Moscow Mayor Art Bettge released a statement calling the deaths “senseless acts of violence.”

Source: https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/01/a-timeline-of-the-killings-of-four-university-of-idaho-students/

While those other projects will eventually move forward, “it slows us down considerably and stops future investment in certain aspects of the city that clearly need to be done,” Bettge said, calling the situation a “complex puzzle” of “scarce resources.”

Source: https://www.1310kfka.com/abc-news/u-s-news/05/idaho-college-murders-strain-town-financially-as-investigation-expenses-mount/