NoaNet Breaks Ground In Valley

WAITSBURG - The creation of a digital super highway through the Touchet Valley made some big strides this winter and the conduit for its fiber optics cable may be completed as soon as early spring.

Crews have been trenching and boring their way from Walla Walla to Waitsburg through Dixie since the beginning of the year. This week, they are mobilizing to start in Dayton and head in the opposite direction to connect the route to Waitsburg, then on to Clarkston.

If all goes well, the 1,600- mile fiber optic trunk line the Tacoma-based Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet) is building across the...