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Council allocates funds for new City Hall

TYLER WATSON, Evergreen reporter • July 18, 2017

The Pullman City Council passed a resolution at its meeting Tuesday that could allocate up to $10.5 million to go mostly toward a new city hall. The proposal is a 20-year bond which would add $88 annually...

Local firefighters assist with Snake River fire efforts

RICK FLORES, Evergreen reporter • July 18, 2017

Six Pullman firefighters expect to return home Wednesday after helping with operations on the Snake River wildfire, which began east of Pomeroy on Saturday with a lightning strike and has burned more than...

Students to pay extra for tuition in coming year

CODY COTTIER, Evergreen reporter • July 12, 2017

Undergraduate residents will pay an extra $206 to attend WSU in the coming year, after two years of tuition reductions to Washington public universities. The Board of Regents today approved a 2.2 percent...

WSU wheat breeder Michael Pumphrey stands among test plots at the Spillman Agronomy Farm. He grows varieties to resist issues like low falling numbers, a defect that cost Washington farmers millions of dollars last year.

Local wheat growers may face second bad year

CODY COTTIER, Evergreen reporter • July 12, 2017

Recent temperature fluctuations could signal another year of starch damage for local wheat growers, following a crop with widespread quality issues that collectively lost Washington farmers tens of millions...

Steve Robischon, left, and Korey Woodley check the water level and temperature of the Wanapum Aquifer at a well Friday at the University of Idaho Groundwater Field Laboratory in Moscow.

Tracking local aquifer levels

LUKE HOLLISTER, Evergreen assistant photo editor • July 5, 2017

In a grassy field on the University of Idaho campus, Steve Robischon pulls a 200-foot rope out of the ground and up to the surface. He is checking the ever-declining water level of the Wanapum Aquifer. He...

Researcher Param Banerjee and graduate student Hyojong Lee work on a modeling project Monday in a lab WSU will use to validate algorithms for the project.

WSU to lead international energy project

CODY COTTIER, Evergreen reporter • July 5, 2017

WSU will lead the U.S. side of a project between American and Indian universities and industry partners to advance the power grids in both countries. The $30 million project will last five years...

Study finds people willing to use more sustainable energy

From staff reports • July 5, 2017

From staff reportsWSU researchers conducted a survey that found many Americans are open to using more renewable energy and fewer fossil fuels, regardless of their political beliefs.WSU assistant professor...

Local crews fight wildfire in Central Washington

TYLER WATSON, Evergreen reporter • July 4, 2017

Pullman firefighters returned home late Thursday after helping fight wildfires threatening homes in Central Washington for several days last week. Pullman Fire Chief Mike Heston got a call at about...

WSU researchers are looking for solutions to a virus that diminishes grapevine yield.

Researchers working to manage grapevine virus

TYLER WATSON, Evergreen reporter • June 28, 2017

Grapevines in a vineyard in Wapato have been infected with a virus that causes grapes and grape clusters to grow smaller. WSU virologist Naidu Rayapati, an expert on grapevine diseases at WSU’s...

Construction workers remove rubble from the site of the demolished Washington Federal Bank building Monday.

Daily updates to detail construction plans

TYLER WATSON, Evergreen reporter • June 28, 2017

The City of Pullman is releasing a daily weekday schedule on the construction on Highway 270 and Davis Way. The project is one of many concurrent state, city and private construction projects happening...

New online career database to replace WSU’s CougLink

LUKE HOLLISTER, Evergreen assistant photo editor • June 28, 2017

WSU is shifting on July 1 from CougLink to a new job-finding system called Handshake, a program with more employers and job postings and a website similar to Facebook or Pinterest. Students switching...

Legal 1.3 G fireworks can be set off from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 3 and 9 a.m. to midnight July 4.

Fire officials urge safe celebrating on Fourth

ALYSEN BOSTON, Evergreen reporter • June 28, 2017

Backyard bonfires and fireworks are staples of any Fourth of July celebration, but there are a few rules Pullman residents should follow to safely play with fire. Pullman Deputy Fire Marshal Tony...

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