County posts signs at cycle fatality curve

Whitman County has upped the warning level on a curve on Rock Lake Road in response to multiple motorcycle accidents, two involving fatalities, that occurred at the spot within eight months.

County sign crews posted last week a more explicit warning of a curve on the road just south of the Dewey Road intersection weeks after a second fatality motorcycle accident.

Public Works Director Mark Storey said the county was planning to post new signage on the curve this spring. That job was hastened after a two-bike wreck April 22 that took the life of Spokane rider Thomas E. McCracken, 64.

A three-bi...