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WASHTUCNA - That NW bus, a popular stop for tourists traveling to Palouse Falls and college students heading to Pullman, saw lots of action as it got yet another coat of paint Saturday, April 3. The 1955 Kenworth Pacific School Bus originally owned by the Toppenish School District was a popular sight to visit for graffiti artists and tourists alike when it sat rusting away on public land near the turnoff to Palouse Falls, in between Washtucna and Kahlotus. Now owned by the...
LIND - The Lions Club hid over 1,000 eggs in the city park for their annual Easter Egg Hunt. The playground in the park was taped off into four categories: ages 1-3, Preschool and Kindergarten, Grades 1st, 2nd and 3rd, and Grades 4th, 5th and 6th. Dispersed among the candy-filled eggs were "Golden Eggs" filled with $10 and $20 dollar bills in each category. For more action photos, click on "Photos" on the top tab at ritzvillejournal.com. For more of the story, please see the...
RITZVILLE – Four Lind-Ritzville high school juniors competed in this year's Distinguished Young Women program, with a showcase event highlighting the girls' talent, fitness and self-expression Sunday, Mar. 28. Dakota Killian was chosen as the 2022 Distinguished Young Woman. "I'm just very excited to be able to represent this community," Killian said. "I love this community and I'm grateful to have lived here my entire life, so I'm happy for this opportunity." Killian said s...
SPANGLE - The Broncos girls fell short Monday night, 3-2, and were eliminated from post-season play by the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers. Set scores in the NE2B league semifinal were 20-25, 25-22, 17-25, 29-27, 16-18. The loss to the No. 2-seeded Lancers marks the end of the season for the No. 3 seeded Broncos, who finish with a 9-5 record. Liberty (10-1) advances to the Tuesday, March 30, title tilt against the No. 1-seeded Colfax Bulldogs. Colfax, 12-0 against Class 2B...
KETTLE FALLS – The Broncos high school and middle school runners competed in a league qualifier in Kettle Falls Saturday, Mar. 27, with freshman Caleb Heater moving on to the league championship in Asotin Saturday, April 3. "Yesterday was a perfect day for racing. The weather was beautiful, the course was nice and flat, and the kids were excited to be there," Head Coach Morgan Hunt said. "Caleb Heater ran an extremely great race. He is our only high school boy going to the meet next Saturday." Heater finished the 5...
RITZVILLE – Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) staff traveled over from Renton Thursday, Mar. 25, to honor Lind-Ritzville Athletic Director and 2020 WIAA Board President Greg Whitmore. The presentation of a plaque, in front of the student body assembled on the stadium bleachers, came as a surprise to Whitmore. "Greg was the WIAA board president last year, and the tradition is to honor them with a gavel at the end of the year. We weren't able to do that t...
RALSTON – A vehicle traveling north on Highway 261, south of Ralston near Herman Road, rolled and came to rest in a wheat field Monday morning, around 8 a.m. The driver, a 32-year-old woman from Spokane, was not injured, and no one else was involved in the collision. Washington State Patrol Trooper Crosby said the woman reported being distracted, and looking up to discover she was going off the road. "She didn't say she was falling asleep, or that she was on her cell phone, s...
RITZVILLE – An Othello man pleaded not guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of his son, in Adams County Superior Court Monday, Mar. 22. Felipe Tapia-Perez, 27, remains in Adams County Jail on $50,000 bail following the death of his four-year-old son. His trial is scheduled for April 27. According to court documents, Tapia-Perez had driven to the home of Perla J. Arteaga-Ochoa, the mother of his three children, to pick up his kids for the weekend on Feb. 27. Tapia-Perez was sitting in his vehicle and a...
RITZVILLE - Lind-Ritzville's Distinguished Young Women Showcase event brought four young women vying for scholarships and awards to the stage to show off their talents Sunday, Mar. 28. Dakota Killian was chosen as the 2022 Distinguished Young Woman, with her friends and colleagues in the competition honored for their own individual strengths. Sydney Kinch was chosen as the First Finalist, and Amelia Court and Annika Holland each earned the title of Second Finalist. All four...
WASHTUCNA — The School District is considering going to a four-day educational week on a permanent basis starting with the 2021-22 school year. A community forum is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 30 to hear from the community about the possible change. The meeting in the Washtucna High School gymnasium, 730 N.E. Booth St., will include a question-and-answer session. Both in-person and online participation is available. Those attending in person should arrive 15 minutes early for a temperature check and c...
RITZVILLE – For his last City Council meeting, Gary Cook included a letter summing up his 17 years of service, first as a councilman and the last five as mayor. Cook said when he started as mayor in January 2016, he soon realized the city's budget could be streamlined. "In 2017, we took a bold step to put the budget on a 'cash' basis. We held off capital purchases until we could show revenue to pay for them, and made department budgets the responsibility of each supervisor, s...
CHEWELAH – The Broncos girls volleyball team completed a three-game sweep Saturday, March 20, topping Jenkins High School, 3-0, on the road. The win came just two days after Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Kahlotus swept Reardan, 3-0, and four days after the local girls knocked off St. George's, 2-0. In Chewelah, the Broncos (6-1) won the sets 25-19, 25-19, 25-11. Individual stats were not available. On Thursday, March 18, the Broncos topped the Indians (2-6) in Reardan, 2...
