Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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MALDEN — High winds and dry weather conditions propelled a wall of flames southwest across rural Spokane and Whitman counties Monday, leveling homes, businesses and government offices. Approximately 75 percent of structures in Malden burned to the ground, including City Hall, the post office, a gas station and a historic church. Burned out cars were visible throughout town adjacent to what was left of homes and garages. Local ranchers and residents manned hoses and buckets of...
PASCO — Police have arrested a 16-year-old girl in connection with a robbery that occurred Thursday, Sept. 3. Two more suspects — the girls boyfirend and an adult woman — are still being sought in the attack, police said Wednesday, Sept. 9. The name of the defendant, the two remaining suspects and the victim have not yet been released. According to a police report, the girl, her boyfriend and a woman confronted a 29-year-old man in the parking lot of Sacajawea Apartments, at the interstection of Sylvester Avenue and Fourt...
PASCO - A local man is facing a possible second-degree assault charge after going on a machete-wielding tirade in the parking lot of a convenience store last Tursday, Sept. 3. Ricardo Sanches, 37, was booked into the Franklin County Jail on an investigative hold on the assault charge and harassment, police records show. Police arrested Sanchez after officers were dispatched to the Circle K conventience story at the intersection of Court Street and 26th Avenue for a report of...
PASCO - A local woman remained in the Franklin County Jail on Wednesday, Sept. 9, accused of stabbing her roommate over the weekend. Jennifer Arriaga, 21, is being held on $2,500 cash bail in the Franklin County Jail for second-degree assault, jail records show. She was arrested about 3:45 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, and booked into the jail at 5:05 a.m., records show. According to records, police responded to a reported stabbing in the 1000 block of West Pearl Street. Officers...
BASIN CITY - A wildfire raced along the edge of the city Monday, Sept. 7, destroying at least two homes. The homes were located along North Canal Boulevard and Loen Drive, but winds driving flames nearby fields of dry grass and sagebrush also spread the fire to the structures and vehicles parked nearby. According to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, nobody was injured. Meanwhile further east in the county, flames from another fire rapidly moved through dry fuels near...