Webber named Port Commissoner

Karl Webber of Tekoa was appointed Thursday as the new District One commissioner for the Port of Whitman. He was sworn-in after he and three other applicants interviewed at the Port office in Colfax in a socially-distant format.

Webber, a resident of Tekoa for more than 30 years, works in consulting/manufacturing in process improvement and organizational development. On the side, he runs a hobby business making custom fly rods.

He now joins fellow commissioners Tom Kammerzell and Kristine Meyer, in a position to go up for election next November. He takes over for retired commissioner John Love...