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Reminder to install or test backflow protection

Reminder to install or test backflow protection

May 15, 2013 (Moscow, Idaho) — As irrigation season approaches, typically scheduled for after the 1st of June each year, the City of Moscow Water Department wants to remind residents that irrigation systems require backflow protection.  The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Rules, IDAPA 58.01.08, “Idaho Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems” and Moscow City Code Title 7, Chapter 9 require that all irrigation systems, existing or new, shall be equipped with an approved backflow prevention assembly, and shall be inspected and tested annually by a State of Idaho licensed backflow assembly tester.  It is recommended that the test be completed during the initial start-up of the system each spring.

 

A backflow assembly installed on your system is necessary to help prevent contaminates from entering your public water supply through what is known as backflow.  Backflow is defined as, “the flow, other than the intended direction of flow of any foreign liquids, gases, or substances into the distribution system of a public water supply.”

 

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Police recommend charges in Pullman stabbing case

Pullman police are recommending that a Cheney man face a felony assault count stemming from February?s double stabbing on College Hill.

Officers responded to a large fight call at the Campus Commons North apartment complex during the early morning hours of Sunday February 3. Police found two men suffering from stab wounds, one in the buttocks and one in the chest.

Both were treated and released from the hospital.

Detectives have now completed their investigation and are asking prosecutors to charge a Cheney man with felony second degree assault for stabbing a 21-year-old Pullman man in the buttocks. Officers were unable to find enough evidence for a charging recommendation for who ever stabbed a 20-year-old Cheney man in the chest.

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A charging decision will now be made by the Whitman County Prosecutor's office.

Moscow woman charged for stabbing husband

A 38-year-old northern Idaho woman who police say doused her husband with gasoline and stabbed him in the face has been charged with felony domestic battery in the presence of a child.

The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports that Mary E. Moore was charged Monday in 2nd District Court, with a preliminary hearing set for Thursday.

Police said on Saturday, Moore came into the bedroom with a butcher knife and a can of gasoline and approached her husband of three months, who was on the bed. The couple had reportedly been fighting about keeping the trailer clean.

Police said she covered his legs with fuel and lit a piece of paper near him. He did not require hospitalization.

Authorities said three children were in the home at the time.

Pullman police recommend charging five in WSU beating

Pullman Police have concluded their investigation into the beating of WSU instructor David Warner and have forwarded their investigation on to prosecutors with a recommendation to charge five people in connection with the March 30 incident.

"Based on all the information we have, we believe there is enough to show the suspects were involved in an assault that resulted in a serious injury," Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins said Tuesday.

The police investigation revealed that Lawrence McDonald had been drinking with David Warner and an unidentified third person, and as they were walking through Adams Mall McDonald was verbally harassing others in the parking lot and challenging people to fight him.

ATV safety courses provide valuable skills to keep you safe

ATV safety courses provide valuable skills to keep you safe

In last two weeks Eastern Washington and North Idaho have seen over five ATV accidents including one death in the LC Valley last week. While ATV riding is fun, it's important to learn proper technique to remain safe.

 

“We think it takes special skills to ride an ATV,” says Dale Stevens, a licensed ATV safety instructor with the ATV Safety Institute. ASI is a non-profit sponsored by the all the major ATV manufacturers. Instructors like Stevens teach regular safety classes to educate riders on proper technique, safety skills and the responsibilities that come with owning and riding ATVs.

 

After taking his course many riders tell Stevens that they didn't know what a work out riding is and that they expected it to be easier. Stevens says that a lot of people expect ATVs to be like riding a couch on wheels but it that it takes a lot of physical effort and knowledge of how ATVs operate to remain safe while riding.

 

Pullman police nearly done with WSU beating case

Pullman police are ready to close the investigation into the assault of Washington State University instructor David Warner.

Police Chief Gary Jenkins says he is preparing to turn the case over to the Whitman County prosecuting attorney's office. The prosecutor will decide if any charges are filed.

The 41-year-old Warner was seriously injured while trying to intervene in an argument between an acquaintance and three men outside Adams Mall. He was released from the hospital last week.

Three male suspects have been arrested in connection with the assault, as well as one female suspect for allegedly attempting to cover up the incident. All four turned themselves in to police.