Commissioners extend economic development contract

COLFAX — Southeast Washington Economic Development Agency (SEWEDA) will be Whitman County's Associate (economic) Development Organization for the next two years.

County commissioners approved the designation Monday.

Following comments in last week's Gazette by commissioner Tom Handy, who sought more detail to SEWEDA's plans for the county, Whitman County SEWEDA Managing Director Suzy McNeilly spoke to the commissioners.

"I was completely caught off guard (by the Gazette's phone call last week)," she said. "This job has been an opportunity to get back into the community, doing what I can do rig...