Port of Whitman will seek to expand fiber

Port of Whitman Chief Operating Officer, Kara Riebold, received a phone call Thursday, Nov. 29, from the Community Economics Revitalization Board (CERB) in the Department of Commerce. The phone call reported CERB had voted to increase construction project limits and recipients were being called to let them know they may qualify for an increase. The limits had been $1 million and were being increased to $2 million.

The Port in September received a grant-loan from the CERB Rural Broadband Program for up to $1 million to fund fiber optic networks being extended to the Garfield, Oakesdale, Palouse...