The sounds of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs are echoing through the buildings of the Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds this week. The 78th Junior Livestock Show is in full swing.

Fluttering around the sounds of the farm is the sound of old friends re-connecting and new friendships being made. On the outside, the junior show appears to be all about the animals, but it is a cornucopia of smiles from hardworking kids and proud parents, sharp dressed cowgirls and cowboys with their perfectly trimmed steers, sheep wearing spandex and gleaming white goats looking for their next mouthful of alfalfa.

The Junior Show draws families from all across eastern Washington, north Idaho and western Montana.

“It's kind of a family tradition. My wife showed sheep and her dad before her,” said Eric Keller.

He and his wife have four children and raise sheep on their Deer Park ranch. Keller says the farm life is a way of life, one that helps build a strong foundation for their life.

A Washington State University grad student has been arrested for allegedly trying to poison his wife while she was sleeping.

Jacob Forster, 32, has been arrested on a charge of attempted 1st degree Murder for the March 27 incident, where he allegedly attempted to poison his wife of six years as she slept in the couple's Uniontown home.

The victim reported the incident to authorities last week, and investigators gathered enough information to take Forster into custody on the attempted murder charge.

Forster, currently being held in the Whitman County Jail, is scheduled to make a first appearance in Whitman County Superior Court Wednesday.

Members of the University of Idaho community say a key factor that has emerged in the search for a new president is a candidate's willingness to stay on campus for a long time.

A search committee was formed earlier this year to find a replacement for UI President Duane Nellis, who agreed in March to take the top administrative post at Texas Tech University.

The UI has had three interim and two permanent presidents since 2003, but the search committee is hoping to hire a new president who plans to last longer than Nellis or his predecessor Tim White.

Former state Board of Education President Ken Edmunds told The Idaho Statesman that turnover and lack of stability at the top has been detrimental to the university.