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HARRINGTON — Residents gathered on Saturday, Jan. 11, for an informational meeting about Community Heart & Soul, a resident-driven program aimed at fostering connections and guiding the future of the town. The initiative, led by Kathie Matthews, seeks to bring people together to share stories, identify what they love most about Harrington, and develop plans for the town’s future. Harrington was awarded a $30,000 grant through Innovia Foundation to support the program. The funding will cover coaching, tools, and a stipend for...
HARRINGTON – The City Council on Saturday, Jan. 11, approved the purchase of a 2022 Kobelco Sk30 mini excavator for $26,000. The excavator, to be purchased from a seller in Nine Mile Falls, was listed on a social media sales page for $27,550, city officials said.. The machine has approximately 1,400 hours of use and includes a 36-inch clean-out bucket and a 24-inch digging bucket, officials said. The meeting lasted seven minutes, during which the council unanimously approved the purchase. Mayor Joe Armond said the council m...
HARRINGTON - If my first week in Lincoln County has taught me anything, it's that farm life is equal parts adventure, hilarity and hard work. Between nearly tumbling off a pickup truck, meeting cows that could double as small buses, and needing help picking hay out of my hair, this week has been one for the books. It all started at Seven Springs Ranch, just outside Harrington, where Dalton, a kind and endlessly patient farmer, invited me to experience a day on the farm. My...
Cheney Dow Excavating could not be more excited to put on yet another amazing light display for the Cheney community this year. We absolutely love bringing light and joy to our small town and would highly encourage everyone to stop by, check out the lights, buy a tree, and take some festive pictures! Colfax Colfax will host the Festival of Trees in Libey Gallery at The Center Dec. 4-30. On Dec. 7 tour trees and vote for a favorite tree, community favorite tree will be announced at 5 p.m. From 3 to 5 p.m., selfies with Santa...
RITZVILLE - He knows about lapsed time probably better than anyone in the state. You might say he is the master of how time has flown, if not where it has gone, perhaps downfield. Tony Vostral, 76, and a Ritzville resident, has been the football and basketball volunteer time-keeper since 1976 at Lind-Ritzville High School. He's also been all over youth sports in many roles. "I'm going to start my 49th year," Vostral said. "In football, I go out and talk to the referees before...
The Adams County Sheriff's Office was among dozens of businesses and governmental agencies meeting with students from Lind-Ritzville, Harrington and Washtucna schools last week to explain career opportunities to high school students in Gilson Gymnasium. The Career Showcase was put on by the Adams County Development Council.....
RITZVILLE — More than three dozen businesses and agencies will be on hand Thursday, Oct. 10, to showcase career opportunities in the Adams County area. Students from Lind-Ritzville, Harrington and Washtucna high schools will be issued a “passport” to help them keep track of business and governmental jobs highlighted by the Lind-Ritzville Career Showcase. The showcase, which runs from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., is being organized by Kyle Niehenke, executive director of the Adams County Development Council. “The goal with th...
Charlie Nienehke, 5, of Ritzville, and Paxton Oestrich, 12, of Harrington, show off the five goldfish they won at the Harrington Fall Festival on Saturday by tossing ping pong balls into cups....
Kennea Estler, 25, of Ritzville, makes cotton candy during the Fall Festival on Saturday in Harrington. Her Tumbled Sweetly business was among several vendors in the Harrington City Park....
HARRINGTON — A Palouse woman has been charged with vehicular homicide in the Friday, June 7, deaths of three Davenport men. A Lincoln County Superior Court summons shows Jade A. Ellsworth of Palouse is being formally charged with one count of vehicular homicide. Ellsworth is not currently in jail. Court records show Ellsworth did not have a valid drivers license at the time of the fatal crash.. She is ordered to appear in court before Judge Jeffrey S. Barkdull at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8. Court records show she is a...
The Journal RITZVILLE — Several students from schools around the are have received scholarships, including: • Blake Earle of Ritzville, $2,000 Willard and Patricia Hennings Scholarship. He is attending Gonzaga University in Spokane. • Julia Guske of LaCrosse High School, $1,000 David & Frances G. Ray Scholarship. Guske will be majoring in nursing at Lewis and Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. “I think I will enjoy helping people and learning about nursing. I love to travel and really enjoy learning about differe...
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...
Spokane, Reardan, Davenport, Harrington, Odessa. Schools across the region are tackling the issue of cellphone addiction among students, at least while on campus. Well, maybe tackling the addiction is a bit strong. Let's just say school boards here in Eastern Washington and elsewhere are finally taking action to keep phones out of students' hands in classrooms. At issue in many districts is whether cellphones should be allowed in class, at lunch, on buses or even on campus....
