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From left, Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner, Adams County Commissioners Mike Garza and Dan Blankenship and Adams County Prosecutor Randy Flyckt discuss the Adams County Jail and what it will take to reopen it.

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Meeting will determine what’s required to reopen Adams Co. Jail
February 21, 2023 5:31 p.m.

Meeting will determine what’s required to reopen Adams Co. Jail

RITZVILLE — What it will take to reopen the Adams County Jail, and how to make plans for the jail’s future, was the subject of an hour-long discussion at the Adams County Commission meeting Tuesday. “We need to start coming up with an actual game plan to address what we currently have, and what we’re going to do going forward,” Wagner said. “And it needs to be faster than slower.” The jail was closed and has been the subject of continuing discussions among the commissioners and Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner. Wagner said the jail actually has been a subject of discussion between different commissioners and three different sheriffs for over a decade, and it needs attention now...