Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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HATTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering a grant award to a local company to expand fertilizer production. Perfect Blend, LLC, manufactures organic plant food at its 771 Kulm Road location northwest of Hatton. The company has applied to the USDA for a grant to help build a 4,000-square-foot addition to increase capacity. Details on the amount of the grant being considered and other information has yet to be released by the USDA. The project is one of 21 the USDA is considering; USDA officials are expected t...
PASCO — The Feb. 14 special election is under way. The Franklin County Auditor's Office mailed ballots to eligible voters Tuesday, Jan. 24. Anyone who is not currently registered to vote in Washington State can still register in person until Tuesday, Feb. 14,at the Franklin County Auditor’s Office, 1016 N. Fourth Ave., Franklin County Auditor Matt Beaton said. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday and close at 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. Beaton recommends that voters drop off their ballots in a ballo...
When Americans go to the polls, we most often don’t know who or what we are voting for. We have little knowledge of candidates or of history, problems our founding fathers and mothers did not have. Our ancestors read serious books of political science, history, and law, and read sophisticated newspapers daily. Not even our college graduates do these things today. What those books would teach us is a sense of responsibility to participate in government well beyond just voting. Turning the country over to the American e...
OLYMPIA - The state Senate has unanimously approved Sen. Nikki Torres' legislation to expand the state's farm internship program. Torres' legislation is the first Republican bill passed by the Senate this session, and reflects the freshman senator's concern for agriculture, which is a cornerstone of Washington's economy. "This is a great opportunity for those who want to learn how to farm or learn how to run a farm," said Torres, R-Pasco, who represents the 15th Legislative...
OLYMPIA — Recreational retention fishing for white sturgeon on two sections of the Columbia River mainstem will close over the next week, fishery managers from Oregon and Washington announced Tuesday. The Dalles Pool (between The Dalles Dam and John Day Dam) will close to sturgeon retention beginning Thursday, Jan. 26, while the John Day Pool (between John Day Dam and McNary Dam) will close beginning Monday, Jan. 30. State Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife employees agreed to close t...
OLYMPIA — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is taking public comment on an environmental analysis of a plan to manage eulachon — commonly known as smelt — in the Columbia River basin. Eulachon are a small forage fish that range from California to Alaska. The southern distinct population segment of eulachon, which spans from northern California to British Columbia, was listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 2010. "Overall, this updated plan is not a drastic departure from current management...
VERNITA — A Pasco man was hospitalized Thursday, Jan. 26, following a crash that killed another driver. The Washington State Patrol is withholding the name, age and hometown of the driver pending notification of next of kin. The crash occurred near Milepost 42 of state Highway 24, between Richland and Vernita Bridge at about 3:33 a.m. Thursday, the patrol reported. The driver of a 2006 Chevrolet Colorado was westbound on the highway about 20 miles west of West Richland, the patrol reported. Jeffrey D. Lewis, 40, of Pasco, w...
OLYMPIA — A Pierce County senator has introduced the Parents Bill of Rights” bill designed to give parents more control over the raising their children in the face of increasing government overreach. “Parents know what is best for their children, and the state needs to recognize the parent’s right to play the primary role in determining education policy, school curricula and other fundamental decisions about the care and development of their children,” Sen. Jim McCune, R-Graham, said Wednesday after filing Senate Bill 5558. T...