County certified again for state gas tax revenue

Whitman County Public Works picked up its annual Certificate of Good Practices from the Washington State County Road Administration Board (CRAB) two weeks ago. Certification allows the county to continue to receive gas tax revenue.

“This is a big deal,” said Mark Storey, Public Works director, who is a member of the board. “If we tried to run on local money, we’d be done in about February.”

Storey recuses himself from any board votes regarding Whitman County, as do other county engineers and commissioners on the board.

A total of two-thirds of Whitman County’s road department operations, $4.5...