Strip mall at border still on the horizon

Jeff Devoe, project manager for Hawkins Companies’ proposed mall at the state line east of Pullman, paid a visit to Whitman County officials earlier this month, assuring the company is still very much interested in developing its site.

“Basically it was a make-contact visit,” said Auditor Eunice Coker. “He had been working with Sharron Cunningham (former assistant finance director) on the bonds, and so he came by to figure out who he would be talking to now.”

DeVoe met with Coker, Treasurer Robert Lothspeich, Public Works Director Mark Storey and Gary Petrovich, the county commissioners’ new f...