Library service continues during remodel project

The floor under the previous children’s section has been knocked out by Blews Construction workers. An expanded stairway will be put in below.

With gaping holes in the floor and knocked out walls, remodeling of the Whitman County Library is well under way. The $1 million project is three weeks along. The project will add an elevator for handicap access and other changes and is expected to be finished in about five months.

In the interim, library staffers have moved with some equipment across the street to the back and second floor of the U.S. Bank building.

The temporary, smaller space on the...