County Mayor's Roundtable convenes virtual meeting

COMPUTER SCREENS – A couple dozen county officials gathered by teleconference Thursday night, June 18, for a Whitman County Mayors' Virtual Roundtable.

Hosted by Paul Kimmel, regional business manager for Avista, the two-hour session covered topics from 4H animals to WSU in-person education this fall to the state of the county economy with virus restrictions.

The event began with comments from County Commissioner Michael Largent.

“Thirty-one today” he said, about total COVID-19 cases in Whitman County. “We are so interdependent.”

Troy Henderson, county public health director, gave a report, no...