HARRINGTON - The City Council held a regular meeting on Wednesday, July 24, to discuss several items on the previously approved agenda. The regular council meeting was called to order with Councilmembers Hardy, Buddrius, and Meats in attendance. Councilwoman Moritz was absent and excused, while Councilman Gavin Wagner was expected to join if his schedule permitted, however, a combine kept him occupied. No visitors were present in the gallery. The agenda proceeded with a...
Forgotten in the annals of time is the story about a farm kid from Ritzville that nearly made the Olympic track team. Walter “Spike” Arlt was an outstanding athlete at Ritzville High School and as a track hurdler he set a state record for the 120 yard high hurdles in 1956 his senior year. That mark still stands as an all-time Bronco track record since the 120 yard high hurdles is now the 110 Meter hurdles. Spike would go onto run track at WSU and in 1960 was selected as the...
8 Years Ago Adams County News July 5, 1899 The strangers within our gates must be tapped for all there is in it when they fight and brag they can whip any man in this place. Such conduct won't go. If the would-be toughs will take a tumble and behave themselves, they will never have any trouble in Ritzville and they will be treated as gentlemen whether they deserve it or not. Judge French will take care of them all right. If they are not good they will be raked fore and aft....
Loren Schuoler Nov. 28, 1933 – June 10, 2024 Edward "Loren" Schuoler passed away peacefully at home on Monday, June 10, 24 following a two-year battle with gastric cancer. He had been living at the home of his son, Jack, and daughter-in-law, Heather, in Everett, Washington, where he had been lovingly cared for since the passing of his wife, Ann, in 2018. Loren was born on Nov. 28, 1933, at his grandparents' farm in Outlook, Wash., the firstborn child of Edward and Ruth Wagner...
Loren Schuoler Nov. 28, 1933 – June 10, 2024 Edward “Loren” Schuoler passed away peacefully at home on Monday, June 10, 24 following a two-year battle with gastric cancer. He had been living at the home of his son, Jack, and daughter-in-law, Heather, in Everett, Washington, where he had been lovingly cared for since the passing of his wife, Ann, in 2018. Loren was born on Nov. 28, 1933, at his grandparents’ farm in Outlook, Wash., the firstborn child of Edward and Ruth Wagner...
HARRINGTON – Three Davenport men were killed in a car crash on Harrington-Tokio Road on Friday, June 7. Alan Kysar, 26, Braedon Efraimson, 26, and Blake Wilson, 24, all of Davenport, succumbed to their injuries in the two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Mohler Road at approximately 8:30 p.m, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office reported. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, though the Sheriff’s Office believes that an unidentified driver traveling east on Mohler Road ran a stop sign at the Harri...
RITZVILLE – This past school year, Cindy Julien, a foreign exchange student from France, took part in this rural community and gained firsthand experience of its culture. Last August, Julien arrived from Sainte-Flour, a town of about 6,000 inhabitants in a mountainous region of central France. She hails from a small-town community where her parents and relatives are farmers. As a result, her transition to life in Ritzville has not been a tremendous culture shock. Previous f...
RITZVILLE – Fifth-graders from Ritzville, Lind, Benge and Harrington sat in a real Adams County courtroom May 17 without suffering the angst of real prosecution. It was Law Day. Students played roles as they read a script depicting a fictional case. The judge, bailiff, prosecuting attorney, defendant, witness to the alleged crime and jury - all played roles in the trial. As in an actual criminal proceeding, the jury heard the evidence, lawyers made objections and d...
OTHELLO — A local orchard has received a grant to replace two windmills with a drone. Baird Orchards, 10664 Road E S.E., is among 18 projects to receive a total of about $2.3 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Energy for America Program grants for upgrading energy production. According to the ¬USDA, Baird Orchards will receive $90,981 to fund the replacement of two propane-powered wind machines with drones. Two Harrington-area farms — Rolinco Farm and Oestreich Farms JV — will also receive grants. At Baird...
TYLER – A wind turbine corporation has been acquiring land leases from the Tyler area to Fairfield. Over the last five months, Cordelio Development Holdings LLC of Toronto, Canada, has acquired 20 leases across southern Spokane, including two parcels between Tyler and Sprague. The purchases include parcels near Cheney, Fairfield, Latah, Waverly and Tyler, according to county records. Details of some of the purchased tracts have yet to be made public, and company officials have not returned calls seeking comment. In the T...