The Asotin County commissioners asked local governments to consider lowering their flags to half-staff in honor of Ben Nichols, the Asotin County prosecutor who was killed Friday in a motorcycle crash near Clarkston.
According to the Lewiston Tribune, Commissioner Chuck Whitman said during the commissioners’ regular meeting Monday that Asotin County lowered its flags Friday evening after learning of Nichols’ death. Whitman suggested keeping the flags lowered until after Nichols’ interment, which has not yet been formally announced.
Later, during an executive session closed to the public, the commissioners named Chief Deputy Curt Liedkie as the acting prosecutor. Liedkie will serve in that capacity until the next election, in 2026.
