SEWEDA position kept at full-time

Whitman County Commissioners approved Monday the extension of the Southeast Washington Economic Development Association’s (SEWEDA) managing director, keeping the position full-time into the future. The approval amounts to $10,000 for the rest of 2017 from county .09 funds and $20,000 each subsequent year.

Sarah McKnight, SEWEDA’s Whitman County managing director, appeared before county commissioners at their regular meeting. She noted she is working with 80 clients with 20 new business starts in the past nine months, including Main Street Squeeze which opened in Pullman Sept. 18 and Idea-Whim,...