Dusty zone change proposal meets with resistance

The McCoy Land Company, a subsidiary of Pacific Northwest Farmers Cooperative, has asked to stay their proposed zone change for a four-pad grain pile project on 66 acres just outside Dusty.

Their intentions were sent in a letter Sept. 25 to Alan Thomson, Whitman County planner.

Also in the letter, Keith Becker, PNW operations manager, stated the co-op will apply for a conditional use permit on the land, which is zoned as agricultural. The conditional use permit, if granted, would allow the project to go forward without a zoning change.

“It’s a change of tact,” said Thomson, who was scheduled t...