One more step closer

An application for construction of a marijuana production and processing facility in Cheney cleared on more hurdle this week.

Cheney Hearing Examiner pro tem Brian McGinn approved the conditional use permit application for Cheney Hydroponics, which intends to build a 6,500 square foot facility in the city’s Commerce and Industrial Park. The development site at the corner of Fred Johns Way and Willow Street includes three tax parcels and is approximately 81,021 square feet, or 1.86 acres, in size.

McGinn placed no special conditions on Cheney Hydroponics’ application, finding that the informati...