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The Odessa Town Council met Monday night to deal with routine matters affecting the community. Fire Department Town fire chief Don Strebeck told the Council that, after expenses, the consignment equipment auction held during Spring Fling made about...

Last month, Secretary of Health Mary C. Selecky declared a whooping cough (pertussis) epidemic in Washington and 1,132 cases have been confirmed throughout the state. The epidemic has not yet reached Lincoln County, but surrounding counties have...

The sixth annual Historic Ritzville Days Western Art Show and Cowboy Gathering promises to showcase a wide variety of artists and media, complemented by a lineup of western and bluegrass entertainment in historic downtown Ritzville on May 25-27....

The Washington State Patrol's recent round of cadet testing caught many people unprepared to take the required cadet fitness and written tests. To address these concerns, WSP will conduct additional cadet testing at locations in Eastern and Western...

I have SO MANY QUESTIONS! Here are just a few: 1) What happens to the “data” when it is broken out simply by school buildings, especially those whole buildings that happen to be located in high-poverty areas? In other words, what is the gain in...

5/11/12: Not much need for grain news today. All one really needs to know is that commodities have fallen out of favor with investors and other speculative traders over the past few weeks, and money is fleeing the trading pits/servers. JP Morgan...

A report in the May 3, 1907, edition of The Odessa Record on the volume of wheat received at Odessa warehouses during the preceding season emphasized that the town was the world’s largest primary wheat shipping station. Odessa area wheat field...

The Odessa Community Vacation Bible School is scheduled for the week of June 11-14 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Odessa Foursquare Church at 111 E First Avenue. Fresh fruits, vegetables, cheese/crackers can be delivered to the Foursquare Church that...

The Odessa float will be making its debut appearance Thursday, May 17. Justin Parr reported that the float will follow "the usual route" which follows First Avenue east, loops up to the hospital, west to the school and then back down Alder Street...

Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area (where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up). Hi, here I am again. Continued from last week - the Kiesz children... Joyce...

The Blackwood Legacy Quartet comprises Rick Price, Luke Yates, Daniel Rivera and Daniel Childs and is one of the most successful and hardest working gospel music groups today, touring more than 250 dates per year. The award-winning group will...

Even though we already ran a story on this event based on information supplied by science teacher Jeff Wehr, we are including this article because it provides additional information Kira E. Powell, a student at Odessa High School finished in first...

The Odessa School District, in cooperation with Educational Service District #101, will be providing a Childfind Screening clinic on Thursday, May 24, 2012. The screening will be offered at no cost to children of concern, ages three through five....

Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible...

John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Matthew 22:37-39, Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and...