes for PRH bond still being counted

Votes for PRH bond still being counted

BENJAMIN WHITE, Evergreen reporter • November 8, 2019

Votes for the Nov. 5 elections around the county are still being tallied by the county auditor offices. Among the votes being counted are the votes for Proposition One, the Pullman Regional Hospital bond. As...

Shannon Focht, communications coordinator for Pullman School District, said schools will remain closed until April 27.

Rock quarry proposal withdrawn after safety concerns are raised

BENJAMIN WHITE, Evergreen reporter • November 8, 2019

In late October, an environmental checklist application for a rock quarry near Kamiak Elementary School was withdrawn. Kevin Gardes, Pullman public works director, said the city has received letters...

The training program is free for WSU students and costs $40 for staff. The next open session is in January.

Mental Health First Aid available for students, staff

SHANEL HAYNES, Evergreen reporter • November 8, 2019

WSU Cougar Health Services offers a mental health training program that is free for students. Mental Health First Aid is a training program like first aid and CPR training said Nikita Alimohammad, WSU...

Updated county vote tally reinforces incumbent leads

LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter • November 7, 2019

Pullman City Council incumbents retain lead with 2,500 votes still uncounted. With 6,740 votes counted, Eileen Macoll, at-large, and Ann Parks, Ward 1, remain ahead of respective challengers Francis...

Brother Garen Growing Thunder and sister Laren Paul play around in the foam pit Monday night at Planet 3 Extreme Air Park. The nonprofit Families Together was created to provide support to parents who have children with disabilites.

Nonprofit helps children with disabilities

LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen editor-in-chief • November 7, 2019

Staff at Families Together, a local nonprofit, work to help people with disabilities through programming that involves the whole family. Karen Nelson, Families Together executive director, said the...

“I’m leaving as someone who has left an impact on the community,” says Paulina Abustan, co-founder of PSD K-5 Morning Tutoring Program. “I had no idea I could do something like that.”

Newly-built school adopts tutoring program

ANGELICA RELENTE, Evergreen editor-in-chief • November 7, 2019

Kamiak Elementary School now offers the same tutoring program three other local elementary schools already adopted about four years ago. The Pullman School District K-5 Morning Tutoring Program at the...

WSU sees higher student voter turnout

WSU sees higher student voter turnout

JAKOB THORINGTON, Former Evergreen reporter • November 6, 2019

WSU saw over a 20 percent increase in student voting last year compared to 2014 according to a study from the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education. In 2014, 18.7 percent of students voted compared...

Whitman County election results update

LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter • November 5, 2019

With just over 3,000 votes counted, both incumbent Pullman City councilmembers in contested elections lead their respective challengers. Eileen Macoll, at-large, and Ann Parks, Ward 1, lead challengers...

“Somebody receiving help, in my opinion, shouldn’t be made to feel like they need to go to the backdoor,” said Michelle Mason, chair of Poverty on the Palouse. The group focuses on food insecurity in the area.

Resident tackles food insecurity

ANGELICA RELENTE, Evergreen editor-in-chief • November 5, 2019

Michelle Mason took a job as a waitress at IHOP in 2002 because she knew she just had to. “I took it because I haven’t eaten for three days,” Mason, 46, said. She asked the manager when was...

Executive director Stephen Bonnar discusses what services and resources Soujourners’ Alliance provides, their goals and the organization’s history on Thursay at his office in Moscow.

Limited resources for nonprofits

MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen roots editor • November 4, 2019

Community organizations and nonprofits are preparing resources, despite financial challenges, for the homeless population on the Palouse as winter approaches. Jeff Tietjen, Community Action Center...

PRH decides on ballot-counting methods

PRH decides on ballot-counting methods

JAKOB THORINGTON, Former Evergreen reporter • November 4, 2019

The Pullman Regional Hospital Board of Commissioners clarified that overvotes and undervotes will not be counted to validate its expansion bond. Tricia Grantham, president of the board, said an overvote...

Brandon Chapman, Pullman city councilmember, discusses transparency, new building codes and improvement plans for Pullman City on Saturday at the Neill Public Library meeting room.

City councilmembers hold town hall

BENJAMIN WHITE, Evergreen reporter • November 4, 2019

Pullman city councilmembers Brandon Chapman, Eileen Macoll and Pat Wright hosted a Town Hall meeting at 7 p.m. on Friday night to discuss the community projects the city has been working on recently. Councilmembers...

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