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RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys’ basketball game with Columbia (Burbank) was cancelled Wednesday, December 29, due to a couple of positive COVID tests in the LRS program. According to Athletic Director Greg Whitmore, the girls’ team was determined not to have had close contact with the boys, and the girls’ varsity game was played as scheduled, in Gilson Gym. The Bronco girls got their second win of the season by beating the Columbia Coyotes 57-50. Dakota Killian led all scorers with 18. Zoe Galbreath had 9 point...
I had some great ideas for a column this week which was a carryover from last week but because of some unforeseen circumstances didn’t get written last week. Now that it is a week later the column I was going to go with probably is just as well left in the back of my brain. So I will start with something that has concerned me for a few years and a topic I’ve mentioned on a couple of occasions I’m sure. On Friday the WSU Cougars played the Central Michigan (CMU) Chipp...
OTHELLO — The City Council approved a $19.5 million budget for 2022 during its last meeting, Dec. 13. The fiscal 2022 budget includes $7.4 million for general fund operations, $4.1 million for water services and $2.9 million for wastewater treatment, among other expenses. The city will contract with Adams County Pet Rescue for animal control at a cost of about $51,000, and with Adams County Fire District No. 5 for fire services at an estimated $426,000. The city has received $500,000 in grant funds from the state Wildlife a...
LOWER GRANITE DAM — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife closed the lower section of Snake River to steelhead fishing effective Jan. 4. The closure extends from the mouth of the river at Burbank upstream to Lower Granite Dam. Above the dam to the Idaho-Oregon state line, fishermen may now only keep one steelehead per day, officials said. No native steelhead – those with unclipped adipose fins – may be kept, officials said, noting only barbless hooks are allowed when fishing for steelhead. The change in the steel...
Ritzville Land Transactions RITZVILLE - Here are the land transactions released by the Adam's County assessor's office between December 15 and December 27 Dec. 15 From Kris Ann Musante of Spokane, personal representative of Roger William Krug, 1665 East Madera Street, to Johnnie Casto Villegas and Nicole Grace Lim Villegas of Othello, $375,000. Dec. 17 From Veronica M. Sima of Othello, 920 East Gemstone Street, to Rafael A Ochoa Murillo and Dhalia Illan Rosales and Olga L Rosales De Illan and Fransisco J Illan of Othello...
Well, more accurately, 2021 ended in smoke, at least here at the newspaper. That smoke came from the meltdown of our labeling system. And as a result, your newspaper was likely late. And for that we apologize. I want to assure you we are already in the process of resolving the issue. Hopefully, this edition of the newspaper reaches you on time, a sign that the labeling system problem has been resolved. Who would have thought that just getting your name and address on the...
ODESSA – Schoonover Farms, LLC is voluntarily recalling retail raw whole milk and cream after routine testing by the state Department of Agriculture revealed the presence of toxin-producing E. coli in a raw cream sample Dec. 23. Out of an abundance of caution, raw whole milk and cream displaying “best by” dates of Dec. 23, 2021, through Jan. 2, 2022, have been recalled, officials said. The recalled product was bottled in 8-ounce, quart, half-gallon and one-gallon containers and was sold to local consumers in the Odessa area...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times Jan. 5, 1922 To Finish State Road: Arrangements made for the completion of gap between Ritzville and Paha during 1922 Word has been received from Olympia that the state highway department will call for bids for the building of the road between Paha and Ritzville., 12.3 miles, which is the last link on the Central Washington Highway. The road will be graded and graveled during this year. The completion of this road is made possible at...
Forgotten proof of purchase Lind Mayor Paula Bell is reviewing old ordinances — even though Lind paid $6,000-plus to have our ordinances codified — to make sure old, rescinded ordinances are not included in Lind laws anymore. Paula Bell has “discovered” that years ago the town charged dog owners a one-time fee of $25 per dog. This is not in our town code, which most likely means it was rescinded, probably in favor of annual dog licenses. But Paula Bell has decided to re-instate the one-time fee and keep annual licensing with...
LIND – A local man has been sentenced after pleading guilty Monday, Jan. 3, in a domestic violence case. Charles William Rushing, 46, appeared in Adams County Superior Court in Ritzville and pleaded guilty to charges of protection order violation-domestic violence and third-degree assault on a law enforcement officer, records show. The charges stem from an arrest by Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Washington State Patrol troopers on Dec. 14 in Lind, records show. Adams County Superior Court Judge Steve Dixon acc...
PASCO – The 2022 inductees to the Mid-Columbia Agriculture Hall of Fame will be honored at a dinner and installation gala at the Pasco Red Lion on Wednesday, Jan. 19. The Pioneer, Agriculture Adviser, Stewardship and Visionary awards will be presented at the hotel following a 5 p.m. social hour and dinner featuring local produce and wine. Zenaido “Sam” and Angelica Martinez will be presented with the Pioneer Award. Sam Martinez was a member of a migrating farm family. In 1959, he married his wife and took a job in Mesa worki...
WASHTUCNA – State Highway 26 was closed early Monday as plows tried to clear drifting snow from the roadway. The highway was just one between from her to Colfax that had to be shut down. State Highway 127, which connects the town of Dusty to U.S. Highway 12 east of Dayton was also shuttered. Around the region, multiple roads were closed in Whitman and Spokane counties, and elsewhere. Wind gusts of up to 40 mph pushed drifts across roadways, prompting several school d...
RITZVILLE – A Wenatchee man has pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted rape of a child. Royal Eaton Dana, 32, of Wenatchee, pleaded not guilty Jan. 3 in Adams County Superior Court, records show. The charge stems from a Dec. 16 arrest by Othello police. According to the probable cause statement, the arrest was made after detectives responded to an online ad, and carried on a text message conversation with the defendant, while impersonating a 13-year-old girl, records show. Dana allegedly drove from Wenatchee to meet th...
RITZVILLE — Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, 2021 was an eventful year. From vaccines to droughts to elections, a lot of things happened around East Adams County. Here is our Top 10: Hot and dry — Last April, meteorologists were warning that a drought was on the horizon. And by late June, temperatures were hitting well above 110 degrees in the region. The temperature here soared well above previous records, with some residents reporting a blistering 111 degrees. The all-time high recorded in Ritzville was 112 degrees...
RITZVILLE – One man is dead following an early morning fire Dec. 31, just outside of the city. "The victim is expected to be identified as Glenn Foley, age 76," Adams County Prosecuting Attorney/Coroner Randy Flyckt, said. An investigation into the death and the circumstances of the fire is ongoing by the Adams County Sheriff's Office, Adams County Fire Marshal and Washington State Patrol Crime Lab. Adams County Fire District No. 1 responded at 4:44 a.m. Dec. 31 to a fire a...