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Lind Community Church 114 E Fifth Ave. P.O. Box 119 Lind, WA 99341 Sunday Service: 10 a.m. Pastor: Rod Dennis Office Phone: (509) 677-3320 Ritzville Nazarene Church 108 W Fourth Ave. Ritzville, WA 99169 Youth Group at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Pastor: Ryo Olson Church Office: (509) 659-1749 New Hope Center 701 W Main Ave. Ritzville, WA 99169 Children and Adult Sunday Schools: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m. Radio Program: Sundays at 9 a.m. on station KTW 630 AM... Full story
[email protected]?subject=Events Calendar submission&body=PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH AT LEAST THESE DETAILS: Event / Date and Time / Address of Event / PhoneSubmit an Event Thursday, January 23 Washtucna Community Library, 4-6 p.m., Washtucna School Library Coding Club, 4 p.m., Ritzville Library Access Health: Telehealth in rural communities, 6 p.m., WSU Extension Office Friday, January 24 Teen Scene, 4 p.m., Ritzville Library Saturday, January 25 Creative Corner, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ritzville Library Monday, January 27... Full story
RITZVILLE – Groundwork for a new gas station and convenience store at the Interstate 90-state Highway 261 interchange is underway. At the Tuesday, April 16, City Council meeting, Clerk/Treasurer Julie Flyckt announced the general contractor and earthwork subcontractor have finally broken ground for construction of a new Maverick gas station. The station will be located across the road from Love's Travel Stop, next to Big Bend Electric. According to survey maps, an existing t...
RITZVILLE — The Adams County Auditor’s Office is gearing up for election filing season. Candidates for Adams County Commissioner District Nos. 1 and 2 can file for office from Monday through Friday, May 6-10. The filing fee for the office is $780.45. Dan Blankenship is the incumbent in District No. 1 and Jay Weise the incumbent in District No. 2. Commission candidates must reside within their voting district, Adams County Auditor Heidi Hunt said, noting fees are due at filing. In addition to the commission seats, filing is...
RITZVILLE – During the public comment portion of the Tuesday, April 16, City Council meeting, resident Don Sanger expressed frustration about two issues. First was the lack of a solar-powered speed limit sign near his home on Weber Avenue. Second was his contention that the city’s water billing policy is unfair. Regarding the first issue, Sanger said, “I want a solar-powered speed limit sign placed on Weber Avenue. Countless semis travel that road in excess of 35 mph. “I offered to pay for a sign out of my own pocket,...
8 Years Ago Adams County News April 26, 1899 A GOOD MOVE – L. E. Paskill, the best agent the Northern Pacific Railway Company ever had at this station, informs us that the present depot will be enlarged and practically made new in a very short time. The building will be on a level with the platform and pleasant waiting rooms, new offices and furniture will be added and Ritzville will have the best accommodations in that line of any town of her size on the road. The officers...
OLYMPIA — The state Department of Ecology has declared a statewide drought emergency for everywhere except cities with large storage basins. The drought update was issued Friday, April 19, with the agency predicting a warm, dry spring. According to the agency, the weather forecast will leave many watershed statewide with low water. The declaration allows state agencies to provide drought-related assistance in a more timely manner. Gov. Jay Inslee calked up this year’s forecast drought to global warming. “As our climate conti...
Darla Klein Breazeale Mar. 1, 1957 - Apr. 7, 2024 Darla Klein Breazeale, a longtime resident of Ritzville, Washington, passed away in her sleep on Sunday, April 7, 2024. Darla was born on March 1, 1957, in Everett, Washington to parents Donald and Gloria Klein. She grew up on a farm in Arlington, Washington alongside her siblings, brother Donald Klein and sister Donita Woodward. Darla married Dan Breazeale in January of 1974; they moved to Ritzville in 1975 where they had...
Celebration of life for LaRae Diane (Lesser) Way Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 2:00pm. Zion Congregational Church Social Hall 301 East Broadway, Ritzville, WA 99169...
Joan Marie Anderson Plager Apr. 9, 1934 - Apr. 10, 2024 Joan Marie Anderson Plager was born April 9, 1934 in Spokane to Paul Gordon Anderson and Anna Elizabeth Bilde, the eldest of six siblings. Named after one of her Swedish grandmothers, she was tall and had a bone structure hinting to her Swedish and Danish ancestors. The family moved to Ritzville her sophomore year of high school and just six months before graduation she married Wesley Plager on December 19, 1951....
RITZVILLE - The community will observe Arbor Day this Friday, April 26, with a free tree and shrub giveaway, plaque presentation and recognition of local students. Sponsored by the Tree Board, the activities at City Hall, 216 E. Main Ave., begin at 9 a.m. with the first 30 residents in attendance being given a free seedling tree or shrub to take home Local Boy Scout Troop No. 888 and Girl Scout Troop No. 889 will present colors, marking the opening of the observance, and...
LEXINGTON, Va. — A Ritzville woman has been awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship. Washington and Lee University alumna Emma Aldrich of Ritzville has received a pre-doctoral graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The graduate research fellowship recognizes graduate students in science, technology, engineering and math disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees. With the selection, Aldrich will receive three years of financial support, including an ann...
PUBLIC NOTICE Maverik Inc, Kelly Irons, 185 S State St Ste 800 Salt Lake City, UT 84111-1549, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Maverik Ritzville, is located at NE Intersection of Highway 261 and Homestead Avenue. Ritzville, Washington in Ritzville in Adams county. This project involves 4.2 acres of soil disturbance for Highway or Road, Commercial, Utilities construction activities. All d...
