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Palouse Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in the western United States, located in Moscow, Idaho. Opened between 1976 and 1979, it features Bed Bath & Beyond, Michael's, Old Navy, Rite Aid, Ross Stores, and WinCo Foods.The site is on the western edge of the city, near the border with Washington. It is fronted by Pullman Road, State Highway 8, which becomes State Route 270 in Washington and connects to the other chief city on the Palouse, Pullman, west.HistoryThe first stores to open at the site were, from the east end, Kmart, Rosauers, and Pay 'n Save (now Rite Aid) drugstore, all in 1976. The mall had been in development since 1964, and the land on which it was built was leased from the University of Idaho. The land was previously owned and farmed by the Mix family for several generations. Developer Earl D. McCarthy sold the mall to his children, Madeline Edgren and Mike McCarthy, in 1979. The main enclosed portion of the mall opened that year, featuring J. C. Penney and The Bon Marché (now Macy's) department stores, and Lamonts opened the following August.