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RITZVILLE - Following the Tuesday, March 12, primary in Washington and other states, its appears that voters will see a rematch in the race for U.S. President. Both former President Republican Donald J. Trump and current Democrat President Joseph R. Biden Jr. secured enough support to become the presumptive nominees for their parties. Unofficial election results as of Monday, March 18, showed that in Washington state, nearly 1.29 million voters cast ballots in the primary elec...
The 2024 legislative session is now in the history books. After 60 days, in which 201 House bills and 180 Senate bills passed the Legislature, we can report a mix of great successes and disappointments. We fought hard for public hearings on all six citizens' initiatives to the Legislature. Closer to the end of the session, Democratic leaders in both the House and Senate reluctantly agreed to hear three of the measures but sent the other three initiatives to the November...
LIND – The following residents are celebrating birthdays and anniversaries from March 20-26: Anniversaries March 20 — Walter and Samantha Crow Birthdays March 22 — Donna Bittick March 23 — Tom Strohmaier and Rachel Width-Branson March 25 — Michael Thorne March 26 — Debbie Starring and Tanya Mullins....
LEWISTON - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague track team struggled to gain traction against large schools, Friday, March 15, in its season-opening competition at the Sweeney Invitational. The boys tied with Deary, Idaho, for 14th as at team with 7 team points. The Bronco girls finished last with only 3 team points. Post Falls, Idaho, won the boys team title with 177.5 points, followed by Connell with 66. Coeur d'Alene won the girls title with 140 team points, followed by Post Falls...
NOTICE OF APPLICATION& SEPA THRESHOLD DETERMINATION Pursuant to RCW 43.21C.080, notice is hereby given that Adams County did on March 18, 2024, make a Determination of Non-significance (DNS), for the following application. Description of proposal: Adams County Building and Planning received a SEPA checklist for the above refenced Othello Housing Authority Rocky Point Planned Residential Development (PRD) Project. This PRD application consists of a residential apartment development of the 10-acre site located at 632 S Taylor...
LIND — The Washington State Patrol is still looking for a driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian last October. On Nov. 1, the body of Nicholas A. Cooper, 31, of Lakewood, was discovered near Milepost 81 of U.S. Highway 395. Cooper was pronounced deceased at the scene two miles east of the city at about 3:41 a.m., the patrol reported at the time. An Adams County deputy notified the next of kin. The patrol said Cooper was killed in a hit-and-run incident. According to the patrol, an unknown vehicle was s...
OTHELLO — Irrigation water from the East Low Canal is being delayed to allow the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District to work on an upper canal. The Main Canal near Billy Clapp Lake is undergoing a leak assessment and potential repair work, officials said. That means irrigation water to smaller canals and laterals off the East Low Canal won’t be available until the work is complete. Deliveries via the West Canal near Quincy are also being delayed by the work. The delay stems from a potential leak detected by the federal Bu...
The legislative session is over, and it had the potential to be very positive for salmon recovery. There was bipartisan support for habitat restoration. Legislators also had a huge amount of money to allocate because the tax on CO2 emissions generated far more money than anticipated. Despite that, the Legislature failed to make significant progress on salmon. It is one more wasted opportunity to protect an iconic state species. The most glaring example of the failure is in...
WASHTUCNA - The Washtucna FFA won several awards at the March 8 FFA Agronomy and Food Science event. Hannah Hille, Noah Dockery, Hailee Noser, Addie Herold and Kaden DeBell took first place in the Food Science Team competition. Meanwhile, Arianna Lujan, Zenaida Lujan, Abbigail Northern, Sadie Waldvogel, Natahlia Rundquist and Christian Lisenbey took fifth-place in the same team event. The Agronomy Team of Maddie Bartlett, Drake Gloyn, Kalea Herold and Ali Bartlett took third...
Gregory John Kamer Feb. 25, 1953 –Dec. 24, 2023 Gregory John Kamer was born on Feb. 25, 1953 along with his fraternal brother Richie joining his older sister Carol. Later three more siblings joined them. Greg was raised in Brooklyn New York and later moved to Long Island New York. He was a typical boy doing boy mischief; he often came home with many injuries. At the age of 18 he got serious about his life's path and joined the Air Force working in law enforcement. A little l...
Earl Franz Memorial Service will be held Saturday Mar, 23, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. Menno Mennonite Church Ritzville, Wash ....
RITZVILLE – Here are the meals being offered by the H.E. Gritman Senior Center in Ritzville and the Lind Senior Center in Lind. H.E Gritman Senior Center The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is serving the following: • Wednesday, Mar. 20 - Fish, salad and roll. • Thursday, Mar. 21 - Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, vegetable and roll. • Monday, Mar. 25 - Hot beef sandwich, mashed potatoes and vegetable. • Tuesday, Mar. 26 - German sausage with sauerkraut and roll. • Wednesday, Mar. 27 - BBQ ribs, mac ‘n’ cheese and roll. – All...
