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  • Disabled semi

    Updated Apr 4, 2023

    A disabled tractor-trailer blocked the roadway and slowed traffic through Ritzville on Thursday, March 30. City Public Works crew assisted the driver of the disabled semi at the corner of Division and First Avenue....

  • Broadband coming to Adams County

    Dale Brown, The Journal|Updated Apr 4, 2023

    RITZVILLE – Since the height of the pandemic in 2021, extending broadband capacity has become a priority for Adams County Commissioner Dan Blankenship and other county leaders. They’ve pushed the project forward because Adams County is a “broadband desert,” according to Blankenship. He likens the current situation to rural electrification efforts during the Great Depression of the 1930s. In those years, it became a national priority to extend electricity to the countryside. “We’re trying to do the same thing here,” he s...

  • Visiting Salem youth help local towns

    Dale Brown, The Journal|Updated Apr 4, 2023

    LIND – A team of 27 students and 12 adult volunteers from Salem, Ore., spent their spring break helping folks in Adams County communities last week. They painted buildings in Benge, cleaned up the community garden in Lind and freshened the Ralston cemetery, according to high school student Lauren Halliday, a member of the youth group. "In the afternoons, we've been holding Vacation Bible School for kids from kindergarten through eighth-grade," student Daniel Nemecek said. "We...

  • Local robbery suspect arrested

    Roger Harnack, The Journal|Updated Apr 4, 2023

    OTHELLO — A local man was arrested for robbery after deputies used a Taser to subdue him following a pursuit. Andres Garza, 35, of Othello, was booked into the Franklin County Jail on Friday, March 31. He is facing charges of first-degree robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm, attempting to elude police, and second-degree driving while license suspended. He was also wanted on three outstanding misdemeanor warrants out of Adams County. According to an Adams County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies searching for Garza fou...