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🌱 How Moscow might finally act on its long-discussed affordable housing crisis

Moscow, Idaho Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Moscow! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Moscow might finally act on its long-discussed affordable housing crisis
  • How Moscow potato research is shaping careers across Idaho’s spud industry

Also on today's calendar: Drop-in Volunteering — PCEI and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What's a good time to go to the dentist? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A stray afternoon t-shower, with a high of 83 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Friday: Not as warm, temps: high: 71, low: 45.
  • Saturday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, with a high of 59 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Housing remains top of mind for Moscow (spokesman.com) — Moscow city leaders are wrestling with how to tackle rising home prices and rents while working under tight staffing and budget limits. At a special meeting, they weighed ideas like a housing authority, community land trusts, and faster permitting, while balancing housing needs against EMS, police transport costs, and health insurance. Local advocates say 60 homeless individuals and families urgently need help.
   

• Tour Introduces University Of Idaho Grad Students To Careers In Idaho's Famous Potato Industry (potatogrower.com) — University of Idaho graduate students based in Moscow are helping power Idaho’s potato industry, including research at the Seed Potato Germplasm Laboratory on campus that supplies disease-free seed for growers. A recent multi-day tour took these students from industry offices to fields, storage facilities, and processing plants statewide, connecting Moscow-based research directly to real-world jobs and innovations in potatoes.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Lost in Moscow.
    Not my cat. Posted in Moscow buy sell or trade it- by Sheri Neiman PRINCIE is still lost on the move she possibly is net Adam’s &DSt. Has anyone… (Nextdoor Rodeo and Julie)
  • The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Freight/Receiving in Moscow. Apply here.
  • Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Night Crew Stocker in Moscow. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Moscow here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lewiston

  • Lewiston High School to Host Free Sports Physical Clinic Wednesday (dailyfly.com)
  • Memorial Day ceremony at Normal Hill Cemetery honors fallen veterans in the LC Valley (klewtv.com)
  • American Encore —1st Riverboat Christened in the State of Idaho (maritime-executive.com)

Orofino

  • ‘Your circumstances do not define your ceiling': LC State pr... (lmtribune.com)

Ok Moscow! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 2:30 (tooth hurty) (Thank you Pat A. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Moscow

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Moscow

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.