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Candidates for Connell City Council (position 6)
Oct 19, 2023 By: Katherine Trowbridge Position 6 Connell City Council Position 6 has been held by incumbent, Shelly Harper. Harper faces...
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Oct 19, 20235 min read
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Candidates for North Franklin School District Director District 1, Position 1
Oct 19, 2023 By: Katherine Trowbridge The North Franklin School District Board of Directors, District 1, Position 1 has been held by...
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Oct 19, 20234 min read
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Franklin County Sheriff’s Investigate death in Mesa
By: C&K Trowbridge At 11:22 am. Wednesday, Sept. 27, a male was found dead in a camper, in the town of Mesa, after a friend checked on...
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Oct 5, 20232 min read
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Council authorizes chickens, amends animal codes
September 28, 2023 By: Katherine Trowbridge The Connell City Council revisited the animal code amendments at their Sept. 20 meeting,...
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Sep 26, 20234 min read
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Roof is Completed!
Former American Legion Building gets new roof after spring storm Restoration of historic building underway, RDO donates to project Before...
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Sep 20, 20233 min read
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Freedom Rodeo draws nearly 6,000 to Basin City
Jul 13, 2023 By: Katherine Trowbridge Photos: Lety Guzman, Katherine Trowbridge With a declaration of “Let Freedom . . . Rodeo” the...
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Jul 13, 20235 min read
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2019 murder victims family gets some closure as Sheriffs seek further help in case
By: Miurlin Escalante Franklin County Sheriff Officer Marcus Conner took to the microphone to welcome everyone as Estela Torre-Rodriguez'...
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Jul 11, 20232 min read
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Legion gives Historic building to North Franklin Heritage Museum
By: Katherine Trowbridge For those who have been following the fundraising efforts to save the American Legion Building in downtown...
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Jun 22, 20233 min read
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Nearly $3,000 raised at “raise the roof” fundraiser
Jun 15 2023 The “Raise the Roof” fundraiser held in downtown Connell on Thursday, June 8, brought in a total of $ $2,986, just shy of...
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Jun 15, 20231 min read
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Fire crews respond to explosion, fire at OXARC in Pasco
Pasco fire crews responded to a call Tuesday morning after 10:15 am. for what was said to be an explosion and fire at the OXARC facility...
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May 16, 20231 min read
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Rollover crash backs up traffic, injures one near Connell
Franklin County Fire District 1 was called to a single vehicle rollover crash just outside of Connell (at mile post 57 on Hwy 395)...
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May 4, 20231 min read
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Emergency Landing
Connell Police (CPD) along with local First Responders came to the aide of what they called an "emergency helicopter landing" at Pioneer...
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Apr 26, 20231 min read
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American Legion Needs Your Help
updated! April, 20 2023 By: Katherine Trowbridge Since the roof blew off the American Legion, sending questions throughout the community...
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Apr 20, 20232 min read
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Fire at nuisance property, causes injury
By: Clayton Trowbridge Just north of us in the town of Lind, a fire at an old house at 210, 3rd Street was responded to by Adams County...
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Apr 19, 20231 min read
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DUI causes damage to Franklin County Fire District 1 truck
While crews were responding to a semitrailer fire on southbound Highway 395, Tuesday night, April 4, a drunk driver caused damage to a...
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Apr 10, 20232 min read
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Storm takes roof
This afternoon's rain/hail storm huffed and puffed and blew the roof right off the historic American Legion building in downtown...
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Apr 1, 20231 min read
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Cathy McMorris-Rodgers joined area leaders in Roundtable discussion
By: Katherine Trowbridge Congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rodgers made a stop in Connell on Tuesday, March 14 where she joined a variety of...
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Mar 22, 20234 min read
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Daylight Savings Time to begin
Be sure to turn your clocks ahead one hour this weekend as Daylight Savings Time (DST) will begin at 2 am on Sunday, March 12, 2023....
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Mar 11, 20232 min read
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Underfunded, overtaxed 1st responders seek options with County Commissioners
By: C&K Trowbridge The Cafeteria at Connell Elementary was quickly filled with first responders as the Franklin County Commissioners held...
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Mar 3, 20234 min read
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Chamber Banquet honors local volunteers, businesses - brings out crowd
By: Katherine Trowbridge Conversations filled the room as just shy of 190 people gathered for the annual Greater Connell Area Chamber of...
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Feb 17, 202310 min read
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