Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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RITZVILLE – Andrea Russell became the new Lincoln County District Court Judge on July 19. A 1997 University of Puget Sound (now Seattle University) School of Law graduate, she is a member of the bar associations in Alaska, Montana, Oregon and Washington. While in Alaska, she worked as clerk, deputy district attorney, assistant attorney general and magistrate. When her husband's occupation took them to Montana, she passed the bar exam there, and practiced family law and c...
DISPATCH LOG RITZVILLE — The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reported the following calls for service between Aug. 15 and Aug. 29: Aug. 15 Noise complaint in 2000 block of West James Road, Othello. Suspicious vehicle near intersection of East Wellsandt Road and Kubik Lane, Ritzville. Assist motorist in 700 block of South Pence Road. Noise complaint in the 600 block of South Wagon Road, Othello. Assist Grant County Sheriff’s Office with domestic violence investigation Transfer Ramiro L. Isabel, 31, from Connell to the Adams Coun...
RITZVILLE – A local chiropractor has been selected Ritzville Community Parade grand marshal. Dr. Warren Kragt, 60, will be the honored guest at the parade this weekend. "I want to thank the community for choosing us to be Grand Marshals, Kragt said Friday. A 35-year resident of Ritzville, he and Joleen, his wife of 37 years, came to Ritzville in 1986 In addition to his chiropractic practice, Dr. Kragt has been very active in the community. He was on the Chamber of Commerce b...
Maisie Witt of Ritzville competes in peewee barrel racing during Franklin County Fair and Open Rodeo opening activities Thursday night, Aug. 26, as her mother runs alongside. Witt also competed in mutton bustin’ during the Friday night performance, Aug. 27. Fair & Rodeo insert inside....
LIND — A local woman is demanding the town return more than $5,350 she paid to connect to municipal water and sewer services after town officials failed to provide an ordinance and fee schedule. Resident Briana Osborn said the town charged her $500 each for water and sewer connection services in April, then added another $5,350 for installing a water line and meter to her property. She paid the funds, even though the town couldn’t back up its charges with existing documentatio...
RITZVILLE – Adams County Integrated Health Services Administrator, Vicki Guse, met with the Adams County Board of Commissioners, by video conference, to discuss vaccine mandates announced by Governor Jay Inslee August 9. The Governor’s emergency proclamation requires most public and private health care workers be fully vaccinated against COVOD-19 by October 18. Guse and the board agreed the mandate applies to Adams County employees working at Adams County IHCS facilities in Othello and Ritzville. Board Chairman Dan Bla...
RITZVILLE – North Adams Street was blocked between Main and Broadway, early Monday afternoon August 23, while this crane hoisted a new air conditioning unit to the roof of the Ritzville Library. The crane also lowered the old one to a trailer, so it could be hauled away by workers from Basin Heating and Refrigeration....
Schools in Lind and Ritzville welcomed students to their first day of classes Monday, Aug. 30, for the 2021-22 year. Pictured from left, paraeducators Melody Miller, Tessa Franz and Pam Small welcome students to Ritzville Grade School on Monday....
It’s clear: Parents in Washington are sick of their children being used as pawns by radicals in power who wish to destroy family, children and faith. Widespread protests against mask mandates at school and vaccine mandates at work have erupted statewide, with many calling out Gov. Jay Inslee for his aggressive misuses and abuses of emergency powers. This has largely been a fight for religious freedom and individual liberty, but it is creeping onto another deeply disturbing frontier — the fight for parental rights. The see...
Having lived in three developing countries for 17 years, I met very fine Americans — as well as arrogant and ignorant Americans. Representatives from the U.S. Embassy, USAID, Peace Corps, U.S. Military, UNICEF and UNESCO and missionaries are among those I encountered. Many stayed briefly, never getting to know the culture. Most Americans, including me, travel with American glasses, and don’t often see what is happening right before our eyes. For instance, in Sierra Leone, I saw women working the fields, and thought for two...
The long-term effects of the COVID-19 vaccines are unknown. The leadership is telling us the vaccines are safe; yet, the minimum 5-year observation trials for gene therapy drugs have not been conducted. The COVID "vaccines" are gene therapy drugs. Some doctors are warning us that the vaccines are sterilizing women and creating blood clots that lead to heart failure. Many of these doctors have been fired from their jobs and sued in the courts in an attempt to coerce others into silence. When criticism is met with an attack on...
RITZVILLE – The LRS Bronco football team got a taste of live action Saturday, August 28, in a football Jamboree against teams from around the region. Under the scrimmage format offenses take the ball on the opponent 40 yard line, and run 10 plays. If they do not make a first down (gain 10 yards) in 4 plays the ball is returned to the 40, and a new drive begins. After 10 plays the teams switch sides of the ball, and the defensive teams goes on offense. In the varsity portion o...
It was a beautiful day for football last Saturday. The Jamboree was back with six teams doing their best to get the kinks out and to see if the timing of the new plays works as well against new competition than it did against the second teamers. That is very important since the first game will be on Friday night. A year ago we were all a bit frustrated with so many things being put on hold due to the C-19 pandemic. The 2021 senior class was left to wonder if the bad memories...
Left to Right: Brix Curtis, Caleb Heater, and Elijah Michels practice for the Ritzville High School Cross-Country team....
COLFAX – About 80 dead white-tail deer have been found so far around the city. Public works have picked up the dead deer found in city limits, Police Chief Bruce Blood said last week. Four of the deer were found while they were alive and ill. They were dispatched by officers. “To let them go would have left them suffering,” he said. “It’s tragic that something like this happens.” Blood said a similar situation happened in 2015. “It’s not very unusual, unfortunately....
Sen. Schoesler top hunting lawmaker RITZVILLE – Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, has been honored by the Hunters Heritage Council. The group named the 9th Legislative District senator as its Legislator of the Year for 2021. Schoesler represents Adams, Asotin, Franklin, Garfield, Whitman and southern Spokane Counties. “As some of you know, I’m an avid hunter,” Schoesler said in an email to constituents. “Each fall, I go on a few hunting trips with friends. I know that many of you also are hunters. “As a legislator,...
RITZVILLE – The high schools Future Farmers of America chapter’s Floriculture Team is being recognized by the American Institute of Floral Designers. Recognized team members are Annika Holland, Amy Anderson, Alexis Melcher, Alyssa Williams and alternate Klover Mullins. According Principal Kevin Terris, the girls participated virtually in a workshop hosted by the group last January and applied for a scholarship to attend an institute internship during its national conference in Chicago. In the application, the team inc...
Local grad receives scholarship RITZIVLLE – A Lind-Ritzville High School graduate has been awarded an Innovia Foundation scholarship toward her post-secondary education. Julie Klein received the David L. and Frances G. Ray Scholarship. She will receive $1,000. The scholarship is among $314,000 presented to 124 students in Eastern Washington and North Idaho for the 2021-22 school year. Apple box labels on display MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Museum and Art Center will highlight the history of apple box labels during a pre...
Jonathon Adams May 31, 1939 – Aug. 20, 21 Jonathon Adams, 82, passed away peacefully on Aug. 20, 21 in Ritzville, Wash. Jonathon was born in Kennewick, Wash on May 31, 1939....