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Articles from the February 8, 2021 edition


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  • Let's fix unemployment-insurance problems first creating new ones

    Perry Dozier, Special to Free Press Publishing|Updated Feb 8, 2021

    The meltdown at the state Department of Employment Security ought to teach us a lesson. It's easy for government to create problems, not so easy for the Legislature to come back in and clean up the mess. We ought to keep this in mind as the Legislature debates some of the big, bold ideas our liberal colleagues are bringing to the table this year - for an income tax, big increases in gas prices, greater government control of industry, and many, many more. Many of these...

  • Connell man may face charges in DUI-related crash

    Franklin Connection|Updated Feb 8, 2021

    PASCO — A Connell man is facing possible charges following a Saturday crash on Interstate 182. Logan C. Joyner, 28, is facing DUI and second-degree negligent driving charges following the 5:56 p.m. crash near Milepost 7 at the city limit. According to the Washington State Patrol, Joyner was eastbound on the interstate in a 2013 Subaru Forrester when he struck another eastbound vehicle. That vehicle was driven by Stevie M. Jacobo, 31, of Pasco, the patrol said. Joyner's vehicle overturned in the median, the patrol said, n...

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