County to auction off former CETC building with no minimum

Final chapter in the public ownership saga of the CETC building resumed Monday when Whitman County Commissioners, after a two week delay, voted to put the building up for public bid in an auction format.

After a discussion, the commissioners decided to auction the building without setting a minimum price.

The county last December issued a call for purchase offers with a $60,000 minimum and received zero response.

The vote was taken Monday after the commissioners decided the CETC, the former Elks Lodge building, no longer was related to the core mission of the county.

The county had been asked...