Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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RITZVILLE – Adams County’s labor force is getting smaller, but fewer people are unemployed. State Regional Labor Economist Donald Meseck recently released a report analyzing the changes in the Adams County labor market between 2022 and 2023. According to the report, Adams County’s unemployment rate fell by 0.01% December 2022 and December 2023. Looking at the county’s non-farm economy, the report noted that 160 new jobs were added in 2023, advancing to 6,630 from the 6,470 jobs recorded in 2022, an average annual increas...
RITZVILLE – Ninth Legislative District lawmakers are planning virtual meetings to hear from residents. Republican Reps. Joe Schmick of Colfax and Mary Dye of Pomeroy will host a virtual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15. Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, is planning a virtual session for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21. The 9th Legislative District includes Eastern Adams and Franklin, Southern Spokane, Whitman and other counties. Reps. Schmick and Dye will provide an update from the 2024 legislative session and take q...
SPOKANE VALLEY - Northwest Christian (Colbert) made 11 three-point shots to run away with a 61-41 win over Lind-Ritzville/Sprague in a loser-out game at the girls District 7 Basketball Tournament at West Valley High School on Saturday, Feb. 10. The Crusaders displayed their shooting supremacy early in the first quarter by hitting four baskets from behind the arc, two by Leah Platt. Despite the Crusaders' hot-shooting, Zoe Galbreath scored 7 points to help give the Broncos a...
RITZVILLE – The City Council pondered downtown development priorities, traffic impact fees, First Avenue road improvements and the Well 8 pump station during its Feb. 6 meeting. During the public comment portion of the meeting, Ritzville Downtown Development Association President John Rankin introduced himself to new council members and provided a brief history of the town’s economic vicissitudes. For 50 years, the Columbia Basin Highway went through downtown, he said. Then in 1939, Highway 10 came through, which moved the...
OTHELLO — A local man was in the Frankly County Jail on Monday, Feb. 12, after attempting to elude law enforcement officers in a side-by-side off-road vehicle. Tyler R. Fegert, 23, of Othello, is facing charges of eluding, driving while under the influence and two counts hit-and-run. According to the Adams County Sheriff’s office, deputies attempted to stop a side-by-side at about 3 a.m. Sunday morning, Feb. 11. The driver, later identified as Fegert failed to stop, “plowed” through a fence and side-swiped a home, records...
OTHELLO A – Mesa man was injured in an early morning crash Thursday, Feb. 8, on state Highway 24. Justin K. Jepson, 48, was injured and transported to a Richland hospital at about 2:48 a.m., the Washington State Patrol reported. Jepson is also facing charges in the crash that occurred 17 miles southwest of the city, the patrol reported. According to a crash report, Jepson was westbound in a 2008 Toyota Prius near Milepost 58 at the time of the crash. Jepson allegedly crossed the centerline at struck an eastbound 2003 P...