L ast week, three nominees were considered to fill the remainder of the current term for Spokane County prosecutor, after the July retirement of Larry Haskell, who had been in the top legal role since first being elected in 2014. After interviewing all three candidates during the normal Tuesday afternoon commission meeting, the five Spokane County commissioners unanimously selected Preston McCollam as interim prosecuting attorney . McCollam was already serving as the acting prosecuting attorney before he was officially sworn in after the vote on Tuesday, Sept. 9. He previously oversaw the office's criminal division. One of the other nominees forwarded to the commissioners by the Spokane GOP was Steve Garvin, who worked in the prosecutor's office for 15 years before moving to a job with

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