Port offers support for WSU project

COLFAX – Washington State University recently completed a United States Department of Agriculture grant application to establish an agricultural innovation center and is requesting financial support from the Port of Whitman County.

A motion was placed before the commissioners to authorize a project match of $70,000 and an in-kind match of $10,000 to include 50 percent of six months' of the communication director's staff time for educating Whitman County agriculture producers on the center's services.

The port staff recommends providing a match to fund the project and the in-kind contribution w...