Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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PACCAR’s recent announcement it is teaming with computer chipmaker Nvidia to build driver-less trucks is good for Washington. PACCAR, the century-old Bellevue-based truck builder, plans to manufacture new Kenworth, Peterbuilt and DAF computer-guided trucks capable of delivering freight over our nation’s roadways. Hopefully, many of them will be assembled at its Renton plant. Self-driving cars already exist. Google has been testing them since 2009. They have logged over two million miles. The company reports of the 11 acc...
Has anyone noticed the Washington State D.O.T. has found a very novel and inexpensive way to solve the problem of our deteriorating federal interstate highway system. The solution was simple, just lower the speed limit. Carried to extreme this would eventually lower the speed to a dead stop. Which means the libs on the left side of the state could push through a rapid transit system costing 10 fold what it would cost to fix the roads. See how happy the EPA is. No more nasty pollution. We could have electric trains powered by...
A year ago at this time the Legislature’s regular session was over, because it is limited to 60 days in even-numbered years. However, we already had been called into a “special” session to iron out disagreements related to changes proposed to the state budget, and it ran to the end of March. There is no reason for the Legislature to go into overtime this year – no good reason, that is. But last week the governor’s budget director effectively scoffed at the idea of adjourning on time, and Thursday the House Democrats...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague golf team focused on the basic fundamentals of the game as they hosted St. George’s, Northwest Christian, Kettle Falls and Inchelium at the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course on Tuesday, March 14, for the first league match of the season. The team is at full contingency this year, allowing them to have complete boys and girls teams. The match consisted of nine holes and 35 par. The Broncos who participated in the match for the girls team were Tessa Jant...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos began the spring season with two losses in a doubleheader against Northwest Christian (NWC) on Thursday, March 16, in Ritzville. Head Coach Todd O’Brien said despite the losses, he is proud with how the team competed in the games and he looks forward to a successful season. At the start of the first game, O’Brien said they expected NWC to be a tough team as they were league champions and their roster consists of 2016 League MVP pit...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos kicked off the spring season with two wins against Northwest Christian (NWC) in a non-league doubleheader game on March 17. Head Coach Jason Aldrich said the team competed well for the first games of the season as the Broncos had many starting members return this year. In the first game, Aldrich said he rotated all top four pitchers on the mound and Garrett Frederick pitched the first four innings. With the new state pitching rule setting a...