By Katie Teachout
The Journal
Council favors Columbia Basin Project completion
Mayor signs letter of support for meeting
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Last updated 3/11/2020 at 12:08pm
Courtesy of Coulee Pioneer Museum
A historical photograph depicts dryland farming from the early 1900s, a time when officials called for irrigating Eastern Washington through the Columbia Basin Project.
RITZVILLE - The City Council authorized Mayor Gary Cook to write a letter to the Adams County commissioners voicing support for a second to Commissioner John Marshall's motion to attend a future joint meeting of Eastern Washington County Commissioners and Northwest Seaport Alliance.
The motion was made following an appeal by Glenn R. Stockwell, Chairman of the Washington State Economic Development Non-Profit Corporation, for the city to support Marshall's motion.
Marshall moved for the Board to write a letter of support for the fast track completion of the Columbia Basin Project and willi...
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