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RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville High School campus was locked down Thursday morning, Jan. 27, after one student allegedly threatened another. According to Superintendent Don Vanderholm, the lockdown began at 8:30 a.m. and lasted about 50 minutes. A 16-year-old boy came to the school and made contact with Principal Kevin Terris, allegedly telling him he was going to “mess up” another student, Vanderholm said. Staff members at the school were able to detain the student until law enforcement arrived. Officers from the Ritzville P...
Here we are almost two years after the country was supposed to shut down for two weeks in order to flatten the curve for C-19 and those impacted by it. Two weeks turned into two months and so on. I’m glad I live in the country where I can breathe fresh air. Can you remember a year ago when the schools in the state of Washington were getting ready to play football and volleyball instead of basketball and wrestling? We are back to playing sports in the correct season now but the...
JAIL LOG RITZVILLE -- The Adams County Jail reported the following individuals in custody during the last week: Jan. 31 Daniel Marguez – 31, four warrants. Moises Montes – 18, driving while under the influence. Claudio Maldonado-Pineda, 26, driving while under the influence, second degree driving while license suspended and ignition interlock violation. Jorge Ayala, 27, driving while under the influence, and a warrant. Andres Garza – 33, third-degree driving while license suspended, resisting arrest. Maria Ochoa...
Two injured in crash with truck OTHELLO – Two people were transported to an area hospital with injuries sustained in a crash when they attempted to pass a turning truck. Like W. Weaver, 30, of Renton, and Erin Marshall, 31, hometown unknown, were taken to an Othello hospital for injuries sustained in the 12:54 p.m. crash Jan. 28 on state Highway 26. Weaver was driving a 2005 Chrysler 300 eastbound on the highway when he attempted to pass a 2010 Peterbilt truck, the Washington State Patrol reported. The driver of the truck, A...
RITZVILLE – The Bronco and athletics communities are coming together to help a local county and his family. As of press time, a donation account for Jason Hilzer had raised more than $7,000 from 60 donations. The funds come as Hilzer readies for a bone marrow transplant. In July 2021, Hilzer – a Lind-Ritzville/Sprague assistant football coach, and head wrestling and baseball coach – was diagnosed with leukemia. Hilzer has been missing from the field and the mat, but is often mentioned by Lind-Ritzville athletes and coach...
COLBERT – The boys high school wrestling season came to a close Saturday, Jan. 29 for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos at the District 7/9 tournament at Northwest Christian School. No Broncos were entered in the tournament. Reardan won the district team trophy, followed by Mary Walker in second, Liberty (Spangle) third and Davenport fourth. The Top 5 boys in each class move on to regionals beginning Feb. 12. The start of the post-season for girls is Saturday, Feb. 5, at the North Sub-Regionals at Liberty High School in S...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos boys and girls basketball teams took big wins Tuesday, Jan.25, over the Odessa Tigers. The boys team doubled up the Tigers 76-38. Jayce Kelly led all scorers with 16 points and Chase Galbreath added 13. Jacob Scrupps had 14 for Odessa. The tigers leave town with a 4-7 record overall and 2-3 in league play. The girls also put up big numbers against the Tigers, winning by a score of 52-33. Dakota Killian had 19 for the Bronco while Amalia Court added 15. Hayden Schuh had 13 for Ode...
Mount St. Helens program on tap RITZVILLE — “Mount St. Helens-Then and Now” will be presented by geologist Sheila Alfsen of Dallas, Ore., who will detail the onset and May 18, 1980 eruptions sequence. The lecture is set for 1 p.m., Saturday, May 21, at Zion Congregational Chruch, 301 W. Broadway Ave. During the lecture, she’ll explain Mount St. Helens volcanic hazards with examples from other volcanoes and a comparison of their relative sizes during the program. In addition, the presentation will include the advances in volca...
LaCROSSE – Local School Board members have been recognized by the Washington State School Directors Association. Cat Wigen, Mike Stubbs, Terry Miller, Harmon Smith and Tami Schwartz have received 2021 School Board of Distinction certificates. This state-level recognition was presented during the association's recent annual conference. There are 295 school districts in the state and this year, 34 school boards were recognized as Boards of Distinction. LaCrosse School Board was...
