County to start planning and zoning process

COLFAX — Whitman County officials will kickoff a process Jan. 6 to create a full, new comprehensive plan.

The plan is a guiding document for zoning codes.

The county has hired Seattle-based LBC Consultants to help with the work.

The process is expected to take about a year.

Public Works Director Mark Storey said the impetus to take on the project now was to include County Planner Alan Thomson in the process before he retires...