Franklin County News

Thank you for your May 23 editorial, "Lifesaving vaccines declined by too many in Washington," calling attention to the current whooping cough or pertussis epidemic in our state.

Officials in the Franklin Pierce School District failed to abide by federal regulations when they purchased nearly $180,000 in science supplies last year, according to a state auditor's report released Tuesday.

Geoff Smith, assistant service representative with Columbia Basin Veterans Coalition, said guidance and help he received after returning from Iraq from local Vietnam veterans helped lead him into his role helping other veterans transition back into the civilian world at the Pasco organization.

Actions speak louder than words. Thurston County commissioners have announced they are getting ready to build more onto the Accountability and Restitution Center, or more commonly called the ARC.

West Virginia State Police said late Saturday they had found four bodies in a wooded area and believe they are those of a missing man, his girlfriend and his two young children.

He was convicted of third-degree rape in 1980 in Franklin County, and third-degree child molestation and communication with a minor for immoral purposes in 2003 in Benton County.

PASCO, Wash. - The Washington State Attorney General's Office has charged former Franklin County Public Works director for administration and accounting Dennis Huston, with the theft of $1.7 million from Franklin County.

The driver of a truck suffered minor injuries when it was struck by a train Friday morning at a Puyallup crossing.

A 48-year-old man accused of plotting to kill his mother-in-law less than a month before her actual death has hired a Seattle lawyer to defend him in the Franklin County case.

A week from tomorrow there will be a lot more choices for consumers on where to buy liquor in Washington state, as the voter-approved law to privatize liquor sales goes into effect.

PASCO, Wash.-A man accused of trying to kill his mother-in-law has replaced his public defender with a private attorney.

There is growing momentum for the Franklin County "donut hole" to become its own city.

A man convicted of child molestation and rape is returning to our area. Johnny Ray Hicks has registered with the Department of Corrections as a transient in Pasco.

Franklin County firefighters say the five adults and two children were not at the home located near the corner of Glade and Garfield.

Federal prosecutors today charged six people – three of them from Tacoma and one from Auburn – with collecting thousands in unemployment while they held down jobs.

Pasco police and Tri-Cities Crime Stoppers are looking for a Pasco man wanted for skipping out on his court hearings.

A former Copalis Beach, Wash., woman accused of stealing more than $50,000 while she worked in the Quinault Indian Nation's finance department has been convicted of 20 counts of embezzlement of tribal funds.

District official Durga Das said four coaches derailed when the driver of the express train applied emergency brakes on seeing the freight train on the same track.

Many are predicting some large crop yields in 2012, but not everyone is smiling.

PASCO, Wa. - On Tuesday, May 15th, Port of Pasco Commissioner O.E. "Ernie" Boston resigned from the Post of Pasco to concentrate on his recovery from surgery.