WSU is going green with help from a $3 million state grant fund. The grant will assist with building improvement projects that will make them more energy efficient. Governor Chris Gregoire and the Washington State Department of Commerce selected 29 public education institutions that will receive almost $17 million in grants to create jobs and save energy costs…

Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse celebrated 30 years of service with a dinner and auction at Black Cypress restaurant Sunday night. About 50 guests arrived to commemorate the agency’s growth, including Mayor Glenn Johnson and the ATVP Board of Directors…

The fifth annual Pullman Relay for Life raised more than $80,000 this weekend to help fight against cancer. About 1,000 WSU students and Pullman community members gathered to walk, run, scoot and push strollers down the Pullman High School track from 7 p…

The fifth annual Pullman Relay for Life will be held from 6 p.m. today to 7 a.m. Saturday at the Pullman High School track to fight back against cancer. The relay will include about 56 teams and more than 1,000 participants from the WSU and Pullman community…

Lewis A. Lawrence was sentenced to 75 years in prison Wednesday in Whitman County Superior Court in Colfax. Asotin County Superior Court Judge William D. Acey sentenced Lawrence, a 21-year-old Moscow High School graduate and former Schweitzer employee, for three counts of attempted murder…

Whitman County Crime Victim Service Center advocates dispersed 200 Ferdinand’s ice cream sandwiches to students on the mall Tuesday. In return, the students shredded junk mail or listened to a lecture to make them think about identity theft. The event was part of the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week…

The chopper blades beat the air almost as fast as the hearts of the 12 cadets on board as the helicopters descended to the field below. One-hundred and twenty Army Reserve Officer Training Corps students from WSU and Eastern Washington University assembled Friday for a weekend of no sleep…

The official revamping of General Education will begin summer 2011. At the second GenEd public forum, the General Education Visioning Committee reviewed its plans for revising GenEd with WSU students and faculty Monday night in CUE 419. The group described the skills and knowledge every WSU student should have after obtaining a bachelor’s degree…

John Bul Dau, former Sudanese lost boy, used to live a life of starvation, disease, animal attacks and violence. He spoke Wednesday night in the CUB Senior Ballroom as part of International Education Week. Himanthi Karunathilaka, president of the International Students’ Council…

Spicy curry perfumed the air as women in vibrant-colored dresses danced, bracelets clanging, filling the Gladish Community & Cultural Center on Saturday night. About 350 people gathered to experience foreign food and culture at the first annual Nepali Food Festival…

WSU construction management students took second place recently at a competition in Sparks, Nev. The students entered the heavy-civil engineer division at the 23rd annual Associated Schools of Construction competition. The team of seven competed against 1…

Teachers donned aprons and manned cash registers at McDonald’s Tuesday night to help raise more than $1,300 for the Pullman School District. The second annual “McTeacher Night” was held at the Wheatland Center and Stadium Way McDonald’s. Donations were also given by the owners of both restaurants…

The presidential tickets began to express their true feelings as the series of ASWSU Q-and-As wrapped up with an intense debate. The final ASWSU Presidential Debate, moderated by Cable 8, was held Wednesday night in CADD 21. The tickets started off discussing their ideas to benefit students…

The smell of rich dark chocolate drifted through the kitchen as students prepared a four-course meal for WSU President Elson S. Floyd and the WSU Foundation Board of Governors. The hospitality business management students only get to showcase their skills to this group twice a year…

EDITOR'S NOTE: Several corrections have been made to this story since its original publication. ASWSU presidential candidates sweated under the bright lights and pressure of questions as the multicultural Q-and-A heated up. The third Q-and-A for the upcoming elections was held Thursday in the CUB Auditorium…