The Palouse Empire Fair has come to Colfax. In addition to a series of live entertainment acts, the fair will offer carnival rides, FFA livestock shows and rodeos, said Terry Jeffries, the fair's program coordinator. Food vendors from across the region will have booths…

WSU's writing program is ranked among those of Stanford, Yale, Purdue and Harvard, according to the 2010 "America's Best Colleges" edition of U.S. News and World Reports, in the "Writing in the Disciplines" category. The colleges highlighted in the category "typically make the writing process a priority at all levels of instruction and across the curriculum…

“Butts in beds by August 16th.” That’s the motto for workers finishing construction on the Olympia Avenue Residence Hall, said project manager Louise Sweeney. The interior of the building is where there’s most left to do, along with completing some outdoor features like landscaping and the parking garage…

Despite some obstacles, WSU’s Capital Planning and Development will continue to replace 450 feet of the campus’ primary underground sewer and stormwater pipe. The pipes collect runoff water from the CUB all the way to the golf course, said Keith Bloom, the director of Capital Planning and Development at WSU…

This August the WSU Facility Operations Department will host the first ever Hard Hat Classic Golf Tournament at the Palouse Ridge Golf Club. The tournament will raise funds for the department’s Freshman Scholarship, a fund that has helped the children of WSU’s Facility Operations Department employees attend WSU since 1995…

A band called Playin’ Dead performed covers of Grateful Dead songs at the Moscow Co-op. Nate Bushmaker Evergreen contributor As the sun set Tuesday evening, a pepper-haired woman danced to the rhythm of a flurry of mandolin notes, her skirt swishing in time to the music…

Thanks to a competition spearheaded by WSU faculty, at least a portion of Washington state’s high school math and science teachers won’t have to answer the age-old gripe – “When am I ever going to use this?” Students from high schools across Washington state swarmed Bohler Gym on Saturday for the Imagine Tomorrow competition…

Museum of Art/WSU kicked off this year’s Curator’s Choice exhibition series on Monday by showcasing works from the museum’s permanent collection. The series, set to run until July 2, is composed of works from a variety of artists, including 24 recently acquired selections from artist and photographer Andy Warhol…