John Wayne Trail grant draws local and state comment

Different stakeholders in the future of the John Wayne Trail spoke with the Gazette this week about the recent funding awarded to plan upgrades to the state-wide trail.

The Washington State Parks Department has been recently awarded a grant for $96,000 from the state’s Resource Conservation Office to write a plan for repairs and upgrades to the trail. The funding will help write plans for three trailheads to be built at Malden, Rosalia and Tekoa. The trailheads would include parking lots and restrooms.

Land-owner Gary Van Dyke owns roughly three miles of land along the trail, which crosses thr...