Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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With so much rhetoric about moving the state away from gas-powered vehicles to reduce CO2 emissions, one of the strangest claims made during the legislative session was that there was no increase in "gas taxes." Various versions of this claim appeared.At best, it is misleading, but in many cases it is false. The transportation package specifically relies on an increase in taxes on gasoline as legislative documents and the Department of Ecology admit. The $17 billion...
IWACO — The state will open white sturgeon season on the lower 40 miles of the Columbia River beginning May 11. State Department of Fish and Wildlife employees are working with their counterparts in Oregon to allow fishing for white sturgeon from May 11 through June 4 at the mouth of the river to the Wauna powerlines. Adjacent Washington tributaries will also be open for sturgeon fishing those days. Sturgeon fishing closes at 2 p.m. daily. Fishermen may keep white sturgeon measuring 44-50 inches from the tip of their nose t...
PASCO — A local woman was injured following a crash last Wednesday night, March 30, on Interstate 182. Alma L. Camero, 59, of Pasco, was transported to a Richland hospital for treatment of injuries she sustained in the crash, the Washington State Patrol reported. Meanwhile, Paulo Orozco, 31, of Pasco, if facing pending charges related to the 9:53 p.m. crash, the patrol said, noting either alcohol or drugs was a factor. According to the patrol, Orozco was eastbound in a 2011 Ford F250 pickup on the interstate when he struck a...