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Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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RIZVILLE – “We’re north of a dollar more in diesel than where we were before the invasion,” Sen. Mark Schoesler began in a recent interview. Schoesler, a farmer himself, represents the 9th Legislative District, including Adams, Whitman and Franklin counties. His comments came during an interview on the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on diesel fuel and farming. Fuel prices continue to rise leaving farmers forced to save and to hope for prices to drop, he said. “I still consid...
Each year during the NCAA tournament I get asked how my bracket is doing and I always answer I don’t do brackets because I would pick teams that I want to win instead of investing time figuring out which team matches up better against an opponent. That is really time consuming and I wouldn’t enjoy watching the games. I think one of my uncles had the right idea when he bet on a game. He would take the opposing team and let you take the team we both really wanted to win. He sai...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtuna fastpitch girls fastpitch softball team lost both games of a doubleheader with Asotin-Anatone, on a blustery afternoon Saturday, April 2. "We are definitely seeing improvements and need to work on consistency, both offensively and defensively," coach Todd O'Brien said. The Panther girls took the first game 11-1, on the strength of their pitching, coupled with some missed opportunities at the plate by the Broncos, leaving 7 r...
These bags of dirt were waiting to be spread on the infield at the Ritzville Little League Park. Little League makes a return to Ritzville this spring, after a two year absence due to the global pandemic....
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna baseball team dropped a Northeast 2B League doubleheader to Asotin-Anatone, Saturday, April 2. The first game ended in a lopsided score of 20-8, with pitcher Owen Telecky taking the loss. Brody Boness hit a home run in the losing effort. The late game was closer, but the Broncos fell 9-5. Chase Galbreath took the loss on the mound. The Broncs (4-4) are winless in league play at 0-4. Next on the schedule, the Broncos travel A...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtuncna Tennis Team hosted Wilbur-Creston on Wednesday, March 30, in a league match. In singles, Destiny Wells posted a 2-0 match win, 6-1 and 6-2, over her opponent, while Hunter Cameron dispatched his opponent also 2-0, with game scores of 6-0 and 8-6. Liberty McClanathan posted a 2-1 win, losing the first game 4-6, but rallying with 6-4 and 6-2 wins for the match. In girls doubles, Amy Anderson and Alexis Melcher beat their o...
RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville High School recognized current members of the National Honor Society Chapter and inducted 12 new members March 31. The officers are President Amelia, Vice-President Alexis Melcher, Treasurer Grace Fedie and Secretary Hayden Melcher. Members of the junior and senior classes inducted in 2020 and 2021 are Amy Anderson, Hannah Colbert, Mariah Frees, Taylor Galbreath, Dakota Killian, Cooper Miller, Kaylee Monroe, Hunter Cameron, Hunter Dinkins, Chase G...
Larry Koch was born in Ritzville, Wash. Sept. 22, 1943 to parents Lawrence & Normadine Koch. He attended school in Ritzville, Wash., graduating from Ritzville High School in 1961. Larry peacefully passed away Tuesday morning, March 29, in Spokane, Wash. Larry’s dream job was to own and operate a café, thus the birth of Kochie’s Place, Lind’s newest business. However, the business burned to the ground shortly after opening leaving Larry with new options and decisions. Shortl...
RITZVILLE – Members of the Ritzville and Lind Alumni Association worked on class composites in the high school library March 31. Damaged plexi-glass was replaced and some photos were re-glued on the pages. The class pictures hung on the wall of the old Ritzville High School before it was torn down. Then they were moved to the entryway in the new high school before the remodel. Now, the pictures have a new home in the high school library. The photo collection dates back to t...
Gerald “Jerry” Kelly, 76, died unexpectedly at his home on Dec. 20, 2021. Jerry was born on May 9, 1945 in Louisiana, Mo. to Ollie and Martha (Carroll) Kelly. After graduating from high school in Clarkston, Ky. in 1963, he joined the navy and served in Vietnam. He married his wife Lynne on Jan. 8, 1982 and worked for many years as a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Bothell, Wash. After his retirement from the post office, he and Lynne moved to Ritzville in the lat...
