Republicans to consider three assessor candidates

COLFAX — The Whitman County Republican Party is nominating three people to be the new Whitman County assessor.

On July 6, county commissioners interview the nominees and appoint one as the new assessor, to be sworn in immediately.

The candidate replaces the late Robin Jones, who died earlier this month of cancer after serving as assessor since 2017. She worked in the assessor’s office for 27 years.

Laurie Miller is now the acting assessor....