Eastern Washington University News

Eastern Washington University says it plans to construct a $59.9 million science center on its Cheney campus to supplement a nearly 50-year-old science building that it says has become inadequate.

My thumb and Dry Fly. I spent a chunk of my week away from the office in Northern Idaho sipping Pabst and napping on large rocks as the rest of my party fished the St.

Among the three Monroe city races that will require an Aug. 18 primary runoff to narrow the field to two contenders is the four-way race between Todd Fredrickson, Patsy Cudaback, Paul Loots and Bridgette Tuttle for Council Seat Position #2. Of the four, one candidate, Todd Fredrickson, has decided not to campaign.

Battle Ground Planning commission gets a new member Mayor Michael Ciraulo has appointed Larry Stafford to the City of Battle Ground Planning Commission, comprised of seven individuals.

Major General Roger K. Bean was born on July 17, 1940, in Yakima, Wash., to the late Art and Hazel Bean.

Students from all over the United States are taking part in Franklin Pierce University's inaugural physical therapy class in Goodyear.

The Garland opened on Thanksgiving Day 1945. The theater held more than 900 people and at the time was one of the most modernized theaters in Spokane.The Spokesman-Review photo archive In an era when going to the movies pretty much means going to a multiplex at a mall, Spokane's Garland Theatre survives as the city's only remaining single-screen ...

Tracking dogs and more than 20 people, including search-and-rescue teams searched a 2-mile stretch of the Colorado River for three days, looking for a former Tri-Citian who fell out of a raft Saturday.

Longtime Islander Middle School teachers, Janet and Mace Brady, have retired from the Mercer Island School District.

In response to growing demand from its students and from the surrounding community, Whitworth University plans to start offering courses this fall in the University District, located just east of downtown Spokane.

A recent Pasco High graduate was crowned Tri-Cities Miss Juneteenth 2009 on Saturday night after a nearly 2 1/2-hour pageant.

According to court documents, a house party busted in Cheney had as many as 80 people there, all because of a posting on the social networking site, Facebook.

Kirk Earlywine chuckled at the suggestion of it being a recruiting redo. Still, Eastern Washington University's third-year men's basketball coach said Tuesday afternoon that it was difficult to come up with a better tag after the school announced the addition of five new players - including former Gonzaga Prep standout Sean Fischer - to this year's ...

Eastern Washington University will hold a graduation reception for its students who take classes at Bellevue College from 5:30-8 p.m., Friday, June 19.

Chancellor Michael Martin doesn't question the prestige the Louisiana State University Press brings to his school, with Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction and poetry, tomes on Southern history and culture and other noted works to its credit.

York St John University student Bethany Stephenson has been awarded a place on a prestigious summer scholarship in the USA.

The class of 2009 is facing the toughest job market in more than a decade as the nation looks at a 9.4 percent unemployment rate with 6 million Americans having recently lost their jobs.

Latah Creek may run red later this month as scientists from the Washington state Department of Ecology use fluorescent dye to learn how quickly water moves through the creek as part of a broader effort to improve water quality.

The author of "Forgetting English" will read at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the University Book Store's Seattle location .

Laurie and Terry Carlson moved to Dallas several years ago from Cheney, Washington where Laurie taught history at Eastern Washington University.