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  • 'Body cam' footage of contact with WSU coach released

    Roger Harnack, Franklin Connection|Updated Sep 23, 2020

    PULLMAN - The Police Department has released the body-video camera footage of Washington State University basketball coach Kamie Ethridge issued a $150 citation Aug. 28 for violating Gov. Jay Inslee's coronavirus quarantine orders. The municipal ticket was written as a civil infraction under the city's nuisance party law, which prohibits parties in the city. Pullman and Washington State University, as well as the city of Cheney and Eastern Washington University, have...

  • Pasco woman uninjured in crash

    Franklin Connection|Updated Sep 23, 2020

    RICHLAND — A Pasco woman escaped injury in a three-vehicle crash early this morning, Wednesday, Sept. 23. Angela K. Grad, 42, was stopped at a stoplight on westbound state Highway 240 when her GMC Yukon was rear-ended at 5:45 a.m., the Washington State Patrol reported. Grad's vehicle was pushed into a 1993 Ford Ranger, driven by David W. Cameron, 63, of Kennewick, the patrol said. He was not injured either. The patrol said the driver that caused the crash, Melquiades Aguilar Medrano, 55, of Kennewick, suffered injuries and w...

  • Lind water line improvement projects continue

    Katie Teachout, Franklin Connection|Updated Sep 23, 2020

    LIND — A USDA grant will cover the costs of the proposed Vulcan Street Waterline Repair Project. During a Sept. 8 City Council meeting, Patrick Sheehy of Century West Engineering said grands of $30,000 and $150,000 have been offered; the council approved of accepting the grants. According to Sheehy, the work will be don before winter. The project follows completion of the cemetery waterline project. In other projects, the city is upgrading water lines along Lutcher, Sixth, and Seventh streets, he said. Well No. 8 is also b...

  • Meeting set on public lands

    Franklin Connection|Updated Sep 23, 2020

    YAKIMA — The Department of Fish and Wildlife will host an online meeting on the role of public lands for people and wildlife in Yakima, Kittitas, Franklin and Benton counties from 7-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28. Agency Director Kelly Susewind, South-Central Regional Director Mike Livingston and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Senior Lands Manager Bill Richardson and Director of Lands Jennifer Doherty, and plus Forterra's Lands Manager Collette MacLean and CEO Michelle Connor will participate. The not-for-profit Forterra is trying t...