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SPOKANE VALLEY – As the Legislature opened its 60-day session, Republicans outside Olympia lined up behind Rep. Matt Shea, saying he's being "Trumped" by Democrats and Republican Minority Leader J.T. Wilcox. During the last week, at least three counties' Republican committees voted to support Shea and chastise Wilcox. Cowlitz County Republicans approved their resolution Monday night. On Sunday, the 26th Legislative Republican District Committee, which represents part of P...
WASHTUCNA — Several rural school districts are delaying the start of school today due to road conditions following overnight snow. The Washtucna School District is on a two-hour delay, officials said. Other rural districts in the area that are delayed two hours include Kahlotus, LaCrosse, Rosalia, St. John-Endicott, Steptoe and Tekoa. Lacrosse, St. John-Endicott, and Tekoa have canceled preschool today, officials said. And Steptoe has canceled morning preschool and will l...
A passenger train hasn't stopped regularly in Ritzville for nearly 50 years, but a committed group of citizens is looking to change that fact after recent movement at both the state and local level. The newly found interest in bringing back passenger rail service to Ritzville began last year, when $250,000 was set aside in the state's $10 billion 2019-21 transportation budget to conduct a study of the feasibility of an east-west intercity passenger rail system. The proposed...
It was, by most measures, a very successful weekend for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague wrestling squad at the Banks Lake Brawl in Coulee City, with two of the team’s grapplers winning their brackets and three others finishing in the top four. Juniors Jay Harder and Jeffrey Staley were LRS’ first-place finishers, both winning three consecutive matches to get the job done. In the 220-pound weight class, Harder cut through his opponents like a warm slab of butter, pinning his first two opponents just 17 seconds into the first period...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls basketball team rang in 2020 with a home win over Asotin Friday night, 64-21, and a 59-46 road win against Reardan on Saturday. Friday’s win over Asotin was a one-sided affair from the start. The Lady Broncos took the lead for good just 10 seconds into the first quarter when Dakota Killian scored from the post. Not liking what she saw on the court, Asotin head coach Krisi Pratt called a timeout just three minutes into the game. It didn’t seem to pay off as Asotin turned the ball over on its...
What a difference a year can make for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos basketball program. Just one year removed from a season where the team went 8-15 with an early exit in the conference tournament, the Broncos matched last season's win total with a 43-31 win in Reardan over the weekend, which followed a 67-49 home victory over Asotin the day before. Offensively, the Broncos were led by the same trio of players in both games; seniors Austin Thompson and Spencer Gering,...
Carol Marie Lund, (81), passed away on Jan. 7, 2020. A full obituary and photo will run in next week’s issue of The Journal....
With the new decade comes an international air pollution regulation which hastens the switch from high sulfur fuel oil to either diesel or LNG in ocean-going ships. The mandate drops the sulfur content from 3.5 to .5%. While that number sounds trivial, it is applied to 62,000 vessels worldwide. Ship owners and environmental regulators battled over the sulfur limit for years; however, starting on January 1, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) implemented it as...
Norman Thomas Arp (age 90) of Ritzville, Washington was called home on New Years Eve morning. Norman was born on April 18, 1929 in Calgary Alberta, Canada to Emil (Shorty) and Jean Arp, born a Canadian Citizen. His father was a US Citizen born in Iowa. He was raised by his mother on a farm outside of Calgary. At the age of 14, he had to take a job driving taxi so he could support the family when his mother was ill and his father was working in the US for the railroad. Having a dual citizenship, Norman came to the United...
When you have that many bowl games you hope that at least some of them would be exciting and fun to watch. 40 bowl games are a bit much and when that many 6-6 teams make it to a bowl game you know that there is a good chance that the teams that got bowl eligible by winning six games might just finish the season with a losing record. There were a couple of head coaches that went to a bowl game which they probably said they would accomplish in an interview for a job and then...
Adams County’s federal representatives had a mixed reaction to the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani on Jan. 3, mostly falling along party lines. Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, was killed in the early morning hours of Jan. 3 in Iraq, the evening of Jan. 2 in the U.S. He and nine others died after a U.S. drone fired several missiles at two vehicles that were driving on an access road at the Baghdad International Airport. Following the attack, Presi...
The H.E. Gritman Senior Center will be holding its monthly pancake breakfast tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 10, from 7:30-10:30 a.m. Along with pancakes, biscuits & gravy and ham will also be served at the breakfast. Anyone is welcome to attend the breakfast. Membership to the senior center is not required to attend the breakfast....
With the arrival of a new year, The Journal is saying goodbye to one series and hello to another. After 18 editions, the Teacher Profile Series has come to an end. Since its debut on Aug. 1, the series has featured teachers from Lind, Ritzville, Washtucna and Benge. We have met teachers from first grade through high school, teachers who are also coaches, a band director and three principals. While we at The Journal have had a lot of fun profiling these educators, we are also excited to move on to our next series. Beginning...
The Ritzville Rodeo Association will be holding its annual banquet on Jan. 19 at the American Legion Hall, as it coronates its 2020 rodeo queen. The banquet begins at 5 p.m. and features a catered dinner by Rollin’ Coal Barbecue out of Washtucna. During the banquet, 2020 Ritzville Rodeo Queen Julia Klein will be coronated, 2019 queen Rachel Nygren will bid farewell and the 2019 Youth Drill Team will be recognized for its performance last year. A silent and live auction will also be held throughout the evening. The funds raise...
Married Ritzville couple Kris Lennon and Shari Parkinson, known to friends and family as 'AKA The Girls,' have always wanted to go on adventures together. They moved here from Hawaii 12 years ago and planned on seeing some national parks and exploring the Northwest. Now, they have decided 2020 is the perfect year to kick the adventures to the next level. They are going to start with a 2,193-mile hike. "Go big or go home," Lennon said. It all started five years ago when Lennon...
RITZVILLE - Washington State Senator Mark Schoesler and state representatives Mary Dye and Joe Schmick addressed a group of local elected officials, business leaders and other invitees at a legislative preview event presented by the Adams County Development Council on Monday. The legislators discussed what they will be focusing on during the upcoming legislative session. All three lawmakers spoke before taking questions from those in attendance. Taxes, spending and other items focusing on the economy were major talking...