Local conservative restarts blog

Conservative blogger Tom Forbes of Pullman announced this week he is restarting Palousitics, his blog on local politics. Palousitics had been an influential part of the local political scene during its heyday.

Forbes had for two years left the local blog to write for the Red County franchise of conservative national blogs. He said he came back to Palousitics, his “first love”, because he wanted to return his focus to the politics of Pullman and Whitman County.

He said many local officials urged him to resume a local political blog. Forbes added he will continue to write about national and stat...