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  • Pasco man involved in three-vehicle crash

    Franklin Connection|Updated Aug 9, 2021

    BENTON CITY — A Pasco man was not injured in a three-vehicle crash early Friday morning, Aug. 6. Pedro Farias Cisneros, 38, of Pasco, was the third driver in the 5:48 a.m. pileup on state Highway 225 at Abby Avenue. The crash occurred when Dennis Travis, 33, of Richland crossed the centerline in his southbound 2002 Mazda RX-5, the Washington State Patrol reported. His vehicle was struck by two northbound vehicles. The first vehicle was a 2019 Navistar MV tractor driven by Stephanie R. Fuston, 26 of Richland, the patrol s...

  • Special filing period opens Tuesday

    Franklin Connection|Updated Aug 9, 2021

    PASCO — A special filing period will be open Tuesday through Thursday, Aug. 10-12, for various elective offices in Franklin County that did not draw a candidate in the primary election. Filing is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each of the three days online at www.co.franklin.wa.us/elections or in-person at the Franklin County Auditor's Office Election Department, 1016 N. Fourth Ave. Candidates are being sought for the following positions: Franklin County Fire Protection District No. 2 — Commissioner Position No. 2, at-...

  • One dead, one injured in Burbank-area crash

    Roger Harnack, Franklin Connection|Updated Aug 9, 2021

    BURBANK — One man was killed and another injured after a crash seven miles east of the city Friday, Aug. 6. Ricardo D. Ozuna Pena, 30, hometown unknown, was killed when his 2001 Honda Civic crossed the centerline and struck another vehicle head-on at about 5:10 a.m., the Washington State Patrol reported. Pena was eastbound on state Highway 124 at the time of the crash, the patrol reported. The westbound vehicle, a 2000 Toyota Rav4, was driven by Noe C. Pompa Beltran, 44, of Pasco, the patrol reported. Beltran was t...