County reps vote today: Martin Hall likely will remain open

Martin Hall, the juvenile detention facility in Medical Lake to which Whitman County sends its underage offenders, will likely stay open.

Commissioner Pat O’Neill said Monday he intends to vote to keep the center open at the meeting of the nine county board of directors today, Thursday.

“This is the right thing to do. I know in my heart that if we closed Martin Hall, it would never open again,” said O’Neill

The nine counties that house their juvenile offenders at Martin Hall were considering closing the facility because the number of youths being housed there has not been enough to cover opera...