Judge dismisses OVIC suit to stop hike in Hawkins pact

The order dismissing the injunction suit filed against the Whitman County and Hawkins Companies was filed July 31 in Whitman County Superior Court. The order was signed by Judge John Strohmaier of Lincoln County who was assigned to preside over the civil suit.

The suit was filed by the Organization to Void Illegal Conduct, a group of residents who contested the county’s extension of an agreement to help fund infrastructure for the proposed Hawkins shopping center on 204 acres of property located north of the Moscow-Pullman Highway on the Washington side of the state line. The suit asked the co...