Colfax, county renew interlocal jail agreement

The City of Colfax and Whitman County renewed an interlocal agreement for incarceration services with a unanimous vote of the county commissioners Monday.

The agreement provides that the county will incarcerate misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor offenders referred by authorized law enforcement of the city and Colfax Municipal Court. It also stipulates that the city agrees to make quarterly payments to the county for the incarceration of each adult offender. This part of the agreement states that no expense will be incurred to the city for any offender retained for less than four hours from the...