Massage therapist expands to Ritzville

RITZVILLE – Massage therapist Roxanne Potter recently set up shop downtown, adding local clients to her services in Lacrosse and St. John.

Potter, her husband David, and their three daughters moved from upstate New York to Eastern Washington in 1994.

"David changed jobs and we hooked up with Judy Harder in Hooper," she said.

Hooper, located along the southern bank of the Palouse River, is a rural community east of Washtucna in Whitman County.

Her husband was farming and ranching when they moved to Washington, but later started driving charter buses. Since retiring from that job, he's driven pe...