Port debates added support for cruise line impact study

Port of Lewiston Commissioner Jerry Klemm, and the CEO of Valley Vision, Karl Dye, attended last Thursday’s Port of Whitman County commissioner’s meeting.

Last November, Commissioner Klemm visited to request, on behalf of the Port of Clarkston, a pledge of financial support for an economic study to find and understand the economic benefits of the cruise boat industry to the region. For this study, the ports of Lewiston and Clarkston are seeking a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration. The ports are preparing for the grant in part by collecting pledges f...