County commissioners shift to strategic mode

Whitman County commissioners are meeting this week away from daily distractions to discuss strategic planning for the county.

“We’ll discuss topics that affect us county-wide,” Commission Chair Art Swannack said Tuesday afternoon.

The commissioners met Wednesday and will continue to meet today (Thursday) at the new Residence Inn by Marriott in Pullman. This is the second strategic planning workshop the board has scheduled.

The last strategic planning workshop was two full days in Clarkston last July. Along with the three commissioners, the clerk, county administrator, finance administrator and...