Palouse will launch 17th annual haunt

The imagineers of Palouse are at work again.

Truckloads of lumber were brought out from the city flathouse. Hundred-foot rolls of heavy black plastic arrived. Pathways were taped on the floor of the old firehouse and printing museum.

After weeks of work, the 17th annual Haunted Palouse starts Friday, to run two weekends, Friday and Saturday nights before Halloween — transforming the town into two haunted buildings, an eerie night ride along the river and general unsettling in the streets.

“The first meeting in September is always chaos,” said volunteer Janet Barstow. “All kinds of ideas. The s...