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OLYMPIA – The Washington Secretary of State's office released a statewide, online voters' guide for the upcoming primary, with votes due Aug. 4. Republican candidate for governor Loren Culp claims information his campaign manager submitted to the office of the Secretary of State on three separate occasions was not included in the voter's guide. The Secretary of State's office responded to the claim by stating emails allegedly submitted by Culp's campaign manager May 20 and M...
WALLULA — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has extended the steelhead and hatchery Chinook salmon season through July 31. The two-week season extension is on the mainstem Columbia River from Rocky Point upstream to the U.S. Highway 395 bridge at Pasco. The daily catch limit is six, and up to two hatchery adults may be retained, of which only one may be a steelhead. The extension does not include any portion of the Snake River, officials said, noting the season was originally scheduled to close July 16. In other o...
PASCO — A local woman arrested for driving while under the influence bit a police officer Tuesday, July 14. Ann Bechtol, 34, was arrested about 9:30 p.m. for her alleged drunken driving, records show. She was also cited for failure to stop when police attempted to pull her over. According to a report, Bechtol drove laps around a neighborhood of the city when police attempted to pull her over. After her arrest, she slipped out of handcuffs and bit an officer trying to re-cuff her, records show....
KAHLOTUS – T.J. Harder is excited to be carrying on the farming and ranching tradition started by his family generations ago. After graduating as the LaCrosse Class of 2020 Valedictorian, Harder is putting in long hours on the family wheat farm before he heads to Washington State University in the fall, where he will double-major in Agricultural Economics and Business. "College will be way harder (than high school), but I'm hoping it will be fun," Harder said while taking a s...
PASCO — The city began handing out coronavirus reopening packs today, Wednesday, July 15, to businesses at the Pasco Farmers Market. The packs included 50 single-use face masks, floor markers for social distancing, entrance signs and a clear counter barrier to help separate clerks from customers. The packs were offered to help businesses reopen in the wake of Gov. Jay Inslee's coronavirus quarantine and shutdown orders....
RITZVILLE — Four people remain in the Adams County Jail after being arraigned Tuesday, July 14. Their arrests, and the arrests of two others, occurred Monday, July 13, after multiple agencies executed a search warrant at a residence in the 1000 block of Rand Road and discovered drugs, stolen property and unlawful possessions of firearms. Darian Jeanie Arlene Morgan, Noe Duarte, Triston David Duplichan, Glen Oscar Gilbert Jr., Marcus James Chamberlain, and Cassandra Charlene Hope Rand made their first appearance before the A...