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COLFAX - Both the boys and girls Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna track teams finished eighth at the Northeast 2B League Championship on Tuesday, May 3, at Colfax High School. Ten boys and girls teams competed. Davenport won the boys meet, while St George's (Spokane) won the girls meet. The Broncos' girls 4x100 relay team of Emmy Klewin, Myra Miller, Sydney Kinch and Claire Wellsandt placed 2nd in the race with a time of 57.71, losing by just over a second to the team from...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna Bronco boys baseball team wrapped up the regular season splitting a doubleheader with the Colfax Bulldogs on Friday, May 6. The games originally scheduled for Thursday, May 5, were postponed due to rain. In the first game, the Broncos were beaten 14 - 6 by Colfax. Ryan Henning had three RBIs for the Bulldogs. In the second game, the Broncos scored 6 runs in 4 innings and held on for a 6-5 win. Chase Galbreath went 2-for-3, w...
RITZVILLE – On a brisk spring morning, 30 Ritzville Grade School fifth- assembled inside the City Council Chambers to commemorate Arbor Day. The students participated earlier in an essay contest on the topic of trees. City Tree Board Chairman Mike Shrag welcomed the guests to City Hall and announced the three winners of the essay contest. Jayda Lobe placed first in the contest for her essay on the White Willow tree. Jordyn Saetre was second with an essay on the Dogwood. H...
SPOKANE – Eight Lind-Ritzville High School students have qualified for the National Future Business Leaders of America Conference competitions. Owen Telecky, Bronc Hutsell, Hunter Dinkins, Hayden Melcher and Cooper Miller will be competing in Parliamentary Procedure, and Dakota Killian and Sydney Kinch in Public Service Announcement and Alyssa Williams in Agribusiness. The students earned Top 4 placements at the Future Business Leaders of America State Business Leadership C...
RITZVILLE – A local resident has been appointed to the School Board. Erin Repp was interviewed by members of the School Board on Monday, April 25, and appointed to fill the vacant Position No. 3 seat. Repp is a 1998 graduate of Ritzville High School and has a bachelor's degree in business with an emphasis in risk management and finance from Washington State University. She has worked in the insurance industry since 2001, specializing in construction and insurance bonding. R...
RITZVILLE – An Othello woman convicted of trafficking in stolen property is now facing charges related to her alleged attempt to escape jail time. Tawni Jahns, 36, of Othello, was arrested April 23 after five days on the lam. She allegedly fled the Adams County Courthouse, April 18, just before sentencing on a conviction of trafficking in stolen property, records show. She was scheduled to appear for sentencing following her April 1 conviction. Jahns was released following the verdict pending sentencing, records show. After f...
LIND – A local man was arrested on animal cruelty charges after law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at his property April 30. Jared Potts, 33, of Lind, was booked into the Adams County Jail on three counts of first-degree animal cruelty on May 1, according to the Adams County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's Office deputies, assisted by Adams County Pet Rescue, executed the search warrant April 30 in the 700 block of South Longmeier Road, records show. Authorities s...
WASHTUCNA – A Spokane couple is facing weapons and other charges after an incident in the 400 block of South Main Street on Monday, April 25. Armando A. Reed, 44, and Angel M. Stella, 27, were booked into the Adams County Jail. Reed is charges possible charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, aiming or discharging a firearm or dangerous weapon, felony harassment-threats to kill, criminal impersonation, tampering with physical evidence and making false/misleading statements to law enforcement officers, records show. S...
RITZVILLE – Bad behavior was on display Saturday, April 29, when the Kettle Falls Bulldogs came to town for doubleheaders in boys baseball and girls fastpitch softball. The games were delayed 2 hours due to weather. In the 7th inning of the first baseball game against host Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, a Kettle Falls coach was ejected by an umpire. ”You guys are a joke,” the coach shouted as he left the field. Minutes later, over at the softball diamond, an umpire issued a team warning to the Kettle Falls coach for the behav...
RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville has a new high school girls basketball coach. Bryce Court was selected for the post from among two candidates – the other being the middle school girls basketball coach, John Galbreath. Court and Galbreath interviewed for the position with a committee of representatives from all districts in the athletic combine, as well as two school board members, a parent, one student athlete and three other coaches. In a recommendation to Superintendent Don Van...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna tennis team split six matches with Reardan on Wednesday, April 27, on the Broncos home court. In girls singles, Destiny Wells and Liberty Mcclanathan both came away with wins. Wells dispatched her opponent 6-3, 6-2, while Mcclanathan beat her opponent 6-1, 6-2. In girls doubles, Amy Anderson and Alexis Melcher posted a 6-0, 6-2 win. Hunter Cameron dropped his boys singles match 3-1. Zack Crouse and Destiny Phelps were also on the losing end of their matches....
RITZVILLE – More than 500 athletes from 28 schools converged on Ritzville, on a cool gray Saturday, April 29, with occasional drizzle, for the annual Undeberg Invitational Track Meet. The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna boys finished 15th overall with a team score of 15.5 points. Meanwhile, the girls wrapped up the meet in 20th place with 9.5 points. The nearby St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagle boys were 12th with 24.2 team points; Okanogan won with 157. The Eagle girls w...
RITZVILLE – Adams County Commissioners opened three bids for a 4-mile paving project on Booker Road during a meeting last week. The project calls for a 3-inch asphalt overlay on Booker Road from Foley Road to the Adams/Grant County Line. The apparent low bid of $1.893 million was submitted by Central Washington Asphalt Inc. of Moses Lake. Bids were also received from Granite Construction Co. of Yakima, $2,050.252.40; and Inland Asphalt Company of Richland, $2,499,499.99. The engineering estimate for the project is $...
RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville High School has 27 seniors on track for graduation June 4, the Lind and Ritzville school boards learned during a meeting last week. In addition, the district has five seniors who may not be walking in the commencement ceremony. Of the five, two are attending classes and working on graduation requirements. One is enrolled in the online Lind-Ritzville Academy and two are not attending school, school officials said. To graduate, students must have earned a combination of 26 credits in foundational a...
RITZVILLE – While COVID-19 cases have declined in recent weeks, East Adams Rural Hospital continues to face challenges transferring critically ill and trauma patients to larger hospitals in the region. The problem is more of a staff issue rather than available beds, Chief of Staff Dr. Charles M. Sackmann said last week during a hospital board meeting with a light agenda and three of five board members present.. If patients cannot be transferred to a hospital in Spokane, options farther way have to be taken, including the Puge...
RITZVILLE – Investigators from the Washington State Patrol are looking for help determining the origin of a steel plate, and how it came to be a factor in a fatal incident on Interstate 90. Thomas M. Hosford, 73, of Eureka, Calif., died at the scene about 8 miles east of Ritzville in the 3:16 p.m., April 13 crash, the Washington State Patrol reported. Hosford was westbound in a 2000 Ford pickup on Interstate 90 when his vehicle entered the median "before vaulting off an e...
LIND – The Town Council had a public hearing April 26 for residents to provide input into the proposed quail Loop paving project. The hearing was in anticipation of applying for a Community Development Block Grant to fund the project. Applications are due June 1. If approved, the grant would provide up to $30,000 for planning and $900,000 in funding to pave Quail Loop, near North Eighth Street. Approved funds are expected to be awarded in 2023. In other business, the council also discussed a Fifth Street proposed paving p...
WASHTUCNA – A recent land purchase by Waste Management, doing business as WM, may have some Adams County residents remembering a proposed landfill project from three decades ago. According to the Adams County Assessor’s Office, WM purchased about 40 acres of land east of Washtucna and north of state Highway 26, from Heidi Cooper (AKA Heidi Evans) of Kennewick, for $300,000. The land is adjacent to the site of a proposed 500 acre landfill, which gained a land use permit from Adams County in 1994, but the land was never use...
RITZVILLE – A California motorist was killed Wednesday, April 13, in an Interstate 90 crash near Milepost 229. Thomas M. Hosford, 73, of Eureka, Calif., died at the scene about 8 miles east of Ritzville in the 3:16 p.m. crash, the Washington State Patrol reported. Hosford was westbound in a 2000 Ford pickup on Interstate 90 when his vehicle entered the median “before vaulting off an embankment,” the patrol reported. The vehicle came to rest on Hills Road, where it crosses underneath I-90, the patrol reported. Hosford was w...
CHEWELAH – The Jenkins Cougars swept the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna girls fastpitch softball team during a doubleheader April 19. The scores were 13-2 and 12-0. “Free bases hurt us” Coach Todd O’Brien said. “And were pressing too much on the mound and in the field trying to make the perfect play rather than just taking the routine out.” In the first game, the Cougar fielders were well-positioned to keep Bronco base runners off the paths. Nine walks and seven errors piled up, and gave the Jenkins girls a big lead in the...
HARRINGTON – Only two golfers from Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna traveled to Harrington for a league match, April 21. Amelia Court and Brock Tracy, accompanied by Coach Bryce Court, made the trip. Both golfers played in four-somes with golfers from Jenkins High school (Chewelah). Also at the match were teams from Davenport, Asotin-Anatone and Colfax. Final results were not reported, but during the round Tracy avoided the water hazard and made a 3 on the par 3 seventh h...
KETTLE FALLS – Girls from the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtunca tennis team traveled to Kettle Falls, April 20, for a league match, and came home with five wins and no losses. In singles, Destiny Wells beat her opponent 6-0, 6-0. Liberty McClanathan won her match 6-2, 6-3 ,while Destiny Phelps dispatched her opponent 6-4, 6-2. Faye Niccols prevailed with a 9-8 win. In doubles, Amy Anderson and Alexis Melcher posted a 6-2, 6-1 win over the host Bulldogs. The Broncos returned home, April 23, for a league match against H...
RITZVILLE – A new story walk is on display at the Ritzville path. The story walk is displayed on 16 signs, and begins near the intersection of East Main and Pacific Street and runs east to the entrance to the Wheat Land Communities Fairgrounds. Stories change every few months on the walk. The latest story is titled "One Big Pair of Underwear" and is about numbers and animals. Youngsters learning to read and count will enjoy the story, and get a little exercise as w...
RITZVILLE – More than 100 attendees came to the Wheat Land Communities Fairgrounds on April 23 for the annual Wampum fundraiser. The event began with attendees submitting bids for items in a silent auction. Dinner was served, prepared by Rolling Coal BBQ. After dinner, a live auction took place, with Jerry Snyder handling the auctioneering duties. Proceeds benefit the Wheat Land Communities Fair, slated annually for Labor Day Weekend....
RIZTVILLE – The City Council discussed amending the nuisance ordinance of the city code during its April 19 meeting. The ordinance applies to unsightly or unsanitary conditions on property within the city. Some council members and Mayor Linda Kadlec believe the existing ordinance does not have enough “teeth,” they said, particularly when it comes to abatement of infractions after a show cause hearing. City Attorney John Kragt, who is also the city attorney for Colfax, has been working on the updates including proposed changes...