Port eyes rail work

Port of Whitman County’s Chief Operating Officer Kara Reibold, recently received a phone call for an option to improve the rail inspections and maintenance for the county.

A former employee of Watco is just getting started on building a new business and contacting the ports and tenants along the railroad. He is offering services at $300 per site per month, so the Port of Whitman, if they engaged his services, would be charged $600 a month for Wilma and Central Ferry.

“We would get more than an inspection with this, he would go through and send us a form that gives more detail, but would also o...