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RITZVILLE - East Adams Public Hospital District No. 2 officials hosted a meeting Saturday, Nov. 15, to curtail rumors of a hospital closure. The session stemmed from the districts decision to issue a WARN Act letter to the state and employees at the East Adams Rural Healthcare hospital. The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification law requires large businesses and government agencies to report conditions which could lead to a possible bankruptcy or closure....
ODESSA - The Tigers started strong but couldn't hold momentum Monday, October 6, falling to the Lind-Ritzville Broncos in straight sets, 25-12, 25-10 and 25-6. Tigers head coach Alli Schroeder said her players showed flashes of solid play before confidence issues and unforced errors took over. "The girls came out strong and were playing how we should have been playing," Schroeder said. "Then we got into our heads a little bit and started making mistakes that we need to...
LIND — The motto of “Nothing Runs Like a Deere” is turned in its head June 13-14 at the Lind Combine Derby at the Lind Lions Club Arena. The goal seems to be making farm equipment go kaput. By design. Derby organizer Mike Doyle says he has 13 entries this year that will run in heats of four, five and four. “Each heat runs about 20 minutes,” Doyle said. “Then we drag out the disabled combines with the loader. Once we get through all three heats we give them an hour and a half to get their combines up and going again, and...
RITZVILLE - This city's search for a new police chief has left Reardan without its top officer. Reardan's former police chief, Mikeal Suniga, was hired away from the city; he began his new position on April 1 in Ritzville. Before coming to Reardan, Suniga was an officer in the Airway Heights Police Department. The Ritzville City Council agreed March 4 to offer him the job. But the city has been on the results of a background, polygraph and psychology and medical screenings...
RITZVILLE — The Davenport girls fastpitch softball team opened the 2025 season with a doubleheader loss on the road March 14. The Gorillas fell to the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos in the opener, 8-0, and in the nightcap, 25-17. The Broncos pretty much ran away with the first game, shutting out the Davenport Gorillas, 8-0. But the Davenport girls’ bats came alive in the first inning of the nightcap, forcing the Broncos to chase them down. In the end, the Broncos won, 25-17, on their home fielding. Davenport Coach Lin...
SPRAGUE - A local veterinarian is helping some Ritzville residents care for an injured stray dog. The stray dog - dubbed "Evie" - appeared in Ritzville without a clue where she came from. When she was captured, "Evie" had two broken legs and an infection, and was in need of major surgery. The cost, an estimated $10,000 to $15,000. Veterinarian Jill Swannack of Ritzville has been helping care for the injured pooch. But before she could help, Evie had to be caught. "We don't...
SPOKANE — The State Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit Monday, March 10 against Adams County over its cooperation with federal immigration officials in their deportation effort. The lawsuit alleges the Adams County Sheriff’s Office of “illegally collaborating with federal immigration officials and aiding the Trump administration’s efforts to enlist local officials for federal immigration work.” It’s the second lawsuit in as many months seeking to stop local officials from handing over illegal aliens to U.S. Immigrat...
RITZVILLE - It's not going to surprise many people that the wheat market is in no way a method to get rich quick. "It's down," Washington State University regional extension specialist Aaron Esser said about the wheat farmer's market price. "It's way down. I can go back over 10 years and find when the price of wheat was significantly higher than what it is currently, but I think it's well below the cost of production for most producers, especially if you start looking at their true cost of production. "I'm not sure what it...
SPRAGUE — Two duck hunters were found dead in Sprague Lake after their boat capsized Sunday, Jan. 12. The deceased were identified as Rock Dwayne Bass, 61, and Gary Thomas Myers, 69, both of Spokane. According to Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner, the two men left their homes to go duck hunting on Sprague Lake earlier that day were expected home around 5 p.m. Their last known communication with family was at 1:45 p.m. “on the lake somewhere,” Wagner said. Family members lost contact with the duo and could not get any phone...
RITZVILLE - An Adams County Sheriff's deputy and a Washington State Patrol trooper arrested an Ocean Shores, Wash., man Dec. 30 after several reports of aggressive, violent behavior in both Sprague and Ritzville. Kenneth Andrew Curtiss, 32, of Ocean Shores, was arrested and booked into the Franklin County Jail, where he was being held on $5,000 bail at press time. Curtiss is charged with two counts of third-degree assault of a law enforcement officer, each a Class C felony....
