Bridges, airport and CRP rate atop county's federal concerns

Better funding for bridges, a fix for the runway at the Pullman-Moscow Airport and considering road-side erosion in Conservation Reserve Program contracts topped the list of concerns brought by local officials to the regional director of Congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rodgers.

Mike Poulson, agriculture and natural resource policy director for McMorris Rodgers, met with officials from Whitman County and the city of Pullman during the county commissioners’ regular meeting Monday morning.

To much of their concerns, Poulson said deregulation could be the answer, instead of more funding.

“Nothing is...