Tekoa weather delays push back e-comm network

The last link in an overhaul of Whitman County’s emergency communications network will likely be complete next spring instead of the anticipated completion date this fall.

Fran Martin, director of the county’s emergency management department, said Tuesday morning that crews building a tower on Tekoa Mountain have encountered weather delays.

Under a joint operating agreement, Spokane County is building the tower, while Whitman County will maintain it once it is erected.

Martin said the foundation for the tower is complete and the equipment shelter was slated to be finished Tuesday. Radio equipm...