Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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ELTOPIA — Franklin County Public Hospital District No. 1's emergency services will receive a $1.5 million grant from American Rescue Plan Act funds. Franklin County commissioners learned about the grant status during their July 5 meeting. The funds come out of the $18,495,757 in ARPA funds the county accepted in 2021 as part of the federal COVID-19 relief program. The hospital district encompasses about 715 square-miles, serving around 12,500 people in northern Franklin C...
Why should Americans sit on our hands while fast food companies push late-night feasting with messages like “Give in to your cravings.” Late-night eating is against all good sense and medical advice. Unregulated advertising is one of the reasons why our morbidly obese people cannot work for a living and cannot easily participate in democracy. We need to return to truth and responsibility in advertising. Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross, Utah...
Until President Biden signed the Chips and Science Act (CSA) last year, companies, such as Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. looked elsewhere to build plants costing well over $20 billion each. Biden’s pitch to taxpayers was ultramodern manufacturers of miniature computer chips used in our sophisticated weapons, advanced manufacturing, cars and trucks, and high-tech equipment needed to move back to the U.S A. Congress responded and passed CSA supplying a $280 b...
CONNELL — Ballots for the Aug. 1 primary election were mailed July 11 to registered voters in the city. Franklin County Auditor Matt Beaton said registered voters should already be receiving them, as well as a voter pamphlet the Franklin County Elections Department created to help voters learn about candidates. City residents not currently registered to vote still have an opportunity to participate in the election, Beaton said. City residents can register online at www.votewa.gov or by mail until Monday, July 24; or in p...