County renews fuel, weed contracts

Whitman County commissioners extended the county’s contract with Darry-Air, Inc., Ephrata, to spray noxious weeds in county-owned rights-of-way in the county’s three road districts.

The county signed a deal with Darry-Air in 2008, and that contract includes three options to renew if the price remains the same as the original contracted price.

Last year, the company sprayed 5,607 acres of county-owned property at a price of $24.71 per acre.

Commissioners also approved a renewal of the county’s contract with Busch Distributors, Moscow, for the county’s 2011 gas and diesel. The contract specifies...