Only district in state: Port flunks economic development review

The Port of Whitman County flunked a state report card on the county’s economic development efforts in the 2007-2009 biennium. Port officials say it means little in light of the upheaval in the state agency’s economic development office.

Joe Poire, port executive director, told port commissioners at their regular meeting last Thursday that the port failed to meet benchmarks set by the port and the state Department of Commerce to measure the county’s economic development efforts in 2009.

The port administers economic development efforts through a contract with the county. The county extended th...