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The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys and girls basketball teams continued their seasons with a pair of non-league games against the Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors and the Davenport Gorillas. The LRS teams faced off against Almira/Coulee-Hartline at home in the Gilson Gym on Dec. 18. The Lady Broncos fell 45-39 to the Warriors, falling to 3-4 overall on the season (1-1 in league play). The Lady Broncos trailed by seven points heading into halftime and played evenly with the Warriors in the second half, but were unable to break thr...
I think every sports fan has a favorite sports announcer for the big game. There have been some good ones and a few that I tend to roll my eyes and turn the volume down when I hear them talk. I guess I’m a little like Joe Friday from Dragnet when it comes to watching sports, “Just the facts ma’am, just the facts!” If you don’t know what I’m talking about please use your favorite search engine and do a little investigating for yourself. Color commentators have been a bit much...
After more than a year of meetings with legislators and advocating for Washington farmers, the Washington Association of Wheat Growers (WAWG) was gratified to see Congress act quickly in a bipartisan manner to pass the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, otherwise known as the 2018 Farm Bill last week. Today, WAWG applauds President Trump for signing the bill into law. “The passage of the 2018 Farm Bill brings certainty to our growers by providing a strong safety net through commodity programs and keeping crop insurance s...
First of all, I’d like to apologize for how sparse this issue might seem. Christmas fell on a really bad day—a Tuesday—for our newspaper this year, the day where I usually sit down and spend most of the day putting the newspaper together on InDesign. I was back home in Goldendale from Dec. 22 through Christmas, and arrived back in Ritzville very early Wednesday (Dec. 26) morning. So the paper you are reading now was mostly put together on Dec. 20 and 21, believe it or not. Second, I figured that it might be appropriate for a...
Dear Friends, The time has come to ease up on legislative business and focus on enjoying time with family and friends as we reach the peak of the holiday season. That includes taking a brief break from commenting on things coming out of Olympia, even though the list of deserving topics has been growing lately. I’ll touch on a few of those before signing off. This week’s legislative calendar included a meeting of the Washington State Institute for Public Policy board. WSIPP takes a deeper look at a variety of issues that cro...
The Board of Commissioners for the East Adams Rural Healthcare (EARH) met Thursday, December 20. CEO Gary Bostrom reported the Hospital will be posting their charges on their webpage as of January first next year. The posting is a new requirement for the hospital. CEO Bostrom outlined the difficulty in closing the sale of the former nursing home. The property is partially in Adams County; the remainder being within the City of Ritzville. The projected buyer wants the entire parcel annexed to the City in order to streamline...
The Ritzville City Council unanimously approved the 2019 city budget at its regularly scheduled meeting on Dec. 18, putting an end to the annual budget conversations as 2019 draws closer. Additional changes had been made to the budget since the previous council meeting on Dec. 4. Retirement pay projections for two city workers who are retiring in 2019—Public Works Director Larry Swift and a maintenance worker—is now reflected in the budget. Swift has worked for the city since 1997, and has accrued over $21,000 worth of unu...
Adams County Elections Administrator Jacque Laird announced that all officials who were elected in the November 2018 midterm election will be sworn in on Dec. 31 at 1 p.m. in the Adams County Superior Court room. Adams County Superior Court Judge Steve Dixon will swear in the elected officials. Family, friends and coworkers are invited to attend the event. If you have any questions, please call Jacque Laird at: (509) 659-3249 or email her at: [email protected]....
