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  • Sheriff's Office drone assists in locating missing boaters

    Franklin Connection|Updated Jul 10, 2020

    BURBANK — The Franklin County Sheriff's Office assisted Walla Wall County authorities yesterday searching for missing boaters. According to the Sheriff's Office, the agency used its drone to fly above the shoreline of the Columbia River. The boaters were located; no other details were reported....

  • Koch uses governor's proclamation to remove Didier from meeting room

    Roger Harnack, Franklin Connection|Updated Jul 8, 2020
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    PASCO – Franklin County Chairman Robert "Bob" Koch used a three-month-old gubernatorial proclamation Tuesday morning, July 7, to force Commissioner Clint Didier to leave the meeting room. Didier was the only commissioner to show up in the commissioner's meeting room for a scheduled session. But during the opening minutes of the meeting, Koch pointed out that Gov. Jay Inslee had suspended the Open Public Meetings Act on March 24 and that Didier would have to leave the room. U...

  • Gov. Inslee confident about mask mandate

    Franklin Connection|Updated Jul 7, 2020

    OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee essentially dared residents and businesses to sue him over his new mask mandate during a Tuesday, July 7, press conference. The mandate that went into effect Tuesday prohibits businesses from providing services to non-masked patrons. When asked about the constitutionality of the order during the press conference, the governor said “the court system can answer that.” “We have the authority to save ourselves in Washington,” he said. “There is nothing in the Constitution that says people can die of...