Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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OTHELLO – A local man was arrested and booked into jail Friday, April 28, after allegedly being caught after burglarizing a house in the 600 block of South Fourth Avenue. Angel M. Lara, 25, was apprehended after a short chase and booked into the Franklin County Jail on first-degree burglary. As of press time, Lara was being held without bail in the Franklin County Jail. According to a police report, police responded to a call of a residential burglary where the resident and L...
Last week I talked about some of the changes that were made to the game of baseball in order to speed it up a bit. But I left out a couple of big changes that really need to be mentioned. One of the changes concerns the pitcher when there is a runner on base, mostly first base. The pitcher is now limited to make two throws over to first to keep the runner close especially if he is a base stealer. Now the pitcher can throw over a third time but he needs the first baseman to...
President Biden is unwisely “throttling up” plans to ditch carbon fuels unilaterally despite the extreme consequences of doing so. He wants to accelerate replacement of gas/diesel vehicles with electrics (EVs) which will be recharged by electrical grids energized by solar, wind and hydro power---- not coal, natural gas, or nuclear fuels. Additionally, in our state, Governor Inslee mimicked Berkeley (CA) building codes stopping the installation of natural gas stoves and wat...
This session saw some bipartisan successes as lawmakers and citizens were in Olympia together for the first time in nearly three years. That in-person interaction is always key for working relationships and good workable solutions to our state’s problems. The transportation budget and capital budget were both very bipartisan. Republicans were allowed to give input and Democrat budget writers worked to fund projects important to legislators on both sides of the aisle. Sen. Schoesler was the lead negotiator for Senate R...
LIND — The annual Lind Alumni Banquet luncheon will take place Saturday, May 6, at Lind-Ritzville Middle School, formerly Lind High School. The 1 p.m. program will be in the gymnasium, 507 N. E St. This year’s honored classes are: 60 years, Class of 1963; 50 years, Class of 1973; 40 years, Class of 1983; 30 years, Class of 1993; and 20 years, Class of 2003. Honored class photos are scheduled for 12:30 p.m., and will be followed by lunch provided by Rollin’ Coal Barbecue. Tim Smith, Class of 1982, will serve as emcee of the ev...