Swannack goes to D.C. for local-federal meeting

Whitman County Commissioner Art Swannack traveled to Washington, D.C., Oct. 12 for the Oregon-Washington White House Conference of Intergovernmental Affairs.

A group of 120 county elected officials – commissioners, three sheriffs and others – went by invitation to the scheduled three-hour meeting, which featured short presentations and question-and-answer time with representatives from a list of federal departments.

Held on the grounds of the White House complex at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Swannack listened to Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior, and various deputies of the...