Boone to seek third term on port board

Dan Boone of Pullman announced Monday he will seek a third term as the District 2 commissioner for the Port of Whitman County.

Boone, who farms his family’s ground south of Pullman, said he wants to continue ongoing efforts he has been a part of as a director of the county’s industrial development agency.

“I think we’ve got a lot of things going right now,” he said.

Many businesses are expanding from their locations at port sites on the river and in Pullman, he said, as local products join grain in outside markets.

In addition, he said, the port’s grant-funded project to bring high-speed fiber...