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, Apr. 24 - Meat lovers casserole, vegetable and garlic bread. • Thursday, Apr. 25 - Chicken ‘N” Dumplings and salad. • Monday, Apr. 29 - Beef enchilada, rice and vegetable. • Tuesday, Apr. 30 - BBQ chicken, mac ‘n’ cheese and salad. • Wednesday, May 1 - Meatloaf, cottage cheese and roll. – All meals a...
RESOLUTION NO. R-024- 2024 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS County of Adams Department of Public Works Ritzville, Washington Sealed bids will be received by Adams County at the office of the Board of County Commissioners located in the courthouse at 210 W. Broadway, Ritzville, Washington 99169, until 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 8, 2024 and will be opened and publicly read on May 8, 2024 at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, for the following construction improvements: Danekas Road Overlay #2 Project – (CRP-199), M.P 3.20 to M...
NOTICE OF STREET VACATION DECISION Notice was given and a public hearing was held in front of the City Council on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, as required by Ritzville Municipal Code (RMC) vacation chapter 11.235, for vacation of 15 feet of Palouse Street. The City Council granted the street vacation to John and Kellie Kragt at 1008 S Palouse Street, parcel no. 1935230615109, for 15 feet of Palouse Street in Block 51, Adams County Land Company Addition to the City of Ritzville. This decision will become final twenty-one (21)...
RITZVILLE - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys dropped a doubleheader to Asotin on Saturday, April 20. The Panthers topped the Broncos, 18-0 in the opener and 16-1 in the second game. Asotin set the tone early, scoring 6 runs in each of the first two innings in the opening game. The game ended in the bottom of the fifth. Asotin had 17 hits and 1 error in the win. The Broncos had 1 hit and 5 errors. Gavin Ells and Cody Ells each had hits for the Panthers. Jerod Harder had the...
RITZVILLE - Despite splitting a doubleheader Saturday, April 20, with Asotin, the Bronco girls remained two games back in Northeast 2B fastpitch. The Broncos won the opening game 9-2, but lost the second game, 10-9. Asotin took a 2-1 first inning lead, but the Broncos took over the game in the bottom of the second for a 3-2 lead and keeping the Panthers off the scoreboard the rest of the game. The local girls added another run in the third, three in the fourth and two more in...
This is the time of year when Major League baseball is getting a real good start and the NBA and NHL playoffs are just getting started. For anyone that watched any games this weekend you would have seen the Mariners battle the Colorado Rockies with snowflakes falling. Friday’s game was postponed until a doubleheader could be played on Sunday. New York Yankee and Tampa Bay players were wearing cold weather head covering to protect their ears and noses. It looks funny but it i...
COLFAX - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys relay teams turned on the speed Saturday, April 20, at the McDougall Invitational at Colfax High School, bringing second- and third-place finishes. The boys 4x400 relay team of seniors Shawn Steinberger and Ridger Moor, junior Zach Klein and sophomore Damon Schilling placed second with a time of 3:35.56. And the boys 4X100 relay team comprising senior Brock Kinch, Steinberger, Klein and Schilling finished third with a time of 45.27....
Volunteers needed for Undeberg RITZVILLE — Lind-Ritzville High School officials are looking for assistance with the Undeberg Invitational track meet Saturday, April 27. The daylong event is the largest track meet hosted each year in Ritzville, and it takes dozens of volunteers. “We could use a couple more adult workers,” Athletic Director Dustan Arlt said in an email. “… one more for girls shot put, and possibly if I could an extra adult for Pole Vault. The first event begins at 10:30 a.m. Tennis match rained out REARDAN ...
SPANGLE — Following spring break week, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys baseball team returned to the diamond Tuesday, April 9, at Liberty High School. But the Lancers were ready for the visiting Broncos, sweeping the doubleheader, 19-9 in the opener and 19-2 in the closer. Liberty set the tone of both games from the beginning. In Game 1, the Lancers jumped out to a 4-0 first quarter lead and expaned to to 8-1 after two innings. The Broncos had a strong fourth inning, with bats bringing 6 runs home. But the Lancers kept s...
CHEWELAH — The Jenkins Cougars were tough to beat on their home court last week. In Northeast 2B tennis action, the Bronco girls struggled to get a win, meanwhile, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys faired a little better. In boys singles, Jeffrey Christianson topped John David, 6-4, 6-2; and Drank Gloyn edged Alex Backman, 6-6, 7-4, 6-3, for Bronco wins. Noah Dockery fell to Dylan Deitwai, 1-6, 2-16. In girls singles, it was all Jenkins. Carlie Loop fell to Avi Sahota, 2-6, 0-6; Liberty McClanatha dropped two sets to Simi S...
SPANGLE — The Broncos track and field struggled Wednesday, April 10, to gain traction as a team at a league meet at Liberty High School, but several local athletes put in solid individual performances. Valley Christian won both the boys and girls team titles, with the boys scoring 99.5 points and the girls scoring 122. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague was fifth in both, with 43 points in boys and 38 in girls team scoring. In individual results, junior John Stromberger won the boys javelin with a flight of 134-07.5, and the boys 4...
There have been a lot of changes in NCAA basketball. UConn won its second championship in a row — in case you forgot. Coaches moved to different challenges, replacing coaches who were fired or took a successful season and received a bigger paycheck somewhere else. I guess we could call it the coaching transfer portal. Eastern Washington University head Coach David Riley moved onto WSU. I like Riley, but I wish he hadn’t said this was his dream job because a lot of dream job...