Property tax bills finally ready

Whitman County landowners will soon be able to pay their 2010 property taxes. Difficulties switching over to the county’s new tax software program have pushed preparation of tax statements back.

Treasurer Bob Lothspeich told the Gazette Tuesday statements will likely be in mailboxes by the first full week of April. Statements are normally mailed out on Valentine’s Day.

First-half tax payments are still due to Lothspeich’s office by April 30.

“I apologize for the delay of the property tax statement getting into your hands,” Lothspeich wrote in a letter to the Gazette. “Believe me, it has been a...