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PULLMAN - The Rolovich era will begin in 2020 after all for WSU football as the Pac-12 CEO Group voted Thursday, Sept. 24, to resume athletics competition Nov. 6. The team will play seven games, all within the conference. No fans will be allowed at any PAC-12 football venue. WSU will also not host tailgating. The CEO Group noted that the decision to resume play - which had been postponed to no earlier than Jan. 1 - was based on updated Pac-12 COVID-19 Medical Advisory...
SPRAGUE – Retired school administrator Patrick Whipple fulfilled an item on his "bucket list" when he published a book on local history earlier this summer. A 1973 Sprague High School alum who retired in 2017 as the superintendent of the Sprague School District, Whipple said it was on his "to do" list to write a book about some of the stories his grandfather and father told him. "I've had them in my head for 20, 30, 40 years - a long time," Whipple said. "My dad always told m...
A bulldozer driver pushes through burning debris to collect smoldering grain from an elevator that burned down in the Babb Fire last Thursday. The grain elevator on Pine City-Malden Road continues to smolder. Rosalia firefighters have been on-scene monitoring the situation. The Labor Day fire that raced from near Rosalia almost to St. John started when a tree fell on powerlines....
NORTH BEND – When Roxanne Hudson (Shepley) discovered a souvenir spoon in amongst some of her favorite memorabilia, it stirred up a lot of questions for her. Hudson said she suspected her father, Russell F. Shepley, left the spoon behind without telling her, on his last visit to her home in North Bend before he passed away seven years ago. "Was it from my father? Or someone further back?" Hudson wondered aloud. "Is there any way of finding out the date and year of when the s...
SPRAGUE – Sprague Days was cancelled this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, but that didn't stop Spokane Disc Dogs from holding a local championship of the Skyhoundz World Canine Disc Championship Series. Two one-minute rounds were held in a 60 x 150-foot field with five scoring zones set up in the park next to the Viking Restaurant. Turnout was limited, with skies filled with wildfire smoke categorized as hazardous. Six dogs and eight throwers competed in the event, which u...
RITZVILLE – The city's Public Works Department welcomes new crew member Nick Steffen. Steffen began work Monday, Sept. 14. Steffen said his duties with the city include taking care of the park, cemetery and other city lots; mowing the lawn and doing basic maintenance. "We've been down two people this summer, so it's been a challenge," said Public Works Director Dave Breazeale. "We usually hire two guys for the summer, and didn't do that because of COVID-19. Then, we lost an e...
RITZVILLE – City Council members approved a contract for porch roof repairs on the Dr. Frank R. Burroughs Home and Museum, a house owned by the city and listed on the National Register of Historic places. The contract with Brian Westmoreland of Authentic Restorations Services, Inc. out of Spokane is for an estimated $30,59 in repairs to the porch of this home built in 1890 and a part of the Historic Ritzville Walking Tour. Public Works Director Dave Braezeale said the total b...
ADAMS COUNTY — Highway 26 is closed from Highway 395 to Highway 21 thirty miles south of Ritzville because of low visibility due to dust in the area, according to Washington State Patrol officials. Troopers and the Adams County Sheriff at the scene near milepost 68 with collisions. The fire department is also on scene assisting with closure of Highway 26....
Adams County Sheriff’s Report September 12 Citizen Dispute - West McManamon Road and West Sutton Road Othello Citizen dispute at the location. Deputies contacted the complainant who advised the property owner not allowing them onto the property to collect her brother’s vehicles but is allowing the tow truck driver. Runaway Juvenile - 2100 block West May Street Othello A reported runaway at the location. Complainant advised the juvenile had left the location without permission. Recovered Vehicle - 1000 block North Rand Lan...
This has been a very crazy year, to say the least. A lot of people can’t wait for the elections to be over, or for the calendar to turn over to 2021. I’m hoping to get to Thanksgiving in order to look back and really examine what I’m thankful for. I’ve watched some of the burning down of American cities and have witnessed the movement to either defund the police or eliminate it all together. I’ve also heard talk on the campaign trail that one side would like to get rid of gu...
RITZVILLE – Physical education is important for students. It provides a chance to not only develop physical fitness, but has been shown to be beneficial for mental and emotional needs as well. However, when social gatherings are discouraged and even prohibited based on county guidelines, getting those students the physical activity they need looks a little different. “There’s difficulties with a lot of different classes, certainly P.E. being one of them,” Ritzvil...
ADAMS COUNTY – September is an ideal time to reseed thinning patches in your lawn or to establish a new lawn. At this time of year, the warm soil and the longer, cooler nights help prevent the seedlings from drying out as quickly and allow rapid root growth. For our area, a mixture of perennial ryegrass/fescue/Kentucky bluegrass is recommended. Perennial ryegrass is very quick to germinate and is capable of going from scattered seed to mow-able lawn in about 21 days. It provides shade and protection to the other grass s...
Two locals make honor roll SPOKANE – Serah Comstock of Ritzville earned a place on the Spokane Falls Community College honor roll for summer quarter 2020. Spokane Falls Community College serves about 7,600 students on campuses in west Spokane, Fairchild Air Force Base and Pullman. Ronni Vowels of Othello earned a place on the Spokane Community College honor roll for summer quarter 2020. Spokane Community College enrolls about 30,000 students throughout northeastern Washington. Summer quarter for both community colleges ran f...
About 800 miles south of my office, the leaders of North Valley Baptist Church in Santa Clara, Calif., are no doubt having conversations about how to move forward. The church, which was mandated to close and remain closed earlier this year due to California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Santa Clara county’s decrees, chose not to comply. After moving ahead with what they believed was the mission of the church, they are now faced with more than $52,000 in fines from various g...
What happens in China, doesn’t always stay in China. We learned that a couple of years ago when the Chinese stopped buying massive volumes of the world’s used paper, plastics and textiles; and, again last March when the coronavirus escaped Wuhan and spread across the planet. Like other nations, China is struggling with the deadly Covid-19 virus and suffocating under mountains of trash its residents generate each day. Wuhan hospitals generated six times as much medical was...
Normadine L. Kulm, age 97, passed away on Friday September, 11 2020 in Spokane Valley, Washington. Normadine was born on January 4, 1923 in Rosalia, Wash. to John D. King and Lottie L. (Wolfe) King. When Normadine was a very little girl, the family moved to Ritzville, Wash. Normadine attended School in Ritzville and graduated with the class of 1941. She was always proud to be a graduate of Ritzville High School. In October of 1942 Normadine married Lawrence F. Koch. One son,...
Bonne L. (Studeman) King passed away peacefully on August 16, 2020. Bonne was born in Spokane Wash. on December 5, 1930 to K. Irene (Burnette) Studeman and Arthur D. Studeman. Bonne spent her childhood with her siblings, Patrica, Doug and Arlene, at Amber Lake, Wash. and Spokane, Wash. Her family moved to California her senior year. Bonne went to cosmetology school after completing high school. She married the late C.E. (Chuck) Holland on December 25, 1949. Being in the Air...
DAVENPORT – Gun owners anticipating the fall hunting season or hoping to get in some target practice are having more difficulty than normal acquiring the ammunition necessary to operate their firearms. National media reported in early August that gun sales in 2020 had already surpassed sales in 2019, but the available ammo stock wasn’t keeping pace. Area firearms dealers say there are several possible reasons for an ammo shortage. Mainly, the COVID-19 fallout caused a spi...