Kamiak Butte Water Project bid awarded

COLFAX — Whitman County Commissioners awarded Mangum Construction the bid for work on the Kamiak Butte Water Project during the regular meeting Monday, Nov. 25.

Commissioner Art Swannack said the bid from Mangum Construction, of Clarkston, was the lowest bidder at $430,347.98.

Whitman County Director of Emergency Management Bill Tensfeld said the project will replace the well house and a couple thousand feet of water line.

“It will include a booster station,” said Tensfeld, noting construction will start in the spring and go approximately two months.

“We will have the park shut down for a mont...