Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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Parents of public school students in the 9th Legislative District have had enough of coronavirus-related mandates from Olympia. Shutter schools, curtail sports, wear masks, limit field trips and restrict access to graduation. Those actions have not been embraced here. And neither has Gov. Jay Inslee’s renewed call for all public school students to remain masked for the upcoming 2021-22 school year. Area parents are pushing back. This week, led by a group from Fairfield, many p...
KENNEWICK — A Franklin County woman is the first to be infected with West Nile virus this summer in the area. The woman, in her 50s, lives in Franklin County, but works in Benton County and has traveled to Walla Wall, Benton Franklin Health District officials said. The virus was detected during routine screening when she went to donate blood, officials said. She didn't have any symptoms. “Most cases of West Nile virus are mild,” Benton Franklin Heath Officer Dr. Amy Person said. “However, serious illness and death are als...
SEATTLE — State workers who fail to get inoculated against the Wuhan coronavirus virus may be fired under an order from Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday, Aug. 9. During a press conference, Inslee said he is now requiring most state employees and on-site contractors and volunteers to get one of the experimental vaccines for the virus as a condition of employment. The order also requires private health care workers and long-term care employees to get vaccinated or face termination, as well. “It is the mission of public servants and...