Four to vie for port seat

For the first time since John Love defeated Marcia McCracken in 1995, Whitman County will see a contested election for a seat on its port commission.

Tom Kammerzell and Alan Morgan of Colfax and Jeff Phelps and Al Sorensen of Pullman all filed for the soon-to-be vacated District 3 seat on the port commission.

The seat is now held by Don Cox of Colfax, who was appointed last year following the death of Bob Gronholz. The person elected this time around will serve out the remainder of Gronholz’s term, which expires in 2015.

The field for four candidates will be narrowed to two in the Aug. 16 prim...