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PAHA — U.S. Highway 395 is closed to traffic due to a wildfire in the Milepost 70 area of Adams County. The highway is closed from Cunningham Road, near Milepost 70, to Paha Packard Road, near Milepost 88, according to the state Department of Transportation. Near Lind, state Highway 21 is also closed from the highway to the town, officials said. There is not currently a detour available and motorists are asked to find alternate routes before reaching the wildfire area. The highway was closed to traffic at 12:53 p.m. and w...
PASCO - Despite being censured by most Republican committees in the 4th Congressional District, incumbent Dan Newhouse holds a slim lead in the Tuesday, Aug. 2, primary after the initial count. Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, had 20,542 votes, or 27.32%, at the end of the first day of counting early arriving ballots. Democrat Doug White was a close second with 19,534 votes, or 25.98%. White was the only Democrat on the ballot. Running in third and fourth places, respectively, were Repu...
PASCO - A current Franklin County commissioner was dominating a former commissioner in the race for the District No. 3 seat after the first day of counting in the Tuesday, Aug. 2, primary election. Incumbent Commission Chairman Clint Didier of Eltopia held a 294-vote lead over former commissioner Rick Miller at the end of counting Tuesday. Didier received 1,986 votes, or 53.63%, to Miller's 1,692, or 45.69%. Both Didier and Miller are headed to the Nov. 8 general election....
RITZVILLE — Only 46 votes separate the two candidates in the Adams County Commission District No. 3 race. At the end of counting in the Tuesday, Aug. 2, primary election, Miguel "Mike" Garza had a 181-vote tally, for 56.04%. In second place, Terry Thompson had 135 votes, or 41.80%. Both candidates will be advancing to the Nov. 8 general election. Primary election results will be certified Aug. 16, after late-arriving ballots are counted....
RITZVILLE — Incumbent Dale Wagner took an early lead in the race for Adams County Sheriff on Tuesday night, Aug. 2. Preliminary primary election returns showed Wagner, an Othello resident, with a 193-vote lead over challenger Matthew Carlson of Ritzville. Wagner had 804 votes, or 56.22% after the first day of ballot-counting. Meanwhile, Carlson had 611 votes, or 42.73%. Late-arriving ballots will continue to be counted until the results are certified on Aug. 16....
OTHELLO — Despite being censured by most Republican committees in the 4th Congressional District, incumbent Dan Newhouse holds a slim lead in the Tuesday, Aug. 2, primary after the initial count. Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, had 20,542 votes, or 27.32%, at the end of the first day of counting early arriving ballots. Democrat Doug White was a close second with 19,534 votes, or 25.98%. White was the only Democrat on the ballot. Running in third and fourth places, respectively, were R...
PASCO - A local farmgirl appears to be headed to the Nov. 8 general election. Challenger Tiffany Smiley, R-Pasco, was sitting in second place in the race for a U.S. Senate seat behind incumbent Patty Murray, D-Shoreline, at the end of the first day of counting in the Tuesday, Aug. 2, general election. Smiley held a commanding lead in Franklin County, but trailed statewide. The early tally showed Murray had 557,978 votes, or 54%, and Smiley had received 330,176 votes, or...
It’s harvest time again and I look at all of the huge equipment that works hard to get the crop into the grain elevators. This past weekend I was reading a bit of history that my uncle wrote about the family farm, my mom’s dad’s place. He wrote about the work that was involved to get the crop planted using horses. He also talked about harvesting with a 9 foot header. My neighbor’s combine header is 40 feet. Anyway going from a header to a pull type combine with a 14 foot he...
Little did I know that becoming a WSU Master Gardener was just the beginning of my knowledge about gardening! Retired from teaching, I did not expect the adventures of becoming a life-long learner in gardening, too. It has been an interesting journey, to say the least. Among my first journeys as a volunteer Master Gardener, I helped answer gardening questions for people at the Moses Lake Farmers Market. I quickly discovered how little I knew and that without my mentor’s help and handy books as references, I would have been u...
