County sends counter offer for district court

Whitman County Commissioner Art Swannack proposed a counter offer in letter form for the Pullman District Court location Wednesday. The letter was sent to the Pullman City Council and Mayor Glenn Johnson to review.

The city of Pullman’s offer was sent to commissioners June 21, and proposed the county pay for half the costs of possible roof and HVAC repairs, while remaining in the current Pullman city hall.

The current district court was not included in Pullman’s plans to move their city hall to the former Encounter Ministries property which the city has purchased.

The county and Pullman first...