Prosecutor says Hawkins sale ends county deal

Whitman County Prosecutor Denis Tracy said this week the sale of the Hawkins property on the state line marks an end to the county’s commitment to participate in any development of the property. The Hawkins property, which at one time was projected as the site of a shopping mall on the Washington side of the state line, had included a county commitment to provide funds for infrastructure in the event the Boise-based Hawkins could land tenants for the site of approximately 200 acres.

The land was sold by two Hawkins companies at Boise to Sand Road Bucklers 2 LLC, of Pullman for $900,000, accord...