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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — New Washington State University president Kirk Schulz will be introducing himself to students, faculty and staff across the state beginning Friday. The tour begins Friday morning in Pullman, where Schulz and his wife Noel will hold a question-and-answer session with the WSU community and then meet with reporters. ...

  SEATTLE (AP) — Legal experts say Washington State University's Board of Regents may have violated open-meetings law when voting on the next president of the institution. The Seattle Times reports that on Friday regents voted unanimously for "candidate C," who was later announced as Kirk Schulz, but some say identifying candidates only by letters is like using code in a public meeting.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Board of Regents of Washington State University has chosen Dr. Kirk Schulz of Kansas State University as the 11th president of the Pullman-based school. The regents made the decision Friday morning at a meeting in the Tri-Cities...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Board of Regents of Washington State University has met to evaluate the qualifications of applicants to become next president of the school. The regents took no action at the meeting, held Wednesday in Seattle. ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Legislature has passed a bill that would allow licensed growers to produce industrial hemp in Washington as part of a research program. Senate Bill 6206 cleared the House on a unanimous vote Tuesday after passing the Senate last month. It ...

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Borislava Hristova scored 17 points, Maria Kostourkova and Dawnyelle Awa added 12 each and Washington State cruised past Colorado 83-70 Thursday night, leading from beginning to end. Colorado, after a slow start, came within 30-27 in the second quarter, but Awa hit consecutive 3-pointers to push the lead to 36-27, and it grew from there...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Sixty first-year medical students from the University of Washington will begin taking classes at Gonzaga University in Spokane this fall. The two schools announced the partnership on Wednesday. The deal allows the University of Washington School of Medicine to maintain its medical education program in Spokane...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Senate has passed a bill that would allow people to grow industrial hemp as an agricultural product, but only as part of a research program. Senate Bill 6206 passed the full Senate on a 48-1 vote Thursday. The...

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Parents and students at Washington State University are demanding safer roads leading into Pullman after two fatal crashes this holiday season. They say Highway 195 and Highway 26 have both become very dangerous, with narrow lanes and high speed limits...

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Washington State basketball coach Ernie Kent has signed two players to play for the Cougars. Kent on Wednesday signed Milan Acquaah, a 6-foot-2 guard for Cathedral High School in Pasadena, California. Acquaah is beginning his senior year...