Open house set for county elections office March 3

Whitman County Auditor Eunice Coker Tuesday afternoon released an invitation to the public to an open house ceremony for the county’s new elections office on Main Street Colfax.

The open house will be Thursday, March 3, at 1:30 p.m., with a ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for 1:45 p.m. Coker said Washington State Secretary of State Sam Reed will be a featured guest at the ceremony.

Remodeling of the building the county purchased from Harrison Electric at Main and Upton Streets was funded with a combination of a $360,000 grant from the federal Help America Vote Act and county funds. Crews fro...