Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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LIND - A day after an oil tanker crashed on U.S. Highway 395, law enforcement are dealing with a second incident. U.S. Highway 395 northbound was closed at Milepost 78 at about 4 p.m. after an asphalt truck overturned, the state Department of Transportation said Friday afternoon, June 19. Today's crash was three miles north of the oil tanker crash, officials said. The closure began shortly before 4 p.m. and remain in place until further notice, officials said. Motorists were...
LIND - A tanker semi carrying hydraulic oil overturned on U.S. Highway 395 at Milepost 75 shortly before 1:30 p.m. Thursday, June 17, spilling oil into the median and onto the southbound lanes. Both lanes were blocked until shortly after 4 p.m. The driver was headed northbound on Highway 395 when he allegedly looked up at something on the hillside, crossed the median, and overturned on the southbound lanes. Both the driver and passenger were able to climb out of the vehicle...
HAZELTON, Idaho — A Pasco man was hospitalized Thursday, June 17, after a crash involving three eastbound tractor-trailers near Milepost 187 of Interstate 84. Juan Vela, 41, of Pasco, was transported to a Twin Falls, Idaho, hospital for injuries he sustained in the 1:15 p.m. crash, the Idaho State Police reported. Vela was driving the third of three trucks heading in to a construction zone, the crash report said. Ahead of him, Faizan Ahmad, 27 of Sacramento, Calif, and Eric Whitfield, 41, of Laramie, Wyo., were slowing t...
PASCO — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is partnering with the city Housing Authority and Franklin County to open a tuition-free preschool here next year. The Bezos Academy would be the first tuition-free preschool in the Tri-Cities, officials said. The program will provide full-day, year-around Montessori education for low-income families, officials said....
PASCO — A Grandview woman was taken to an area hospital Friday, June 18, following a crash on Interstate 182 near Milepost 13. According to the Washington State Patrol, Maria G. Endicott, 53, was transported from the scene for crash-related injuries from the 4:03 p.m. incident. The crash was caused by Jose J. Morales Filomeno, 19, of Pasco, the patrol reported. He is charged with following too close. Endicott was eastbound in her 2017 Kia Forte when she slowed for traffic, the patrol said. Filomeno rear-ended her, pushing h...