PULLMAN – The week of April 11-17, 2021 is recognized at Animal Care and Appreciation Week. Endorsed by the National Animal Care & Control Association, this event celebrates and promotes professionalism amongst personnel who deal with the care and control of animals across the nation.

LEWISTON, ID - At 10:26 pm Sunday night, Lewiston Fire was dispatched to the Super 8 Motel at 3120 North-South Highway for a report of a fire on the outside of the building. First arriving units found people exiting the building and fire that had burned up the outside of the building and had entered the attic space.

Below are the Lewiston Police logs for 4/9/21:

LEWISTON, ID - Over the past two days, the Idaho State Police, Nez Perce County Sheriffs Office, and the Idaho County Sheriffs Office participated in a Criminal Interdiction Emphasis Patrol in the Lewiston area.

SALEM, Ore. - Crushing four home runs and nine extra-base hits, the Lewis-Clark State College baseball team set a season-high for runs by thumping Corban University 22-0 in Cascade Collegiate Conference play on Friday.

Lapwai, Idaho- April 9, 2021, at approximately 10:57 p.m. a call was placed to Whitcom Dispatch. The report was that of a shooting on South Main Street in Lapwai. Officers responded to the call, taking one suspect into custody. One victim was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No additional parties were involved.

Nez Perce County, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Idaho State Police, and Nez Perce Tribal Police responded to the call. The case is currently under investigation; no additional information is available at this time.

BOISE, ID – On March 30, 2021, Benjamin C. Beckett appeared before Latah County Judge John Judge for insurance fraud in violation of Idaho Code 41-293(1)(a).

Gov. Jay Inslee today updated and clarified the criteria for counties to stay in Phase 3 of the state's Healthy Washington pandemic reopening plan. 

MOSCOW, ID - On April 9th, 2021, at 4:45 am, the Idaho State Police responded to a single-vehicle injury crash on SH8 at milepost 1, Pullman Road, in Moscow, Idaho. The vehicle lost control for unknown reasons and crashed. Statements provided from witnesses state the driver was driving erratically prior to the crash. The vehicle had two occupants who were both transported by EMS to Gritman Medical Center in Moscow. The driver of the vehicle was in critical condition and was transported by air ambulance to Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene. Both occupants were wearing safety restraints. The investigation is ongoing.

LEWISTON, ID - Chris Davies committed 35 years of his life, and his entire career, to the art of building and maintaining important infrastructure. He was hired as the Public Works Director for the City of Lewiston in 2004 and remained in that position until announcing his retirement this year. When asked why he chose to spend the rest of his career with the City of Lewiston, he said, “I think people stay in public service because they want to continue providing a service that will better the community, and I found that to always be a healthy challenge.” 

April 9, 2021 (Moscow, Idaho) —  Mayor Bill Lambert is joining mayors across the country for the 2021 National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation by asking residents to make a long-term commitment to manage water resources wisely. In return, residents have a chance to win hundreds of prizes.

The budgets of Idaho’s higher education institutions remain in limbo after the House Wednesday shot down an effort to allocate some $631.4 million to state colleges and universities.

The overwhelming 13-57 vote — after a freewheeling hour-long floor debate — marked the latest chapter in a brewing Statehouse showdown over social justice programs on Idaho campuses.

PULLMAN – National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week will be celebrated April 11-17, 2021. This week recognizes the invaluable contributions of emergency dispatchers to public safety and emergency response.

AHSAHKA, Idaho –Dworshak Dam will be increasing releases from 6,900 cubic feet per second (CFS) to 7,800 CFS to support hatchery releases, which resume Monday, April 12.

PULLMAN, Wash. --Exactly how Butch, a Labrador-retriever mix, ended up alone and suffering from two broken legs is anyone’s guess.

That’s a story only he can tell.

Whatever bad luck befell the roughly 1-year-old stray dog, his future is looking much more promising after he found his way to the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service and, later, Washington State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital.