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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eastern Washington's two Republican congressional representatives were on opposite sides of the House vote to impreach President Donald Trump for a second time. Fourth Congressional District Rep. Dan Newhouse of Sunnyside joined Democrats in voting for impreachment of the president on grounds of so-called sedition. Newhouse represents Central Washington, including Benton, Franklin, Adams and Grant counties, among others. Fifth Congressional District Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Spokane opposed impeachment...
OLYMPIA – Two people were arrested this morning, Monday, Jan. 11, as the Legislature entered session behind locked gates. Early in the morning, a woman parked her RV in front of one of the gates and refused to move it or leave, the Washington State Patrol reported. When she was arrested for failing to follow a lawful order, one of her friends moved the RV. Then at precisely 11 a.m. as the Legislature was opening session, a man in his 30s attempted to walk to the Capitol b...
OLYMPIA -- The Washington National Guard and the Washington State Patrol took up positions around the Capitol today in advance of the opening of the legislative session. Their deployment came as two protests took place in the city. The only damage reported was a broken window smashed when some Black Lives Matter protesters broke off from the main protest downtown and marched to the Capitol campus, where state troopers awaited them. After the window damage, the group retreated...
RITZVILLE – Newly-elected Adams County Commissioners Dan Blankenship (left) and Jay Weise were sworn in at the Adams County Courthouse Thursday, Dec. 31. Blankenship replaces Commissioner John Marshall in District 1, and Weise replaces retiring Commissioner Roger Hartwig in District 2. Also sworn in for his second elected four-year term was Superior Court Judge Steve Dixon....
PULLMAN – What would decide a double-overtime game between two PAC-12 early season contenders last Saturday night in Pullman? A ball thrown off an opponent’s thigh to save a possession? A tip-away steal on the dribble in the last minute of regulation? The lingering effect of a technical on WSU coach Kyle Smith an hour-and-a-half earlier? None of the above – it was a banked-in three-pointer from the top of the key, Arizona winning 86-82. The silence that followed in the no-fa...
December 18 Suspicious 911 – 2100 block West Clyde Lane Othello Dispatch advised of multiple 911 hang-ups near the location with a female asking for help during one call with no address given. Deputies responded and spoke with multiple subjects who advised of no issues and gave no signs of criminal activity. Unable to locate any females or complainant. Suspicious 911 – 2200 block West Rainier Road Othello Dispatch advised of two 911 calls from the location. Upon contacting the residents, it was determined no 911 calls wer...
A few weeks ago I was listening to a sports radio program that was focusing on the career of Seattle Seahawks’ quarterback Russell Wilson. The host was doing some comparisons to Drew Brees and Tom Brady. He was telling his audience how Wilson would need to play until he was in his 40’s and throw more passes to be in the same statistical league with the two future hall of famers. What he was getting to was what Wilson would need to be to also be considered for the NFL Hall of...
January Ritzville woman killed in wrong-way crash By Brandon Cline Two people were killed and five more injured in a wrong-way crash about eight miles south of Lind on State Route 395 on the evening of Dec. 29. According to the Washington State Patrol one of the vehicles, a 2015 Toyota Prius, was driving southbound in the northbound lane of State Route 395, and struck a 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan head-on in the northbound lane head-on near milepost 71 around 6 p.m. One of those...
Library goes to winter hours RITZVILLE – East Adams Library District began winter hours Jan. 4. The library, located at 302 W. Main Avenue, will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. They will be closed Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Day. The library’s online resources are available at all times. The Grab and Go table will not be outside the library in the winter, but craft bags will still be available once a month. Snap Circuits and Makey Makey Kits are available for checkout to educator...
Sarah Alvirda Hebert, has passed away peacefully December 23rd, 2020 at 2:00 AM. She was 93. Sarah was born to Milas Newton Vandine and Evelyn Gertrude Lord the 24th of May, 1927 in Elk City, Oklahoma. After the family moved to Washington, she graduated Kennewick High School. She soon married Don Mock in Richland, WA. They had one son, Troy Michael Mock, in 1952. In 1964, the family re-located to Vancouver, WA and she worked for the Pioneer Title Company. In 1968, Don Mock passed away. She would marry Louis Hebert, and they w...
It has come to my attention that someone reported “Jakes” for allowing the truckers to come in and eat. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? These road heroes are on the road and in their trucks 8- 10-and even 12 hours at time, in rain, snow, ice, and fog, to make sure when you go to the store to buy food, (medicine, tools, firewood,) or whatever you need, is there for you to buy! Not to mention all the trucks on the road to bring what you need to your home so YOU won’t have to drive in all that weather. And YOU have the audacity to say N...
Despite this difficult and challenging year, I hope all of you were able to enjoy Christmas and the holiday season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many families couldn’t gather with relatives, which made the holidays feel less enjoyable and more distant. Like so many of you, my wish for 2021 is for COVID-19 to be under control so that we all may resume our normal lives. The year 2020 has brought suffering and hardship to many here in our communities, and throughout America and...
While the coronavirus and its devastating effects on people and economies worldwide were unfortunately the top 2020 stories, the massive impact of western wildfires can’t be ignored. It was catastrophic. The National Interagency Fire Center’s western states tally shows a record 8.6 million acres were incinerated in 2020 compared with 4.6 million acres in 2019. In Washington just over 700,000 acres were burned; however, California and Oregon were not as fortunate. By com...
RITZVILLE – The Best Western Bronco Inn is expanding by more than half its current size. The Bronco Inn, located at 105 W. Galbreath Way, opened in May of 2003 with 63 rooms. The expansion will bring the total of rooms to 97. “The addition is 35 rooms, but we will use one to enlarge our laundry room, so we’ll have 97 rooms all together,” owner Amy Galbreath said last week. The construction work is being done by A & A Construction and Development out of Spokane, who are half-ow...
OLYMPIA – Governor Jay Inslee’s 2021-23 proposed state transportation budget calls for a shift of hundreds of millions of dollars in transportation funding to pay for court-ordered fish passage projects. A 2013 U.S. District Court injunction requires the state to significantly increase the effort for removing state-owned culverts that block habitat for salmon and steelhead by 2030. “Drivers have the right to be upset by Inslee’s proposed shift of highway-project funding,” Senator Mark Schoesler of Ritzville said. Schoesler...