Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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LIND – The Adams County Sheriff's Office is looking for information on the whereabouts of a Ritzville man wanted in connection with a domestic violence incident. According to the Adams County Sheriff's Office, Chad Michael Pichette is wanted in connection with an alleged domestic violence assault as well as felony harassment. On Nov. 17, deputies were looking for Pichette in the Lind area, records show, noting Pichette allegedly ran from deputies responding to a related c...
OTHELLO – During a Nov. 13 City Council meeting, a life-long resident was promoted from school resource officer to the city's No. 2 position in the Police Department. Sgt. Aaron Garza was recognized during a pinning ceremony in which he was introduced as assist police chief. Garza grew up in Othello and was an Othello High School Class of 2000 graduate. After graduating, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps, then returned home to work in the police department, where he has b...
LIND — The Lind-Ritzville Middle School Future Farmers of America competed Nov. 15 in the state Potato Evaluation Career Development competition with 45 other middle and high school teams. The team comprised three seventh graders and four eighth graders. Members included Makayla, Josephine, Sadie, Sara, Kenadie, Parker, Hagen, Leland and Morrighana....
Aren’t you sick and tired of hearing Gov. Jay Inslee and his ilk blaming Columbia and Snake River dams for the decline in Puget Sound salmon and orca populations? Despite voluminous information to the contrary, Inslee, Sen. Patty Murray and other extremist environmental politicians continue to push a narrative on salmon decline that is patently false. There should be penalties for being so disingenuous. While there isn’t a penalty for false statements made to appease pol...
LIND – Washington State Patrol detectives are still seeking witnesses to a vehicle versus pedestrian fatality Oct. 30 on U.S. Highway 395. Nicholas A. Cooper, 31, of Lakewood, was killed in the incident near Milepost 81. Troopers believe Cooper was killed about 3:30 a.m. after possibly being hit by a white passenger vehicle, “whose driver may or may not know their vehicle(s) struck a pedestrian.” Cooper’s body was later found and an Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputy notified his next of kin. According to the patrol, t...