CETC goes on auction block

Whitman County commissioners put the damaged CETC building on the auction block Monday with a minimum bid of $60,000. Sale will be conducted through a sealed bid process. Bids are due Dec. 3 at 11:30 a.m.

The CETC, damaged by a snow load in the winter of 2009, needs about $125,000 worth of work to get up to standards for public buildings, according to Bob Reynolds, county facilities manager.

The lot on which the building sets, said Reynolds, was appraised at a value of $45,000. All told, the building, if undamaged, was appraised at a value of upwards of $290,000.

Commissioners received no inpu...