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OLYMPIA – Anglers across Washington will be able to fish without a license on the state’s lakes, rivers, and marine waters during this year’s annual Free Fishing Weekend June 12 and 13. Residents and non-residents can fish or gather shellfish across the state on those days, in any waters open to fishing, all without a license. “Free Fishing Weekend is a great opportunity to try fishing for the first time, or maybe the first time in a long time,” Steve Caromile, Inland Fish Program manager with the Washington Department of Fis...
TEKOA - The John Wayne Trail Riders have reached their final destination. Riders have been arriving here all day today, June 3, following a trek along the 285-mile John Wayne Pioneer Trail, now called the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail. Their ride began May 20 in Easton and concludes tomorrow with a 12-mile round-trip journey from Tekoa into Idaho and back. That ride is expected to depart from the trail adjacent to the Iron Horse Arena between 8-9 a.m., officials said....
RITZVILLE – Many U.S. flags fluttered in a breeze while Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 11446 Commander Jeff Kissler and sole Color Guard Marine Corps Veteran Bo Gingrich greeted a nice-size crowd in the Ritzville Cemetery for the late-morning Memorial Day Ceremony Monday, May 31. In his brief address, Kissler reminded us of the veterans who gave up their lives fighting for the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness we enjoy today. "They were ordinary human beings, just like u...
RITZVILLE – Little League baseball players haven't been able to enjoy baseball games or practices in a while, but they were treated to a free baseball camp last week. Owen Telecky, a junior at Lind-Ritzville High School and a varsity starter for the Broncos, organized and ran the camp. "These kids haven't had baseball in over two years, so I just wanted to give back to them," Telecky said. "I asked a few of my friends to help out, and they were glad to pitch in." Classmate T...
Memorial Day weekend was once very special for this community, not only for remembering those that gave their lives for the freedom of this country, but also remembering those family and friends that we held so dearly in our hearts. We visited them at the cemetery with fond memories and decorated their graves. During Memorial Day weekend was the Alumni reunion, when former RHS and LRHS alums came back to celebrate with their classmates and teammates just how special it was to...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville-Sprague ladies lost a home game to Colton by just three points Tuesday, May 25. Grace Fedie hit a three-point shot in the last seconds to close the gap 49-52. The Wildcats, despite their smaller size, sunk 11 three-point shots. For the Broncos, Dakota Killian, who led in scoring with 15 points, hit one three-pointer; Fedie, with eight points total, put in two; and Julia Klein, with 10 points, put in one. Also scoring 10 points for the Broncos w...
REARDAN – The Lind-Ritzville-Sprague Broncos traveled to Reardan Thursday, May 27, for a tournament with Garfield-Palouse, Colfax, Liberty (Spangle), Reardan, Davenport and Pomeroy. Head Coach Jason Hilzer said Brandon Davis wrestled and beat Jacob Sisk of Colfax by pin the third round, then wrestled Hamilton of Reardan and won by pin in the first round. "Brandon's third match was against Rinehart of Reardan, and Brandon won by pin in the second round," Hilzer said. "Sam M...
RITZVILLE – Kids from four states participated in this year's Wheatland Jackpot event, with Ritzville's own Alyssa Williams taking third in Champion Prospect Steers, and being named the Champion Intermediate Showman. Garrett Kane of LaCrosse was named Reserve Junior Showman. "The turnout was excellent, with 84 total entries from participants from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana," Lori McRae said. "This is nearly double a normal year. Prizes and cash payouts were made p...
SEARCY, AR – Jessica Heater, a sophomore medical humanities major, was named to the Harding University dean's list for grades achieved during the spring 2021 semester. The dean's list honors those who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.65 while carrying 12 or more credit hours, and do not have any incompletes. Harding University is a private Christian university in Searcy, Arkansas. Heater is a 2020 Lind-Ritzville High School graduate....
