County faces audit deadline...again

The clock is ticking at Whitman County’s finance department.

State auditors returned their 2008 financial statement last month to county officials because it improperly accounted for capital and depreciation costs of county-owned assets.

In some cases, the financial statement counted depreciation twice, County Commissioner Michael Largent said.

If the county does not return its 2008 year-end financial statement to state auditors by Feb. 16, this will be the fifth consecutive year a Whitman County report has not made it to state auditors.

“This is not acceptable,” declared Commissioner Pat O’Ne...