Palouse News

Washington State replaced its shoddy nine-hole course with a beautiful 18-hole Palouse Ridge last year.

Palouse Land Trust received $410.30 from the Moscow Food Co-op's "A Dime in Time" community donation program, which was created to support local, non-profit organizations.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will resign her office later this month, according to several sources familiar with her decision, freeing her to build a national political team and travel... Mutual star-making machine NEW YORK - Even President Barack Obama, a gleam in his eye as he talked at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner two ...

Firefighters are working in Stevens County, Washington trying to contain a wildfire on Quartzite Mountain, about three miles east of Chewelah.

Fireworks stands are open across the Palouse, and despite a slow start, most managers expect to bring in profits comparable to last year.

Construction crews are remodeling an old furniture store in downtown Moscow to get the building ready to house the city's second active charter school.

I am back on the job after more than a week away from the Palouse. The entertainment world apparently chose the week when I was out of the office to erupt.

The Associated Press is reporting that advocates for the giant Palouse earthworm are once again seeking federal protection for the rare, sweet-smelling species.

The Run It Forward, Bridge 2 Bridge 5K Run/Walk will be held on Saturday in Bremerton.

Wheat farmers on the Palouse are delighted by some unexpected rain. Weather experts had predicted a dry spring and summer, but the opposite has occurred, said Washington State University Extension agent Steve Van Vleet.

The 17th hole proved the undoing for Drew Reinland during the third round of the 83rd Washington State Amateur at Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman.

A Spokane conservation group has acquired 80 acres in a land swap, including a popular climbing area known as the Rocks of Sharon and a granite-studded ridge line with lofty views of the Palouse.

Local area high school students fared well when in came to meeting the Washington Assessment of Student Learning's reading and writing graduation requirements.

After some 30 years in the newspaper business, LuJane Nisse, publisher of the LatahEagle and The Boomerang! has decided to put down her award winning pen and notebook, step away from her keyboard and retire.

Local fire chiefs are gearing up for another fire season just as they normally would despite a wet spring on the Palouse.

Main Market Co-op will host its first member-owner meeting Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. in the lobby of the Community Building, 25 W. Main Ave.

Special sauce: After decades when Key's equipment evolved little, the company now integrates high-speed computer processing, infrared imaging, lasers and other advanced technology.

Wheat and barley producers in Washington State's Palouse region can refine crop residue management to build soil organic matter, curb soil erosion, retain soil moisture and maximize crop yields, thanks to support from the Agricultural Research Service .

Betty Jo Fitzgerald's paintings are inspired by real life, but the end result is anything but realistic.

"Here we are taking in the view from a trail on Kamiak Butte, overlooking the Palouse farm country of Idaho and Washington," posts Idaho Dad/A Family Runs Through It.