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Jan. 24, 12:17 — A request was received from an elderly subject who fell on the ice in front of the Post Office and needed help getting into her car. An officer responded and assisted as needed. The city crew was contacted and requested to spread...

Feb. 1 — Venus A. Stoner, Othello, to Harold L. Stoner, Jr., Lot 29, Columbia No. 2, $0. Feb. 1 — Steven G. and Lori Jean Oestrich, Ritzville, to D & A Pastime LLC, care of David and Amy Benedict, Ritzville, Lot 1, Block 9, Original Ritzville,...

Tiny houses are a trendy new housing option that are often considered affordable; however zoning requirements and other laws make them difficult to legally place. A tiny house is usually between 100 and 400 square feet but can range up to 1,000...

The Ritzville City Council met for its regularly scheduled meeting Feb. 5, with a host of topics on the agenda. The council kicked off the meeting in an executive session to discuss the contract for a new golf manager at the Ritzville Golf Course,...

The 2019-20 Distinguished Young Woman program will be held on March 16, at 7:00 p.m in the Lind-Ritzville Middle School gymnasium in Lind. This year’s participants are Kelley Carleton, Katheran Gingrich, Alabama Rushing, Taylor Stromberger and...

Kylie Fulmer, director of the East Adams Library, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Ralston Grange to be held on Feb. 19 at their hall in Ralston. Fulmer will talk about current projects at the library as well as summer plans,...

The East Adams Library District is holding its “Blind Date with a Book” program during the month of February. People will be able to read and rate the books they read, and turn in their entries to the library for a chance to win prizes to the...

The Lind-Ritzville High School Community Blood Drive will take place Feb. 27, and sign-ups are now being taken. The bus will be at the Lind Middle School from 8:45-11:30 a.m., and then move to EARH in Ritzville in the...

The WIAA Representative Assembly voted Jan. 28 to approve two new amendments regarding the Association’s classification system, which will go into effect starting with the 2020-21 school year. The amendments significantly alter the classification...

To say the least, it has been an interesting week for all of us. You remember Groundhog Day? Apparently the groundhog didn’t see his shadow this year and spring was going to be just around the corner for us. Why are we paying attention to what a...

25: Scott Yaeger, Garrett Frederick. 23: Wes Frederick, Travis Simonson. 22: Travis Dewald, Mike Geschke, Colby Schell, Doug Wahl, Justin Ziebell. 21: Jason Heider, James Wahl, Justin Simonson. 20 and under: Dave Breazeale, Joe Cushner, Rich Nay,...

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...

The good news is that it looks like your District will have ended 2018 with a six-digit profit. We have to say “looks like” because the final audit adjustments are not completed, but that seems to be what the number will end up being. That is...

Dear Friends, One of the more newsworthy things coming out of Olympia this week had to do with the independent commission of citizens that sets the pay of “statewide elected officials” -- from the governor to Supreme Court justices to...

Loretta Jean Greenwalt Schoonover went to our Lord on Tuesday, Nov., 2019 with her daughter Mary Ann (Punkie) at her side. She was residing at DeSansos Assisted Living in Jerome, Idaho in their loving care at the time of her death. Loretta was born...