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The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

Pullman City Councilmember Brandon Chapman at a forum on Sept. 11 at the Daily Grind. Chapman said there have been complaints from residents about not having enough time between when projects are announced and voted on.

Pullman called to be more transparent

LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter September 27, 2019

A Pullman city councilmember wants the city to be more transparent about new construction projects so citizens are able to comment on them. Pullman city councilmember Brandon Chapman said several residents...

Councilmembers  Nathan Weller and Eileen Macoll question Bryan Points on how a student residential zone would be created. Points responded that it would not be an official zone but rather a residential area that was more desirable for students on Tuesday evening at Pullman City Hall.

Committee discusses need for more housing

BENJAMIN WHITE, Evergreen reporter September 25, 2019

The City of Pullman may need to add several thousand housing units in the coming years to keep up with increasing housing demands, a representative from a consulting firm told the city council on Tuesday. Thomas...

National Weather Services said wind gusts could be up to 40 miles per hour and last until around 6 or 7 p.m. each night.

Pullman to experience intense weather this week

ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter September 25, 2019

Pullman will experience winds with gusts up to 40 miles per hour this week, according to the U.S. National Weather Service website. Jeff Cote, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Spokane,...

Kevin Gardes, Pullman Public Works director, compares the current pumping level, 2.44 billion gallons of water in 2017, to the amount of water needed on Monday at Pullman City Hall.

Groundwater levels addressed

LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen editor-in-chief September 24, 2019

A new computer model that will help the Palouse Basin Aquifer Committee (PBAC) monitor and study the Grande Ronde aquifer, which is Pullman’s main water source, is under development. Kevin Gardes,...

Michelle Hyatt, lead nurse for the Pullman School District says most of their students have received all of their vaccines. Nearly 90 percent of kindergarteners in Whitman County were vaccinated.

Vaccination rates in Whitman County are above state average

JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen reporter September 23, 2019

A recent report shows nearly 90 percent of kindergarteners in Whitman County were vaccinated in the 2018-19 school year. According to the County School Immunization Dashboard from the Washington State...

Walk manager Leslie Woodfill said the funds from the walk will go toward providing research dollars, education, support groups and advocacy to end Alzheimer’s.

Walk held to benefit people with Alzheimer’s

MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen roots editor September 20, 2019

Family members, friends, caregivers and supporters will gather to raise thousands of dollars for Alzheimer’s disease research during the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Pullman on Saturday. “You...

Taylor Ryland, Ferdinand’s employee, talks about her experience working at Ferdinand’s since her sophomore year on Friday at Ferdinand’s Ice Cream Shoppe.

Ferdinand’s changes hours for home football games

KATLYN COOK, Evergreen reporter September 20, 2019

Ferdinand’s Ice Cream Shoppe will be open from 1-6 p.m. for this Saturday’s football game against the UCLA Bruins. The shop will also have special hours for the remaining WSU home football games, Mom’s...

Intermountain Fair Housing Council explained how local landlords could better market and manage their properties and tenants on Wednesday at the 1912 Center in Moscow.

City of Moscow hosts fair housing training

ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter September 19, 2019

The city of Moscow worked with the Intermountain Fair Housing Council (IFHC) to host a fair housing training event for landlords and tenants on Sept. 18 at the 1912 Center. The event provided information...

Parking permits accounted for 51.5 percent of WSU Transportation Services’s revenue in the 2019 fiscal year, according to the WSUTS financial report. Parking citations fines made up 10.5 percent of the year’s revenue

Parking fines resulted in over half a million dollars in 2019

CAMERON SHEPPARD, Evergreen reporter September 18, 2019

WSU Transportation Services generated more than half a million dollars in revenue from parking citation fines alone in the fiscal year of 2019, according to its financial report. Over 17,000 parking...

Shannon Focht, Pullman Public Schools communications coordinator, said the bond for the renovation of Lincoln Middle School would be for $15 million over 20 years. A technology levy would also provide $200,000 a year to help build the technology infrastructure of the schools.

Pullman School District approves bond to renovate local middle school

KAITLYN TEJERO, Evergreen reporter September 18, 2019

The Pullman School District school board approved a bond that will fund the renovation of Lincoln Middle School as well as upgrades to heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems of the three elementary...

Erika Fleck, Director of Education and Information Technology at WSU Spokane, talks about virtual reality and the effects this technology has with medical students on Tuesday evening at the 2019 Health Innovation Summit at the SEL Event Center.

Local hospital hopes to install residency program

BENJAMIN WHITE, Evergreen reporter September 18, 2019

Pullman Regional Hospital is pursuing a residency program to help train postgraduate medical students. The hospital held its 2019 Health Innovation Summit at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to inform community members...

Bobbie Ryder, President of Pullman Civic Trust, provides information about the Colfax Albion Pullman Rail Corridor during a Brown Bag meeting on Tuesday afternoon at the Neill Public Library.

Community members discuss creation of new trail

JAKOB THORINGTON, Former Evergreen reporter September 18, 2019

Members of the Pullman Civic Trust introduced their idea to turn an unused local railway into a trail at the Brown Bag Lunch and Learn Series at noon Tuesday at the Neil Public Library. Bobbie Ryder,...

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