ASOTIN, WA - Asotin County Commissioners on Monday will consider a Merit Pay increase for Asotin County Jail Commander Jon Singleton. The 47-year-old Singleton last month received a deferred prosecution in connection with a harassment charge that was filed by the Washington State Attorney General's Office after an investigation into alleged threats he made toward the prosecutor. According to the commissioners office, merit employees are eligible for the increase every two years. The issue is on Monday's agenda and has not yet been approved.

A former Nez Perce county commissioner who was convicted of stalking and battery could spend the remaining 60 days of his sentence in a jail closer to home.

The Lewiston Tribune reports Michael Grow was transferred Saturday from the Valley County Jail in Cascade to the Nez Perce County Jail in Lewiston.

Grow still needs to qualify for work release by providing proof of health insurance to stay in Lewiston. He will be returned to Cascade if he fails to qualify.

Grow pleaded guilty in December to charges of unlawful entry, stalking and battery related to a 2011 encounter with a woman.

A felony charge was dropped through a plea agreement and additional jail time and fines were dismissed on the condition he successfully completes four years of probation.

The Lewiston Police Department has a new warning regarding a telephone credit card scam.

They say they've gotten several phone calls this week about the scam.

The scammer tells the person on the phone that they have “WON” a large amount of money or a valuable prize and that they need to buy a prepaid credit card to pay shipping and fees for the prizes that they've won.

The Lewiston Police Department warns that this is a scam and that you should never have to buy a prepaid credit card to claim a prize.

Please do not give any personal information, including credit card or bank information, out to someone you do not know.