RITZVILLE – A free delivery service through the PREPARES program is available locally free of charge. PREPARES is an outreach program through the Catholic Church available to pregnant women and families with children under age five of all faiths and backgrounds. Linda Key can deliver up to 50 diapers per month per household, along with baby wipes and children's books. "We used to have it here at the St. Agnes church, but people wouldn't come," Key said. "Then I had it at t...
New COVID workplace restrictions, issued by Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) late last Friday, May 21st, require employers to check employee vaccine documents before allowing relaxation of social distancing and mask requirements in the workplace. The new state rules require an employer to confirm, and have employees prove their vaccine medical status. The process used to verify vaccination, and the medical status of the employee’s vaccination record, including t...
The Palouse Falls Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute led a car caravan tour of the middle/western part of the Cheney-Palouse Scabland Tract on Saturday May 15th. Thirty-two people participated, including some from Portland Ore., Hayden Idaho, and Sequim and Port Townsend. Leaders were chapter President Lloyd Stoess and Vice-President Jacqui Hair; EWU professor of geology Chad Pritchard; and EWU student Morea Schofield. Led from Ritzville City Park, the group headed east...
China’s growing dominance of critical metals production and its vast stockpiles is setting off global alarms as economies emerge from the punishing COVID pandemic. It is not only fear of the Chinese control of refined rare earth minerals, but more traditional metals such as manganese. Ores containing these elements are located in deposits across our planet; however, the technology to process them is largely in China. As the People’s Republic of China (PRC) under Xi Jin...
RITZVILLE – Trinity Methodist Church welcomed Pastor Ella DeDeaux of Odessa as their new pastor May 1. DeDeaux and her husband James DeDeaux moved from Mississippi to Odessa at the end of 2019, when James was hired as a mental health therapist at the Odessa Clinic. Before the move, Pastor DeDeaux was pastor of two United Methodist churches in Pass Christian, Mississippi. She said she and her husband attended Trinity Methodist before Pastor Michelle Mitchell asked her to t...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times June 2, 1921 PREPARE FOR HORSE SHOW With twelve valuable cups, special cash prizes totaling $85 and regular premiums totaling about $500 the offerings for the Horse Show surpass any in the history of this premier Adams County event. Probably nowhere else in the state is there any such offering for prizes for a Horse Show, and as a result Ritzville is gaining a wide reputation as a community which features this big event. The show this...
RITZVILLE – Adams County Commissioners performed their quarterly inspection of the county jail Wednesday, May 26. Jail Commander Nick Williams led them through every area of the jail, from the top floor to the basement, including dispatch, inmate holding areas, supplies and booking. The three cells on the top floor are for inmates to be held in a temporary, two-week quarantine to watch for any COVID-19 symptoms before being introduced to the general population. Williams s...
RITZVILLE – Adams County Health Officials put out a public health alert warning of possible reactions to the COVID-19 vaccination, including myocarditis (inflammation of the heart), or pericarditis (inflammation of the membrane enclosing heart) May 26. Tim Taff, Environmental Health Director for Adams County Health Department sent out the alert, approved by Adams County Health Officer Alexander Brzezny after receiving a press release stating the Washington State Department of Health (DOH), the Centers for Disease Control and...
Fiber artist Linda Kubik displays hand-made fiber flowers while her hand-woven silk scarves wave behind her in the breeze. Kubik was one of a dozen artists, many local and some from as far away as Alaska, at the Ritzville Chamber of Commerce's two-day Art in the Park event. For more photos, see page 6....
Washtucna's Class of 2021 graduated Friday, May 28, in a ceremony held at the school. Pictured, from left, are Josh Crouse holding Keegan Wright, and Rhianna Conn holding Kori Curtis....
OLYMPIA – The state Department of Labor and Industries is requiring business owners to verify employees have been vaccinated. Under the new May 21 mandate, the agency is also requiring employers to create a “log of workers who have verified they’ve been vaccinated and the date of verification. “I believe they are crossing the line,” farmer Sen. Mark Schoessler, R-Ritzville, said Tuesday, May 25, reacting to the new mandate. The rule also requires employers to check vaccination status daily as workers enter jobsites,...