DOE officials follow up on Big Alkalai

Two state Department of Ecology officials were seen observing land along Big Alkalai Creek Monday.

Jan Moore who lives in Hay noticed an unfamiliar vehicle pass by and then recognized the two men inside. They were Mike Kuttel and Chad Atkins from the Spokane DOE office.

The two DOE staffers had attended two DOE meetings hosted by the Whitman Conservation District in Colfax earlier this year which followed objections to DOE inspections and letters on potential livestock pollution last August.

According to DOE Spokane Communications Manager Brook Beeler, the two officials Monday were doing water...