Challenger Handy leads Kinzer into fall campaign

As of 6 p.m. Monday, the vote count for county commissioners' district two primary was 1,092 for the challenger and 959 for the incumbent, with under 250 votes left to count.

The challenger is Tom Handy, an independent, owner of Paradise Creek Brewery in Pullman and longtime boardmember for organizations such as the Pullman Chamber of Commerce and the Whitman County Business Development Association. He came to Pullman in 1984 with his wife, as both went to WSU to seek added degrees. They have been in Whitman County since, now living outside city limits off the Moscow-Pullman Highway.

Handy, 63...