Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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BURBANK — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife closed the lower section of Snake River to steelhead fishing effective Jan. 4. The closure extends from the mouth of the river at Burbank upstream to Lower Granite Dam. Above the dam to the Idaho-Oregon state line, fishermen may now only keep one steelehead per day, officials said. No native steelhead – those with unclipped adipose fins – may be kept, officials said, noting only barbless hooks are allowed when fishing for steelhead. The change in the steelhead season is ef...
OLYMPIA — The public and lawmakers are being barred from in-person participation in the legislative process again this year in the state House of Representatives. On Friday, House members voted along party lines, with Democrats citing the continuing coronavirus pandemic and voting to continue to bar in-person debate and testimony. All House Republicans voted for reopening legislative processes to lawmakers and the public. But the ban isn’t permanently planned. Democrats noted the need to prohibit in-person actions will be...
RICHLAND — A two-car collision on Interstate 182 left one person injured Jan. 3. The Washington State Patrol reported that at 2:59 p.m. near Exit 5B, Asmaa Latef, 40, of Pasco, and Nathan Hall, 40, of Pasco, were eastbound when Latef changed lanes and struck Hall. Latef was driving a 2017 Toyota Sienna and Hall a 2018 GMC Yukon, the patrol reported. Both had reportable damage, but were driven from the scene. The patrol further reported that Latef was transported to Kadlec Medical Center with injuries. Hall was not injured. L...
PASCO - A one car crash left one injured Tuesday evening, Jan. 4. Manuel Chavez, 30, of Zillah, lost control of his 2004 Chevrolet Silverado pickup while allegedly driving too fast for conditions on northbound U.S. Highway 395, near Foster Wells Road, the Washington State Patrol reported. While the driver was not injured, his passenger, Kaitlynn Stater, 21, of Yakima, was transported to Lourdes Medical Center in Pasco with injuries. His truck slid off the roadway and struck an embankment at about 5:39 p.m., the patrol...
RICHLAND — A Pasco woman walked away from a two-vehicle crash on state Highway 240 on Jan. 3. Karianne Clark, 46, of Pasco, was not hurt in the 4:36 p.m. two-vehicle crash near Milepost 28 of state Highway 240 at milepost 28, the Washington State Patrol reported. Tyler Hicks, 39, of Bremerton, was westbound in a 2019 Freightliner truck and crossed into the eastbound lanes where he struck Clark's 2019 Chevrolet Silverado, the patrol reported, noting Hicks was transported to Kadlec Medical Center with injuries. Hicks was c...
WASHINGTON – The National Weather Service released a report in December breaking down the moisture and drought information for the entire Inland Northwest. According to the report, drought conditions have shown small improvements throughout the month of December across the Inland Northwes,t especially in Southeast Washington and the southern Idaho Panhandle. These improvements were reported because the areas in the state that were experiencing exceptional and extreme d...
Washington motorists have choices when it comes to fueling their vehicles, thanks to the free market – but the benefits of competition, beginning with cost and quality, aren’t consistently available throughout our state’s energy sector. Reliable and affordable home energy continues to be a challenge for Washington, including locally. During the last summer’s heatwave, for example, thousands of customers in the Spokane area were victims of blackouts that were intentional – outa...