Play is up on Ritzville's golf course

RITZVILLE – The municipal golf course is back to regular hours of 8 a.m. to an hour before dusk seven days a week, with three new greens established and ready to golf on.

"It will take a little more time to cut them down to normal height, but they are established," Golf Course Manager Dan Duff said of greens number two, six and nine. The greens died last summer due to a lack of water when city well no. 9 was offline.

Duff said the Ritzville Golf Association Men's Club has donated $6,500 for tree trimmings.

"We've developed a good relationship between them and the city, and they are putting a l...