MONROE – A memorial scholarship is being established in the name of Jackson David Weaver, who passed away from leukemia on Dec. 16, 2006. Jackson's father, Reid Weaver, is a 1979 graduate of Lind High School, a retired police officer from the city of Monroe and a former instructor at the Washington Police Academy. His father was a school principal in Warden and mother worked as a Nurse in Moses Lake. In addition to Jackson, Reid and his first wife, have two other grown c...
As we conclude National School Choice Week 2022, people around Washington state are about to hear a familiar refrain: Public schools need more money. Official reports, however, show that isn’t true. In a world of online misinformation and fact-checking, it’s more important than ever for the public to get an accurate picture. Official figures show public schools in Washington state now receive record levels of funding, even as the system has fewer students. Citations to the...
John “Johnny” Michael Freeman of Ritzville, Wash., died suddenly on Jan. 19, 2022 at the age of 51 while working at his restaurant: Cow Creek Mercantile. Johnny was born on Oct. 28, 1970 in Renton, Wash. to John D. and Marjorie A. Freeman. Johnny is survived by his three older sisters; Lynn Brown (Ted) of Puyallup, Wash., Debra Hester (Gene) of Fitzgerald, Ga., Cindy Lauman (David) of Tacoma, Wash., ½ brother Mike Carlson of Portland, Ore.; his loving husband Arne, and nume...
In an emergency, governors need broad powers to act fast. Legislative bodies inevitably take longer to assemble and act than a single executive, so they temporarily delegate their power to the executive in emergencies. But these powers are supposed to be transferred for a limited period of time. For example, in Wisconsin a state of emergency cannot exceed 60 days unless it is extended by a joint resolution of the legislature, and in Minnesota, a governor must call a special...
1 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times Feb. 2, 1922 Interests would restore booze Declaring that the liquor interests are fighting harder to come back then they fought in the old saloon days, Captain Ebbert of San Francisco, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, made a please for popular support for law enforcement and for the league it its active work against the liquor interests at the M.E. Church last night. In his introduction, Captain Ebbert briefly sketched...
LIND – In November, Ritzville School District Business Manager Dana Telecky left for a similar position in Davenport. Since then, the District found an opportunity to standardize finance and human resources practices. E Lind and Ritzville School Boards approved hiring Kris Robbins as shared business manager between the two districts at a regular board meeting Monday, Jan. 24. Robbins previously served as Ritzville Grade School secretary since January 2021. Tina Shuler, former Lind School District business manager, has been na...
OTHELLO – The Adams County Development Council has a new leader. Kyle Niehenke, 32, was been named executive director of the Adams County Development Council, effective Jan. 3. Niehenke succeeds Stephen McFadden, who left in November 2020 to take a position at the Port of Pasco. Niehenke grew up in Ephrata and attended Washington State University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, joining Big Bend Electric Corporation in 2014. He spent several y...
RITZVILLE – Adams County Treasurer Kayla Meise presented a letter and affidavit to the Board of County Commissioners concerning uncollectable personal property taxes in Adams County during last week’s meeting. Taxable personal property can include equipment; fixtures and supplies used in business activity, and can also include mobile homes. Unlike “stick-built” homes and other improvements on real property, mobile homes can be taxed as personal property, because they may be located on property not owned by the home owner,...
RITZVILLE – In two unrelated incidents, Thursday, Jan. 27, troopers from the local detachment of the Washington State Patrol rescued injured birds of prey. According to the patrol, Trooper Tylock located and captured an injured owl on the side of Interstate 90 near the city. Also on Thursday, Trooper Barrett found an injured hawk along state Highway 231 near the town of Sprague, the patrol said. The hawk had a state Department of Fish and Wildlife tag on its leg. Both birds w...
RITZVILLE – With ballots for the upcoming special election to be dropped off or post marked by Feb. 8, Adams County Auditor Heidi Hunt reminds voters to sign their own return envelope. “A lot of people think we never look at signatures,” she said, noting it’s not tru. The signature on each returned envelope is manually compared to the signature on file at the Adams County Elections Office. Even in larger counties, this one-by-one examination of signatures happens with each returned envelope. Envelopes with signatures that do...