Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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PASCO — City Council candidates Nikki Torres and Leo A. Perales appear to be headed to the Nov. 2 general election. The initial tally of tonight's primary election, shows Torres with 721 votes and Perales with 610, or 40.41% and 34.19%, respectively. In third place, Irving L. Brown Sr. has collected 353 votes, or 19.79%. With 92 votes, Steven X. Martinez is a distant fourth with 5.16%. Only the Top 2 vote-getters advance to the general election. With only 6,410 ballots counted countywide, so far, 34,521 ballots could r...
PASCO — The initial tally of today's primary election shows Amy Freeman Phillips with a commanding lead in the race for the School District No. 1, Position No. 5 seat. Phillips leads Michelle Andres and John Kennedy by more than 300 votes each. As of the initial count, she had 2,388 votes, or 37.51% of the ballots counted, as of 8:15 p.m. Andres was second with 2,014 votes, 31.63%, and Kennedy third with 1,937 votes, 30.42%. Only the Top 2 vote-getters advance to the Nov. 2 general election. So far, voter turnout in F...
KENNEWICK — Benton County Sheriff Jerry Hatcher is on his way to being recalled from office. An initial tally of the Aug. 3 primary election results at 8:30 p.m., showed more than 75% of voters calling for his removal from the county's top law enforcement office. The preliminary results of the first day of counting ballots show 21,436 voters casting ballots to recall him, compared to 7,140 wanting him to remain. Benton County's election turnout, so far, is only 23.55%, county Elections Department data shows. With 29,762 b...
PASCO — The West Nile virus is spreading in the area. According to the Benton Franklin Health Department, mosquitos in Benton County have now tested positive for the virus. Previously, Franklin and Walla Walla Counties had reports of the virus. So far this year, no human cases have been identified locally. With poor air quality, mosquito control officials are unable to spray, official said. Mosquito spraying may resume after the air quality improves. Symptoms of West Nile virus include fever, headache, body aches and more. T...
BASIN CITY — The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is hosting a National Night Out program from 4-8 p.m. today, Tuesday, Aug. 3, in Memorial Park. The event will include a barbecue, face painting, a bouncy house, obstacle course a water slide and a barbecue. The agency will be joined by others with drones, boats and more, the Sheriff's Office reported....