A major wildfire and a recycled bench are the big photos from a week that included more sports and a Floyd County native becoming a Judge in Washington State. Here are the photos from the week of March 20, 2022.
Ri Wolf (via riwolfmusic.com)
Neil McCoy, headliner for the 2022 Floyd County Friends Gala (facebook.com/nealmccoymusic)
Crews with Xcel Energy work along FM 786 Monday afternoon following a large grass fire in the region on Sunday. (Ryan Crowe/FCR)
Norma Rodriguez, a Washington state defense attorney, will be leaving the office of her Kennewick law practice to become a Benton-Franklin Superior Court judge on April 1 following her appointment to the bench by Gov. Jay Inslee. Bob Brawdy BBRAWDY@TRICITYHERALD.COM (used with permission)
A grass fire burns near the Unity Center in the Muncy communuity on March 20, 2022 (Ryan Crowe/FCR)
Crews from multiple departments responded to a grass fire outside the Floyd County Friends Unity Center on Sunday, March 20, 2022 (Ryan Crowe/FCR)
Floydada fire crews head to a secondary scene of Sunday's grass fire near the Unity Center (Ryan Crowe/FCR)
Crews from Petersburg fight hot spots of a grass fire that burned near Muncy on Sunday, March 20, 2022 (Ryan Crowe/FCR)
Lockney Senior Austin Rodriguez crosses the plate during Tuesday's game against the New Deal Lions. (Cervantes photography/Used with Permission)
Lockney's city council meeting on March 22, 2022 (Ryan Crowe/FCR)
Jon Jones of Floydada tests the "Buddy Bench" that FBC - Floydada will donate to A.B. Duncan Elementary School (photo FCR)
The Buddy Bench to be donated to A.B. Duncan Elementary from FBC - Floydada (courtesy photo)
A.B. Duncan Pre-K students were the first to try out the school's new 'Buddy Bench' on Thursday afternoon. (Ryan Crowe/FCR)
Students and staff recognized at the March 24, 2022 Floydada Collegiate ISD board meeting. (Ryan Crowe/FCR)