Public hearing set for Port property

A Port of Whitman County hearing has been slated Sept. 19 at 11 a.m. in the Port of Whitman office at Colfax to declare property which was the object of a $1.258 milion purchase offer from a housing developer based in Austin, Texas, surplus.

Aspen Heights is seeking to purchase 25.17 acres.

This purchase would be close to a quarter of the 100.5-acre parcel which is now in use for growing wheat.

This portion of land is located at the intersection of N. Grand Ave. and Pullman-Albion Road in Pullman.

Aspen Heights is an off-campus student housing development company. Aspen Heights has built 22 of...