Ritzville City Council discusses EARH annexation request

The Ritzville City Council met for its regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 19, as the City continued to move ahead with East Adams Rural Healthcare’s request to have the City annex two parcels of EARH property into Ritzville’s corporate limits.

EARH CEO Gary Bostrom says that the hospital plans on using the two parcels, which are located near the Life Care Center on South Lewis Street, for facilities that will specialize in dementia care and potentially assisted living.

In accordance with the Revised Code of Washington, the Council unanimously passed a motion to accept the proposed annexation...