Palouse considers new city shop

The City of Palouse may get a new maintenance shop building as sites are being considered, including next to the new solar farm or at the site of the city's old wooden, barn-like shop on Main Street.

For years now, Palouse has had $80,000 set aside for a shop to be built, according to needs directed by Public Works Superintendent Dwayne Griffin.

“He's just investigating,” said Mayor Michael Echanove. “Looking at numbers and alternatives.”

Echanove indicated that once a new shop is built, the city may or may not keep the old one, which was evaluated after the flood of 1996 and determined to be...