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FY17 Budget – Investing in job creation, lowering taxes, POL, June 8, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2016 CONTACT: David Doeringsfeld, Port of Lewiston Manager (208) 743-5531 [email protected] (Lewiston, ID) – Following a public hearing on Wednesday, June 8, Port of Lewiston Commissioners approved a $2,717,193 Expense Budget for Fiscal Year 2017, which runs July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017. The budget includes $822,593 for Port…
Read MorePort of Lewiston limited by lack of fiber-optic link under Memorial Bridge, Lewiston Tribune, June 13, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By ELAINE WILLIAMS of the Tribune Inland 465, the operator of a 150,000-square-foot warehouse along the Clearwater River, is the first business to connect to the Port of Lewiston’s new fiber-optic telecommunications network. The company is buying services from First Step Internet, which is paying the port for capacity in the system that currently dead…
Read MoreA bridge to the future, Lewiston Tribune, June 13, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Port of Whitman County eyes conduit across the Clearwater River By ELAINE WILLIAMS of the Tribune One of the newest portions of the Port of Whitman County’s telecommunications network is in Idaho. The port owns the conduit and some of the fiber going from the Washington-Idaho state border just north of the Clearwater River into…
Read MorePort of Lewiston commissioners approve $2.7 million budget for fiscal year 2017, KLEW, June 10, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]LEWISTON, ID — The Port of Lewiston commissioners approved a $2.7 million budget for its fiscal year 2017. Port officials say almost two-million dollars will go to economic development and job creation. They’ll also be working to develop 18 acres at the Harry Wall Industrial Park for business start-ups. “The development of industrial properties provides…
Read MorePort of Lewiston approves $2.72 million budget for coming fiscal year’s activities, Lewiston Tribune, June 9, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By ELAINE WILLIAMS of the Tribune Well Connected Electric in Lewiston has added eight crew members to a staff of four that originated in 2011 with two owners and two employees. The business, which credits the Port of Lewiston with its expansion, upgraded electrical connections at the port’s container yard so crews could…
Read MoreUSACE: Columbia Snake River Extended Lock Outage Dec. 12, 2016-March 20, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Visit the USACE website for regular updates on the upcoming extended lock closure” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nww.usace.army.mil%2FMissions%2FNavigation%2FFY17LockOutage.aspx||”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] June 1, 2016 Press Release: 16-033 Corps of Engineers updates shippers on extended 2016-2017 navigation lock system closure Contact Walla Walla District Public Affairs Office 509-527-7020 [email protected] or Portland District Public Affairs Office 503-808-4510 [email protected] BOARDMAN, Ore. – A…
Read MoreGrim shipping news floats upstream, Lewiston Tribune, May 21, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Port of Portland’s container service hits zero, and it will affect ports in L-C Valley By ELAINE WILLIAMS of the Tribune Already diminished container service at the Port of Portland is evaporating in a setback that river users in north central Idaho are dismissing as symbolic. Westwood Shipping is making its last call on the…
Read MorePort statement on Westwood Shipping departure, Port of Portland, May 18, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]NEWS RELEASE Port of Portland For Immediate Release – May 18, 2016 – No. 28 Melanie Mesaros – (503) 415-6054 – [email protected] Port statement on Westwood Shipping departure Westwood Shipping announced to customers their last call to Portland will be May 21. In a letter to customers the Puyallup-based shipping company cited economics of a…
Read MoreThe low-key leader, Lewiston Tribune, May 15, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Mike Thomason quietly lays groundwork for the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley’s current and future business scene Tribune/Barry Kough Mike Thomason retired from a career at Avista, but didn’t slow down much. He’s president of the Port of Lewiston Commission, a board member at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and more. By ELAINE WILLIAMS of the…
Read MorePort of Lewiston plans to cut property tax dependence, Lewiston Tribune, May 12, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By ELAINE WILLIAMS of the Tribune The Port of Lewiston is expecting to trim its dependence on property tax revenue for the second consecutive year. A draft budget port commissioners reviewed Wednesday contains $405,000 in revenue from property taxes for the coming fiscal year, a reduction of $15,000 from this year. The port…
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