County begins work to repair new transfer station after fire
August 9, 2018
Whitman County Commissioners declared a state of emergency Monday for the Waste Transfer Station south of Colfax, to expedite repair after a fire damaged one wall and the ceiling of the three-year-old building early on the morning of Aug. 3.
The state of emergency allows for county Public Works to bypass state bidding laws to hire a contractor as soon as possible.
On Monday, Public Works Director Mark Storey called contractors and county consulting engineer Evan Laubach of Reliant Engineering in Pullman to develop a list of needs in order to repair the building.
On Tuesday, Lance Holcomb o...
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