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This Weeks Story
6 days ago
- Immigration concerns -
Governor appoints Rapid Responce Team, Superintendents reassure families January 30, 2025 By: Katherine Trowbridge With the inauguration...
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Jan 22
City of Connell receives $100,000 CERB Grant
for industrial, commercial viability study following Lamb Weston closure January 22, 2024 By: Katherine Trowbridge The City of Connell...
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Jan 9
2024 Year in Review
January 9, 2025 By: Katherine Trowbridge Photo By Christian Silva - Northern Lights taken from Radar Hill (north of Basin City),...
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Local Government
Jan 22
City of Connell receives $100,000 CERB Grant
for industrial, commercial viability study following Lamb Weston closure January 22, 2024 By: Katherine Trowbridge The City of Connell...
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Jan 8
Franklin County Commissioners approve contract for new morgueafter some debate over spending
January 9, 2025 By: Katherine Trowbridge The Franklin County Commissioners approved Resolution 2024-0338 two to one accepting the...
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Oct 25, 2024
Report: Washington budget faces $5 billion lawmaker-created shortfall next biennium
October 24, 2024 By: TJ Martinell (The Center Square) - A newly released brief published by a Washington-based think tank claims the...
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Business in the News
Jan 8
Eltopia based 4 Whistles opens Kennewick tasting room
January 2, 2025 By: Katherine Trowbridge What began as ideas about investments between what their website calls “a crazy Washington ...
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Oct 10, 2024
Comedor Mari
The story of a family’s traditonal cooking and the American Dream October 10, 2024 By: Miurlin Escalante Maria Felix owner of Comedor...
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Oct 9, 2024
HAPO Community Credit Union to acquire Community First Bank
October 9, 2024 Community First Bank will be acquired by HAPO Community Credit Union effective summer of 2025. Pictured - the Connell...
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Ag in the News
Jan 21
2025 Ag Hall of Fame Inductees honored January 16
January 21, 2025 The 2025 inductees to the Mid-Columbia Agriculture Hall of Fame were honored at a dinner and installation gala at the...
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Dec 5, 2024
Bird Flu racing through farms, but Northwest states rarely testing workers
Farmworker advocates, health experts say more robust monitoring needed to prevent spread of illness December 5, 2024 By Rachel Spacek,...
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Nov 5, 2024
Addressing Barriers for Central Washington Producers
November 5, 2024 By: Congressman Dan Newhouse (District 4) In Central Washington, agriculture is not just an industry—it is the lifeblood...
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Sports
Nov 14, 2024
Lucy Campbell Competes at State XC Meet
November 14, 2024 By: Jeff Stoker Lucy Campbell gets a CHS send off as she headed to state last week. Pasco – Lucy Campbell was the lone...
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Aug 6, 2024
Pasco Native Marisa Howard takes seventh in Paris Olympics debut
August 6, 2024 By: Katherine Trowbridge Pasco native and Boise State, Idaho Alum, Marisa Howard, made her Olympic debut on Sunday, Aug. 4...
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Jul 25, 2024
Franklin County Native Heading to Paris Olympics
July 25, 2024 By: Katherine Trowbridge Pasco native Marisa Howard is on her way to the Paris Olympics, June 28! If you didn’t already...
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Community
Jan 21
Announcing our Furry Friends of Franklin 2024 winner!
Out of a total of 14 entrants in 2024 our readers have voted and selected our top three Furry Friends of Franklin pet photos of 2024...
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Dec 4, 2024
Ed Poe Agency set to light Community Christmas Tree
December 5, 2024 By: Katherine Trowbridge Ed Poe Insurance Agency shared that they are all set to light the "Community Christmas Tree"...
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Dec 4, 2024
Benton Franklin Fair donates over $5,600 to Tri-Cities Cancer Ceter Foundation
December 4, 2024 Benton Franklin Fair & Rodeo leaders present a check to the Tri-Cities Cancer Center Foundation. KENNEWICK – The Benton...
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