Office hunt, DOE buffers, meat plant site on agenda

During the regular Monday morning workshop, Whitman County Commissioner Art Swannack discussed a possible rental agreement with the Whitman Conservation District.

WCD is looking for new office space since the Natural Resources Conservation Service developed a new policy about charging rent to the conservation district that would amount to $25,000 annually. The conservation district board said that the district can’t afford the rent and have elected to move its office by mid-summer. One of the possible office spaces the district is investigating is sharing space with the WSU Extension Office in...