Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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It’s harvest time again and I look at all of the huge equipment that works hard to get the crop into the grain elevators. This past weekend I was reading a bit of history that my uncle wrote about the family farm, my mom’s dad’s place. He wrote about the work that was involved to get the crop planted using horses. He also talked about harvesting with a 9 foot header. My neighbor’s combine header is 40 feet. Anyway going from a header to a pull type combine with a 14 foot he...
OLYMPIA – Several outdoorsmen and Eastern Washington county commissioners are expected to take the state Fish and Wildlife Commission to task during its three-day meeting this week. Northeast Washington Wildlife Group spokesman Dale Magart said Tuesday afternoon that the meeting “might be interesting.” Several outdoorsmen and Eastern Washington commissioners active in the Eastern Washington Council of Governments are expected to speak during the public input portion of the Fish and Wildlife Commission’s meeting at about 8...
RITZVILLE — Only 46 votes separate the two candidates in the Adams County Commission District No. 3 race. At the end of counting in the Tuesday, Aug. 2, primary election, Miguel "Mike" Garza had a 181-vote tally, for 56.04%. In second place, Terry Thompson had 135 votes, or 41.80%. Both candidates will be advancing to the Nov. 8 general election. Primary election results will be certified Aug. 16, after late-arriving ballots are counted....
PASCO — A sitting Franklin County commissioner is trailing in his bid for a seat at the Republican party table following the Tuesday, Aug. 2, primary election. Lowell "Brad" Peck trails David Milne in their bid for the Precinct 057 committee officer post. Milne had 47 votes, or 47.96%, early return results show. Peck was second with 40 votes, or 40.82%. In third place, Mike Clayton had 11 votes, or 11.22%. The Top 2 candidates advance to the Nov. 8 general election....
PASCO - A local farmgirl appears to be headed to the Nov. 8 general election. Challenger Tiffany Smiley, R-Pasco, was sitting in second place in the race for a U.S. Senate seat behind incumbent Patty Murray, D-Shoreline, at the end of the first day of counting in the Tuesday, Aug. 2, general election. Smiley held a commanding lead in Franklin County, but trailed statewide. The early tally showed Murray had 557,978 votes, or 54%, and Smiley had received 330,176 votes, or...
PASCO - A current Franklin County commissioner was dominating a former commissioner in the race for the District No. 3 seat after the first day of counting in the Tuesday, Aug. 2, primary election. Incumbent Commission Chairman Clint Didier of Eltopia held a 294-vote lead over former commissioner Rick Miller at the end of counting Tuesday. Didier received 1,986 votes, or 53.63%, to Miller's 1,692, or 45.69%. Both Didier and Miller are headed to the Nov. 8 general election....