Library plans to celebrate launch of ‘new’ building

Pictured is the front of the newly remodeled Whitman County Library building at Colfax. The plaza in front of the library now features three new flower boxes with automatic sprinklers on a new surface.

Doors of the Whitman County Library building in Colfax will open Monday after a nine-month million dollar remodeling project. Doors will be open at 10 a.m.

The dedication ceremony will be next Wednesday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m.

A new elevator, skylight, handicap accessible doors and windows, children’s reading area and other changes are the features of the remodeled building.

The library staff will h...