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LODGING TAX/TOURISM PROMOTION FUND APPLICATIONS AND SPECIAL MEETING Applications are now available for those interested in requesting funding from the City of Ritzville’s 2025 lodging tax 110 fund. The applications are available online at www.cityofritzville.com or call City Hall at 659-1930. Completed applications are due at city hall by 5:00pm on October 4, 2024. The City Council is having a special meeting for applicants to present their requests at 5:30pm on October 15, 2024 at Ritzville City Hall, 216 East Main A...
NOTICE For CALL FOR PROJECTS Quadco Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO), local member agencies may now apply for Surface Transportation Block Grant Transportation Alternative Set-aside (STBG TA Set-aside) Program funds, via Kittitas County serving as Lead Agency. Applications are due no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 3, 2024. Agencies interested in submitting a grant application should contact Cameron Curtis at [email protected] or 509-962-7523. More information on this program is available...
PUBLIC NOTICE RESOLUTION NO. R-038-2024 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS County of Adams Department of Public Works Ritzville, Washington Sealed bids will be received by Adams County at the office of the Board of County Commissioners located in the courthouse at 210 W. Broadway, Ritzville, Washington 99169, until 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 18, 2024 and will be opened and publicly read on September 18, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. for the following construction improvements: Lind-Hatton Road Project #3 – (CRP-191), M.P 3.71 to M.P 7.33, c...
I know, the title sounds a bit strange. I was going to say interesting but I won’t try to fool anyone. There was a bird fight last Thursday in Cheney as the hometown EWU Eagles battled the Hawks from Monmouth a private FCS football team from New Jersey Scheduled football games like this for Eastern aren’t normal. Typically they are on the road for their first couple of games and host a team when the students are back on campus in a couple of weeks. But this year the Eag...
SPRAGUE - A local farmer, volunteer and supporter of the community and area schools has been named Sprague Days grand marshal. Maureen Bourne will preside over the Sept 14-15 weekend of activities including the parade. "I appreciate living in a small town, the caring of community members helping take care of others," Bourne said, noting she's grateful for the honor. "This very heartfelt, humbling honor is greatly appreciated." She was selected for the honor by the Sprague...
Nicolas White flies off a bucking horse during Saddle Bronc riding activities Friday night at the Ritzville Rodeo. As a result, he didn't get a score. For more photos from the rodeo, see Page 9. The rodeo was part of the Wheat Land Communities Fair. Official results of the rodeo and fair were not available before press time over the Labor Day weekend....
The Journal SCHRAG - Local fire crews bolstered by units from as far away as Ephrata, Royal Slope and Moses Lake kept a wildfire in check last Tuesday, Aug. 27, containing it to about 5 acres. According to the Adams County Sheriff's Office, the fire, dubbed the Scrag Fire, started about noon by a farmer who was mowing. The flames spread quickly in the area of Schrag Road and state Highway 21 into a long line, Sheriff Dale Wagner said, noting two vacant buildings were...
WASHTUCNA — Voters here will be asked to support a tax increase to keep the municipal pool operating. According to Alta Hunt, a member of Parks and Recreation board, the current levy collects $50,000. To keep the pool viable, an $80,000 levy will be placed on the Nov. 5 general election ballot. “This means if you own a home valued at $100,000, you would be paying $83 a year,” Hunt reported. “This money is taken from taxes that you are already paying, but the Washtucna Pool would just get a portion of this.” Hunt said more...
WASHTUCNA — A fund-raising breakfast for Heritage Museum and Community Center, 287 S. Main St., will take place Oct 12. Organizers are seeking donations for a silent auction for the ninth annual event. Cash donations are also being accepted. The event will take place at Sonny’s Tavern, 250 W. Main St., and next door at the Lion’s Club. Sonny’s staff will serve breakfast for donations from 6-10:30 a.m. The silent auction will run from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lion’s Club. Items donated need to be picked up by Sept. 13...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times Sept. 4, 1924 THOUSAND HEAR KLAN LECTURER A crowd estimated at a thousand persons attended the meeting of the Ku Klux Klan held at the Carl Lee place adjoining town last Thursday night. A goo man were here from other towns. Autos were parked abou the meeting place and the seats provided were filled. Several klansmen in their white robes had charge of the arrangement. Rev. A. N. McDonald, formerly of Ritzville, was the speaker of the...
