Haverinen joins Journal staff as reporter

RITZVILLE - The Ritzville Adams County Journal has a new full-time reporter.

Rick Haverinen, 75, will be covering community news for the newspaper and he will be the primary contact for anyone wishing to have news items submitted for publication.

"Rick has newspaper experience that will be invaluable to Journal readers," Free Press Publishing owner/Publisher Roger Harnack said. "It's good to have a full-time, experienced reporter back in Adams County.

Haverinen was most recently employed by the East Oregonian in Pendleton, Ore. He has also worked at the Lewiston Sun Journal in Maine and a vari...