Palouse will take over testing at Brownfields site

The City of Palouse has changed its request for proposals for its Brownfields state environmental cleanup site.

Instead of asking that potential developers continue to test the site for contaminants, the city has decided it will take over the testing aspect.

“We’re so confident in what we did and where the test results are going, we don’t want to make it any type of unknown to any potential purchaser,” said Mayor Michael Echanove. “We are not worried.”

The city will start advertising again later this month in markets on the west side and online.

The original request was advertised last July in...