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Jail Log RITZVILLE — The Adams County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office reported the following individuals in custody from Feb. 6-12: Feb. 12 Roberto Ordonez-Martin, 45, fourth-degree assault-domestic violence. Booked into the Benton County Jail. Eric Blackman, 37, driving while under the influence. Booked into the Benton County Jail. Nicole Martinez, 21, with theft of a motor vehicle. Booked into the Benton County Jail. Tyler Fegert, 24, of Othello, driving while under the influence, felony eluding two counts of hit and run...
8 Years Ago Adams County News February 15, 1899 Police court – Two men giving their names as James Carroll and Chas. Follard were each fined $50 and trimmings and sentenced to thirty days for stealing two overcoats from the general store of Myers & Shipman about ten o'clock Tuesday morning. The trial was held before Justice F.P. French. Local and Personal Gustave Saillard, who has been on trial for some weeks past for the brutal murder of his mistress, has been acquitted. O...
There was a time many years ago when our state was generally safe and did not have a serious crime problem. Unfortunately, as the saying goes, that was then and this is now. Washington is among the nation’s leaders in several crimes, including auto theft and retail theft. While the nation’s violent crime rate dropped slightly from 2021 to 2022, our state saw an increase, according to the FBI. According to a report by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chi...
OLYMPIA – By a 47-2 vote, the Senate passed a bill Feb. 6 that would speed up the process for restaurants, bars and taverns seeking liquor licenses. Under Senate Bill 5291, applications for liquor licenses or license renewals would be automatically approved if the state Liquor and Cannabis Board fails to issue a decision within 45 days of the application date. Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, introduced the bill after hearing about the trouble three small businesses – Sonny’s Tavern and Grill in Washtucna, and Mi Jalis...
RITZVILLE – Dede Boyer couldn't stay idle for long. "I like to stay busy," she said. "When I was no longer on the City Council, I thought 'What am I going to do with myself?'" In a conversation with a friend, Boyer learned children are often bored in winter months. That got her thinking. "At first, I thought about establishing a roller skating rink, but there was no building big enough," she said. Then she recalled her prior involvement with a local theater troupe. "We used to...
Several days ago, the Wall Street Journal issued a report about California’s “soaring electricity rates.” Average residential rates for investor-owned utility customers have surged by 72% to 127% over the past 10 years. About 2.5 million households in California are behind on their bills, averaging $733 in arrears. According to the Energy Information Administration, California has the second highest average retail price for electricity at $.22 per kilowatt hour. Fuel price...
RITZVILLE – Here are the meals being offered by the H.E. Gritman Senior Center in Ritzville and the Lind Senior Center in Lind. H.E Gritman Senior Center The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is serving the following: • Wednesday, Feb. 14 - Shrimp alfredo, vegetable and roll. • Thursday, Feb. 15 - Grilled ham ‘n’ cheese sandwich and tomato soup. • Monday, Feb. 19 - Ham, mashed potatoes, vegetable and roll. • Tuesday, Feb. 20 - Turkey noodle soup, salad and roll. • Wednesday, Feb. 21 - BBQ pork sandwich, baked beans and cole slaw....
John William Dewald June 22, 1936- Feb. 4, 2024 Farmer, baseball player, pilot, and great-grandfather, John William Dewald passed away peacefully at home on Feb. 4, 2024, at 87. Born June 22, 1936, in Spokane, Wash. to Jesse and Pauline Dewald. He was the third of three children raised on the farm, sister Doris, and brother Robert. John was very athletic playing football, basketball, and his favorite sport, baseball. Growing up he loved to show steers in 4-H, his favorite...
