Palouse will charge fee for chipper station use

Palouse residents will soon be charged $25 for an annual permit to use the city’s chipping station. The new fee is the result of Whitman County no longer funding small-town use of the county chipper.

“I think it’s fair and very reasonable. By the time you have to haul anything out of town- it’s very convenient to have it here in town,” said Palouse resident Connie Newman, whose family hauls small tree branches out to the city facility once a year when they prune.

The Palouse city council March 9 approved adding the fee. Starting April 1, residents must buy a new permit for $25 at city hall.

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