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DAYTON – On Monday, March 16, Columbia County Commissioners will meet with the public to decide on the future of recreational marijuana businesses in the county. The board has scheduled a public hearing for 1:15 p.m. in the commissioners’ board room. A representative from the Washington State Liquor Control Board will meet with commissioners prior to the hearing, at 10 a.m., in a meeting also open to the public.

The county’s 15-month-long moratorium on recreational marijuana businesses expires the following day, on March 17. Commissioners extended a year-long moratorium in December fo...