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LIND - Volunteer firefighters quickly responded to a vehicle that caught fire in the southbound lanes of Highway 395 at milepost 86, about four miles north of Lind Thursday afternoon, July 1. The vehicle fire had begun to spread to grass on the side of the highway, just days after a fire torched 2200 acres in the same area. A Washington State Patrol spokesman said the vehicle spontaneously ignited, and no one was injured in the fire. Spokane Regional Transportation Management...
RITZVILLE — Adams County Fire Protection District No. 1 Board of County Commissioners enacted Fire Danger Burn Restrictions during a special meeting Tuesday, June 29. Resolution 2021-1 restricts unauthorized open burning, unauthorized recreational fires and the burning of all combustible materials which may include, but are not limited to, outdoor burning of yard vegetation or waste, non-emergent agriculture burning, exploding gun targets, bullet tracer rounds, fire pits, any open flame; and fireworks. The restrictions are i...
RITZVILLE - Cooling centers for those in need of a place to spend the hottest hours of the day have been set up in Lind and Ritzville by the Adams County Health Department. Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ is open for those needing to escape the heat from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and the Lind Grade School Gym is open as a cooling center from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. The cooling centers opened Tuesday, June 29. Pastor Janel Rieve said she received an email from Karen Potts, RN, with...
SPOKANE – It's going to be a record-setting day, in terms of high temperatures that is. According to National Weather Service meteorologist Laurie Nisbet in Spokane, the region should set all-time record high temperatures this afternoon. Nisbet this morning went through decades of weather data for several small towns within the Free Press Publishing readership area from Spokane to Pasco and Odessa to Colfax. In Colfax, today's recorded record high is 100 degrees, set in 1...
RITZVILLE - An excessive heat watch is in effect from Friday afternoon, June 25, through Tuesday evening, June 2. Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures expected to climb well above 100 degrees are expected in Ritzville, Othello, Moses Lake and throughout portions of Central, East Central, North Central, Northeast and Southeast Washington and North and Central Idaho, according to the National Weather Service out of Spokane. They are predicting temperatures into the high...
ST. JOHN – A local sprint boat race team that ended a qualifying run after landing upside down in Webb's Slough rebuilt the top half of a motor and finished the high-speed event inside the Top 8 on Saturday, June 19. Sprint boat racing pits a driver and navigator against a maze of channels. At speeds reaching more than 80 mph, the driver concentrates on making turns as the navigator memorizes the course and directs the driver using hand motions. More than two dozen North Ameri...
LIBERTY – Two Broncos competed in the NE 2B League wrestling championships, with Brandon Davis taking first place at 126 pounds, and Gabe Smith finishing third at 220 pounds Friday, June 18. Davis was in his sophomore year and Smith was a freshman. "This is Gabe's first year wrestling," Head Coach Jason Hilzer said. "He turned out last year halfway through the year, so he only got four matches. So between the two years, he got one full season. He didn't wrestle as a little g...
DAVENPORT – The Lind-Ritzville-Sprague Broncos ended their boys basketball season with a 59-45 loss to Davenport during a play-offs game Monday, June 14. "We got off to a good start and led 11-4, but we really struggled on both ends of the court after that, and Davenport started pulling away late in the third quarter," said Head Coach Dustan Arlt. "It was probably the most we struggled all year in a game, and the first one we weren't right in it at the end." The Broncos f...
RITZVILLE - Residents of Rose Garden Estates were treated to root beer floats and country music under blue skies Wednesday, June 16. Charlie Root of Moses Lake brought his guitar, banjo and a large repertoire of old time country hits - some dating back to the 1800s, such as Stephen Foster's "Oh Susanna." "They know a lot of the songs I sing," Root said. This was Root's first visit back to the Rose Garden since February 2020, a regular entertainer for the residents prior to...
LIND - U.S. Highway 395 was partially closed twice in two days following truck crashes that coated the roadway with oil and asphalt. The first crash occurred Thursday, June 18, near southbound Milepost 75, and the second Friday, June 19, near northbound Milepost 78, according to the Washington State Patrol. Thursday's 1:15 p.m. incident involved a northbound tanker truck carrying hydraulic oil, the patrol reported. The vehicle entered the median and overturned, spilling the th...
LACROSSE - The four graduates making up LaCrosse High School's Class of 2021 earned $95,056 in scholarships. The students earned the following awards and scholarships: Zoe Bailey, Valedictorian: LaCrosse High School Female Athlete of the Year, Torgeson Memorial Award, Washington State Honors Award, LaCrosse Community Club Scholarship, Kelli Scharpenberg Memorial Scholarship, LaCrosse Masonic Scholarship, Urgel and Virginia Bell Memorial Scholarship, LaCrosse Scholarship...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville-Sprague Broncos took second place in the NE 2B League Basketball Championship when they fell to the Liberty Lancers 46-77, at home Saturday, June 19. "We just couldn't shut them down," Head Coach Steve Wellsandt said of the Lancers. "They shot 58% from the 3-point line. We were just under 40% for 3-pointers, but on 2-point field goals we were just under 30%. So it was not a good shooting night inside the paint." Dakota Killian led in scoring f...
