Sueann Ramella

Psychiana: Moscow's Mail-Order Religion

Sueann Ramella — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:01:48 +0000

You’re probably aware of TV evangelists. They speak to you through the television, some claiming to heal you through the screen. Before television, there were radio evangelists, and mail-order evangelists. One of which offered a money-back guaranteed religion, and was headquartered in the Northwest. Sueann Ramella has the story of the Mail-Order prophet of Moscow, Idaho.

WSU Coach Leach Bans Players from Tweeting

Sueann Ramella — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:36:23 +0000

By Joe Utter and Adam Lewis

Washington State University Coach Mike Leach banned players from using Twitter on Tuesday evening after a series of messages on the social media website was brought to his attention.

“Twitter is now banned around here so don’t expect anything on Twitter,” Leach said after Tuesday’s practice. “Twitter’s banned and quite frankly if after today you see anything on Twitter from our team-- and I don’t care if it says ‘I love life’-- I would like to see it because I will suspend them.”

Guts, Backbone, And Competition Needed To Save American Journalism, An Interview With Dan Rather

Sueann Ramella — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:50:42 +0000

CBS correspondent Dan Rather was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award Thursday. Morning Edition Sueann Ramella had the chance to sit with him.

Idaho Athletic Diector Says UI Wants To Stay In Football Bowl Subdivision

Sueann Ramella — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:25:59 +0000

The University of Idaho is reevaluating its options in football, with the emphasis on staying in Division 1 and protecting its Football Bowl Subdivision status. The statement from University of Idaho Athletic Director Rob Spear came following announcements from colleges last week that make the future of the Western Athletic Conference unclear.

David Byrne Presents Found Sound Installation

Sueann Ramella and Max Bartlett — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:14:20 +0000

Did you know London has a tempo of 122.86 beats per minute? So says musician David Byrne, of Talking Heads and solo career fame. Byrne’s new sound installation , titled “Get It Away,” builds a song around sampled sounds recorded in the city.

“It turned out that most of the sounds seemed to converge around a common rhythm,” Byrne says, “I let the sounds dictate the groove, the tempo, and then I simply played along.”

MegaMillions Jackpot Draws High Interest Around Northwest

Sueann Ramella — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:03:39 +0000

SALEM, Ore. – All around the Northwest, people are lining up at convenience stores and gas stations with dreams of a big-time payday. The multi-state MegaMillions lottery jackpot has topped a half-billion dollars. In Salem, Brenda McDonald bought three tickets at a downtown grocery store. She's already thought about what she'd do if she won.

Friendship During Wartime: Deborah Ranniger

Sueann Ramella — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:20:03 +0000

Late in his life, Leonard Cornell developed Alzheimer’s. As his condition deteriorated, he told one story again and again to his daughter Deborah. Here, for StoryCorps Northwest, she shares that story. It's of an unlikely friendship and how it shaped her father's life.

EPA Gives Oregon Water Report A Mixed Review

Sueann Ramella and Bonnie Stewart — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:15:44 +0000

SALEM, Ore. -- Oregon’s 2010 water quality report has earned a mixed review from the U.S. EPA.

Surviving the Khmer Rouge: Sinoun Hem and Fauluaina Pritchard

Sueann Ramella — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:44:04 +0000

Millions died under Cambodia's communist regime. Sinoun Hem, of Tacoma, was a young girl when the Khmer Rouge came to power. She tells her friend Fauluaina Pritchard her about how she was taken from her family and forced into a child work camp.

Slain Washington State Trooper Remembered

Sueann Ramella — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:14:43 +0000

KENT, Wash. -- “A trooper’s trooper” -– that was a phrase used repeatedly to describe Washington State Patrol Trooper Tony Radulescu at a memorial Wednesday afternoon in Kent.

He was born in Bucharest and immigrated to the United States at age 14. He served in the U.S. Army, spoke five languages and was well known for having a great sense of humor and a radiant smile.