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Wrestling at 190 pounds, Lind-Ritzville's Traye Redburn scores nearfall points on Carter Bowman of Asotin during a league meet Tuesday, Jan. 16, in Reardan. Redburn won the bout, 14-0. For more wrestling coverage, see Page 9...
RITZVILLE - A new city councilman was sworn into office during a meeting Jan. 16. William Green took a seat on the City Council, filling the unexpired Ward No. 3 position left vacant when Scott Yaeger was elected mayor. At an earlier council meeting, Yaeger recommended the council approve Green to fill his remaining two-year term. Yaeger said he talked to a few people in Ward No. 3, a residential section of the city near Ritzville School District facilities, and received a...
OLYMPIA – For the second time in a week, an effort to remove former President Donald J. Trump’s name off of the March 12 primary ballot has been tossed out of court. Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Bassett refused to hear the case in his court on Tuesday, Jan. 16. Then on Thursday, Jan. 18, Thurston County Superior Court Judge Mary Sue Wilson tossed the challenge. The lawsuit was filed by eight Kitsap County residents who alleged the former president isn’t eligible to run for federal office, citing Section 3 of th...
RITZVILLE — Voters in nearly every community of Adams County will be getting Feb. 13 special election ballots in the mail this week. Voters will have a choice on a number of school levies, including the Endicott. North Franklin, Odessa, Benge, LaCrosse, Warden, Lind and Ritzville school districts. A Park and Recreation District No. 4 levy is also on the ballot. That levy is designed to collect $65,000 in property taxes — based on a collection of 15 cents $1,000 of assessed valuation — to pay for repair and maintenance of th...
RITZVILLE — City Council members unanimously agreed Jan. 2 to renew the city’s lease with Porky’s Clubhouse Grill for the municipal golf court clubhouse. The restaurant owner, Jackeline Pacheco, is an Arizona native who established the first Porky’s two years ago as a hot dog stand in Moses Lake. At the Ritzville site, Pacheco takes orders and relays them to her husband, Mario Flores, who prepares food in the kitchen. The city’s lease contract with Porky’s runs through calendar year 2024. But, as amended at the Jan. 16 cou...
LIND – A local farmer is being credited with directing $5,000 to help the Lind Senior Center. Albert Wollman directed a $5,000 Bayer Fund America’s Farmers Grow Communities to the center. “The donation on behalf of Albert Wollman will assist in our Lind Senior Center to continue providing service to our community,” Senior Center President Phyllis Heil said. “Our center is open for meals each weekday except Tuesday for socialization and a noon meal. “We also deliver meals in town to those folks that are home bound. Our...
Deputies arrest one man, search for another OTHELLO – The Adams County Sheriff’s Office as arrested a local man in connection with a burglary. Isaac Isaias Fuentes-Gomez, was arrested Jan. 16 for residential burglary and first-degree theft following execu-tion of a search warrant, records show. Fuentes-Gomez was apprehended in the 900 block of East Sagewood Street, records show. Deputies also recov-ered multiple stolen items. Deputies are search for a second man in connection with the crime – Joshua Hoseph Guiterrez, 28 of...
Mayor Scott Yaeger administered the oath of office to recently hired Ritzville Police Officer Brandon Beck-Gmeiner during a Jan. 16 City Council meeting. Police Chief Dave McCormick said he expects to schedule Beck-Gmeiner for police academy training when there's an opening....