Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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CHENEY - During a state Redistricting Commission public outreach meeting July 24, speakers overwhelmingly backed changes that would shift two counties east. With the population shift over the last decade, several people testifying during the hearing called for Adams and Walla Walla counties move out of the 4th Legislative District (Central Washington) and into the 5th Legislative District (Eastern Washington). "Eastern Washington is not just everything east of the Cascades,"...
ELLENSBURG — Franklin County Treasurer Josie Koelzer was selected to represent treasurers statwide at the organization at Washington Association of County Officials functions. Koelzer was selected for the honor during the 2021-22 Washington State Association of County Treasurers meeting annual conference, which took place July 22-23. In addition, neighboring Adams County Treasurer Kayla Meise was selected as education chairwoman for the organization....
RITZVILLE - Police are looking for assistance in finding the thieves that stole approximately 5,000 pounds of hay last week from the Wheatland Community Fairgrounds. Chief Dave McCormick said the theft occurred between 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 28, and 6 p.m. Thursday, July 29. Between 50-60 bales of second-cutting alfalfa was stolen, he said. The bales were bound with blue bailing twine; each weighed about 92 pounds. The bales were stolen from a stack near East Olive Street,...