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WSU cashes in on efficient lighting

Submitted by Joseph Suttner, Producer
Thursday, April 11th, 2013, 12:21pm
WSU cashes in on efficient lighting

WSU Spokane's campus goal to use more efficient lighting has earned them $20,000.

The effort to lower energy costs at their Innovate Washington building qualified them for the Avista energy rebate. WSU installed more efficient ballasts and lamps in the building.

"This is really the right work for the university to be doing,” campus facilities operations director Jon Schad said. "It’s great that Avista provides the cash incentive to help us make it happen.”

According to WSU News, Schad said the project is part of a bigger effort to increase the energy efficiency of buildings on campus. The university partnered with McKinstry in 2010 and 2011 to upgrade lighting, heating and air conditioning systems.

Other buildings on WSU's Spokane campus are also getting the new lighting. Both the pharmacology and medical education building under construction are getting the upgrades. WSU Spokane hopes the two new buildings will get LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building efficiency certification and will get them more rebates from Avista after construction is finished.

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Committee named to find new UI president

Submitted by KXLY Web Staff
Thursday, April 11th, 2013, 11:30am

The Idaho State Board of Education has announced the formation of a 16-member search committee to select a new president for the University of Idaho.

The board announced the selection Wednesday and that University of Idaho Regent Emma Atchley will lead the panel.

The board is tasked with finding a successor to Duane Nellis, who is leaving to become president of Texas Tech University.

Nellis took over UI's top administrative post in 2009 after an 11-month search. Since 2003, UI has had four different leaders, including two presidents and two interim presidents.

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Police arrest second suspect for WSU professor beating

Submitted by KXLY Web Staff
Thursday, April 11th, 2013, 11:06am

Around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Pullman police announced a second suspect has been arrested in connection to the brutal beating of a Washington State University professor.

Officers said they arrested Joshua Nantz, 23. The WSU student faces charges of first-degree assault, which is a Class A felony.

He is being held in the Whitman County jail and is expected to be in court on Thursday.

On Wednesday afternoon, police arrested the first suspect in connection to the case. Police said a tip from western Washington led them to Madeline Fouts, 21. She faces charges of rendering criminal; assistance and providing false statements, but was not directly involved in the assault.

Four people were caught on surveillance video, walking away from the area where David Warner was beaten outside a bar on March 30. Police are still looking for the other two suspects.

As of Thursday morning, Warner remained in critical condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center.

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Committee named to find new UI president

Submitted by KXLY Web Staff
Thursday, April 11th, 2013, 7:50am

�The Idaho State Board of Education has announced the formation of a 16-member search committee to select a new president for the University of Idaho.

The board announced the selection Wednesday and that University of Idaho Regent Emma Atchley will lead the panel.

The board is tasked with finding a successor to Duane Nellis, who is leaving to become president of Texas Tech University.

Nellis took over UI's top administrative post in 2009 after an 11-month search. Since 2003, UI has had four different leaders, including two presidents and two interim presidents.

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Latah County authorities find missing Greenacres man

Submitted by KXLY Web Staff
Thursday, April 11th, 2013, 7:07am

The Latah County Sheriff's Office found a missing 22-year-old man from Greenacres, Wash. on Wednesday night.

The family of Richard Tyler Simmet, of Greenacres, said he was "emotionally distraught" and went missing around 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Deputies found Simmet's car on Jackson Road, near Broenneke Road, five miles south of Moscow, Idaho, around 5:30 p.m.

Latah County Search and Rescue investigated the scene and believed Simmet walked southeast from his car.

Simmet was found late Wednesday night in Pullman.

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Arrest made in WSU professor's beating

Submitted by KXLY Web Staff
Thursday, April 11th, 2013, 2:33am

Pullman police confirm an arrest was made in the beating of WSU professor David Warner late last month.

An anonymous tip from western Washington over the weekend led to the arrest of Madeline Fouts, 21, Wednesday. Fouts was one of several suspects spotted in surveillance video taken the night of the incident.

Fouts, a WSU student and Pullman resident, was contacted by detectives at her� home and brought in for questioning Wednesday morning. She was arrested at 12:30 p.m. for rendering criminal assistance, a felony, and providing false statements to a public servant, a misdemeanor.

According to her Facebook page, Fouts is originally from Snohomish in western Washington.

Pullman police also confirmed they have solid leads on the other three suspects in the case and are aggressively tracking those individuals down.

Earlier this week, Washington State University President Elson Floyd donated $10,000 to the reward fund to help catch the people who assaulted a faculty member near campus. It's not known how police discovered the identity of the suspect who was arrested and whether or not that reward money will be given away to anyone yet.

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Spokane-Style Beer is Federally Approved

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Wednesday, April 10th, 3:22 pm
Spokane-Style Beer is Federally Approved

No-Li Brewhouse has been crafting beer in the Northwest since 1993. Their branding pays homage to their love of Spokane and the region. Now, No-Li has put Spokane on the map as a major force in the world of craft brews. Earlier this week No-Li announced that they have gotten federal approval for a new style of craft beer. Spokane-Style.

 

What makes a beer Spokane-Style? Well, first off it must be brewed and packaged in Spokane. But the origin of the beer goes beyond that. To be classified as Spokane-Style all the ingredients must come from within 300 miles of the city. Naturally, all of No-Li beers fall under the category of Spokane-Style.

 

No-Li attributes its close to home ingredients for driving its demand in other areas of the country. Whole Foods carries it in Washington D.C. and the largest liquor stores in Colorado have started selling the brand as well. No-Li is on tap both at Safeco Field and Century Link Field in Seattle.

 

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