Port wins rent case

Whitman County District Court Judge Douglas Robinson ruled Columbia Phytotechnology owes the Port of Whitman $1,154 for unpaid rent on a building the company leased in the port’s Pullman Industrial Park.

“O.k., now what’s the chance of us getting it,” Port Commissioner John Love asked Joe Poire, port’ executive director, at a port meeting Tuesday.

Port officials have not been able to contact the company, and had to publish a summons to appear in order for court action to advance. A representative of the company did not appear at the court hearing.

Poire said the port’s policy has been to go as...