Tekoa airport fuel up in the air

The City of Tekoa will soon choose whether to provide fuel at its airport after losing its longtime supplier last summer.

Previously, a Pullman company brought the fuel and did the billing.

“So we’re trying to figure out what to do,” said city councilman Roy Schulz, the liaison to the town-owned airstrip, which brings in money from renting hangar space and ground space.

Inter-State Aviation of Pullman decided to pull out soon before the credit card reader at the Tekoa pump was deemed in need of a technology upgrade. Estimated cost is $17,000.

“I did not know that was going to hit them,” said D...