On March 31, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service announced a wholesale restructuring of the legacy agency. In a move set to prioritize "common sense forest management," Trump administration...

On Tuesday, April 14, the campus's regular affairs were put on pause for the 28th annual Whitman Undergraduate Conference. The conference, often referred to as “the WUC,” is a day where Whitman student...

Chewing leaves into lacey skeletons, dessicating acres of grass and fueling the outpour of thousands of gallons of insecticides into waterways, this infamous emerald insect has certainly made a name for...

Whitman recently announced that starting in the Fall of 2026, students will be able to pursue a new interdisciplinary Concentration in Public Health along with their major studies. The college also announced...

Chicago. Minneapolis. Portland. Three cities that are hundreds of miles apart, but whose thick clouds of noxious smoke mark them as profoundly interwoven. Since the beginning of 2026, apartment residents...

To glean, as most of us know it, means to extract or gather bit by bit. The word is usually used in terms of information: “You can glean a lot of important lessons from conversations with family” or...

On Feb. 12, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) dealt a fatal blow to United States environmental policy. In a document signed by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, the agency repealed the 2009...

Federal nutritional recommendations date back to 1894, with a vague yet well-intentioned focus on moderation and balanced macronutrient intake. Of course, nutritional science has changed and expanded since...

“No one in the state asked for it,” said Kelly Wood, senior counsel of the Washington Attorney General’s Office, regarding a recent federal order requiring that a coal plant in Centralia re-fire...

In a collaboration between scientists at the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest and Whitman College, two new studies are helping to fill knowledge...

On Dec. 3, the Southeast Washington Ski Area Bluewood announced it would postpone its projected Dec. 6 opening day due to insufficient snowfall. The news was not particularly shocking. Bluewood has historically...

As fire season winds down in the Northwest, firefighters and land managers take advantage of the cooler, wetter weather to begin preparations for the upcoming summer. Fall marks the beginning of the burning...