The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON—At the Feb. 10 Port Commission meeting, Port officials discussed a letter and a petition signed by 37 people with concerns about whether there is a proposal to annex Port-owned property to the City of Dayton.

The letter was written by Betty Longen, who owns property close to the Port’s Rock Hill Industrial Park, and it was read at the meeting by the Port’s Executive Director Jennie Dickinson.

“I am adamantly opposed to annexation. We have circulated a petition showing our opposition to annexation…We request that you not include the annexation provision in your Plan. We do not want the i...