Franklin Connection

• Bill banning American Indian mascots a complete waste of time March 3, 2021
  It’s a solution in search of a problem. Lawmakers in Olympia appear to be fast-tracking House Bill 1356, which would ban the use of “racially derogatory or discriminatory” American Indian mascots, logos and team names in public schools in the state. Simply put, the bill is political theater, nonsense that kowtows to the politically correct […]
• Columbia River salmon fishing seasons to be set by returning fish numbers March 3, 2021
  OLYMPIA – Salmon fishing will be limited due to low returning numbers of fish. To determine the impacts, the state Fish and Wildlife Department (WDFW) are meeting with state, tribal governments, federal regulators, other U.S. states, and Canada. to discuss the forecasts and shape the state fishing seasons, according to a WDFW representative. The public […]
• Hey! There's a man buried under a hay bale March 3, 2021
  PASCO – Franklin County deputies found a 50-year-old man buried beneath hay on a farm northeast of Pasco Monday. The man was apparently stealing hay from a pile on private property along Peterson Road when a big bale broke free and fell on him, according to the sheriff's office. The hay covered him and part […]
• 82-year-old woman dies driving wrong way on I-182 March 1, 2021
  RICHLAND – A Richland woman was driving the wrong way on the highway when she struck three cars and sent two into the median on Monday afternoon. Edwina J. Steward, 82, of Richland, died from her injuries, according to the Washington State Patrol. She was driving a tan 2010 Kia Rio west on the Pentest […]
• Moses Lake woman injured hitting guardrail February 25, 2021
  PASCO – A Moses Lake woman is facing DUI charges after striking a guardrail on Interstate 182 Tuesday morning in Pasco. Alexine L. Carlson, 22. Of Moses Lake, was driving west when her silver 2018 Subaru Impreza left the highway and struck a guardrail at 2:02 a.m., just west of the US Route 395 turnoff, […]