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RITZVILLE - Here are the unofficial results for the Nov. 7 general election: Port of Othello Commissioner, District 1 Homer Montemayor - 609 Owen Olsen - 513 Public Hospital District No.2 (East Adams Rural Healthcare) Commissioner, Position 2 Riley Hille - 790 Guillermo Mendez - 376 Commissioner, Position 3 John M. Kragt - 1,013 Commissioner, Position 5 Matt Kubik - 1,024 Public Hospital District No. 3 Elaine Wade - 959 Commissioner, Position 3 Sue Long-Hosek - 997 North Franklin School District Director, District, Position...
SPRAGUE – Drugs and/or alcohol were factors in two unrelated crashes that left one person dead and three injured Saturday and Sunday. At about 12:28 p.m. Saturday, a driver was injured and his passenger killed when their vehicle overturned in the median of Interstate 90. Then on Monday morning, a wrong-way driver caused a head-on crash near Milepost 240; two people were injured. The Washington State Patrol listed alcohol or drugs as factors in both crashes. In the Saturday c...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls volleyball team finished second in the state 2B tournament on Thursday, Nov. 9, in the Yakima Valley SunDome. The Bronco girls lost to Manson in the championship game. Meanwhile, nearby St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse finished eighth in the 1B state tournament. For more on volleyball, see Pages 10-11....
OTHELLO – A local man was arrested after allegedly exploiting an 11-year-old girl sexually. Andres Burgos-Silva, 23, of Othello, is facing charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, second-degree extortion, communication with a minor for immoral purposes, first-degree dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, first-degree possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and first degree attempted possession of depictions o...
RITZVILLE – At last Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Police Chief Dave McCormick provided a recap and update about the Oct. 5 bomb threat at the high school. Administrators shut down the Ritzville campus in response to a bomb threat sent via email to a school official. At the time, it was not immediately clear if the threat specifically targeted Ritzville or multiple schools. In response, Ritzville and Othello police, Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies, city ambulance and road crews, and two K-9 bomb units from Fairc...
Jail Log RITZVILLE – The Adams County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office reported the following individuals in custody from Nov. 7-13: Nov. 13 Andres Burgos-Silva, 23, sexual exploitation of a minor, second-degree extortion, communication with a minor for immoral purposes, first-degree dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, first-degree possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and first degree attempted possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually exp...
8 Years Ago Adams County News November 16, 1898 The latest fashionable folly is to have one's dog tattooed with the family crest. This is done on the chest immediately behind the forelegs and it is claimed that the operation is absolutely painless. Society young men used to tattoo themselves. Now they tattoo themselves and their poodles. Can there be any mysterious intellectual affinity between the two? Local and Personal A gentleman taking pictures of the interior of...
HATTON – Four candidates ran unopposed for town offices in the Nov. 7 general election. So far, none of the candidates received a majority of the votes, thanks to a write-in insurgency. As of Monday afternoon, Nov. 13, Rhea Isaac had 14 votes in her bid for mayor; a write-in candidate had 14. That race was mirrored across the board with Barbara Pence receiving 14 votes for council position No. 2, Eric Rawson for Position No. 4 and Linda Anderson for Position No. 5, and write-in candidates matching them. The candidates, h...
While the last veterans who survived the “surprise” Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are dwindling rapidly, we cannot let their sacrifices and the memories of that horrific day which propelled America into World War II fade into history. On December 7, 1941, 350 Japanese aircraft descended on Honolulu’s military installations in two shocking waves. More than 2,400 Americans were killed, and 21 ships were sunk or damaged. Our soldiers, sailors and pilots who fought and won W...
LIND – Washington State Patrol detectives are still seeking witnesses to a vehicle versus pedestrian fatality Oct. 30 on U.S. Highway 395. Nicholas A. Cooper, 31, of Lakewood, was killed in the incident near Milepost 81. Troopers believe Cooper was killed about 3:30 a.m. after possibly being hit by a white passenger vehicle, “whose driver may or may not know their vehicle(s) struck a pedestrian.” Cooper’s body was later found and an Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputy notified his next of kin. According to the patrol, t...
Last month, I attended joint meetings for the National Association of State Conservation Agencies and the National Watershed Coalition in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the request of Washington state conservationist, Roylene Comes-At-Night. Just as in previous annual meeting in Spokane two year ago, this was an opportunity to build relationships with national U.S. Department of Agriculture leadership, understand programs and funding opportunities better, and to work together for...
SPRAGUE — Voters here had three local races or measures on their ballots this general election and made their voices heard Tuesday, Nov. 7. In a contested race for City Councilmember No. 5, Jeffrey Smith held a semi-narrow lead over RonDel Krauter 56 votes to 44. City residents were slimly voting to pass an EMS levy after first count, with 60 voters favoring the levy and 43 voters against the levy. In a contested Cemetery District No. 7 Commissioner No. 3 race, Larae Rodriguez had a lopsided 123-36 lead over Thomas P...
HARRINGTON—Two challengers are leading incumbents in contested races for the Harrington School Board, though one race was more lopsided than the other after first returns were announced Tuesday, Nov. 7. Challenger Britney Wagner leads incumbent Darren Mattozzi 170 votes to 64 in the race for Director No. 1. “I was very shocked to see how many people support me in this new endeavor,” Wagner said. “I really thought it was going to be a closer race.” Wagner, a stay-at-home mother and substitute teacher with the school district,...