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  • Aug. 2 primary results posted before counting

    Raelynn Ricarte, The Center Square|Updated Aug 1, 2022

    MOSES LAKE – A 4th Congressional District candidate is asking for police to look into why some preliminary numbers for the Aug. 2 general election were posted last week to a newspaper website. Loren Culp, R-Moses Lake, said he couldn't believe it when he saw primary election results posted Sunday night on a Yakima newspaper website. The July 31 numbers released more than 2 days before ballot counting ranked incumbent Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, as the top vote-getter, foll...

  • Benton Franklin Transit board to consider tax cut

    Raelynn Ricarte, The Center Square|Updated Apr 14, 2022

    PASCO — A debate over whether Tri-Cities taxpayers should be given a break or extra revenue be invested in new transit projects is set to take place Thursday evening. The Benton Franklin Transit board meets at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 14, at 1000 Columbia Park Trail, Richland. The meeting is open to the public. A discussion about reducing the 0.6% collected sales tax by a single percentage point is on the agenda. A similar measure was rejected by the board last August The board comprises city council members, and Benton and Fr...