L.E.D. streetlights to light up 2,600 county posts

A change of streetlights in Whitman County will begin in July after a statewide pilot program, in which Palouse was one of six test towns, proved beneficial.

The new LED (light emitting diode) lights will be installed beginning in Colfax, Colton, Uniontown and Tekoa as part of a state Transportation Improvement Board project budgeted for $6 million in 2015.

The local towns will join a stretch of communities in Western Washington served by Puget Sound Power.

Each of the towns in the program is designated as “small” with an under $2 billion assessed property value.

The pilot program was conducte...