Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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PASCO – Call it a no-confidence vote. During a heated meeting Tuesday evening, Franklin County commissioners called on Prosecuting Attorney Shawn Sant to step down from involvement in county redistricting. By a 2-1 vote, commissioners approved a motion calling on Sant to recuse himself. Chairman Clint Didier and Commissioner Rocky Mullen voted for Sant to step down; Commissioner Lowell “Brad” Peck opposed the move. Redistricting comes every 10 years and is based on U.S. Census population data. The goal of the process is to...
PASCO – The rift between Franklin County commissioners over Gov. Jay Inslee's mask edict continued during an evening meeting Tuesday in the Trade, Recreation and Agricultural Center (also referred to as TRAC or the Hapo Center). It was at least the third meeting in the last two months in which Commissioner Lowell "Brad" Peck squared off with Chairman Clint Didier over mask-wearing in compliance with the governor's Aug. 9 proclamation. The meeting started normally with the P...
PASCO – Amazon has announced that it will open two facilities in the city, bringing 1,500 jobs to the area. The new buildings will be across from each other, with one at 1351 S. Road 40 East and the other at 1202 S. Road 40 East. The new buildings here are coming on the heels of new facilities opened in the Geiger area near Medical Lake last year and one that opened last week in Spokane Valley. The facilities, which are slated to open in 2022, will provide packing and shipping jobs paying a starting wage of $18 per hour, o...
PASCO — The School District is launching a five-week educational series Sept. 28 designed to help families overcome reading deficiencies of children. The "Read and Rise" program will run from 1-1:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through Oct. 28, officials said. The program is virtual and designed for parents with children ages 2-8. Officials said it will help parents guide their children's literacy. To participate, call 509-543-6714....
CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. — Fishermen will be able to catch and keep sturgeon on a section of the lower Columbia River for four more days in September. Fisheries managers for Oregon and Washington announced Wednesday, Sept. 15, that fishermen will be able to retain sturgeon on the Columbia River from the Wauna powerlines upstream to Bonneville Dam (on Sept. 19, 22, 25 and 29. The additional catch days follow a lower-than-expected harvest after the initial Sept. 11 opening, officials said, noting fishermen kept an estimated 347 l...
MESA — A Kennewick truck driver was injured Wednesday, Sept. 15, in a crash resulting from a tire blowout. Angel M. Lule, 27, was transported to a Pasco hospital for treatment of injuries he sustained in the 3:10 p.m. crash on U.S. Highway 395, the Washington State Patrol reported. Lule was southbound on the highway in a 2007 Kenworth truck towing a trailer when a tire blew out near Milepost 45, the patrol said. The tractor-trailer left the roadway, hit a guardrail and overturned. Lule was wearing a seatbelt; neither drugs n...