Contested race for county commissioner

PULLMAN – There is a contested race for County Commissioner District Two, as incumbent Republican Dean Kinzer is being challenged by Independent Tom Handy.

Handy, 63, owner of Paradise Creek Brewery, filed late Friday, May 15, to run for County Commissioner District Two.

Handy is currently serving on the Coeur d'Alene Lake Shore Property Owners Association board, President of the Cottonwood Bay Lane Property Owners Association and a founding board member and President of the Downtown Pullman Association.

"I thought that now is the time to make a larger impact in the area in which I live and ru...