Funds earmarked for building home

MOSCOW – Wells Fargo has awarded a $15,000 grant and Meter Foundation awarded $7,500 to purchase building materials for the Martinez family home build.

“Habitat homes are affordable because of donations like this, and because of the community volunteers who give the gift of time and labor building the home. Roughly 25% of the population of Whitman County and 10% of Latah County live at or near the poverty line, and we have high housing costs compared to national averages,” Executive Director, Jennifer Wallace said, “This means that substandard housing, crowding, structural damage and disrepair...