Bob Stout fills Palouse city council seat

Reviewing three applicants for vacated city council position No. 7, the City of Palouse Jan. 24 appointed Bob Stout to the seat. He takes over after the resignation of representative Christopher Langsett in December.

A former Moscow citycouncilman, Stout who now lives in Palouse, works in development at the University of Idaho.

“We had three excellent candidates,” said Palouse Mayor Michael Echanove. “Any of them would've been perfect.”

Tim Sievers and Greg Hooper were the other two candidates considered....