Gazette remains County paper for legal ads

COLFAX — Whitman County commissioners unanimously accepted a bid to publish all legal and public notices in both the Whitman County Gazette and Moscow-Pullman Daily News.

Commissioner Michael Largent moved acceptance of the joint bid submitted by Free Press Publishing Publisher Roger Harnack on Monday, April 5. Commissioner Tom Handy seconded the motion.

The Gazette is a division of Free Press Publishing, Inc.

“All the specs are met,” Chairman Art Swannack said.

The bid acceptance means all required public and legal advertising of county notices from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, will be published in both newspapers.

The joint bid was accompanied by a $1,000 check to be held until a performance bond can be retained by the newspapers within 10 days. Then the check will be held until the end of the contract year.