Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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OLYMPIA — Farmers and ranchers will likely continue to be taxed on agricultural diesel fuel after House and Senate committees last week failed to advance exemption bills. Senate Bill 5728, introduced by Sen. Perry Dozier, R-Kennewick, and co-sponsored by Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, didn’t make it out of the Senate Environment, Energy and Technology Committee. House Bill 1780, introduced by Republican Reps. Joe Schmick of Colfax and Mary Dye of Pomeroy met a similar fate in the House. The bills were designed to imp...
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — An Eastern Washington boy with family ties to Connell has been crowned the Oklahoma State Auctioneers Association Bid Calling Champion. Colfax native Cotton Booker competed in and won the Feb. 11 event hosted by the Oklahoma State Auctioneers Association. He is the grandson of veteran auctioneer D.L. Booker of Connell. Auctioneers from Oklahoma and beyond competed for the title of Champion in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Booker is currently a junior at O...
PULLMAN — A Washington State University freshman found dead in his apartment died from alcohol and drug use. Whitman County Coroner Annie Pillers on Tuesday, Feb. 21, said the cause of death of Luke Morgan Tyler, 19, of Redmond, was acute intoxication due to combined effects from alcohol and bupropion use. Bupropion is used to treat depression. Tyler was found in his college apartment in Pullman on Jan. 22 by police. According to Tyler’s obituary, he is survived by his parents John and Colleen Tyler of Redmond, and his 17...
WALLULA — The Columbia River spring Chinook salmon fishing season will open between The Dalles and Wallula will run from April 1 through May 6. The opening follows the March 1 to April 7 opening downstream of Bonneville Dam, and it comes with a larger spring run forecast than last year. According to the state Department of Fish and Willdife, the agency expects 198,600 Chinook to return to the Columbia River this spring. That's higher than the 10-year average of 150,485 salmon and more than last year's 185,209 return. "...