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Cory Dawson of Lind drives his combine Butter Face head-on into Jaws, driven by Alika Connley of the Tri-Cities....
LIND – With names like "General Lee," "Let's Go Branden" and "The Bandit," politics were on full-display Saturday along state Highway 21. Dozens of "Trump Country," Trump 2024" and patriotic flags flew along the highway as motorists honked and waved entering town. Anti-President Joe Biden flags waved from high atop farm combines, pickups and campers. But it wasn't the anti-Biden sentiment that brought thousands of people to town, it was the 33rd annual running of the Lind C...
Five Lind-Ritzville track athletes received awards during a June 8 banquet. From left, award winners include J.P. McAnally, Coaches Award; Sydney Kinch, Hardest Practice Worker Award; Zac Moore, Captain's Award; Danika Cox, Most Improved; and Shawn Steinberger, Most Inspirational....
PULLMAN – The Lind-Ritzville chapter of Future Farmers of America closed out this school year with a solid record of achievements, bringing home high marks from Career Development Events at both state and national conventions. Returning state champion teams in Floriculture, Environmental and Natural Resources, as well as Agricultural Communications all went on to place in the Top 10 nationally. At the state level events, which wrapped up in May, Lind-Ritzville teams d...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – Airway Heights Corrections Center prison inmates helped battle more than 240 forest fires in 2021. The effort is a result of a partnership between three state agencies that dates back more than 80 years. The Correctional Camps Program is a joint venture of state's Departments of Corrections, Natural Resources, and Children, Youth and Families. The camps are operated by Natural Resources, with prison inmates from the Cedar Creek, Larch, and Olympic Corrections Centers in addition to Airway Heights, the s...
There was some good news that we heard last week if you happen to be a Zag fan. Three starters are returning to Spokane to play for the 2022-23 Bulldog team. Yes, Rashir Bolton, Julian Strawther and Drew Timme will be wearing a Gonzaga basketball uniform again next season. Originally all five starters declared for the NBA draft but they had until June 1st to decide if their name was going to be submitted to the draft. So they worked out with teams and talked with others and...
PASCO – Despite a Thurston County Superior Court judge's refusal last week to grant an injunction against two gubernatorial mask mandates, the Silent Majority Foundation is vowing to continue its legal fight. Attorney and Pasco City Councilman Pete Serrano said the lawsuit is over Gov. Jay Inslee's March 11 and March 23 mandates being applied to all 39 counties in the state, even though at the time, two counties didn't have any coronavirus cases and 15 reported less than 10. "Since the governor declared the state of e...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – A recent ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals against a Redmond, Wash., couple challenging the mandatory repatriation tax could open the door to all manner of wealth taxes, a lawyer representing the couple said. Charles and Kathleen Moore sued the government in 2019, arguing a tax on repatriated assets – created as part of major tax reform legislation passed by Congress in 2017 – violates the U.S. Constitution’s apportionment clause and the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause. The Moores cl...
LAND TRANSACTIONS RITZVILLE – The Adams County Assessor’s Office reported the following land transactions between June June 1-10: June 8 From Carol L. Simonson of Ritzville, the north 21.0 acres of the east one-half of the east one-half of Section 21 Township 20 North, Range 34 East, Ritzville, to Travis G. and Katie M. Simonson of Ritzville, $0. From Ag Up LLC of Ritzville, the north 21.0 acres of the east one-half of the east one-half of Section 21 Township 20 North, Range 34 East, Ritzville, to Carol L. Simonson of Rit...
REARDAN – Gonzaga head baseball coach Mark Andrew Machtolf was arrested by Reardan Police and booked into Lincoln County Jail on a charge of driving under the influence late Thursday, June 9, according to Reardan Police Chief Andy Manke, the Lincoln County Jail roster and Reardan Police arrest reports. Machtolf, who just completed his 19th season at the helm of the Bulldogs' diamond squad, had a blood-alcohol level as high as 0.284 at the time of booking according to tests a...
Stanley Zane Streeter died March 15, 2022. At the time of his death he was the oldest Veteran in the State of Washington. He was born in 1927 in Ritzville. He lived there until his 18th birthday, when he enlisted. Upon his return, he and his father built 22 houses in the flat. Relocated to Oregon but returned to be here for his mother. Upon his return he remodeled his family home and helped Kirk Danakas part- time and work was fun to him I am sure his cousin Dusty Van Vleet...