ADAMS COUNTY NOTICE TO CONSULTANTS FOR (SURVEYING SERVICES) FOR THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFFS EVIDENCE BUILDING Adams County is soliciting Request for Qualifications (RFQ) from a Consulting firm and or firms with expertise in Land Boundary and Topographical Survey. This solicitation will be for one project. The duration of the agreement will be from approximately May 1, 2024, through July 31, 2024, with the option, to extend agreement or agreements for additional phases, time, and money, if necessary. Adams County reserves the ri...
AMENDED NOTICE OF APPLICATION& SEPA THRESHOLD DETERMINATION Pursuant to RCW 43.21C.080, notice is hereby given that Adams County did on March 15, 2024, make a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS), for the following amended application. Description of proposal: Adams County Building and Planning received an amended SEPA checklist for the Port of Othello Bruce Water Tower Project. The Port of Othello will be adding an additional 200,000-gallon elevated steel reservoir. The reservoir will be connected to the existing water...
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of entry; As per RCW 17.10.160, this notice will serve as notification that noxious weed control board inspectors will begin inspecting for noxious weeds beginning April 1, 2024 and may require entry on property owned and/or operated by you at any time during the 2024 growing season. Please note: This notice applies to those parcels within the noxious weed control board’s jurisdiction. Tracy GrahamClerk of the board Publiished March 20 and 27, 2024...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING To: Agencies and Adjacent Landowners of Record From: Andie Lorenz, Building and Planning Director Date: March 13, 2024 Re: Notice of Conditional Use Permit Application Pursuant to RCW 43.21C.080, and Adams County Code, you have been identified as a possible adjacent property owner to receive notification of an upcoming public hearing: Notice is hereby given that Adams County did on February 27, 2024, make a Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) related to a Conditional Use Permit application that...
PUBLIC NOTICE DCI Engineers, Matt Gibb, 707 W 2nd Ave Spokane, WA 99201- 4412, 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 discharges and runoff g...
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, March 27, 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 Published March 13 and 20,...
CHANGE OF VENUE NOTICE TOWN OF LIND COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 26, 2024 – 7:00 P.M. COLUMBIA GRAIN MEETING ROOM 103 N. “L” STREET All residents are welcome to attend. Published March 20, 2024...
PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO APPROPRIATE PUBLIC WATERS TAKE NOTICE: That Branden Rader and Tiffany Jo Spencer of Ritzville, WA on February 13, 2024, under Water Right Application No. G3-30978, filed for a permit to appropriate public groundwater, subject to existing rights, from a well for seasonal use in the amount of 300 gallons per minute (gpm) for irrigation of 225 acres. The source of the proposed appropriation is located within the SE¼ of the NE¼ of Section 18, T., 18 N., R. 38 E.W.M., within Adams County, WA. The p...
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SEASONAL CHANGE/ TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHT UNDER ONE (1) GROUND WATER CERTIFICATE STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY TAKE NOTICE: That Kagele Acres Inc. of Odessa, WA, has made application for SEASONAL change/transfer of water right in order to add one point of withdrawal and change a portion of the place of use as granted under Ground Water Certificate No. 6830-A. That Ground Water Certificate No. 6830-A authorizes the withdrawal of 2200 gallons per minute, 2560 acre-feet per year, each year,...
I’m sure that many people who enjoy watching the NCAA basketball tournament really don’t watch many of the conference tournaments. For fans around here that watch Gonzaga and WSU your interests were in Las Vegas last week and the last game you watched ended in a loss for the men and also the GU women. The only local team to win their conference tournament was the EWU women. The Eagle ladies had and extraordinary season and will now take on Oregon State in Corvallis. Nice rew...
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE/TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHT UNDER TWO (2) GROUND WATER SUPERSEDING CERTIFICATES STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY TAKE NOTICE: That Pants Mountain Properties LLC of Odessa, WA, has made applications for change/transfer of water right in order to change the points of withdrawal and a portion of the place of use as granted under Superseding Ground Water Certificate Nos. 5949-A(A) and 6015-A(A). That Adjudicated Superseding Ground Water Certificate No. 5949-A(A) authorizes the withdrawal of...
ODESSA—Motocross fans who can’t wait for the Desert 100 race the first weekend of April have local two races to look forward to this weekend. The Stumpjumpers Motorcycle Club, which puts on the Desert 100 each year, is hosting the Frostbite Grand Prix and White Knuckle Grand Prix here Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24. The races are a mile south of town at approximately 3985 State Highway 21. Saturday is the Frostbite and Sunday is the White Knuckle. Each day’s racing starts at 9:30 a.m. with a 2.5 hour long course, fol...
LIND — The Northwest Rally Association opened its 2024 season with two days of racing in Lions Club Arena on March 9-10. The Top 3 finishers in each class are as follows: Saturday, March 9 Prepared FWD — 1. James Connelly, 6:42.948; 2. Joshua Albanese, 6:47.750; 3. Chase Cook, 7:04.621. Stock RWD — 1. T.J. Vollema, 6:22.983; 2. Bryan Davidson, 6:25.797; 3. Jason Angell, 6:36.874. Prepared RWD —1. Michael Erbland, 7:25.626. Prepared AWD —1. Omri Reeves, 6:07.682; 2. Daniel Slipes-Brandt, 6:07.747; 3. Dean Minner, 6:11.212....