New Whitcom director named

The Whitcom Executive Board named its new executive director during a special closed meeting last week.

Tara Murker, a Puyallup resident with almost 25 years of experience in the field, was selected to head the county's 911 dispatch center in Pullman. Most recently a communications manager at the University of Washington Police Department for the past two years, Murker began her career taking calls at the King County Sheriff's in 1994.

The executive director position has been vacant since January when Patti Kelly retired after 20 years, citing an excess of duties and an overworked schedule.

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