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  • Pasco man killed in Wallula Junction crash

    Roger Harnack, Franklin Connection|Updated Sep 23, 2024

    WALLULA JUNCTION — A Pasco man was killed early Sept. 21 in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 12. Salvador Beltran, 28, of Pasco, was pronounced dead at the scene near Milepost 303 in Walla Walla County, about 11 miles east of Pasco, at about 3:10 a.m., the Washington State Patrol reported. Beltran's next of kin was notified of his death by Pasco police. According to the state patrol, Caitlyn S. Bailey, 40, of Athena, Ore., was eastbound in a 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe on the highway when she crossed the centerline and hit B...

  • Program brings murals to Pasco

    Larissa Babiak, WSU Murrow Fellow|Updated Sep 23, 2024

    PASCO — Pasco is looking for ways to bring a splash of color and culture to its downtown streets — and could transform the area into a new hub for murals. An initiative led by the city’s Arts and Culture Commission will reimburse business owners up to $5,000 if they get murals painted on their buildings by the end of December. The last big mural painted downtown was the Community Hope Wall at the site of a 2015 police shooting. A man walks past the original Community Hope Wall mural on the side of the former Vinny’s Bakery...