April 25, 2024
April 25, 2024
DAVENPORT—The trial of a Sprague defendant in a criminal sex case has been continued again. This time, the trial of Jonathan Ray Stocker, 42, of Sprague, was continued because he was served with a federal warrant. Stocker is being held in the Lincoln County Jail. Stocker is already charged with five counts of first-degree possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and one count of second-degree possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit. The new federal warrant was issued...
RITZVILLE — The Adams County Auditor’s Office is gearing up for election filing season. Candidates for Adams County Commissioner District Nos. 1 and 2 can file for office from Monday through Friday, May 6-10. The filing fee for the office is $780.45. Dan Blankenship is the incumbent in District No. 1 and Jay Weise the incumbent in District No. 2. Commission candidates must reside within their voting district, Adams County Auditor Heidi Hunt said, noting fees are due at filing. In addition to the commission seats, filing...
RITZVILLE – Groundwork for a new gas station and convenience store at the Interstate 90-state Highway 261 interchange is underway. At the Tuesday, April 16, City Council meeting, Clerk/Treasurer Julie Flyckt announced the general contractor and earthwork subcontractor have finally broken ground for construction of a new Maverick gas station. The station will be located across the road from Love's Travel Stop, next to Big Bend Electric. According to survey maps, an existing...
RITZVILLE – During the public comment portion of the Tuesday, April 16, City Council meeting, resident Don Sanger expressed frustration about two issues. First was the lack of a solar-powered speed limit sign near his home on Weber Avenue. Second was his contention that the city’s water billing policy is unfair. Regarding the first issue, Sanger said, “I want a solar-powered speed limit sign placed on Weber Avenue. Countless semis travel that road in excess of 35 mph. “I offered to pay for a sign out of my own...
WARDEN — A local man was killed early Sunday, April 21, in a crash just west of the city. Jose E. Valdivia, 25, of Warden, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Washington State Patrol. His passenger, Alejandro J. Jimenez Velasco, 22, of Moses Lake, was transported to a Spokane hospital for treatment of his injuries. According to the Washington State Patrol, Valdivia was eastbound on state Highway 170 in a 2007 BMW 328 at about 1:02 a.m. Sunday when his vehicle left the roadway and overturned. The car came to rest...
SPOKANE – The state Republican convention saw delegates getting rowdy Friday, April 19, inside the Spokane Convention Center as the morning session stretched into the scheduled lunch break. Angry supporters of gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird of Richland objected to the Candidate Committee’s report initially withdrawing the governor’s race from the endorsement process due to what was described as “late-breaking information that violated the vetting standards” regarding Bird. The report of the Candidate Committee...
125 Years Ago Adams County News April 26, 1899 A GOOD MOVE – L. E. Paskill, the best agent the Northern Pacific Railway Company ever had at this station, informs us that the present depot will be enlarged and practically made new in a very short time. The building will be on a level with the platform and pleasant waiting rooms, new offices and furniture will be added and Ritzville will have the best accommodations in that line of any town of her size on the road. The...
OLYMPIA — The state Department of Ecology has declared a statewide drought emergency for everywhere except cities with large storage basins. The drought update was issued Friday, April 19, with the agency predicting a warm, dry spring. According to the agency, the weather forecast will leave many watershed statewide with low water. The declaration allows state agencies to provide drought-related assistance in a more timely manner. Gov. Jay Inslee calked up this year’s forecast drought to global warming. “As our...
The Broncos girls fastpitch softball team celebrates and greets teammate Harlee Hennings at home plate Saturday after she hit a homerun in the opening game against Northeast 2B rival Asotin. Hennings hit two homers in the game and led the Broncos to a 9-2 win. For more on girls softball, see Page...
RITZVILLE - Despite splitting a doubleheader Saturday, April 20, with Asotin, the Bronco girls remained two games back in Northeast 2B fastpitch. The Broncos won the opening game 9-2, but lost the second game, 10-9. Asotin took a 2-1 first inning lead, but the Broncos took over the game in the bottom of the second for a 3-2 lead and keeping the Panthers off the scoreboard the rest of the game. The local girls added another run in the third, three in the fourth and two more in...
RITZVILLE - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys dropped a doubleheader to Asotin on Saturday, April 20. The Panthers topped the Broncos, 18-0 in the opener and 16-1 in the second game. Asotin set the tone early, scoring 6 runs in each of the first two innings in the opening game. The game ended in the bottom of the fifth. Asotin had 17 hits and 1 error in the win. The Broncos had 1 hit and 5 errors. Gavin Ells and Cody Ells each had hits for the Panthers. Jerod Harder had the...