DISPATCH LOG RITZVILLE – The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reported the following calls for service from July 22-28: July 22 Marcos-Andres-Cardona, 24, of Othello, arrested for driving while under the influence, operating a motor vehicle without ignition interlock and third-degree driving while licenses suspended following a traffic stop in the 1200 block of West First Avenue, Othello. Vehicles racing in the 2000 block of West Bench Road, Othello. Vehicle illegally parked on private property in the 600 block of South Tay...
COLFAX – Local swimmers won against St John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna and Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer last Thursday July 28, at the Colfax swim meet. The Colfax Bullsharks scored a total of 456 points. Meanwhile St John-Endicott-Lacrosse-Wash (SELW), scored 412, and Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer (GPOP) a total of 316. In girls results, SELW beat Colfax with 228, with the Bullshark girls following at 215. With GPOP girls coming in at 164 points. Colfax boys t...
LIND – The Lind and Ritzville school districts have spent the summer adapting to a number of staff changes and increases in pay and benefits, while enrollment numbers have gone down slightly since 2021. Both school boards met July 25 in Lind and finalized their budgets for the 2022-23 school year, with a general materials, supplies and operating costs allocation of $1,314.52 per student in Ritzville and $1,461.11 per student in Lind. Ritzville schools total budget is $6.3 million; Lind’s is $6.1 million. Budget forecasts pre...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times Aug. 3, 1922 Hot wether continues; harvest will run short The hot weather seems determined to wear out the inhabitants of this part of the earth's surface this year. June and July were steadily warmer and August is keeping up to the pace set. This week has been downright hot Sunday started off with a temperature of 101; Monday it was 96 and Tuesday back to 101 again with yesterday but little cooler. In addition there was little...
A report released last week by the Washington State Hospital Association indicates that virtually every hospital in the state is in financial trouble. (here) A recent survey revealed that hospital revenues were up five percent from 2021 to 2022, yet expenses rose 11 percent over the same time period. This is unsustainable. Several, if not many, hospitals are at risk of closing if these losses continue for another year. This includes both rural and urban facilities. Executives give a number of reasons for the financial...
OTHELLO – An Immigration and Customs Enforcement employee is facing a series of child-sex charges. Koby Don Williams, 47, of Ellensburg, was booked into the Adams County Jail on July 26 and released on his own recognizance Wednesday, July 27. Police records show he was arrested after allegedly traveling to Othello to pay a 13-year-old girl to have sex with him, Police Chief Phil Schenck said. Williams is facing possible charges of second-degree attempted rape of a child, attempted commercial sexual abuse of a minor and c...
RITZVILLE – If campaign finance wins an election, Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner of Othello is bound to retain his seat. Wagner faced challenger Matthew Carlson of Ritzville in the Aug. 2 primary; The Journal went to press before initial election returns were posted. With only two candidates, both Wagner and Carlson advance to the Nov. 8 general election. As of Monday, Wagner was reporting nearly $15,000 in campaign contributions while Carlson was reporting $0. According to the state Public Disclosure Commission, the contes...
REPUBLIC – A 4th Congressional District candidate is asking for police to look into why some preliminary numbers for the Aug. 2 general election were posted last week to a newspaper website. Loren Culp, R-Moses Lake, said he couldn't believe it when he saw primary election results posted Sunday night on a Yakima newspaper website. The July 31 numbers released more than 3 days before ballot counting ranked incumbent Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, as the top vote-getter, f...
RITZVILLE -- An Idaho motorist suffered a medical emergency and died near Milepost 93 of U.S. Highway 395 late July 25. Kyle W. Dreher, 41, of Hayden, Idaho, was pronounced dead at East Adams Rural Healthcare, according the Washington State Patrol. His family was notified of his death by the hospital. Dreher had a medical emergency at about 9:55 p.m. Thursday, July 25, while southbound on the highway, the patrol reported. His vehicle, a 2018 Volvo truck towing a 2020 trailer, veered off the roadway near Milepost 93, crashed...