County considers end of New World

Not quite a year-and-a-half since Whitman County government turned on its New World accounting software system, leaders are questioning if they should switch from the costly system.

Chris Nelson, director of the county’s information technology department, presented a three-year service contract to commissioners for approval Monday.

Commissioners balked at the contract, though, after Commissioner Michael Largent asked if the county should try and get a short-term deal in order to pursue a new, potentially less expensive, accounting software.

“I’m a little bit troubled with a three-year contract...