This is the time of year when Major League baseball is getting a real good start and the NBA and NHL playoffs are just getting started. For anyone that watched any games this weekend you would have seen the Mariners battle the Colorado Rockies with snowflakes falling. Friday’s game was postponed until a doubleheader could be played on Sunday. New York Yankee and Tampa Bay players were wearing cold weather head covering to protect their ears and noses. It looks funny but it...
COLFAX - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys relay teams turned on the speed Saturday, April 20, at the McDougall Invitational at Colfax High School, bringing second- and third-place finishes. The boys 4x400 relay team of seniors Shawn Steinberger and Ridger Moor, junior Zach Klein and sophomore Damon Schilling placed second with a time of 3:35.56. And the boys 4X100 relay team comprising senior Brock Kinch, Steinberger, Klein and Schilling finished third with a time of 45.27....
Volunteers needed for Undeberg RITZVILLE — Lind-Ritzville High School officials are looking for assistance with the Undeberg Invitational track meet Saturday, April 27. The daylong event is the largest track meet hosted each year in Ritzville, and it takes dozens of volunteers. “We could use a couple more adult workers,” Athletic Director Dustan Arlt said in an email. “… one more for girls shot put, and possibly if I could an extra adult for Pole Vault. The first event begins at 10:30 a.m. Tennis match rained out...
As Washington’s CO2 tax, known as the Climate Commitment Act, heads to the ballot this fall, this logo highlighting projects that received funding from that tax will become more prevalent. And you are paying for it. The use of taxpayer-resources to promote the CO2 tax follows the decision by the Legislature to send one-time checks of $200 to utility customers funded by the Climate Commitment Act just two-months before the November election. It is part of a pattern we are...
On July 13, 2012, President Obama was giving a speech in Roanoke, Va., and said this: “Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that.” Those three sentences sparked a brush fire in that year’s presidential election that he spent the next few weeks trying to walk back. But while the third sentence tried to take credit away...
LIND — The following residents are celebrating birthdays and anniversaries from April 24-May 1: Anniversaries April 25 — Darrel and Bev Kulm April 26 — Gerry and Tina Schuler Birthdays April 24 — Tammy Doyle April 25 — Stacie Davis April 26 — Taytum Labes and Colter Youngren April 27 — Amber Lobe Gillin April 28 — Samantha Crow and Brayden Conrad Wahl April 30 — Kyler Perez and Heidi Norton Starring May 1 — Sharon Lobe, Barb Keith and Henry...
RITZVILLE - The community will observe Arbor Day this Friday, April 26, with a free tree and shrub giveaway, plaque presentation and recognition of local students. Sponsored by the Tree Board, the activities at City Hall, 216 E. Main Ave., begin at 9 a.m. with the first 30 residents in attendance being given a free seedling tree or shrub to take home Local Boy Scout Troop No. 888 and Girl Scout Troop No. 889 will present colors, marking the opening of the observance, and...
HARRINGTON -Joining the legacy left by her two older sisters, local junior Samantha Crawford was crowned Miss Harrington 2024 in a coronation ceremony Sunday, April 14. Crawford, 16, is the third member of her family to wear the Miss Harrington crown. Older sisters Lexi Crawford and Allie Crawford also wore the titles in 2020 and 2022, respectively. "It's really cool," Samantha Crawford said. "It shows that the Crawfords are a part of the town." Samantha Crawford is the first...
LEXINGTON, Va. — A Ritzville woman has been awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship. Washington and Lee University alumna Emma Aldrich of Ritzville has received a pre-doctoral graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The graduate research fellowship recognizes graduate students in science, technology, engineering and math disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees. With the selection, Aldrich will receive three years of financial support, including an...
Celebration of Life Sharon Heimbigner May 11th at 1pm-4pm Wenatchee Convention Center 121 N Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee...
Celebration of life for LaRae Diane (Lesser) Way Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 2:00pm. Zion Congregational Church Social Hall 301 East Broadway, Ritzville, WA...
