ST. JOHN - A St. John Elementary School first-grade teacher will spend six months in jail after being sentenced Friday, Aug. 28, in a student-sex case. Mackenzie Naught, 25, was sentenced in Whitman County Superior Court in Colfax for first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor. The six-month sentence is the minimum available under the sentencing range. Naught will also be required to undergo a...

OTHELLO – A Pasco man has turned himself after allegedly hitting another vehicle and leaving before law enforcement could arrive. Jesus Angel Gonzalez, 18, of Pasco, is charged with hit and run-unattended property. He turned himself in at the Adams County Sheriff's Office substation on Aug. 28. Gonzalez was being sought in connection with a hit-and-run incident Aug. 18. According to the Sheri...

Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of 10: a.m. Monday, August 31: Airway Heights $4.96 at Nomnom. Cheney $5.39 at Maverik. Colfax $5.24 at Cenex and 76. Connell $5.29 at Circle K. Moses Lake $4.79 at Chevron. Othello $4.95 at Hawk Fuel. Pasco $4.89 at Speedway Express and Sunrise Super Gas Pullman $5.09 at Mobil Ritzville $5.16 at...

RALSTON – Old technology is getting a second chance here, even though is has no practical purpose. The Milwaukee Railroad line used to run through Ralston a century ago, but in the present age, even the rails are long gone from the right-of-way. For that reason, there may be no practical sense in the town having a functioning searchlight signal to advise arriving non-existent railroad engineers. B...

RITZVILLE – A 26-year-old man was arrested and his under-age passenger released following a high speed pursuit and vehicle fire on Interstate 90 on Saturday, Aug. 29. Jose Oscar Ayala-Lara, 26, was booked into the Benton County Jail on a charge of attempting to elude a police vehicle. As of press time, he remained in the jail, held without bail. Meanwhile, his passenger, Kayla L. Miraz, 16, was re...

3 years ago The Ritzville Journal-Times August 2, 1951 FIRE DANGER AT PEAK; FLAMES BLACKEN WHEAT Fire danger was considered at a peak in Adams County this week with two separate blazes - one destroying about 60 acres of standing grain - underlining the hazard. The wheat fire occurred Monday afterno...

Sheriff’s Log RITZVILLE – The Adams County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls for service from August 24 to August 30, 2026: August 24: 12:12 a.m. — Deputies contacted a subject at Othello Substation. Subject wanted to file a complaint. 10:55 p.m. — Notice of pursuit that terminated in area of Rd. 0 SW and Rd 25 SW in Grant County. August 25: 7:43 a.m. — Traffic collision S. HWY 17...

RITZVILLE – Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 (Ritzville) commissioners won’t be answering questions during public meetings. During the district’s Aug. 27 commission meeting, Chairman Eric Walker told meeting-goers a new district policy establishes a 24-hour response window. His comments came after the hospital commission that oversees East Adams Rural Healthcare hospital had been in ses...