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  • Pelican Fueling competes at Webb's Slough

    Roger Harnack, Franklin Connection|Updated Jun 27, 2021

    ST. JOHN - Race fans may want to forgo hydroplanes and follow sprint boats. "It's so much better," Team Pelican Fueling owner and driver Dan Hatch of Pasco said. Hatch, son Dylan Hatch, elementary school principal Wendy Manthei and Darin Michelson, all of Pasco, were among a field of more than two dozen teams competing Saturday, June 19, at Webb's Slough. Sprint boat racing pits a driver and navigator against a maze of channels, and against the clock. At speeds reaching more...

  • Get ready for a heat wave

    Roger Harnack, Franklin Connection|Updated Jun 23, 2021

    PASCO - The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Watch that will run from Friday afternoon through the end of the month. "Very hot temperatures are expected by the weekend and through at least midweek next week," the watch said. Temperatures may reach as high as 114 degrees is some areas of the Columbia Basin, according to the agency's forecast. "There is some possibility that all-time record high temperatures will be reached or exceeded during this heat...