Local seeks more money from county

COLFAX — Whitman County commissioners heard a local landowner discuss why he deserved more money for installing a culvert on his property after a water runoff event.

Aaron Johnson presented his reasoning on Monday.

He said he expressed concern about earthwork done last summer by the county with Dean Cornelison, assistant county engineer, who oversaw the Almota Phase Four road reconstruction project.

“I pointed out, what to me was a completely foreseeable flooding problem,” Johnson said.

He stated that in a conversation in person with Cornelison back then that the county engineer said they will...