Seven properties listed in tax auction

Seven Whitman County properties will be auctioned off Dec. 14. following the conclusion of the court process on tax foreclosure actions. The county will list the properties with a minimum price to collect taxes, interest and penalties due.

The listing follows a default judgment issued by the court.

Whitman County Treasurer Robert Lothspeich said the number of properties foreclosed here varies very little year after year, even when the national economy shows housing market foreclosures increasing.

Last year, Lothspeich said six properties were foreclosed, with the county seeking $17,490. He sai...