Brownfields first cut

Palouse Mayor Michael Echanove and Brownfields committee chairman Doug Willcox cut the ribbon at a groundbreaking May 31 for Palouse’s environmental cleanup site. Holding the ends of the ribbon are Michael Stringer, left, and Jim Darling of engineering firm Maul Foster Alongi, who is the city’s consultant for the project. Larson’s Demoliton Inc. will complete the demolition of the former fertilizer business and fuel stations building, under supervision of the Washington State Department of Ecology.