Webber named new port commissioner

COLFAX – Thirty-year Tekoa resident Karl Webber was appointed as the new Port of Whitman County District No. 1 commissioner after he and three others interviewed for the seat in a socially distanced format.

Webber works in consulting/manufacturing in process improvement and organizational development.

"I go out and make friends and figure out how to help them," he said.

On the side, he runs a hobby business making custom fly rods.

He now joins commissioners Tom Kammerzell and Kristine Meyer for a position to go up for election to a six-year term next November. He takes over for retired Commiss...