RITZVILLE – The Pastime officially reopened Wednesday, Mar. 17, after closing in mid-November due to Coronvirus restrictions. Owners Dave Benedict and Aimee Guiles held a soft reopening the previous day, to work out any kinks and remember the many details needed to be in place to successfully run a busy bar. And busy it was. "We had people streaming in," Benedict said. "I didn't even turn on the Pastime sign until 9 p.m." "I'm thankful to have our bar open again, and get t...
RITZVILLE – The City Council interviewed the two remaining candidates - Councilwoman Debbie Chapman and former Mayor Linda Kadlec - for interim mayor Tuesday, Mar. 16. The council will appoint one to the position during a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. April 1. Due to capacity limited by coronavirus rules, residents wanting to attend the meeting virtually can call 509-659-1930 for instructions. The interim mayor will serve from April through November, when voters will determine...
REARDAN – Lind-Ritzville cross-country runners Matthew Brown and Maeve Korthuis each finished in 13th place in their respective races at the Northeast 2B League meet in Reardan Saturday, Mar. 13. Both seventh graders racing 2,500 meters, Brown came in at 12:22 among 19 runners in the middle school boys race; and Korthuis came in at 12:54 among 21 runners. Winning the middle school boys race was eighth-grader Hrair Garabedian, coming in at 9:25 for St. George's, the team that t...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Kahlotus Broncos hosted the Odessa Tigers Saturday, Mar. 13, sweeping the visitors 25-11, 25-23, 25-15. "Yesterday's match was great," Head Coach Cari Galbreath said Sunday. "The team played so well together. Defensively we fought and didn't let balls go down without fighting for them. That effort prevented the Tigers from gaining points, and propelled our offensive game. It was a full and complete team win on our part." O...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville Middle School Bulldogs hosted Northwest Christian Thursday, Mar. 11, winning the game 6-0. Zach Klein scored the only touchdown right at the beginning of the second quarter. The team is coached by Dustin Arlt and Dale Anderson. "It was a great day to play a football game, and it was wonderful to see so many people at the game," Anderson said. "If anyone wants to know what brings communities together, they should have been at the football field T...
RITZVILLE – County commissioners held a 15-minute public hearing Monday, Mar. 15, regarding vacation of a portion of streets and alleys within the original town of Ralston. County Engineer Scott Yaeger said notices had been posted at the locations 20 days prior to the public hearing. A notice of public hearing published Feb. 24 and Mar. 3 in the Journal included the written description of the streets and alleys to be vacated. A couple of local residents had questions answered during the public hearing. "I find the general c...
RITZVILLE – The Riggs family enjoyed a day in the sun Saturday, Mar. 13. Tossing a football, climbing the rope wall and seeing how high they could get on the swingsets at Ritzville Grade School were Jicaela Riggs, 13; Jeiyda Riggs, 10; Jaylen Riggs, 8; and Jasmine Riggs, 5. Helping the kids gain altitude were newlyweds Jay and Jessica Riggs of Ritzville. "It's nice to be out and not cramped up in the house," Jay Riggs said. "It's fun to be able to get out and enjoy this nice d...
RITZVILLE – Former owner of Lund Flying Services, Maynard Lund, 87, said this time of year was about his busiest as an aerial sprayer. He learned the business back in North Dakota, and came to the area to "help out" Wilf "Willie" Moore about 40 years ago. "Right now would be starting to be my busy time, spraying for weeds over the winter wheat," Lund said. "Soon as the winter wheat was over, then we'd start on the spring wheat." Lund chose not to follow in the footsteps of h...
RITZVILLE – The final event of this year's Distinguished Young Women program takes place Sunday, Mar. 28. Held at Ritzville Grade School, the public is not invited due to COVID -19 restrictions, but the event will be aired live, beginning at 2 p.m. Visit the Distinguished Young Women social media page and tune in to see the girls compete in poise (presence and composure), a physical fitness routine and answer an impromptu question at the microphone. The talent d...
OLYMPIA – Tuesday, Mar. 8, was the deadline for the Senate to pass it's own bills, other than those considered "necessary to implement the budget." "With floor cutoff now history, the Senate has resumed committee meetings, this time to hold public hearings n bills approved by the House," said Republican Senator Mark Schoesler of Ritzville. "Meanwhile, the House is conducting public hearings on measures passed by the Senate." Schoesler said the Senate focused a lot of time t...
RITZVILLE – Adams County Health Officer Dr. Alex Brzezny presented county commissioners an update on the status of COVID-19 in the county and elsewhere at their Mar. 10 meeting. Following the presentation, Adams County Prosecuting Attorney Randy Flyckt had several questions for Brzezny. “You said this has never been studied before, because this is a brand new virus and we've never been through this before,” Flyckt said. “We are learning from the prior pandemics. But we've never deployed vaccine on this scale to control...
RITZVILLE – A community blood drive at Lind-Ritzville High School netted units of blood for East Adams Rural Healthcare Friday, Mar. 12. "It's been a pretty good day. We had some no shows, but we're hopeful we will meet our goal of 15 units," Audrey Hermann with Vitalant said during the last half hour of the three-hour event. "With every blood drive, we like to set a goal so we can let the local hospital know how much blood to expect." "It's been nice. We were able to see s...
LIND – Town council heard from a citizen concerned about upcoming use for Well No. 6 at their March 9 meeting. Darla Shaver told council members her well was still recovering from the amount of water pumped out of the town's wells last summer, and said she had been in contact with a number of agencies regarding water taken for a project that was completed outside of town. Shaver said there were farmers who were denied water rights because of the amount of water that was going to be used for the project. Shaver said the t...