Darla Klein Breazeale Mar. 1, 1957 - Apr. 7, 2024 Darla Klein Breazeale, a longtime resident of Ritzville, Washington, passed away in her sleep on Sunday, April 7, 2024. Darla was born on March 1, 1957, in Everett, Washington to parents Donald and Gloria Klein. She grew up on a farm in Arlington, Washington alongside her siblings, brother Donald Klein and sister Donita Woodward. Darla married Dan Breazeale in January of 1974; they moved to Ritzville in 1975 where they had...
Tyler Curtis Greenwalt Aug. 4, 1983- Apr. 9, 2024 Tyler Curtis Greenwalt's life came to an end April 9th, 2024 after four years of a courageous battle with cancer. Tyler was born August 4th, 1983 in Pullman, Washington. He grew up on a small farm just outside of Spangle and attended Liberty schools, where he excelled in athletics and was an active 4H and FFA member. His accomplishments included 1A all-state player in basketball his senior year, and an American Farmer Degree...
Joan Marie Anderson Plager Apr. 9, 1934 - Apr. 10, 2024 Joan Marie Anderson Plager was born April 9, 1934 in Spokane to Paul Gordon Anderson and Anna Elizabeth Bilde, the eldest of six siblings. Named after one of her Swedish grandmothers, she was tall and had a bone structure hinting to her Swedish and Danish ancestors. The family moved to Ritzville her sophomore year of high school and just six months before graduation she married Wesley Plager on December 19, 1951....
PUBLIC NOTICE Maverik Inc, Kelly Irons, 185 S State St Ste 800 Salt Lake City, UT 84111-1549, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Maverik Ritzville, is located at NE Intersection of Highway 261 and Homestead Avenue. Ritzville, Washington in Ritzville in Adams county. This project involves 4.2 acres of soil disturbance for Highway or Road, Commercial, Utilities construction activities. All...
NOTICE OF STREET VACATION DECISION Notice was given and a public hearing was held in front of the City Council on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, as required by Ritzville Municipal Code (RMC) vacation chapter 11.235, for vacation of 15 feet of Palouse Street. The City Council granted the street vacation to John and Kellie Kragt at 1008 S Palouse Street, parcel no. 1935230615109, for 15 feet of Palouse Street in Block 51, Adams County Land Company Addition to the City of Ritzville. This decision will become final twenty-one (21)...
TAKE NOTICE: STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE/TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHT UNDER ONE (1) GROUND WATER CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE That Washington State Department of Transportation of Olympia., WA, has made application forchange/transfer of water right in order to change the point of withdrawal as granted under Ground Water Certificate of Change No. G3-CV2-3P7. That G3-CV2-3P7 authorizes the withdrawal of 75 gallons per minute, 24-acre feet per year from February 1 to November 30, each year...
RESOLUTION NO. R-024- 2024 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS County of Adams Department of Public Works Ritzville, Washington Sealed bids will be received by Adams County at the office of the Board of County Commissioners located in the courthouse at 210 W. Broadway, Ritzville, Washington 99169, until 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 8, 2024 and will be opened and publicly read on May 8, 2024 at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, for the following construction improvements: Danekas Road Overlay #2 Project – (CRP-199), M.P 3.20 to...
CIVIL SUMMONS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADAMS No. 23-2-00117-01 AVAIL 1 LLC, Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS & DEVISEES OF MILTON EIDAHL; UNKNOWN HEIRS & DEVISEES OF DONNA EIDAHL AKA DONNA C. EIDAHL AKA DONNA CLAIR EIDAHL; TERRY EIDAHL; CINDY EIDAHL AKA CINDY ALEXENKO; JAMES EIDAHL; SUMMERSET WEST WATER ASSOCIATION; STATE OF WASHINGTON; JOHN AND/ OR JANE DOE, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS/CO-HABITANTS OF THE SUBJECT PREMISES Defendants. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO: Unknown Heirs & Devisees of...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 will be held on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 5:30pm. The meeting will be held at East Adams Rural Hospital in the conference room downstairs and via Zoom. The information to call in is listed below. Dial in +1-253-215-8782 USA Toll Meeting number (access code): 880 2863 6262 Meeting password:145356 John Kragt, Chair Board of Commissioners East Adams Rural Healthcare Posted Time: 9:00 a.m. Date:...
NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 will be held on Wednesday, April 24 at 4:45 pm. The purpose of the meeting is to do a Lab department tour. The meeting will be held in the Lab department. John Kragt, Chair Board of Commissioners East Adams Rural Healthcare Published April 10, 17 and 24,...