Herbert Hoover Janzen, 93, passed away on Thursday, May 26, 2022 in Cheney, Wash. after a long and wonderful life serving his Lord and Savior. He was born Nov. 13, 1928 in New York to parents Mary Dirks and Peter Martin Janzen. He married the love of his life, Terry Grimmesey on June 19, 1948 in Lordsburg, NM. God blessed them with just shy of 74 years together. They raised six children: Ronald Janzen, Christina Smith, Debi (Tom) Balfe, Orris (Teresa) Janzen, Leslie (Carolyn)...
The message from voters was crystal clear, but elected officials apparently don’t want to hear it. In 2019, nearly 80% of voters in the city of Spokane approved an amendment to the city charter – in essence, a local constitutional amendment – requiring collective bargaining talks between the city government and city unions be open and transparent. It’s a simple concept – since the salaries of government workers make up such a large portion of the city’s budget, taxpayers have a right to know how the single-larg...
John was born in Walla Walla Wash. on July 22, 1944 to Francis Gerard Daley and Merna Maxine Thompson. The family moved to Boston for the first years of his life. A few years later a brother Joe Daley joined the family when they moved to Walla Walla, Wash. and then to Los Angeles where John grew up and attended and graduated from Hollywood High. John had many friends and extended family that he helped raise. John was into the surfing and 60’s scene. He traveled Europe in t...
Gov. Jay Inslee and Sen. Patty Murray, both Democrats, issued a draft report which estimates that breaching the four lower Snake River dams and replacing their electricity and other benefits would cost between $10 and $27 billion. Meanwhile, the lone Idaho Republican, Congressman Mike Simpson, supporting dam removal---impoundments located in a neighboring state--is willing to pony up $33 billion tax dollars. That’s a lot of taxpayer money even today when President Biden and C...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times June 15, 1922 City Gayly Decorated For Horse Show Visitors Tomorrow with the grand parade at 10:30, the 12th Annual Ritzville Horse Show will begin. The streets are now ablaze with color and the fair grounds a scene of strirring activity, all signs pointing to a most successful show. Show stock has been coming in to the grounds this week and will be in tip-top shape for exhibition. Running and driving horses are here, and Prof. Byers...
RITZVILLE — A lifelong resident of Eastern Washington will take the help of the Columbia Basin Development League. “Sara Higgins has been promoted to executive director," League chairman Matt Harris said. Previous executive director Vicky Scharlau will continue in an advisory role. Higgins has served as assistant director since 2011, Harris “Sara has been a steadfast leader of the League’s team. She is focused on breaking down complex issues and has expertly utilized limited resources to continually advance our work with fe...
OLYMPIA — The state Liquor and Cannabis Board voted to allow axe-throwing inside liquor establishments as early as July 9. Previously, bars and taverns were prohibited from having axe-throwing in the state. The rule change was prompted by requests from businesses wanting to offer the newly popular activity. "Axe-throwing has become increasing popular as an activity that businesses would like to offer in combination with liquor services – excuse me – liquor service,” Liquor and Cannabis Board Policy and Rules Coordin...
ST. JOHN — Webb’s Slough Race returns to St. John this year on Saturday, June 18, with 25 to 30 boats expected to race. Whitman County will be represented by one boat this year driven by Clint O’Keefe and navigator Mike Thomas, of St. John. O’Keefe and Thomas will drive their boat, Dangerous Curves, as number 23 in the race. “There is something for everyone,” said race and venue owner Amanda Webb, “You’ll meet great people from all over. We have folks that travel from bey...
RITZVILLE – Despite record high fuel prices, Adams County motorists are spending less money on gasoline and diesel than across much of the state. This morning, GasBuddy.com reported the average price for a gallon of gasoline in Washington state at a new record level of $5.51 per gallon. That’s the fifth-highest price in the nation. Drivers in Washington state are paying an average of 53 cents more per gallon than the rest of the country. Washington state’s fuel tax is 49.4...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eastern Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, helped get legislation approved by the U.S House of Representatives on Wednesday night that includes language to protect four Lower Snake River dams. "Salmon and dams can-and-do co-exist,” she said Thursday. “Study after study has shown the critical benefits the Lower Snake River dams provide to our region: affordable and reliable hydropower, low-emissions transportation of goods, and irrigation for farmers in Washington who feed the world." The W...