Lind, WA

RITZVILLE – The new principal at Ritzville Grade School has been there before. Cindy Faught retired from that position two years ago, to be replaced by Tanner LaTour. LaTour moved on, and the Lind-Ritzville School District's search for a new Ritzville Grade School principal resulted in... Cindy Faught. "I did think I had left it behind," Faught said last week. "But I was very e...

RITZVILLE – A surprise scholarship from a former Lind-Ritzville High School alumnus will help an already-successful University of Washington student plot her college career. Temple Gefre, a Lind-Ritzville graduate who will be a sophomore at the university this fall, received the $6,500 from alumnus Girard Miller, now of Burien. "I really do appreciate it," Gefre said when the scholarship...

RITZVILLE -- Lind-Ritzville High School Coach Brendan Bermea sees opportunity for the football season. His team gets to try strategies against area schools from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, during the Bronco Jamboree. “We have a good number of kids out,” Bermea said last week. “We’ve had 36 kids out for football, which is pretty good, and a good mix of kids between seniors through freshmen. I...

RITZVILLE – Dustin Killian has both feet planted in what helps the human body. He is a physical therapist assistant at East Adams Rural Healthcare and he also is also a sports trainer at Lind-Ritzville High School. "You just have to have a love for the human body and how to help it get better and how it works and all those kinds of things," Killian said during an interview last week. &qu...

Sheriff’s Log RITZVILLE – The Adams County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls for service from August 10-16, 2026: August 10: 1:59 a.m. — Cattle near railroad tracks N. Hills Rd. and E. Danekas Rd. 10:33 a.m. — Hit and run traffic accident 1000 Block E. Lind-Ralston Rd. vehicle vs. guardrail. Chance L. Rice, 29, of Endicott cited and released on suspicion of hit-and-run, unattended...

WASHTUCNA – Local students were the first in the county to return to the classroom for the 2026-27 school year. The first day of school here was Tuesday, Aug. 18. Students and Lind and Ritzville were scheduled to return Thursday, Aug. 20. Sprague students start Wednesday, Aug. 26 and Othello students on Thursday, Aug. 27. In nearby Kahlotus, the first day of classes is Monday, Aug. 31....

MEDICAL LAKE – Three Lind-Ritzville wrestlers placed fourth Saturday, Aug. 15, during the second Sundown Throwdown on Holliday Field at Medical High School. Nash Glisson finished fourth in the U12 division at 87.8 pounds. Jax Gordon was fourth in the middle school boys 98.6-pound class. And Jax Glisson was fourth in middle school boys at 169.2 pounds. Other Lind-Ritzville wrestlers in the tourname...

RITZVILLE – Voters in Lind, Ritzville and Washtucna are supporting a total of four tax levies that were on the Tuesday, Aug. 4, primary election ballot. Three of the levies will raise funds for municipal swimming pools and one for preservation of a cemetery. In Ritzville, voters were approving Proposition No. 1 to fund Park and Recreation District No. 4 operations of the Ritzville Water Park. A pr...