Runway project tops Port's budget

Port of Whitman County commissioners reviewed the 2015 budget Nov. 6 and officially adopted the budget on Nov. 20.

Port accountant Teri Heilsberg said on Dec. 1 the port will submit the budget to Whitman County.

Heilsberg said the biggest change in the 2015 budget from 2014 is the $2 million for the Colfax airport runway project.

In the fall of 2013, a Federal Aviation Administration engineer told the port board that the runway at the Port of Whitman County Business Air Center must be rebuilt to be in compliance with federal standards.

Although the engineer congratulated the port about improve...