Port okays project at Colfax airport

Port of Whitman County commissioners Sept. 18 approved a capital improvement plan for the port’s Business Air Center at Colfax.

The $2.3 million project slated for 2015 includes runway construction, lighting and taxiway rehabilitation among other improvements.

Debbie Snell, port properties and development manager, said the FAA will pay 90 percent of the cost of the project, state DOT five percent and the port will pay the remaining five percent.

Teri Hielsburg, port accountant, told commissioners that state auditors submitted the audit report for 2013 and found no corrections, no non-complianc...