Commissioners discuss hiring county health director

COLFAX — Whitman County commissioners continued discussing when to advertise the health director position when they met Monday, Nov. 16.

Troy Henderson resigned; his last day was Nov. 15. Chris Skidmore was named interim director.

Skidmore previously served as Whitman County Public Health deputy director.

Commissioner Art Swannack said that comments he made last week were misinterpreted – it was not that he doubted Skidmore’s qualifications, it was just that he did not know them at the time.

Skidmore’s background includes a bachelor of science in molecular genetics from Washington State Univer...