Palouse waterline dispute surfaces again

Palouse city council and would-be developer Nicole Wood clashed once more at a city council meeting Tuesday night, opening up a now two-year struggle over extending water lines to Wood’s property.

In a heated debate that lasted for the better part of an hour, Palouse real estate agent Patti Green-Kent, representing Wood, accused the city of Palouse of neglecting to write up a concise water and sewer plan. This is preventing Wood from having a clear direction for the proper guidelines needed for installing water and sewer service to Wood’s land in Breedings Addition.

“We can’t sell the land unt...