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PASCO — A Sinaloa drug cartel member from Pasco has been sentenced on a number of trafficking and money laundering charges. Reynaldo Perez Munoz, 41, was sentenced April 21 by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Edward F. Shea to 26 years in prison and 7 years of probation after release. The sentence follows Munoz's Aug. 28, 2020, guilty plea to charges of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of actual (pure) methamphetamine, 5 kg or more of cocaine and 1 kg or more of heroin, two counts of money laundering, and p...
PASCO — Franklin County Sheriff Jim Raymond sparred verbally over drafting a controlled substance ordinance with Commissioner Lowell “Brad” Peck during a meeting this morning, April 27. Commissioners Peck, Rocky Mullen and Chairman Clint Didier were discussing a possible ordinance in the wake of the state high court’s so-called "Blake decision," which essentially vacated the law making possession of narcotics a crime. Following the lead of Grant County, County Administrator Keith Johnson provided commissioners with a propose...
PASCO – Franklin County commissioners this morning, April 27, unanimously awarded a $2.85 million repaving bid to a Richland-based company. Inland Asphalt Co. was selected as the most competitive bidder on Pasco-Kahlotus Road reconstruction project. The total estimated cost of the project, including engineering and other services, is $3.46 million. The county has received $2.69 million in grant funds toward the project....
PASCO — Franklin County commissioners this morning unanimously approved the rezoning of more than 39 acres of agriculture land near the Columbia River during a quasi-judicial hearing this morning, April 27. The parcel at 6503 Columbia River Road, near the end of Ridgeview Drive, was rezoned from Agriculture Production-20 to rural Residential Community-1. The new designation allows for one home to be built per acre. The county Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the zoning change at its March 30 meeting. T...