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Two people were killed and five more were injured in a wrong-way crash involving two vehicles about eight miles south of Lind on State Route 395 on the evening of Dec. 29. According to the Washington State Patrol one of the vehicles, a 2015 Toyota Prius, was driving southbound in the northbound lane of State Route 395, and struck a 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan head-on in the northbound lane head-on near milepost 71 around 6 p.m. One of those killed in the incident includes Jessica L. Cody, 36, a resident of Ritzville, who was a...
As 2019 comes to a close with our final issue of the year, The Journal is looking back at its top 10 sports stories of the year. Feb. 14 All four LRS wrestlers advance to State--without playing a single match Due to inclement weather that affected driving conditions throughout the state, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association cancelled all regional wrestling tournaments in the state. That included the Regional Tournament that four Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls basketball team split a pair of games over the weekend, first beating Tekoa-Rosalia 73-23 on the road Friday before losing to Davenport 46-39 at home Saturday. LRS head coach Steve Wellsandt knew last week's loss to Liberty was tough for his team. He stressed moving on with the season. After the weekend, he's not sure the team was completely over it. "That Liberty game took a little out of us," Wellsandt said after the loss to Davenport. "I don...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos had a busy four-day stretch as they entered the Christmas break last week, playing two league games and one non-league game in that span. The results were mixed for the Broncos, going 1-2 with a close league loss to Liberty at home on Dec. 17, a blowout road win against league foe Tekoa-Rosalia on Dec. 20, and a narrow non-league loss to Davenport at home on Dec. 21. All said, the Broncos sit with an overall record of 4-3 and a league record...
At Christmas, millions watch the 1946 movie classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” While it is labeled “fantasy drama”, the show gives us a glimpse of reality and reminds us of the importance of caring local business owners. The setting is mythical Bedford Falls, NY, on Christmas Eve. George Bailey, a family man with a wife and four children, was dogged by a greedy banker, Henry Potter, who wanted to shut Bailey Building and Loan Association down. (George inherited the strugglin...
They say that time flies when you are having fun. I’m not sure who this they is and I’m not sure how that fun is actually measured. But if it is true I am having the time of my life. It has been nearly 20 years since the world was going to come to an end with Y2K. Do you remember that? Computers were going to have problems changing from 1999 to 2000. And the fear was that computers were going to shut down and we would be without electricity and any form of communication. We wo...
The Ritzville City Council agreed to update its financial policies beginning next year, after approving Resolution No. 2019-18 at its Dec. 17 meeting. The 16-page resolution was approved on a 6-1 vote, with councilmember Michelle Plumb voting nay. The beginning of the resolution states that the city is adopting these new policies to establish consistent guidelines for municipal fiscal budget and planning. “It is the City’s goal to assure prudent financial management and responsible stewardship of the City’s financial and p...
CF Industries recently made donations of $3,372 to the Lind-Ritzville School District and $450 to the Ritzville Food Pantry....
The Ritzville City Council unanimously approved two grant agreements for projects from the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) at its Dec. 17 council meeting, totaling almost $1 million. The two agreements total $978,643 in grant funds that the city will receive from the state for two transportation projects it had requested to receive funding. The projects were listed on the city’s Six Year Transportation Improvement Plan, which qualify them for TIB funding. One of the projects that was chosen to r...
In The Journal’s Dec. 26 article, “Shop With A Cop: Making spirits rise,” the story should have clarified that the Ritzville Volunteer Fire Department, not the Ritzville Fire Department, received a $1,000 grant from the Holiday Kids’ Tree Project, which is sponsored by the Association of Washington Business. The RVFD was nominated for the grant by the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce. The RVFD applied for and received the grant as a nonprofit organization, and the RVFD members then voted to donate the funds to the Shop Wi...
The Ritzville Journal will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 1, in observance of New Year’s Day. Therefore, we will be laying out the upcoming Jan. 2 issue on Monday, Dec. 30. Deadlines for submission for the Dec. 26 issue have changed. Legals must be submitted to the office by noon Friday, Dec. 27. Classifieds must be submitted by 11 a.m., Dec. 27. All submitted editorial content — including community calendar items, public service announcements, letters to the editor and obituaries — must be submitted by 12 p.m. on Monday, Dec....
As 2019 comes to a close with our final issue of the year, The Journal is looking back at its top 10 news stories of the year. These are the stories that our readers had the greatest interest in, because of the effect they had on the eastern Adams County community. We hope you enjoy our selection of stories, and we look forward to covering more important topics in the community as we enter 2020. January 31 Benefit Dinner & Auction raises $40,000 for Swift family The Legion...
RITZVILLE - The Lind and Ritzville school boards have made some reorganizational moves ahead of the new year. The moves were discussed and approved at the district’s final meeting of the year on Dec. 19. In Ritzville, all five board members will remain in place for 2020. Marci Miller has been elected by her peers as the new chair of the board. Miller replaces Layne Iltz, who then got voted as vice-chair. The rest of the Ritzville School Board consists of Scott Carruth, Reid Phillips and Greg Galbreath. The Lind School B...
RITZVILLE - The Ritzville Food Pantry is in its busy season and is working hard to make sure Ritzville families in need have what they need this Christmas to have a full holiday meal. It also got some help with the elementary school food drive. Dec.18 was the food bank’s Christmas box distribution day. “We do it every year as one big special event,” said Carol Ewing of the Ritzville Food Bank at the Lind-Ritzville School Board meeting on Dec. 18. “We had 167 [box requests] this year.” The Ritzville Grade School and Lind Elem...