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  • Lind ag pilot killed in plane crash

    Brent Johnson, Franklin Connection|Updated Jul 18, 2022

    LIND – An experienced local crop-dusting pilot was killed in a plane crash Saturday, July 2. Pilot Gavin Morse, 38, of Lind, was pronounced dead at the scene in a field west of town, the Washington State Patrol reported. There were no other occupants on board. Lind Fire, EMS and Adams County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 300 block of Lind-Warden Road, near the North Roxboro Road intersection, after receiving reports of a downed plane there about 5 p.m., records s...

  • Gavin Barry Morse

    Updated Jul 18, 2022

    Gavin Barry Morse, 38, of rural Adams County, Wash., took his final flight July 2, 2022. Gavin was born Sept. 29, 1983 in Spokane, Wash., the youngest of four children and only son to Bruce Morse and Maribeth Benson. He grew up in the Spokane area and came to the Columbia Basin as a student in the Big Bend Community College aviation program. It was during his time at Big Bend that Gavin met the love of his life, and partner in all things, Erin Wolf, while dirt biking in the...