Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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PASCO – Learning to be a police officer can be a lot of fun. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office offers the Explorers training program for kids 14 and up to learn about roles in law enforcement. "It gives them a firsthand view of what law enforcement does," said Deputy Jacob Safford. Safford and Deputy Scott Wright volunteer their time to run the program that is part of Boy Scouts of America and part Washington Law Enforcement Exploring Advisors (WLEA). The local program i...
REPUBLIC – Republican gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp said he lost his job as police chief and sole officer in the city after the council voted to disband the Police Department. Culp made the announcement the day after he was presumably defeated by gubernatorial incumbent Democrat Jay Inslee in the Nov. 3 general election. Inslee leads statewide with 57.73 percent of the vote as of Friday. In a Facebook Live video Wednesday, Culp said the City Council had a special m...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Are you ready for President-elect Biden? On Friday morning, Nov. 6, voters nationwide awoke to new election tallies that showed former Vice President Joe Biden, a Delaware Democrat, leading in more than enough states to win a majority of the Electoral College votes and the presidency. Meanwhile, Republican President Donald J. Trump is moving ahead with lawsuits over alleged voting irregularities in multiple states across the country, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. Several states remain c...