The Morning Report

Handy defeats Kinzer for Whitman County Commissioner seat; Local nonprofits say number of people seeking mental health services and visiting food banks has risen; house fire in Juliaetta

Pullman City Council approves 1 percent increase to property tax levy, emergency medical services tax and the Metropolitan Park District tax; 178 new cases of COVID-19 reported in north central Idaho; City of Moscow employees expects to occupy Sam Haddock Building by March

Latah and Whitman counties add a total of 126 COVID-19 cases over the weekend and Monday; Washington braces for another round of pandemic restrictions; Whitman County deputies arrest man threatening to burn down Rosalia church

Washington announced new round of COVID-19 restrictions; 47-year-old Onaway man dies after traffic collision; future site of Palouse Ice Rink hosts open house Saturday

Neill Public Library considers allowing patrons in facilities in mid-December; Moscow author receives book award; 64 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Latah and Whitman counties Thursday

Whitman County nonprofit sends care packages to soldiers overseas; University of Idaho professor discusses "the Art of Civil Conversation" with League of Women Voters of Moscow; Washington State University announces comprehensive COVID-19 testing plan for spring semester

Latah County sees highest voter turnout in more than 20 years; gunshots fired near Pullman apartment; Pullman Arts Commission discusses possible location for Black Lives Matter mural 

Moscow City Council approves plan to assess local infection rates using Idaho Public Health  tool; Idaho Gov. Brad Little urges residents to wear face masks; Whitman County reports another COVID-19 death

Moscow Volunteer Fire Department to use $700,000 of CARES Act funds for new radios; Palouse Ice Rink makes progress on deal to acquire former NRS building; Gritman Medical Center says it has not yet been pushed to capacity by COVID-19

University of Idaho contracts management of utility infrastructure to third-party concessionaire; Disability Action Center NW given Outstanding Non-Profit Award for 2020; increase in COVID-19 patients has pushed Pullman Regional Hospital's capacity to its limit