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All classes and non-essential services at WSU Spokane are suspended today. WSU Tri‑Cities suspended operations and closed campus.

With significant snowfall predicted for much of the state in coming days, this would be a good time to review WSU policies and keep an eye on the emergency alert system for your campus.

Deciding if and when to suspend campus operations involves teams of experts evaluating a range of variables that sometimes can change suddenly.

By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News Three remarkable calendar events unfolded this past weekend — the season’s first snow, a Hunter’s Moon and the end of daylight saving time.

By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – Damage caused by snow mold in some eastern Washington wheat fields has surprised a Washington State University plant expert who has studied the fungus for nearly four decades.

By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – If there’s one thing this winter has demonstrated, it’s that the weather can still turn very cold and snowy in our region.

By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – The frigid temperatures, blowing and drifting snow responsible for school delays and road closures in the eastern half of Washington state “is like something you’d see in the Dakotas – not here,” said meteorologist Nic Loyd of Washington State University’s AgWeatherNet.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Photos of the first significant snowfall of the season were taken Tuesday morning at Washington State University Pullman by Dean Hare, WSU Photo Services.

By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences DAVENPORT, Wash. – Along a blustery rural highway, foresters from Washington State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are proving that living snow fences – windbreaks made of live trees – can protect Northwest roads and farms from winter’s fury.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Snow brought beauty and slow, treacherous travel to Washington State University Wednesday. More snow and freezing rain are forecast for the Pullman area from noon Thursday through Friday night, according to the National Weather Service in Spokane, Wash.