Possible change in court pact: Pullman plans to exclude court space

Pullman has no plans at this time to put a courtroom or district court offices in its new city hall building, leaving the county commissioners to debate whether to move all district court sessions to Colfax, or rent out space to continue to hold some district court sessions in Pullman.

Whitman County District Court for several years has been conducted at different venues depending on the day of the week. Three days a week, court sessions are at the courthouse in Colfax, the other two days sessions are in the city council chambers at Pullman City hall.

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