Malden adds hours

Malden Library will provide new hours of operaton on Fridays from 2 to 6 p.m. beginning Feb. 7. The Friday hours will be in addition to the current Wednesday schedule of 1 to 6 p.m. This expansion of hours was developed as a six month trial period between the Town of Malden and Whitman County Library. The town will compensate the library district for the local labor costs and hopes to sustain the cost after the trial period expires.

The Town of Malden and Whitman County Library have been searching for ways to increase the open hours of the Malden branch since USDA grant funding ended one year...