Port, county discuss fiber optic house bill at joint meeting

Commissioners from the Port of Whitman and Whitman County met Monday at the courthouse and discussed legislation the Port is supporting for refined telecommunications authority.

Present at the meeting were all three county commissioners, two Port commissioners, Public Works Director Mark Storey, County Administrator Gary Petrovich and Maribeth Becker, clerk of the commissioners. Port Commissioner Dan Boone was absent due to illness.

Port Commissioner Tom Kammerzell shared with the county that Ninth District Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy, has introduced HB 1702 in the legislature, and a companion bi...