Spokane lawyer hired for OVIC suit

Whitman County commissioners selected Spokane attorney Milton Rowland Monday to represent the county in the injunction suit filed by the Organization to Void Illegal Conduct.

“He’s very well respected in Spokane. I think he could represent us quite well,” Commissioner Greg Partch told his fellow commissioners Pat O’Neill and Michael Largent in a workshop session Monday morning.

Commissioners met with Rowland Monday morning to prepare a petition to superior court for approval to have Rowland represent the county instead of Prosecutor Denis Tracy.

“You have a great prosecutor here,” said Rowland...