A group of pro-life organizations uncovered a freezer at University of Washington containing the remains of aborted babies, exposing the university’s cruel and evil experimentation. The groups released a photo showing bags that contained the fetal body parts. The Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, Pro-Life San Francisco and Rehumanize International located the freezer “by examining invoices previously exposed via public records req...
The Northeast Washington Wildlife Group is very concerned about the whitetail deer in District 1 of Region 1 in Northeast Washington. The harvest numbers for the area in 2019 and 2020 set record lows and the blue tongue outbreak in 2020 was worse than the very bad outbreak of 2015. The city of Colville removed over 160 carcasses from within city limits last year, in 2015 they removed 80. When asked if the state Department of Fish and Wildlife had any plans to help deer numbers rebound, the department replied: “Indeed, d...
LaCROSSE – The annual Farmers Festival returns to town June 24-26. This year, the theme of the event is “Back to our Roots.” This year’s Farmers Festival will kick off, Friday, June 24, with a cruise-in featuring classic chassis and other vehicles. The fun continues Saturday with a parade and old-fashioned contests like stick horse racing, rolling pin toss, and three-legged, sack and wheelbarrow races. There will also be a hole-in-one contest and other activities. The annual event is organized by the nonprofit LaCross...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times April 6, 1922 Officers make booze raids Lincoln and Adams county officers have been hitting the trail hot for a week running down violations of the liquor laws. In this county, five out of seven warrants issued resulted in arrests and the in Lincoln County 8 out of 14. The officers of thie county aided each other in carrying out the campaign which was directed particularly against parties in the western and norther part of this county...
COLFAX – Farming is the backbone of every country. And organizers of the upcoming Old-Time Farming Days want people to understand the importance of farming and ranching. Old-Time Farming Days are planned for April 16-17 across the road from the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds on state Highway 26 west of Colfax and for May 14-15 at the Tom Scharff farm, a couple miles east of Davenport at 42601 Four Corners Road East. The annual Vintage Threshing Bee is also planned for Sunday, Sept...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Wheat growers is surveying farmers to develop priorities to address in the next Farm Bill. The survey is designed to gather feedback from growers about what policies are most important to farmers and identify practical policy recommendations that would benefit the grower community, association officials said. The association uses the data to provide input in Congress. The current Farm Bill Survey asks farmers to describe their experiences on a wide variety of programs set to e...
RALSTON – Ralston Grange No. 943 will be getting a new well thanks to funding from Innovia Foundation of Spokane. Innovia awarded the grange $15,000 to drill a new well on its property to supply potable water, officials said. The well must be completed no later than March 23, officials said. According to Innovia, the funds will pay for drilling the well hole and purchasing items need to connect the well to the grange hall. The allocation was among $1.01 million in grants the agency announced last week. Five other organization...
Unsettled spring weather patterns bring interesting cloud formations to the Ritzville region....
RITZVILLE – A small number for community members turned out to meet and greet finalists for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna girls basketball coach March 30 at Ritzville High School. The finalists are Bryce Court, a teacher at Lind-Ritzville High School and John Galbreath, a Ritzville farmer. Court is a graduate of Liberty Bell High School in Winthrop and was a teacher and coach at Garden Valley, Idaho. Court has been teaching in Ritzville since 2019. His coaching experience includes middle school girls in Idaho, and a...
RITZVILLE - Ritzville utility bills will arrive late this month due to a software problem with the billing system, the city announced Monday, April 4. According to City Clerk/Treasurer Julie Flyckt, customers can expect to receive their bills in the mail by the end of the week. Because of the delay, the payment due date is extended to April 15. April is the first bill based on actual meter readings since October. During the winter months water usage is estimated. If actual usage exceeds the estimates over the winter, the...
LIND – After soliciting feedback from staff and parents, the Lind-Ritzville School Boards approved a traditional calendar for the 2022-23 school year. At the February board meeting, Superintendent Don Vanderholm proposed a second option, which would have started school earlier in August, but added several 3-day weekends throughout the year, apart from 3-day weekends associated with federal holidays. Vanderholm reported there was more support for the traditional calendar, which the boards approved. Enrollment in the Ritzville...
More than 1,500 racers signed up to compete Sunday in the Desert 100 West of Odessa. Riders raced in a team 100-mile, 50-mile or team event....