Palouse councilman Bo Ossinger dies

Palouse City Council member Bo Ossinger died March 20 at age 65. Elected to a second term last November, he was also a member of the joint fire board and Palouse Chamber of Commerce. For the city council, Ossinger was chairman of the Water and Sewer Committee.

Born in Seattle, he lived in Port Angeles, and he resided in Palouse for approximately 10 years and retired from WSU's information systems department in 2013. Mr. Ossinger ran his own web service business, NetPalouse.

Whitman County Coroner Pete Martin reported Ossinger died of a heart attack, sitting in a chair. After Ossinger missed a...