New Pullman city hall will lack courtroom

Whitman County commissioners learned last week that Pullman does not plan to include a courtroom at the new city hall.

Pullman sessions of district court have been conducted in a room at the present city hall.

The commissioners Monday discussed possible options for a new district court site. The first option they discussed was moving all court sessions to Colfax.

The second option discussed was to rent a space in Pullman for court sessions. Commissioner Art Swannack said he doesn’t like the idea of renting a space.

Swannack said he felt the judges should be consulted when deciding what course...