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RITZVILLE – A local resident has been appointed to the School Board. Erin Repp was interviewed by members of the School Board on Monday, April 25, and appointed to fill the vacant Position No. 3 seat. Repp is a 1998 graduate of Ritzville High School and has a bachelor's degree in business with an emphasis in risk management and finance from Washington State University. She has worked in the insurance industry since 2001, specializing in construction and insurance bonding. R...
RITZVILLE – An Othello woman convicted of trafficking in stolen property is now facing charges related to her alleged attempt to escape jail time. Tawni Jahns, 36, of Othello, was arrested April 23 after five days on the lam. She allegedly fled the Adams County Courthouse, April 18, just before sentencing on a conviction of trafficking in stolen property, records show. She was scheduled to appear for sentencing following her April 1 conviction. Jahns was released following the verdict pending sentencing, records show. After f...
There is an old saying: “You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.” When it comes to the Undeberg Invitational you could say you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s back, and back it came last Saturday in Ritzville. With 28 teams and about 500 athletes this great track meet was a breath of fresh air starting with a little rain before the meet started and mild temperatures throughout the day with a slight breeze. The last Undeberg Invite was held in 2019 and there we...
LIND – A local man was arrested on animal cruelty charges after law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at his property April 30. Jared Potts, 33, of Lind, was booked into the Adams County Jail on three counts of first-degree animal cruelty on May 1, according to the Adams County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's Office deputies, assisted by Adams County Pet Rescue, executed the search warrant April 30 in the 700 block of South Longmeier Road, records show. Authorities s...
WASHTUCNA – A Spokane couple is facing weapons and other charges after an incident in the 400 block of South Main Street on Monday, April 25. Armando A. Reed, 44, and Angel M. Stella, 27, were booked into the Adams County Jail. Reed is charges possible charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, aiming or discharging a firearm or dangerous weapon, felony harassment-threats to kill, criminal impersonation, tampering with physical evidence and making false/misleading statements to law enforcement officers, records show. S...
RITZVILLE – Bad behavior was on display Saturday, April 29, when the Kettle Falls Bulldogs came to town for doubleheaders in boys baseball and girls fastpitch softball. The games were delayed 2 hours due to weather. In the 7th inning of the first baseball game against host Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, a Kettle Falls coach was ejected by an umpire. ”You guys are a joke,” the coach shouted as he left the field. Minutes later, over at the softball diamond, an umpire issued a team warning to the Kettle Falls coach for the behav...
RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville has a new high school girls basketball coach. Bryce Court was selected for the post from among two candidates – the other being the middle school girls basketball coach, John Galbreath. Court and Galbreath interviewed for the position with a committee of representatives from all districts in the athletic combine, as well as two school board members, a parent, one student athlete and three other coaches. In a recommendation to Superintendent Don Van...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna tennis team split six matches with Reardan on Wednesday, April 27, on the Broncos home court. In girls singles, Destiny Wells and Liberty Mcclanathan both came away with wins. Wells dispatched her opponent 6-3, 6-2, while Mcclanathan beat her opponent 6-1, 6-2. In girls doubles, Amy Anderson and Alexis Melcher posted a 6-0, 6-2 win. Hunter Cameron dropped his boys singles match 3-1. Zack Crouse and Destiny Phelps were also on the losing end of their matches....
RITZVILLE – More than 500 athletes from 28 schools converged on Ritzville, on a cool gray Saturday, April 29, with occasional drizzle, for the annual Undeberg Invitational Track Meet. The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna boys finished 15th overall with a team score of 15.5 points. Meanwhile, the girls wrapped up the meet in 20th place with 9.5 points. The nearby St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagle boys were 12th with 24.2 team points; Okanogan won with 157. The Eagle girls w...
Wood buildings are making a comeback in the Pacific Northwest thanks to new laminated timber products. Even very large buildings are now constructed with laminated beams and are successfully competing with steel and concrete building materials. For example, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, is home to one of the world’s tallest “cross laminated timber” buildings. Brock Commons, a student residence, is 174 feet high. The 18-story dorm houses more than 400 students....
