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Hundreds of WSU students could be forced to move midsemester over issues with rental company

UPDATED: Mon., March 20, 2023

Inspection issues that have delayed move-in for months at a new housing development are forcing hundreds of Washington State University students to find a new place to live midsemester.

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Health care and tech jobs on the rise in rural northwest

UPDATED: Mon., March 20, 2023

Half of all job postings in rural Washington are in health care, and STEM opportunities are growing rapidly, according to a recent report.

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Innovia Foundation gets $850,000 from state to start high school mentorship program

Fri., March 17, 2023

The Washington Student Achievement Council is giving LaunchNW $850,000 to create a mentorship program aimed at increasing the number of Inland Northwest high schoolers who go to college or trade schools.

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More than 100 students apply to Eastern’s new nursing program as demand for health workers soars

Fri., March 17, 2023

More than 100 students applied for 40 seats in Eastern Washington University's new four-year nursing program's upper division classes that start in August. In 2022, the state Legislature funded $6.1 million for EWU to expand to a full four-year program. Leaders cited the need to train more nurses, as the COVID-19 pandemic worsened shortages. But other issues that limit admitting more students to regional BSN programs include faculty recruitment and hospital training availability, educators say.

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YWCA Women of Achievement: Lawyer, professor Mary Pat Treuthart puts ‘passion into practice.

Thu., March 16, 2023

Mary Pat Treuthart thought she might go into social work until a college externship at a legal services office in New Jersey turned her thoughts to a law degree.

News > Crime/Public Safety

‘Culture of secrecy’: Bill to increase hazing penalty moves closer to final passage

UPDATED: Tue., March 14, 2023

Penalties for hazing could increase as the state House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill to reclassify the crime from a misdemeanor to a gross misdemeanor.

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Pope’s voice on climate, a Gonzaga grad, offers solutions to planetary ‘indifference and despair’ in talk at alma mater

UPDATED: Thu., March 9, 2023

A Catholic cardinal and Gonzaga University graduate explored the intersections between faith and climate change in a lecture at the school Thursday evening.

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North Idaho College board votes to reinstate president Swayne amid accreditation crisis

UPDATED: Mon., March 6, 2023

The North Idaho College board reinstated president Nick Swayne and placed interim president Greg South on paid administrative leave Monday night in response to a court order.

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Judge orders North Idaho College to reinstate president; board meeting planned Monday

UPDATED: Sun., March 5, 2023

"The Board’s majority has wrongfully locked its captain in the brig while steering NIC toward an iceberg," Judge Cynthia Meyer of Kootenai County District Court wrote in a preliminary injunction, ordering NIC to take Swayne off administrative leave for the duration of the lawsuit.

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Kay Olson went back to school at 42 and went on to become an ‘extraordinary champion’ for local COVID vaccine access

Thu., March 2, 2023

When Kay Olson was fresh out of high school, she had to choose between working to pay her bills or continuing school. She chose work but never lost the desire to continue her education. Decades later, she went back to school and decided to become a nurse.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Home where 4 UI students were killed to be demolished, property given to university

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 24, 2023

The King Road home in Moscow where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death will be demolished.

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‘A lovefest-infomercial for the city’: ESPN’s College GameDay arrives in Spokane for Gonzaga-Saint Mary’s showdown

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 23, 2023

The ESPN gravy train arrived Thursday with the crews and equipment that are about to transport Gonzaga’s Kennel into homes of college basketball fans across the nation on Saturday.

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McMorris Rodgers, Biden administration representative hear pitch for continued health training in Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 22, 2023

McMorris Rodgers and Carole Johnson met at the Spokane Teaching Health Clinic in the University District with a half dozen medical and osteopathic doctors as the federal government ponders an extension of several training programs for physicians that point them to work in underserved areas. That includes continued funding for the 72 teach health clinics in the country, which provided residency training slots for doctors pursuing their specialties. Training centers are located in areas determined to be underserved by existing health care workers, an area that includes Spokane and its surrounding rural counties. The Spokane clinic was established in 2013 and has included social workers, psychiatric care providers and pharmacy residents in care teams intended to provide a full suite of treatment to patients.

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Community turns out for heated meeting in wake of North Idaho College accreditation threat

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 22, 2023

At its first meeting since North Idaho College was sanctioned by its accrediting body, the school’s board of trustees heard an earful from the community Wednesday night.

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WSU student’s death in dorm ruled a suicide

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 20, 2023

The death of a Washington State University student in his dorm room in mid-January has been ruled a suicide by the Whitman County Coroner.

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North Idaho College sanctioned by accrediting commission, Moody’s downgrades bond ratings

Mon., Feb. 20, 2023

North Idaho College's bond ratings were downgraded last week after the school's accrediting agency issued a sanction of show cause, the final step before losing accreditation.

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Fraternity at EWU receives 3-year suspension from national headquarters following hazing violations

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 12, 2023

Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity suspended the Washington Epsilon chapter at Eastern Washington University for three years for hazing violations. The university handed down its own punishment to the chapter last month.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Fraternity at EWU punished for hazing, bullying violations

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 9, 2023

A fraternity at Eastern Washington University has been sanctioned for hazing after forcing new members to drink “large amounts of alcohol” and blindfolding them in a local forest last fall.

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Friends remember WSU student Luke Tyler as police investigation unfolds; fraternity scrutinized

Thu., Feb. 9, 2023

Luke Tyler’s friends will always remember him for his smile.

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AP African American Studies curriculum was ‘very, very sound’ before revisions made and political battle unfolded, local educator says

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 8, 2023

Revisions made to the framework for the standardized AP African American Studies program, announced after pushback from politicians including Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, will rob high school students across the country of a "very, very sound" curriculum exploring the Black experience in America, said a local educator who was involved in reviewing the materials.

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‘Culture of secrecy’: Bill to increase hazing penalty moves closer to final passage

Pope’s voice on climate, a Gonzaga grad, offers solutions to planetary ‘indifference and despair’ in talk at alma mater

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Judge orders North Idaho College to reinstate president; board meeting planned Monday

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