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Emergency Landing
Connell Police (CPD) along with local First Responders came to the aide of what they called an "emergency helicopter landing" at Pioneer...
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Apr 26, 20231 min read


American Legion Needs Your Help
updated! April, 20 2023 By: Katherine Trowbridge Since the roof blew off the American Legion, sending questions throughout the community...
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Apr 20, 20232 min read


Fire at nuisance property, causes injury
By: Clayton Trowbridge Just north of us in the town of Lind, a fire at an old house at 210, 3rd Street was responded to by Adams County...
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Apr 19, 20231 min read


DUI causes damage to Franklin County Fire District 1 truck
While crews were responding to a semitrailer fire on southbound Highway 395, Tuesday night, April 4, a drunk driver caused damage to a...
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Apr 10, 20232 min read


Storm takes roof
This afternoon's rain/hail storm huffed and puffed and blew the roof right off the historic American Legion building in downtown...
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Apr 1, 20231 min read
Cathy McMorris-Rodgers joined area leaders in Roundtable discussion
By: Katherine Trowbridge Congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rodgers made a stop in Connell on Tuesday, March 14 where she joined a variety of...
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Mar 22, 20234 min read


Daylight Savings Time to begin
Be sure to turn your clocks ahead one hour this weekend as Daylight Savings Time (DST) will begin at 2 am on Sunday, March 12, 2023....
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Mar 11, 20232 min read


Underfunded, overtaxed 1st responders seek options with County Commissioners
By: C&K Trowbridge The Cafeteria at Connell Elementary was quickly filled with first responders as the Franklin County Commissioners held...
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Mar 3, 20234 min read


Chamber Banquet honors local volunteers, businesses - brings out crowd
By: Katherine Trowbridge Conversations filled the room as just shy of 190 people gathered for the annual Greater Connell Area Chamber of...
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Feb 17, 202310 min read


Roads continue to be big topic for Franklin County
By: Katherine Trowbridge They say a picture is worth a thousand words - the picture above is of Gill Road in N. Franklin County. The...
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Jan 18, 20234 min read
Mutiple agencies work together to apprehend suspects, stolen goods
Law enforcement agencies have been busy investigating not one, but two individual cases. The first, a string of burglaries that spans...
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Jan 12, 20233 min read


Congratulations to the first baby of 2023!
Leilani S. Habana was officially the first baby born in the Columbia Basin in 2023! She was born 01/01/2023 at 9:55 AM -which made her...
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Jan 12, 20231 min read
State Senator Mark Schoesler looks toward 2023 session
State Senator (R - 9th District) Mark Schoesler stopped by our offices to share about the upcoming 2023 legislative session. He shared,...
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Jan 12, 20236 min read
Snow forecast for Christmas - bitter wind chills
This week will see bitter wind chills and record breaking temperatures as an arctic air moves in Wednesday into Friday. Temperatures will...
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Jan 12, 20231 min read


Fires led to extra gratitude over Thanksgiving holiday
A house fire on North 5th, in Connell, left the Ramirez family without a home for the holidays. However, they had much to be grateful for...
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Nov 30, 20222 min read


Chantel Kimball wins International Auctioneer Championship
Oct 20, 2022 Eltopia, Washington, August 10, 2022 – Chantel Kimball of Booker Auction Co recently secured the highest honor at the 2022...
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Oct 20, 20224 min read


Semi Collides with Power Pole
Oct 13,2022 Local firefighters responded to a call on Monday, October 10 around 4 pm, where a semi had collided with a power pole. As a...
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Oct 13, 20221 min read
Is crime on the rise in Connell?
By: Katherine Trowbridge With break-ins over the summer that led to a new 8pm campaign by the Connell Police Department encouraging...
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Oct 5, 20222 min read


Arrest made in conjunction to Connell/Othello Burglaries
The Connell Police Department (CPD) announced this morning, Oct. 5, that they have made an arrest in association with the burglaries in...
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Oct 5, 20221 min read
NFSD teacher facing charges
Sept 27, 2022 A North Franklin School District teacher is facing charges after accusations of inappropriately contacting a student....
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Sep 27, 20221 min read
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