Lone candidate: Chris Cook will succeed Mayor Echanove in Palouse

Palouse city councilman and school board member Chris Cook is the lone candidate to replace Michael Echanove, the city’s four-term mayor.

Cook submitted his name to run during the initial filing period in May.

“I was approached by a number of different people and, in the end, in talking to others who may have been interested, circumstances and timing for other folks didn’t work out,” said Cook. “So I put my hat in the ring.”

A 14-year Palouse resident and eight-year school board member, he resigned the school seat effective at the end of the year, before he takes over as mayor.

Cook has been o...