Port looks to hold Rail Authority together

With its state funds spent, the Palouse River and Coulee City Rail Authority is considering what its course of action should be in the future or if it has a future at all. The authority was formed in March of 2008 to meet a state mandate for getting $8.7 million to upgrade the rail network.

The authority was formed and the funds have since been spent on a variety of railroad upgrades.

The Port of Whitman County is polling other member entities to gauge their interest in continuing the Palouse River and Coulee City Rail Authority.

“It always was my hope that one entity would rise to the surface...