Pullman

PULLMAN, WAS. -- A Washington State University researcher said it will take at least 10 years to develop a vaccine that protects bighorn sheep from a disease carried by domestic sheep.

PULLMAN, Wash. -- The Pullman City Council will discuss medical marijuana and the possible regulation of newly approved "community gardens" at its regular meeting Tuesday.

The discussion is prompted by recent changes in state law, which took effect July 22. The law now allows up to 10 patients to join together and raise "community gardens" for the purpose of supplying themselves with medical marijuana.

PULLMAN, Wash. -- The Washington State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital is reopening its doors to residents seeking service for horses, llamas and alpacas after the recent outbreak of equine herpes virus, also known as EHV-1.

The facility's reopening is slightly ahead of schedule because there have been no new cases of EHV-1 in Washington for more than two weeks, according to a WSU news release.

PULLMAN, Wash. -- A team of Pullman Christian School students has accepted a Washington State University challenge to lead the world to a brighter future -- but with a lower wattage.

Under the Imagine Tomorrow program, WSU's problem-solving competition that asks high school students to use innovation to lead the transition to alternate energy sources, the Pullman Christian team decided to share some of what they had learned with children and parents at the Palouse Discovery Science Center Saturday.

The topic they chose was vampire or parasitic power -- the power consumed by electronics when they're not even being used -- and how preventing unnecessary energy consumption can save big bucks for parents.

PULLMAN, Wash. -- A wildlife disease researcher at Washington State University successfully used an experimental vaccine to inoculate a small number of bighorn sheep against a deadly form of pneumonia.

The achievement is considered a promising development in the effort to protect wild bighorn sheep from a disease carried by domestic sheep, but far from a final solution in the ongoing saga that pits native wildlife against the sheep ranching industry.

PULLMAN, Wash. -- A 50th anniversary wasn't celebrated with a bang Monday night, but rather with a glowing blue light in 65,000 gallons of water.

Staff and guests of the Dodgen Nuclear Radiation Center gathered at 9:58 p.m. to watch the reactor reach full power exactly 50 years after it first powered up.

The Washington State University reactor does that almost daily, and it takes 10 to 15 minutes to reach full power.