The only professional newspaper with reporters in the area is the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, based in Moscow, Idaho.
Washington State University's Evergreen newspaper was first published in March 1895 as a 12-page broadsheet paper produced by seven editors.
According to accounts in the first Chinook annual and a book by college president E. A. Bryan, copies of the four-page issue were printed on cream-colored satin.
Ten issues were produced, ending with April 1893, before the paper folded due to debts to the printer.
Nevertheless, the fact that we have had a lady editor during this entire year and a college paper that has been up to the standard of any in the Northwest in every particular, has proven conclusively that there are exceptions to this rule.
The other members of the staff, it is true, were loyal in their support, but the burden of work and responsibility were borne by the Editor."
The Greek system at the college grew dramatically in size and power during the early part of the century, and Evergreen editor-in-chief was a highly coveted campus position essentially controlled by the fraternities.
Special editions came out for events like Christmas, graduation and the football game against the University of Idaho, a tradition continued today with special sections for Mom's Weekend, graduation and home football games, along with an "orientation guide" issue sent to incoming freshmen and transfer students each August.
An exception was World War II, when the Evergreen reduced its pages to a size similar to its current near-Berliner dimensions.
After a costly libel suit, the university took control from the student government and made the paper part of the journalism department, Hicks told an Evergreen reporter in 1995.
Student Publications had been saving for seven years to purchase more than $50,000 in new typesetting equipment to allow a much broader range of type size and style.
[citation needed] The newspaper gained national attention for an erroneous story published in 2002 for Filipino American History Month that included a joke translation from Spanish to English that was copied from a website.
[citation needed] The newspaper ceased printing daily editions in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and switched to an online-only format.
The faculty and staff members come from specified areas of the university and include a representative from the Murrow College of Communication.