Neighbors tell county to hold down racket

Mill Street residents wrote to the Whitman County commissioners this week, asking them to quiet the neighborhood around the jail.

Ann Marra and Tim Ely said the rattle and hum from the jail’s air conditioning unit is putting out a “constant roar” that has made living in the neighborhood “intolerable” and e-mailed commissioners to fix the problem.

Marra and Ely said Bob Reynolds, county facilities manager, quieted the system last winter when a roar from the heater filled the north Mill Street air.

Commissioner Pat O’Neill said Reynolds has done about all he can to patch up the current system. T...