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee announced a new eviction “bridge” program this morning, June 24, but landlords will not likely see rent payments any time soon. Inslee said the existing coronavirus-related eviction moratorium will expire June 30. However, under his new mandate, landlords are still generally prohibited from evicting tenants that owe past-due rent and even future rent, if a tenant has attempted to negotiate a lower rate or is seeking rental assistance money. That money will be available through county agencies once...
RITZVILLE - The Ritzville Water Park opened at noon Wednesday, June 16. Donna Kessler, in her fifth season as pool manager, said 160 people attended opening day. The crowd increased to 220 Thursday, with temperatures climbing almost 10 degrees higher than opening day. "Today we're getting even more people," Kessler said Friday afternoon. "Every day it increased." Kessler said the capacity is 130 people at a time, with the Water Park currently operating at 50% capacity due to...
Hot weather forecast RITZVILLE – The National Weather Service is predicting temperatures over 100 degrees this weekend, June 26-27. They are predicting sunny and hot with a high near 104 Saturday, with skies remaining mostly clear and the temperature dropping to a low around 69 Saturday night. Sunday is also predicted to be sunny and hot, with a high near 105 degrees. City accepts Standpipe RITZVILLE – Although the contractor will return for a few minor finishes, the City Council unanimously accepted the Standpipe Res...
Last week was the end of winter sports for the Covid year. A bit bizarre when you look back and remember that football and volleyball were played in February to get athletics started. It wasn’t the best for everyone, but it did allow for kids to enjoy their favorite sport the best way they knew how. There were things that had to be followed like wearing a mask and having your own water bottle which didn’t seem to be a problem. Everyone has a water bottle these days. There wer...
RITZVILLE – Both the 7th and 8th grade Lind-Ritzville-Sprague boys basketball teams went undefeated this season. The teams, comprised of one 7th grader on the varsity team and a few 8th graders on the junior varsity team, are coached by Dale Anderson and Alan Field. “Both teams went undefeated, which was really cool,” said Anderson, who coaches the varsity team. “It's a pretty athletic team. Defensively is what I was really pleased with. The most points scored against us in one game was 27. We kept them under 30 points....
LaCROSSE — The annual LaCrosse Farmers Festival returns this coming Saturday after a two-year hiatus. This year’s event is slated for Saturday, June 26, with events starting at 8 a.m. There will be snow cones, pop, water and T-shirts for sale on Main Street and in the city park as activities kickoff on what is predicted to be the hottest weekend of the year, so far. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the annual Photo Contest will be on exhibit at The Gathering Place on Main Street. Photos must have been taken between June 25, 2019, and t...
Contrary to recent claims that Snake River Spring Chinook runs are on the path to extinction, returns increased for the second year in a row, continuing the recovery from the recent low point in the population cycle. The Spring Chinook salmon run for the Snake River concluded yesterday, with more than 29,634 salmon passing the Lower Granite Dam. This is a 27 percent increase from 2020 levels and 55 percent larger than 2019 returns. That number is also only 495 Chinook short...
Vivian Myrna Harder, 83, passed away at her home on June 16, 2021. Vivian was born to Edward and Mildred Hamilton in Colfax and raised on her family’s farm in Endicott. She graduated from Endicott High School in 1956. Vivian graduated with a degree in Foreign Languages from Washington State University in May 1960. While in Pullman, she caught the eye of William “Bill” George Harder. Their first date was dinner out at the Hilltop Restaurant, the first of many meals out, somethi...
In our zest to quickly switch from gas-powered to battery-operated vehicles and to convert our power grid to wind and solar generated electricity, the impacts of CO2 released from rivers, lakes and streams has been ignored. President Biden wants to transition America to renewable electricity by 2035 and have every car CO2 emission free by 2050. In the world of nature, the focus is carbon gases releases from forest and rangeland fires. In California last year, wildfires...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times June 23, 1921 BOOTLEGGER IS PINCHED BY OFFICERS Taking advantage of the crowd in town for the Horse Show a man named L.A. Boyd started what is alleged to be a joint at a room at the Adams House. The authorities getting wind of it Sheriff Rider and Deputy McCollom and Lambert made a raid and nabbed the man together with 50 quarts of whiskey. It was asserted that Boyd was selling liquor at 50 cents a drink and making change with...
RITZVILLE – Adams County is liable to the Washington State Department of Revenue for $683,076 after a renewable energy contractor in Adams County applied for and was awarded a refund of state and local sales taxes paid. According to Washington State RCW 82.08.962, 50 percent of state and local sales taxes paid on sales of machinery and equipment used in generating electricity using wind, sun and other renewable sources can be remitted to purchasers who paid the sales taxes. The exempt purchases can apply for machinery and e...