State offices go cashless for licenses

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is going cashless at its offices.

Beginning June 11, the agency will no longer accept cash for licenses at its offices, officials said.

Agency Licensing Division Manager Jennine Griffo blames the change on the phase-out of pennies and a state law establishing rounding criteria.

“We estimated that it would cost the department tens of thousands of dollars and half of our contracted annual vendor work hours to update our point-of-sale system to accommodate rounding the cost of transactions,” she said. “Ultimately, we decided to eliminate cash tr...