Connell, Washington

Franklin Connection

• Scooteney reopens to swimmers September 22, 2020
  BASIN CITY — A ban on swimming in Scooteney Reservoir was lifted today, according to the Benton-Franklin Health District. The reservoir was closed to swimming Aug. 10 when a toxic algal bloom increased the amount of toxic bacteria — mycrocystin — in the water. District officials have been monitoring the algal bloom since; recent tests […]
• Sheriff's Office seeks information in WIC hit-and-run September 22, 2020
  BASIN CITY - The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is seeking information on a hit-and-run incident in which a vehicle crashed through the front of a building overnight Sept. 20-21. The crash occurred at the Women, Infants and Children building on Road 170, the Sheriff's Office reported. "Sometime during the night or early morning, somebody drove […]
• Elk rescue September 22, 2020
  Farmers rescued a bull elk from an irrigation canal near Basin City on Monday, Sept. 21, only to have someone else come along and kill the distressed...
• Aguirre to be arraigned Sept. 30 September 22, 2020
  AIRWAY HEIGHTS — The Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has refiled a murder charge against a former Pasco policeman accused of strangling a woman in 1986. Richard Aguirre, 56, was recharged Sept. 11 due to new DNA test evidence, officials said. He will be arraigned at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 30 in Spokane County Superior Court. […]
• Malden apples test positive for maggot larvae September 22, 2020
  MALDEN – The Honeycrisp apples Gov. Jay Inslee brought to Babb Fire victims here were infested with maggot larvae. Whitman County Washington State University Extension Agent Stephen Van Vleet confirmed the infestation this morning, Friday, Sept. 18, following testing. "I picked them up on Wednesday evening," he said. "We photographed and secured them. And yes, […]