Tekoa Catholic Cemetery Road work approved

Whitman County commissioners approved an estimated $18,000 of work Monday to counter runoff into Hangman Creek from Catholic Cemetery Road, three miles past Tekoa in the far northeast corner of the county.

A county crew will put crushed rock down on a quarter-mile stretch and dig a ditch along each side of the dirt road in order to improve drainage and impede runoff which adds silt to the creek.

The work aims to reduce silt and turbidity in Hangman Creek as the Washington State Department of Ecology has been working to improve water quality in the Spokane River.

“It's a very small improvement...