Commissioners get marijuana proposal

COLFAX — The Whitman County Planning Commission is recommending new rules regarding commercial marijuana production, processing and sales.

“We’ve never debated something like this,” County Planner Alan Thomson said after the commission approved the proposal Nov. 4. “Wind turbines were controversial, but marijuana is a different level. We’re in a another league when we’re talking about drugs.”

If approved by Whitman County Commissioners, the new rules would allow indoor marijuana production in areas zoned for agriculture, heavy commercial, light and heavy industrial business. They would also al...