At long last

It has been a long time coming.

Whitman County received word about its latest state audit, and the news was good.

Over the years the county has been plagued with unsatisfactory audit reports and even audits that couldn’t be completed because of faulty and missing records.

The problems have stretched the confidence of county leaders as well as the public.

From those dark times to now, the results have dramatically changed. The state auditors have recommended procedural changes that will further advance the improvements of the county’s financial records from this audit on, but this audit is dram...