Two grizzly bears mauled a younger bear to death Tuesday afternoon at the WSU Bear Center. The mauling occurred at about 3:30 p.m., said Darin Watkins, Executive Director of External Communication for the WSU News Service. The scene was cleaned and the other bears were back in their caged runs later that afternoon…

In the 2009-10 season, the WSU women’s polo team competed in the National’s tournament in West Virginia. This season, they are looking to duplicate that success with another strong season. For more than 45 years, horse polo has been a staple of WSU sport clubs…

Cable 8 Productions has received new equipment to assist in their broadcasts. "It’s called a monitor bridge, which is essentially new cosmetics,” Cable 8 President Adam Wallberg said. Danielle Gilbertson, vice president of marketing and alumni affairs…

This year’s Dad’s Weekend entertainment will feature the Orange County Choppers Live and Tim Allen. Paul Teutul Sr. will lead the Choppers show, which will feature a bike-building competition. “We were looking for a show that would appeal to people,” Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum Director Leo Udy said…

WSU students now have another resource to help them improve their overall wellbeing while at college. Ask Wellbeing is a new online program from WSU Wellbeing designed to provide general information about health-related subjects to students. On the "Ask Wellbeing" website…

Thirty-foot flames closed U.S. Highway 195 about four miles south of Pullman near Staley Road between 3 and 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Assistant Fire Chief Mike Heston said farm equipment started the fire at about 1 p.m. on the west side of the highway. Due to high winds…

Coming out of consecutive postseason appearances, WSU Head Baseball Coach Donnie Marbut and his staff have received raises and extensions to their contracts. Since taking over as head coach in 2004, Marbut has led the Cougars to three consecutive 30-win seasons on the diamond and came within one game of winning the NCAA Regional Tournament in 2010…

More than 500 people took part in the fitness activities and sustainability practices at University Recreation's sixth annual Backyard Bash Sunday evening behind the Student Recreation Center. The event featured free food and a live music broadcast by local radio station ZFun 106 in addition to the various activities…

The big news coming from the Pac-10 offices this summer was the addition of two new teams to the division. As of 2011, the Pac-10 will become the Pac-12 with the additions of Colorado and Utah leaving their respective conferences. Conference Commissioner Larry Scott pushed all summer for the Pac-10 to become the Pac-16…

As we press forward into the final weeks of July, Bryan Hall Theatre will be psychedelically sung back in time. “Shout! The Mod Musical,” presented by the Washington State University Opera Workshop, will be shown at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday as well as July 30-31 in Bryan Hall Theatre…

Two WSU employees died Friday afternoon after a vehicular accident on the Pullman-Albion Road. The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office released the names of those involved in the accident Friday afternoon. The deceased were 55-year-old William H. Russell and his wife…

In the June 23 meeting of the city of Pullman Planning Commission, the commission voted 6 to 1 to forward the College Hill rezone proposal to the city council with a recommendation to deny it. If passed by the city council, the proposal would amend the zoning classification of about 29 acres of the College Hill district from R2 Low Density Multi-Family Residential and R4 High-Density Multi-Family Residential to RT Residential Transitional…

The Whitman County Prosecutor’s Office filed hit-and-run charges against 24-year-old Richard Pasma on July 1. He is Kristen Grindley’s ex-boyfriend and a person of interest in her case. The case is being filed by Whitman County Prosecutor Denis Tracy, who was unavailable for comment…

The Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Display Garden now features an extensive green roof. The green roof is part of the multi-phased display garden, where students from the landscape architecture program are given the opportunity to put theory into practice…

The School for Global Animal Health held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday afternoon to celebrate the construction of the new Global Animal Health Building, which is to be located southeast of the current Veterinary Teaching Hospital. The research building will be three stories and 62…