The Spokesman-Review – OLYMPIA – Washington State University is two steps closer to starting its own medical school in Spokane. Legislative committees in each chamber agreed overwhelmingly Tuesday that a state law restricting medical education to the University of Washington should be changed. But both indicated tough decisions lie ahead on paying for a new school. The bills would give WSU the authority to offer medical education at the Spokane campus but don’t set aside money to do it.
KING 5 – SPOKANE, Wash. – A Washington State University researcher thinks he knows the cause of a mysterious “milky rain” that hit parts of the Pacific Northwest last Friday. Meteorologist Nic Loyd says the dirty rain was the result of a rare weather phenomenon that began near an ancient saline lake nearly 500 miles away.