Fair marks gate gains after run of four-days

The Palouse Empire fair Monday tallied up an increase at the gate after four days of run in solid fair weather. The tally at the gate, including wristbands and other advance sales totaled $65,116 this year compared to $63,687 last year.

Those numbers numbers equate to 13,622 paid attendees this year compared to 13,277 last year, according to Fair Manager Janel Goebel.

The fair has yet to determine a payout for premium points which will be paid to fair exhibitors. The fair will compute the total number of points awarded and plug that into the remaining prize fund alloted by the state fair commi...