Port to host hearing on proposed land sale

PULLMAN — The Port of Whitman County will hold an 11 a.m. Jan. 7 digital public hearing regarding the proposed sale of the last of the land it owns at its Locust Grove Industrial Park, also known as Pullman Industrial Park-West.

The proposed sale is to Pullman-based Veterinary Medical Research and Development, which operates adjacent to Lots 19-21 of the industrial park.

The company approached the port to purchase the 8.36 acres of undeveloped land near the intersection of Grand Avenue North and Pullman-Albion Road.

The proposed use of the land is light industrial business expansion, officials...