Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Future of Vandals uncertain as WAC crumbles

Go ahead and subtract a few more schools from the ever-shrinking Western Athletic Conference, which appears to be on its last leg and the first casualty of conference realignment.

University considers hormone therapy insurance for transgender students

PULLMAN, Wash. --May 03--The committee that recommends changes to student health coverage at Washington State University will consider including hormone replacement therapy in insurance plans next year.

The change was suggested by representatives from the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender and Allies committee of the Associated Students of WSU.

Kayaker dies after high winds flip craft

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Gonzaga University freshman Chris Gormley, 18, died Sunday afternoon at a Spokane hospital after his kayak capsized earlier that day on Rock Lake northwest of St. John.

'Abortion survivor' speaks to a packed house

MOSCOW, Idaho -- The word "freedom" loudly rang out from the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratory Event Center on Tuesday night, as international speaker and "abortion survivor" Gianna Jessen asked men to proudly stand and have a "Braveheart" movie moment.

Jessen, 34, spoke to a room filled to standing room only about her experience growing up with what she called the "gift of cerebral palsy" as a result of an unsuccessful saline abortion her birth mother had 7.5 months into her pregnancy. Jessen said that one in three women in America has had one or more abortions, and noted the amount of men often ignored in the decision to terminate a pregnancy.

Moose making itself at home in Idaho town

MOSCOW, Idaho -- A yearling moose yard surfing in Moscow for the past month has attracted the attention of residents and law enforcement, but at the moment its sequester from the wild has not caused too much concern.

Residents now must register with the Pullman Police Department to engage in the production, distribution or cultivation of medical marijuana in the city.

Washington city to require regsitration for pot cultivation

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Residents now must register with the Pullman Police Department to engage in the production, distribution or cultivation of medical marijuana in the city.

But the steps necessary to obtain registration could be impossible, for the time being.

Frank Warren

Frank Warren shares millions of secrets with strangers

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Frank Warren has a secret. To date, he has 500 million and counting -- but most of them are not his.

As the founder of PostSecret, Warren receives secrets from around the world sent to his home on anonymous, homemade postcards that he posts online at postsecret.com, some making it onto his blog and many more in bestselling books. Some of his favorites have come on sonograms, a sea shell, a bag of coffee and an In-n-Out Burger bag.

The majority of responding Idaho students, 65 percent, said they had tried alcohol sometime during their lifetimes, and 22 percent said they consumed five or more alcoholic drinks in a row on at least one of the 30 days preceding the survey.

Survey: 65% of Idaho teens have tried alcohol

The Idaho State Department of Education on Wednesday released the results of a 2011 survey of the state's high school students regarding their participation in risky behaviors.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which was administered last spring to more than 1,700 students in 48 randomly selected public high schools in Idaho.

Pac-12 looks punchless

In the 90s the Pac-10 was one of the elite conferences in the country, and the West Coast was synonymous with great college basketball.

Now, the Pac-12 is a bit of an embarrassment. It's possible a collection of its top players would not be able to win the Big East or SEC, and that's no exaggeration. Currently, there isn't a single player in the Pac-12 who is projected to be an NBA lottery pick. Connecticut and North Carolina each have two for next season, while Kentucky projects to have three individuals taken among the top 10 picks.

Idaho flush with money

BOISE, Idaho -- The Idaho Legislature convenes Monday in Boise to divvy up a revenue boost and debate legislation, while maintaining what they hope will be an appealing appearance to a somewhat unknown set of voters in an election year.

Idaho man charged with videotaping girls showering at FFA convention

TWIN FALLS, Idaho -- Police arrested a 34-year-old Buhl, Idaho, man Tuesday under a Latah County warrant based on charges he secretly videotaped high school girls showering in his hotel bathroom during a June Future Farmers of America Convention in Moscow.

Idaho success against BYU hinges on run game

The Idaho Vandals finally snapped their six-game losing streak on Saturday and atop the reasons why is the team's commitment to the run.

Idaho college students discuss records of murder-suicide professor

MOSCOW, Idaho -- Since the Thursday release of former professor Ernesto Bustamante's records from the University of Idaho, members of the public have been able to learn more about the events leading up to his shooting murder of graduate student Katy Benoit in August. The UI professor committed suicide at a Moscow hotel hours after killing Benoit.

For students on the UI campus, the release of Bustamante's files is an opportunity to examine their school's process when responding to complaints of sexual harassment involving staff. On June 12, Benoit contacted the university to file a sexual harassment complaint against Bustamante, and English junior Jasmine Warne-Rowe of Eugene, Ore., said she wanted to "double check" the UI's response.

University counsel Kent Nelson, left, speaks while U.I. President Duane Nellis listens at a news conference announcing the release of former assistant professor Enesto Bustamante's personnel records Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, in Moscow, Idaho. Bustamante a psychology professor who gunned down a graduate student he had dated and then took his own life two months ago had disclosed his bipolar disorder shortly after he was hired in 2007, according to a timeline released Wednesday. (AP Photo/Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Geoff Crimmins)

Idaho university students complained about professor leading up to murder-suicide

MOSCOW, Idaho -- A time line of Ernesto Bustamante's dealings with the University of Idaho beginning in August 2007, when he was first employed as an assistant professor of psychology, states early on he disclosed his bipolar disorder to department chair Ken Locke.

Space station an engineering marvel

MOSCOW, Idaho -- The ability to construct an international space station is a level of technology that's "never been seen before," former NASA astronaut John Phillips said Thursday night at a lecture in the University of Idaho Law Building Courtroom.

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