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RITZVILLE – Travelers using both directions of Interstate 90 between the Tokio interchange and east to the Lincoln County line are encouraged to plan additional travel time to prevent delays, according to the Spokane Transportation Maintenance Center. Last week, due to the extreme heat throughout the region, a single lane closure had been utilized 24-hours a day to allow sufficient time for the pavement to cool and prevent damaging the new asphalt. Due to ongoing extended travel times, the decision was made to switch to n...
FISHTRAP – Lincoln County Fire Protection District No. 1, led by Fire Chief Mitch Lowry, responded to a fire near Fishtrap Lake Sunday, July 11, around 7 p.m. Fishtrap Lake is a reservoir located about 15 miles from Cheney in Lincoln County. "I haven't gotten a morning update yet, but we had it knocked down pretty well under control," Lowry said early Monday morning, July 12, adding DNR and BLM crews mopped up overnight. Lowry said he had seven trucks at the fire with at l...
Hunter Dinkins, a junior at Lind-Ritzville High School and Bronco on the golf team, practices his game on the municipal golf course last week....
Miss Rodeo Othello Brianna Kin Kade leads Arianna Nash of Spokane around the Cheney Rodeo arena on her horse Sunday morning during the Rascal Rodeo. The event, designed to give special needs children and adults, an opportunity to participate in western events, was part of the three-day Cheney Rodeo. Miss Rodeo Othello Brianna Kin Kade, right, was among the visiting royalty participating in the three day Cheney Rodeo this past weekend. As part of grand entry, she rode the...
RITZVILLE - The Lind-Ritzville-Sprague softball team honored players with awards at their annual banquet last month. Named Captains for the team are Kelsey Billigmeier and Sadie Miller. Grace Fedie was awarded Most Improved. Nyleana Bailey was named Defensive Player of the Year, and Miller took the award for Offensive Player of the Year. The Bronco Award went to Billigmeier. Both Miller and Bailey were selected as All League - South Division this year. The team is coached by...
The age-old question for graduating seniors again this year is, of course, “And what are you going to do now?” For most people those choices have been in the works for a while. Schools have been researched, scholarships applied for and secured, and it’s just a matter of time until exciting things will happen. It’s interesting that kids who have been best friends for 6-8 years will have differing goals upon graduation. But each individual should want what best interes...
RITZVILLE – Seven local non-profits recently received financial awards from Caring Neighbors. The Ritzville Fire Department was given $3,000 to go towards the purchase of air packs and truck lights. Franklin County Fire District No. 5 was given $2,000 to help refurbish their wildland fire truck. The Ritzville Public Library District No. 2 was given $1,600 to help with their summer reading program. Adams County Park and Recreation, which runs the Ritzville Water Park, r...
RITZVILLE - The Lions Club of Ritzville will be roasting chickens at the Wheat Land Communities Fairgrounds this Friday, July 16. To reserve your chicken(s), call or text John at 509 660 0290. Chickens can be picked up between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Wheatland Communities Fairgrounds. Cost is $8 per chicken. “We don't usually do this in July, but we are mainly doing it to help out the farmers who are harvesting right now,” Lions club secretary Cory Bartlett said. The H.E. Gritman Senior Center will be closed and will not be...
The family of Louise L. Simpson would like to announce that we will be bringing Mom home to Ritzville on July 17, 2021 to lay in rest with her husband Dewey C. Simpson. Graveside services will be at Ritzville Memorial Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. (Meet at the park at 10:00, leave park at 10:30) followed by a potluck at Ritzville City Park at noon. All are welcome to attend as Louise was a long-time resident of the Ritzville area prior to moving to Spokane for health reasons. To be...
RITZVILLE - Krystal Hernandez, right, smiles after the rush of cooking 41 plates of Carne Asada for the Ritzville Eagles' membership drive dinner and comedy show Friday, July 9. Hernandez said she fixes tacos at the Eagles about once a year. "I've never been around for one of Krystal's taco dinners, but this was outstanding," Eagles Truestee Bill Sager said after Friday night's dinner. Hernandez was assisted by prep cook Brittney Giulieri, Janae Lawson and a host of volunteer...
The elected board of the Chehalis School District has responded to the concerns of parents and passed a resolution banning the teaching of controversial Critical Race Theory in public school classrooms. The new policy, passed June 15th, provides that schools will not teach that some students are inherently good and others are inherently bad based on their outward appearance. Further, district officials declared that political ideology has no place in public schools and that te...
Over the last 16 months, each one of us has suffered through endless chaos and uncertainty of COVID-19 and the seemingly endless monarchical restrictions affecting every facet of our lives. We’ve all borne witness personally in some way — sick and dying loved ones (not just from COVID); economic insecurity; long-term isolation from family, friends, church and helping each other in time of need; loss of personal freedom; watching individuals and families struggle with job los...
RITZVILLE – A request from the Ritzville Downtown Development Authority (RDDA) for the city council to write a letter in support of the RDDA applying for a grant was turned down at the July 6 council meeting. The grant would partially fund a part-time executive director for two years. John Rankin presented both the benefits and risks he saw in the grant opportunity, which would fund a 20 hour per week position for two years at 75%. The other 25% would have to be funded by t...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times July 14, 1921 AUTO DRIVERS MUST PROCURE LICENSES Every individual who drives a motor vehicle has to have an operator's license. Get a blank at any garage or at the county offices and fill it out and send it in with a money order of some kind to the State Treasurer, License Division, Olympia, Wash. It is necessary to have two people sign your application asserting that you are a competent driver of a motor vehicle. Drivers must have...
Andy's Market is back with fresh produce, eggs, beef and cheese every Thursday in the Spokane Teacher's Credit Union parking lot, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Kalea Herold, 13, is pictured with Lisa Peterson. Herold said she enjoys helping people "get the food they like." Customer Carol Cook said she and her husband John are both "big Andy's fans."...
RITZVILLE – Law enforcement officers will be doing business differently, with new legislation signed by Governor Inslee May 18 going into effect July 25. Ritzville Police Chief Dave McCormick gave city council members a heads-up about the changes at their July 6 meeting. "The new legislative updates are extremely restrictive, based on the current policies and state laws. So a lot of crimes are going to go uninvestigated," McCormick said. "A lot of the potential detentions for juveniles and adults both, they way they are h...
RITZVILLE – Local resident Brian Massy is in jail again. Ritzville Police Chief Dave McCormick said Massy was arrested without incident by officers of the Ritzville Police Department assisted by Adams County Sheriff's deputies and WSP troopers Sunday, July 11. Massy, 33, was booked into Adams County Jail on charges of possessing stolen property in the 3rd degree, after a theft of patio furniture from a residence on East 4th Avenue, in the late evening hours of July 11. He was also booked on a no bail warrant issued by the D...