Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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AIRWAY HEIGHTS--Inmates and prison guards have begun receiving COVID-19 vaccinations at the Airway Heights Corrections Center. Staff and inmates have also received vaccinations at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell. 1,410 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among inmates and 162 confirmed cases among staff have occurred at the Airway Heights Corrections Center, according to daily data released by the Department of Corrections. The Department confirmed the first death of an inmate Dec. 18. About 1,500 total inmates are in the...
KITTITAS —An Othello man was taken to a Yakima hospital following a head-on crash on Interstate 90 on Christmas day. Joaquin V. Garcia, 37, was taken to the hospital after the 7:16 p.m. crash near the Thorp Road exit, the Washington State Patrol said. Garcia was eastbound in a 2009 Toyota Camry on I-90 when he crossed the centerline and struck a 1996 Freightliner towing a trailer in the westbound lane, the patrol said. Truck was driven by Ryne A. Haller, 61, hometown unknown. Both vehicles came to a rest in the westbound l...
BASIN CITY — A Moses Lake woman is facing charges after allegedly crashing into an unoccupied Franklin County Sheriff's Office SUV at about 6:21 p.m. Christmas day. Jourdan K. Sweet, 31, was cited with second-degree negligent driving in the three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Ringold and Glenwood roads, the Washington State Patrol reported, noting Sweet was also injured and taken to a Pasco hospital. Speed too fast for conditions was a factor in the crash, the patrol said. According to the patrol, Sweet was n...
GRANDVIEW — A Pasco woman was hospitalized Christmas evening following a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 82. Susanne N. Bos, 62, was taken to a Sunnyside hospital after the 7:04 p.m. crash, the Washington State Patrol reported. Bos was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, and neither alcohol nor drugs were factors, the patrol said. She was westbound near Milepost 72, near the city limit, when she lost control of her 1999 Toyota Camry and struck another vehicle, the patrol said. That vehicle, a 2010 Dodge Grand C...