Speed limit dropped to 25 mph at Palouse

A Highway 27 speed limit at the south end of Palouse is back to 25 miles per hour, three years after adjacent neighbors first requested a reduction, only to see the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) raise the speed limit instead.

The new limit of 25 mph will be set from the south end of Palouse out to milepost 14.54, after Mayor Michael Echanove received an e-mail from WSDOT saying the request to drop it to 25 from 45 was finally approved.

“We did everything on the checklist and sent it off, two years ago,” said Echanove.

When neighbors John and Chris Bofenkamp initially came to...