Rev. Larry Edwin Spaur, 73, passed away on April 22, 2022, in Richland, Wash. He was born in Didsbury, Alberta Canada on Feb. 19, 1949, to parents Thomas Jackson Spaur Sr. and Martha Marie Henry. Those wishing to sign Larry’s online memorial book may do so at www.funeralhomesmith.com Smith Funeral Home in care of arrangements....
In recent years, environmentalists have targeted natural gas, even though it is an affordable energy source for so many. Their efforts have failed in the Legislature. But, apparently, Gov. Inslee and his environmental allies found another way to restrict natural gas use. Last Friday, the State Building Code Council, whose members are appointed by the governor, voted 11-3 to change state energy rules by requiring new businesses and apartments to mostly use heat pumps to warm...
LIND – Dozens of graduates from Lind will celebrate Saturday, May 7, during the Lind Alumni Banquet. The event will take place in the Lind-Ritzville Middle School gymnasium. Activities kick off with class photos at 5:30 p.m.; members of honored classes should be present at that time. Honored classes at the banquet are 1960-62, 60 years; 1970-72, years; 1980-82, 40 years; 1990-92, 30 years; 2000-2002, 20 years; and 2010-12, 10 years. The banquet and dinner begin at 6:30 p.m., with Keith Deaton, Class of 1961, serving as emcee....
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times May 4, 1922 Crawford sells drug store to Montana men A deal was concluded the past week whereby W.A. Crawford sold the Crawford Drug Company business and stock of goods to R.C. Woolson and O.M. Shideler of Brandy, Mont. Possession was given and the new owners are in charge. They will conduct the business in the same location under the name of the Ritzville Drug Company. Mr. Woolson is an experienced druggist, having followed that line...
RITZVILLE – Adams County Commissioners opened three bids for a 4-mile paving project on Booker Road during a meeting last week. The project calls for a 3-inch asphalt overlay on Booker Road from Foley Road to the Adams/Grant County Line. The apparent low bid of $1.893 million was submitted by Central Washington Asphalt Inc. of Moses Lake. Bids were also received from Granite Construction Co. of Yakima, $2,050.252.40; and Inland Asphalt Company of Richland, $2,499,499.99. The engineering estimate for the project is $...
RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville High School has 27 seniors on track for graduation June 4, the Lind and Ritzville school boards learned during a meeting last week. In addition, the district has five seniors who may not be walking in the commencement ceremony. Of the five, two are attending classes and working on graduation requirements. One is enrolled in the online Lind-Ritzville Academy and two are not attending school, school officials said. To graduate, students must have earned a combination of 26 credits in foundational a...
RITZVILLE – About 150 people crowded into the airplane hangar on North Adams Street for a dance recital titled "Don't Stop the Music" presented by Mixed Attitudes, Karen Kinch instructor. Forty-three girls ages 5 to high school performed jazz and ballet pieces. The first Mixed Attitudes program was in Washtucna in 1978, when seven girls performed....
RITZVILLE – While COVID-19 cases have declined in recent weeks, East Adams Rural Hospital continues to face challenges transferring critically ill and trauma patients to larger hospitals in the region. The problem is more of a staff issue rather than available beds, Chief of Staff Dr. Charles M. Sackmann said last week during a hospital board meeting with a light agenda and three of five board members present.. If patients cannot be transferred to a hospital in Spokane, options farther way have to be taken, including the Puge...
RITZVILLE – Investigators from the Washington State Patrol are looking for help determining the origin of a steel plate, and how it came to be a factor in a fatal incident on Interstate 90. Thomas M. Hosford, 73, of Eureka, Calif., died at the scene about 8 miles east of Ritzville in the 3:16 p.m., April 13 crash, the Washington State Patrol reported. Hosford was westbound in a 2000 Ford pickup on Interstate 90 when his vehicle entered the median "before vaulting off an e...
LIND – The Town Council had a public hearing April 26 for residents to provide input into the proposed quail Loop paving project. The hearing was in anticipation of applying for a Community Development Block Grant to fund the project. Applications are due June 1. If approved, the grant would provide up to $30,000 for planning and $900,000 in funding to pave Quail Loop, near North Eighth Street. Approved funds are expected to be awarded in 2023. In other business, the council also discussed a Fifth Street proposed paving p...