Building re-opens after fire; fall cleanup Nov. 2-10

Whitman County Waste Transfer Station will hold its annual Fall Cleanup starting Friday, to run Nov. 2-10, following the re-opening of the garbage-intake building Oct. 19 after an August fire.

County Public Works Director Mark Storey will now ask commissioners to lift a state of emergency for the transfer station declared in the first week of August.

The designation allowed Public Works to bypass state bidding laws in order to find a contractor and get repairs underway faster.

Holcomb Construction of Grangeville, Idaho, did the repair work.

“He did a great job,” said Storey.

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