Serving Franklin County, WA
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REPUBLIC — Despite more than three dozen candidates in the gubernatorial field, only two divided up the state's 39 counties in the initial tally of the Aug. 4 primary election. After counting more than 1.2 million ballots statewide Tuesday night, incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island, and challenger Police Chief Loren Culp, R-Republic, won counties. Inslee amassed 51.86% of the statewide vote enroute to leading the crowded field in 27 counties. Culp, an rural u...
PASCO — Fifteen votes. That’s all that separates Rocky Mullen and Ana Ruiz Peralta after the initial tally in the Aug. 4 primary election. Mullen, a Republican, leads the field of four candidates in the race for the Franklin County Commision No. 2 seat with 669 votes, or 41.6%. Peralta, the lone Democrat in the race, is on his heels with 654 votes, or 40.67%. Two more Republicans have votes, too. Terry Ryan Cissne has 153 votes and Cliff MacHugh has 131, for 9.51% and 8.15%, respectively. Late-arriving ballots will be cou...
RITZVILLE - The first count of Adams County ballots in the August 4 primary election show several candidates with strong leads in this early stage of the race. Ballots counted so far include those received in the Auditors office by Friday, July 31, according to Adams County Elections Administrator Jacque Laird. Total Adams County ballots in the 8 p.m. Aug. 4 count were 1520. Dan Newhouse has a strong lead to keep his seat as U.S. Representative, Congressional District 4, with...
SPOKANE — Eastern Washington's incumbent Republicans are dominating initial returns in the Aug. 4 primary election. As of the end of counting Tuesday night, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, and Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, were sweeping away challengers. In the 5th Congressional District, McMorris Rodgers had 50.22% of the vote. Her nearest challenger was Democrat Dave Wilson with 24.415. Others in the race include Democrat Chris Armitage, 14.115, Republican S...
PASCO — It’s a dead heat in the race for the Franklin County Commission District No. 1 seat. At the end of the first night of counting in the Aug. 4 primary election, only 128 votes separates the three candidates vying for the seat. Incumbent Republican Brad Peck is edging his challengers with 1,528 votes, or 34.88% Democrat Kim Lehrman, who so far has collected the most campaign funds in the race, was in send place, just 78 votes down at 1,400 votes, or 33.1 percent. And just behind her, Franklin County Auditor Rep...
PASCO — With more than 35,000 ballots counted in the initial tally tonight, Aug. 4, Sen. Sharon Brown looks like she’s headed to the general election in her bid for a Benton-Franklin Superior Court Position No. 1 judgeship. The unofficial tally showed Brown with 22.93%, followed by David Petersen with 20.67%. Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney Shawn P. Sant was a distant third with 19.1% in the first night of counting. Behind him, Bronson J. Brown posted 16.46%, Shelley A. Ajax, 11.91%, and Talesha “Tali” Sams, 8.5%....
OLYMPIA - Incumbent Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee has a commanding lead after the initial tally of Aug. 4 primary election ballots. As of the end of counting Tuesday night, Inslee was running away with 51.96% of the vote. Loren Culp, a Republican police chief in Republic, is a distant second with 16.7% Culp was followed by Bothell Republican Joshua Freed with 7.27% and initiative guru Republican Tim Eyman with 7.04% Here are the results of the first count in the Aug. 4 primary...
KENNEWICK - What do you want to see in the Port of Kennewick's Waterfront District? Communities are asked to take part in developing the plan. The port is creating a Waterfront District Master Plan to guide development for the next 15 to 20 years. The plan is to create a "cohesive vision for integrating Clover Island, Columbia Gardens Wine and Artisan Village, The Willows, and Cable Greens," according to port officials. It would connect to the Port of Pasco's land on the...
PASCO — Police are looking for help in locating a "chop shop" near the Court Street intersection with 20th Street. According to a report, a 1995 Honda Civic stolen from the Albertson's parking lot last Friday, July 31, turned up Monday, Aug. 3, stripped of its engine, wheels, interrior and more in the 2300 block of Ruby Street, about four blocks from where it was taken. The owner had parked the car in the parking lot Monday, July 27, and had removed the battery and installed a steering wheel lock, the report said. The v...
PASCO — A woman was hospitalized Monday, Aug. 3, following a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 182. Veronica Vargas Garcia, 28, of Pasco, was a passenger in a vehicle in the 4:30 p.m. crash that resulted in her being transported. According to the Washington State Patrol, Rocio Vargas, 23, of Pasco, was eastbound in a 1998 Honda Accord when traffic slowed in front of him and he rear-ended a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Laura E. Vandermeer, 33, of Mesa. Vandermeer's pickup then rear-ended a 2020 Nissan Rogue, driven by M...
PASCO — Franklin County voters will not likely have the opportunity in November to vote on creating the "51st state" out of Eastern Washington’s 20 counties. During a Franklin County Commission meeting this morning, Aug. 4, commissioners unanimously rejected the idea due to the organizer’s non-responsiveness. According to county Administrator Keith Johnson, during a meeting in July commissioners agreed to put the measure on the ballot if the Liberty state organizers paid the $4,000 cost of adding it. They also said appro...
PASCO — Franklin County officials are concerned Benton Franklin Health District employees may be “harassing” businesses that are not enforcing coronavirus-related face mask madates. Commissioner Clint Didier brought up the issue during a meeting this morning, Aug. 4, after receiving complaints from owners of businesses on 20th Street. “Are they currently out checking into businesses and threatening them with fines,” Didier asked County Administrator Keith Johnson, referring to Health Department employees. “No, absolutely...
CHENEY — Eastern Washington University President Mary Cullinan has announced she is retiring from her position, effective immediately. The university's Board of Trustees has named Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs David May to serve as interim president. The announcement came at a virtual board of trustees meeting this morning, Aug. 4. "I have been honored to serve as Eastern Washington University's first female president," Cullinan said in a news release. "...
PASCO – Mail-in ballot security is not an issue for Washington State after 9 years of all elections using the system. Sending ballots by US Postal Service has become a national controversy. There is a fear that election security could be compromised. It was suggested as a safer method than having people gather at polling places under rules to stop the spread of the COVID virus. Franklin County voters are used to receiving their ballots in the mail, filing them out, then m...
WASHTUCNA — A dark and mostly empty gymnasium didn’t take away from Calby Ann VanHollebeke’s evening Saturday. As the only member of the Class of 2020 to show up for graduation, VanHollebeke of Kahlotus took the sole seat on the stage, helped by her brother, Jess VanHollebeke, who served as the graduation column leader. Only four family members and a handful of School District employees were present for the Pomp and Circumstance that was also live broadcast in a digital forma...