Sheriff’s Log RITZVILLE – The Adams County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls for service from Aug. 19-24: Aug. 19 9:54 a.m. – Report of individuals damaging an electrical box panel on the 1800 block of West Sutton Road, Othello. 11:38 a.m. – Medical call on the 100 block of East Sixth St, Lind. 2:09 p.m. – Information call regarding a borrowed vehicle on the 700 block of South Ridgeview Loop, Othello. 5:35 p.m. – Traffic hazard in the area of Smay Road and West McManamon Road, Othello. 5:49 p.m. – Citizen ass...
OTHELLO — While Adams county has not been designated as a natural disaster due to drought this year, some local farmers may still be eligible for emergency loan assistance from the USDA Farm Service Agency. Six counties — Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, Okanogan and Skagit — were designated as primary natural disaster areas due to drought this year. Farmers in those counties — and contiguous counties — may be eligible for assistance. That means farmers in Adams, Franklin and Lincoln Counties may be eligible for emergency...
CHENEY — A town hall-style meeting with state attorney general candidate Pasco Mayor Pete Serrano and Let’s Go Washington spokesman Brian Heywood will take place Sept. 7. The free event will take place in the Wren Pierson Community Center, 615 Fourth St. It opens with a coffee meet-and-greet at 10 a.m., with a 90-minute program exploring rural environmental policies beginning at 10:30 a.m. Serrano is the leading candidate for state attorney general and Heywood organized the effort behind seven initiatives, three which hav...
Do you have expired COVID-19 tests in your cupboards? Go look. If you ordered “free” tests from the government, know that many of the boxes likely say they’ve expired. People paying attention to expiration dates have been lining landfills with the taxpayer-provided tools (or using tests that have expired). I fear this is going to be happening for a lot longer. That’s because the Biden Administration recently announced that each U.S. household will be able to, once again,...
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have joined in an agreement to award their Electoral College votes in a U.S. election to the winner of the national popular vote. The National Popular Vote compact, NPV as it is called, has gained steam over the past 25 years, lead mostly by liberal leaning states eager to work around the Electoral College. The legislation, which is identical in each state, requires the state to award its electoral votes to the candidate who receives the most popular votes nationwide. This could...
Judy Hofman 1946 – 2024 Judy (Gandrud) Hofman, 78, of Walla Walla, Wash, formerly of Culbertson, Mont., and Ritzville, Wash, passed away at Providence Medical Center on Aug. 20, 2024, following complications of diabetes. She was born on March 31, 1946, in Wilmar, Calif., now known as Rosemead, Calif., to Joseph and Marie Gandrud. She was raised in Culbertson, MT where she attended school and graduated from High School in 1965. Following high school, Judy married John Hofman a...
Mary Susan Herdrich Born July 24 1945 Died July 18th 2024 Memorial Service September 7th at 11 am at Spokane Valley United Methodist Church 115 North Raymond...
LIND — The following residents are celebrating anniversaries and birthdays from Sept. 1-11: Anniversaries Sept. 4 — Brad and Jill Stout. Sept. 8 — Gregg and Angie Fode. Sept. 10 — Jerry and Lynda Branson, and Chr is and Emmy Erickson. Birthdays Sept. 1 — Morgan Undeberg and Sue Nichols. Sept. 3 — Jacque Laird, Cora Reimer, Shane Strohmaier and Trudy Davey. Sept. 4 — Mitch Starring and Harper Labes. Sept. 5 — Angie Fode and Reina Branson Sept. 7 — Dick Keith, Kaitlyn Biermann and Matthias Walter Davis Sept. 8 — Amy Branson P...
RITZVILLE – Here are the meals being offered by the H.E. Gritman Senior Center in Ritzville and the Lind Senior Center in Lind. H.E Gritman Senior Center The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is serving the following: • Tuesday, Sept. 3 - BBQ chicken, salad and vegetable. • Wednesday, Sept. 4 - Fish, tater tots and salad. – All meals are served with a drink and dessert. Meals are available for eat-in or delivery. To reserve a meal, call 509-659-1921 before 9 a.m. the day BEFORE you want the meal. Delivery meals arrive between...
Adams County celebrates its ag roots in Old West fashion Friday and Saturday night at the Ritzville Rodeo...
RITZVILLE - The fall sports season officially kicks off with regular play beginning this Friday and Saturday. The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos boys football team will open the season at 7 p.m. Friday in Spangle at Liberty High School. The Broncos return five seniors to the starting lineup, including running back Brody Boness, who suffered an injury last season. In their last matchup, the Broncos crushed the Liberty Lancers, 60-14, on Sept. 8, 2024. Last season, the Broncos...