CHENEY — Several area residents have made the fall Dean’s List at Eastern Washington University. Adams County and surrounding residents named to the list include: Edwall — Levi Bleeker, Sarah Kintschi and Moriah Seymour. Harrington — Sidney Danielle Kahlotus — Ray Orthmann LaCrosse — Zoe Bailey Othello — Olga Aguilar-Cortez, Daisy Ballardo, Emmanuel Farias-Garcia, D’Anna Gonzalez, Galilea Gonzalez, Andres Gutierrez, Caden Lewis, Eduardo Maldonado Perez, Clarissa Martinez, Francisco Martinez, Justin Martinez, Ashley Perez, I...
RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville High School reported the following students making the honor roll for the first semester: Caden Bates Emily Balfe Brody Boness Cameron Boness Madisyn Cameron Madelyn Carpenter Addy Colbert Kelsey Connors Levi Cooper Danika Cox Brix Curtis Reetamae Dean Blake Earle Lilly Fannin Maxwell Fedie Rose Fedie Beau Fode Saige Galbreath Zoe Galbreath Harlee Hennings Cindy Julien Brock Kinch Zachary Klein Emilia Klewin Maeve Korthuis Megan Melcher Allesandra Mendez Aidan Miller Jackson Nichols Michael N...
LIND – The following residents are celebrating birthdays and anniversaries during the month of February: Anniversaries Feb. 2 – Les and Ilona Branson Feb. 6 – Josh and Lyndenn Knodel Feb. 8 – Jim and Cheryl Haase Feb. 11 – Carter and Madison Stout Feb. 12 – Tyran and Rachel Doyle Feb. 17 – Dick and Barb Keith Feb. 20 – Grant and Nancy Miller Feb. 23 – Gale and Jean Gardner Feb. 26 – Tom and Lori Strohmaier Birthdays Feb. 1 – Michael Watson, Logan Gering and Briana Osborn Feb. 2 – James Dworshak Feb. 3 – Taylor Davey Feb. 4 ...
REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS Quad County Regional Transportation Planning Organization NOTICE TO CONSULTANTS FOR Title VI; Ethics and Harassment; Americans with Disability Act Policy Updates Kittitas County Public Works Department, serving as the lead agency for the Quad County (QUADCO) Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO), comprised of Adams, Grant, Kittitas, and Lincoln counties, solicit qualifications from consulting firms with expertise in developing policies for Non-Discrimination (Title VI),...
PUBLIC NOTICE Date: September 28, 2021 To: Agency & Adjacent Landowners From: Adams County Building and Planning Department Re: Othello Housing Authority, Variance Application Othello Housing Authority is requesting a variance to allow an increase to the permitted density provisions of the Adams county PRD Code section 17.58.040. The request is for an increase of 125 percent increase over the allowable 150 percent permitted density increase under the code. The proposed variance would allow the Rocky Point Housing project to...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 will be held on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 5:30pm. The meeting will be held at East Adams Rural Hospital in the conference room downstairs and via Zoom. The information to call in is listed below. Dial in +1-253-215-8782 USA Toll Meeting number (access code): 880 2863 6262 Meeting password:145356 John Kragt, Chair Board of Commissioners East Adams Rural Healthcare Published February 14 and...
PUBLIC NOTICE The town of Washtucna is offering for lease by sealed bid a parcel of land containing approximately fifteen (15) acres located in S.33, T.15n, R15N, R.36 EWM. The property has a center pivot used to apply effluent from the town’s sewer systems lagoons when necessary. The property has a metal, open-faced 30’x40’ building for use by successful bid holders. The property must be used for Vegetative Management with Livestock. No potable water is at the site. The duration of the lease is ten (10) years. The minim...
PUBLIC NOTICE SURPLUS SALE The Board of Directors of Washtucna School District #109 has declared old inventory as surplus. List of items available online at www.tucna.wednet. edu. Items are offered for sale to public and private schools in Washington State until 4pm, March 7, 2024. The Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Call (509) 646-3237 for information. Published February 7 and 14, 2024...
