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Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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RITZVILLE - Homeowner Jerry Furman was happy to see the city's Public Works crew install a new storm drain line for half a block near his home at the corner of Washington and First Thursday, Oct. 8. "We never had any real drainage here, so we're redirecting it out to our storm water holding pond by Napa," project lead Justin Ziebell said. "Those last couple of rainstorms were a problem," Kevin Schaeffer said. "They're doing a good job trying to take of what's been a problem...
OLYMPIA — Republic Police Chief Loren Culp came out swinging and kept incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee on the defensive during their only planned gubernatorial debate Wednesday night, Oct. 7. Culp, R-Republic, blasted Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island, for mismanaging state agencies, violating state and constitutional rights and lack of leadership. "What we have right here in Washington is a leadership crisis," Culp said as the one-hour debate kicked off. Rather than defend his record i...
CHENEY -- Eastern Washington University officials are reporting an uptick in cases of COVID-19 since instruction resumed in an online format Sept. 23. According to the university's Risk Management website, 64 students living off-campus in Cheney have tested positive for the disease since Sept. 6, with 41 testing positive the week of Sept. 20-26 and 13 testing positive the week of Sept. 27-Oct. 3. Additionally over the Sept. 27-Oct.3 timeframe, one student living in campus housing tested positive, five were positive who do...
OLYMPIA — A Thurston County Superior Court hearing scheduled for 9 this morning, Friday, Sept. 25, on the constitutionality of Gov. Jay Inslee's continuous extension of a coronavirus emergency declaration has been postponed to allow the judge to hear oral arguments in person. According to plaintiff Tim Eyman, Judge Chris Lanese will be hearing the case at a later date when attorneys can be present in person, rather than appear remotedly on a digital platform. "This is a good outcome," Eyman wrote on his social media. "I'll l...
RENTON—More tweaks have come to the benchmarks for playing high school sports, as the WIAA updated its return-to-play guidelines Oct. 6 following new guidance given by Gov. Jay Inslee. Sports have been grouped into three categories based on the “risk level” they provide in regard to possible transmission of COVID-19: low-risk, moderate-risk and high-risk. Various sports can return based on their risk level compared to COVID-19 transmission within their community. Local COVID-19 activity will also be measured in three categori...