WC Humane Society qualifies for grant

Whitman County Humane Society was among 12 charities in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho to receive a grant from a $1.5 million fund left by a Sandpoint woman who died last year.

The donor, who requested to remain anonymous, was reported to be a retired East Coast photographer who made her retirement home in Sandpoint.

The fund was left in trust to Panhandle State Bank through the bank’s Community Focus Trust grant program. The Humane Society and the 11 other agencies are scheduled to receive grants over five years. The annual grant sums range from $2,600 to $45,000. By the time the fund...