NOTICE OF BUDGET EXTENSION HEARING The Washtucna School District No. 109, Adams County, WA, will hold a budget extension hearing and adoption for the district’s General Fund and Capital Projects Fund. The Washtucna School District Board of Directors will meet in a public meeting on February 27 at 6pm at 730 E. Booth St., Washtucna WA. A copy of the budget extensions is available by calling the school office at (509) 646-3237. Any person may attend this meeting and be heard for or against the adoption of the budget e...
As the youngest of five I grew up with basketball, football and baseball. My older brothers taught me how to play and to take a few lumps along the way. I loved to play and work on my deficiencies to be a better player. I watched a lot of games as a youth and of course when my heroes lost I took it pretty hard. When it was my turn to play in high school I paid attention to the rule changes and it was interesting how many changes there were in the game of basketball. The idea...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING MEETING CHANGE A public hearing was scheduled to be held on February 22nd , 2024, with the Adams County Planning Commission for approval of Othello Housing Authority Rocky Point Housing Project. The original meeting has been canceled and moved to 10:00am, March 28th, 2024. The location of this public hearing will be the Adams County Cedar Blvd complex conference room located at 445 E Cedar Blvd - Suite A, Othello or can be attended remotely via GoTo Meeting using the link provided through the Adams...
SPANGLE - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys finished fifth as a team Saturday, Feb. 10, at the 1B/2B Region 3 wrestling tournament at Liberty High School. Jenkins (Chewelah) won the tournament with 146.5 team points, followed by Reardan with 124, Northwest Christian (Colbert) with 105 and Liberty with 102.5. The Broncos scored 101 team points. Nearby St. John-Endicott finished 18th with 11 team points. The Broncos had three individual champions – Carson Kubik at 144, Gabe S...
AMENDED PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF GRANT No. 23-4-00225-13 In the Matter of the Estate of: JOSE GABINO LIRA (A/KIA JOSE G. LIRA, JR.), Deceased. The Personal Representative named below has qualified and has been appointed as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose Gabino Lira (a/k/a Jose G. Lira, Jr.). Any person having a claim against the Decedent must, before the time the claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the...
SPOKANE VALLEY-The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys basketball team saw their season come to an end last week. The Broncos fell to Davenport 62-56 in a thrilling overtime loser-out game at the District 7 2B Tournament at West Valley High School Wednesday, Feb. 7. LRS led most of the game, albeit by margins no higher than seven points. The Broncos took a 17-11 lead in the first quarter behind seven points and five boards from Shawn Steinberger and a pair of threes from Brock Kinch....
SPOKANE VALLEY – The Colfax Bulldogs girls, scoring double-digit points every quarter, held off the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos in their Northeast 2B district opening basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 7, in the field house at West Valley High School. The Bulldogs had a comfortable, 62-41, win in the district semifinals game. The last time the Bulldogs and Broncos squared off, Colfax won on its home court, 45-32. At district, Zoe Galbreath would start the game on fire for t...
RITZVILLE — The Ritzville Gun Club hosted multiple events over the last few weeks. Here are the results of each event: Feb. 11 (52 shooters) 25 — Garrett Frederick and Matt Leffel 24 — Harlee Hennings 23 — Scott Yaeger, Scott Hennings, Dylan Nichols and Chris Green 22 —Jake Dewald, Scott Steinmetz, Tyler Frederick, Dale Swift, Jason Heider, Travis Simonson and Asher Cox. 21 — Conrad Bauer, John Stromberger, Hayes Hennings, Morgan Brausen, Cameron Benitz and Travis Dewald and Dave Breazeale 20 and under — Trevor Jantz, Matt S...
Five Bronco basketball players received All-League honors Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Northeast 2B district tournament at West Valley High School in Spokane Valley. Zoe Galbreath, center, was named to the All-League First team in girls basketball. Saige Galbreath and Harlee Hennings, right, were named to the All-League Second team. In boys hoops, Joey Duff and Brock Kinch (not pictured) were both named to the All-League Second team....