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OLYMPIA — Two state agencies have banned target shooting on the lands they manage. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the state Department of Natural Resources have banned shooting until further notice. "We implemented several fire risk prevention measures for WDFW lands in Eastern Washington earlier this summer," Fish and Wildlife Lands Division Manager Cynthia Wilkerson said. Hunting is allowed to continue, she said. Target-shooting restrictions will remain in effect until the risk of wildfire decreases, W...
ADAMS COUNTY - Both the Lind Park and Recreation maintenance and operations levies failed to pass in the August 3 primary election, by a narrow margin. The Ritzville Adams County Journal reported in our August 26 issue they both passed narrowly. The Journal regrets this error. Both levies needed a 60% approval rating to pass. The Lind Park and Recreation 3 levy was approved by 187 voters for 58.07%. Rejecting the levy were 135 voters for 41.93%. The Ritzville Park and...
RITZVILLE - An undercutter arrived in town Wednesday evening shortly before 8 p.m. and will be here until next Friday, according to Burlington Northern Santa Fe's Dwayne Streeter. "It's the world's biggest, fastest undercutter," Streeter said. "The RM802 UC01." The undercutter cleans the rock underneath the track. "It cleans mud holes, sort of like fixing potholes in the road," Streeter said. "It replaces the ballast." "An undercutter essentially lifts the tracks, removes and...
EDWALL – A fast-moving fire burned about 40 acres of wheat and sagebrush shortly before lunchtime Wednesday, Aug. 19. The fire on Waukon Road, northwest of the Tyler Road intersection was contained by 12:10 p.m., the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office reported. Fire crews from Edwall, Reardan and Sprague all responded to the blaze, as did Spokane Fire District No. 2 crews based in Cheney. Farmers, too, jumped on the fire line, using their water trucks to help contain the blaze b...
The formerly shuttered livestock processing facility in Odessa has a new lease on life, with the new owners using the facility to help launch a direct-sales beef program. Miles Curtis, who ranches near Odessa, Ewan and Tokio, bought the facility this spring. The facility had formerly been operated by the non-profit group Cattle Producers of Washington. The new plant, called Limit Bid Packing, processes the beef for Curtis’ direct sales program, as well as processing animals f...
RICHLAND — Adams County County Health Department announced August 20 that a 45-year-old Othello resident has died due to a COVID-19 viral infection. The male died August 15 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, according to Community Health Director/Public Information Officer Karen Potts. "This brings the total number of COVID-related deaths in Adams County to six, all within just over three weeks," Potts said. The Health Department is asking Adams County residents to "do your part to help stop the spread of COVID-19...