City council gives OK for new fire truck purchase

The Ritzville City Council met for its regularly scheduled meeting on March 19, as they addressed a laundry list of items on the agenda.

Ritzville Fire Department Chief Joel Bell notified the council that he traveled to Touchet on March 17 to take a look at and test-drive a used fire truck that could be purchased to replace the department’s current No. 3 truck. At a council meeting in February, Bell told the council that the department has been having problems with the current truck, which he said hardly ever gets ran due to problems it has and was purchased more to help the department’s fire...