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Friday’s arrest comes 47 days after four students were found dead in an off-campus house — in a brutal crime that has drawn international media attention and shaken the close-knit University of Idaho campus community.

“Regardless of what happens through this process, the credits you’ve earned, whether you are alumni or you just finished your exams for the last semester, those credits are good, and they will be recognized throughout the state of Idaho,” State Board of Education President Kurt Liebich said Wednesday.

It’s been a newsy few days at embattled North Idaho College — and none of the news is good.

Nearly a month after four students were slain in an off-campus house, the University of Idaho said it will offer on-campus spring instruction in January, as originally planned. However, online options could also be expanded.

The moves came three days after a contentious trustees’ meeting — when Swayne balked at a hastily presented proposal to hire a new attorney, and trustees derailed Swayne’s plans to fill an administrative position.

North Idaho College is facing an existential threat, as students continue to turn away. Enrollment fell below 4,300 this semester, after another 6% decrease. NIC hopes to grow enrollment to 5,000 next year; it’s been three years since the college hit this mark.

“We will do our best to meet the needs of all students,” said U of I President C. Scott Green Sunday evening. INSIDE: New details on the crime.

Urging the public to remain vigilant, Moscow police chief James Fry said. “There’s still an individual out there who committed four horrible, horrible crimes.”

Police again said the University of Idaho students’ deaths appear to be a targeted attack — an assertion they have made repeatedly, but have never explained.