Palouse Skate Park will open Saturday

A grand opening for the Palouse Skatepark Saturday will be June 2 in Palouse.

After six years of fundraising and construction, the opening ceremony will be at 9 a.m., followed by a “learn to skateboard, skate and use the park” clinic until 12 p.m.

At the town’s noon whistle, the park, at the corner of East Whitman and Beach Street, will open to skateboarders, skaters and scooter-users.

Saturday’s event will recognize the project’s many donors, along with volunteers and friends of the Palouse Skatepark and Tony Kettel Skate Gardens – a landscaped area above the concrete skating area.

Tours will...