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HARRINGTON—Three young Davenport men who graduated from the high school here in the past decade were killed in a car crash on Harrington-Tokio Road Friday, June 7. Alan Kysar, 26, Braedon Efraimson, 26, and Blake Wilson, 24, all of Davenport, succumbed to their injuries in the 2-vehicle crash at the intersection of Mohler Road that was reported at approximately 8:30 p.m, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office confirmed today. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, though the Sheriff’s Office believes that an unident...
DAVENPORT — Avista regional business manager Melanie Rose and Davenport operations manager Nick Harmon provided the Lincoln County Commissioners with an update on wildfire plans for 2024 at the Commissioners’ regular meeting Monday, June 3. That plan includes moves as minimal as inspecting trees and as extreme as, in a worst-case scenario, shutting off power to an at-risk area. Rose said there are 982 Avista customers in Lincoln County, and the highest fire risk related to Avista services is in the most northeastern portion o...
ODESSA - A local eighth-grader is this year's Washington Junior High School Rodeo Association State Champion chute dogger and Reserve Champion steer bareback rider. Winston Wade, 14, who has been doing rodeo for only two years, earned the prizes at the state finals May 23-27 in Moses Lake. Wade started entering junior rodeos two years ago when his family moved to Odessa from Nebraska. "I always wanted to ride bulls," Wade said. "That's how I got started chute dogging." Wade...
EDWALL - A trio of soft-spoken graduates made a loud impression as they celebrated the conclusion of their high school careers at the Christian Heritage School commencement ceremony Saturday, June 1. Valedictorian Amy Colvin, Landan Phillips and Kade Valitalo were recognized by faculty, family and friends in the gymnasium of the private Christian school in Edwall. "This trio of graduates probably can't wait to be off this stage," principal Emily Audet said. "They are humble, g...
ODESSA — The town is hoping that local taxpayers are willing to help town officials solve an issue that’s been prevalent here for some time: Difficulty finding a second police officer to create a two-person police department. The solution, the town hopes, is for a levy lid lift to offer a more competitive wage, according to a letter sent to Odessa citizens by Mayor Bill Crossley. “It has become hard for small towns like Odessa to compete with larger communities when trying to hire officers because we cannot match their highe...
DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Planning Commission held further discussions about updating the county code with provisions for wind and solar development, but didn’t reach a final draft to present to the County Commissioners after a meeting Tuesday, May 28. Figuring out appropriate setback distances and how those should impact participating and non-participating landowners is a major holdover for the Planning Commission. Member Margie Hall noted Monday that she didn’t think a decision should be made that day with so many...
PULLMAN - A Reardan High School student set to graduate next weekend will spend the next school year serving as the Washington FFA State Secretary. Senior Ashley Landt was elected to the position at the State FFA Convention Saturday, May 11. Landt, a 5-year member of the Reardan FFA Chapter, was selected from 13 other candidates for the position. She will begin her duties as Secretary with a base camp training June 18, which is 10 days after graduation. "I was surprised,"...
DAVENPORT - Elementary principal Sarita Hopkins is resigning her post to be closer to family. After two years working for the School District here following a stint with Cheney Middle School, her resignation was accepted by the School Board Tuesday, May 28. Hopkins has accepted a teaching position with North Thurston Public Schools. Her husband, Jim, is stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Air Force Base and her daughter recently moved to the West Side. Her resignation is...
YAKIMA - Four individual athletes and one relay team from Lincoln County won state titles at the WIAA 1B/2B/1A State Championship Meet at Eisenhower High School Thursday, May 23 through Saturday, May 25. And a bevy of other athletes from Davenport, Odessa and Reardan also took home top-5 finishes, leading to top places for some of the teams. The Davenport girls had the best showing of local teams, finishing second in 2B with 67.5 points. St. George's won another title with 95...
1 years ago The finals in the old-timers tennis tournament at Odessa featured Jake Hopp Jr. of Odessa defeating Joe Weik of Davenport in men’s singles, Mr. and Mrs. Hopp defeating Mrs. Earl Phillips and Jim Goodwin of Davenport in mixed doubles and Hopp and Dan Heimbigner defeating Weik and Goodwin in men’s doubles. Three accidents occurred within a few hours of each other on Sunset Highway between Davenport and Wilbur. One driver fell asleep at the wheel, one hit a rock and one crashed into a horse. 75 years ago Lin...
DAVENPORT — City Council promptly tabled an agreement for an updated law enforcement service contract between the City and Sheriff’s Office Wednesday, May 22. The current 4-year contract expires at the end of the year, making 2024 a negotiation year where the City must once again decide whether it will continue to contract with the Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement services. The current contract states Davenport patrol area deputies shouldn’t transport or attend appointments of inmates being held by jurisdictions outside...
PULLMAN - Two area FFA teams qualified for the National Convention with first-place, state championship performances at the 94th State FFA Convention and Expo May 9-11. Both the Reardan FFA Ag Issues team and a Davenport Middle School agriscience team will compete at Nationals in Indianapolis in late October. Davenport's pairing of eighth-graders Brooke Bell and Sage Kresser competed in a division of agriscience in April 20 competition in Puyallup. Bell and Kresser competed...
HARRINGTON — The City issued a water boil order to its residents after a motor on the City’s third water pump failed Tuesday, May 21. That order was rescinded Wednesday, May 22. Mayor Joe Armand asked residents to conserve water with “extreme diligence” in a message given to Harrington citizens Tuesday. “While we are limping along with our City’s original well, it isn’t delivering the volume that we are used to,” Armand said. That led to possible water contamination from pressure loss. Residents were asked to boil tap water...
DAVENPORT - The Lincoln County Commissioners officially passed an ordinance declaring the county won't have an elected coroner at a regular meeting Monday, May 20. The move comes in response to House Bill 1326, which was passed in 2021 and contains a section declaring every county should have an elected county coroner, except in counties with less than 40,000 residents. There, the county legislative authority may determine that no coroner shall be elected, which is the...
1 years ago Oscar Oehlwein of Davenport won third place in the mile run at the state interscholastic meet in Pullman. The annual meeting of the Lincoln County Tuberculosis league was held, with Dr. C.S. Bumgarner of Davenport elected president and Mrs. W.A. Buckley of Sprague elected vice president. A proposition to bond the city of Davenport for $10,000 to raise money to pave Morgan Street lost in a special election. 75 years ago Jerry Walter of Odessa showed a shorthorn steer that was declared grand champion over all...
RITZVILLE - Lincoln County schools now know which of their athletes are heading to Yakima to compete in the WIAA State Championship Meet this weekend. 28 local athletes have punched their tickets to the May 23-25 meet at Eisenhower High School after the District 7 2B and District 7/9 1B Regional Championships concluded Saturday, May 18. Some athletes and teams have the best marks in certain events heading into state. Davenport sophomore Glenna Soliday has the fastest time in...
HARRINGTON - The Lincoln County Youth Soccer league, which is in its second season, held its annual tournament while the local Car Show was ongoing Saturday, May 18. Odessa was well represented amongst the victors. The future Tigers beat Davenport 1-0 in the 2nd/3rd grade championship, beat Ritzville in penalty kicks in the 4th/5th grade championship and smoked Davenport 11-0 in the 6th-8th grade championship. Ritzville topped Reardan 3-2 in the kindergarten/1st grade...
TUMWATER - Odessa senior Melloney Deife topped her 2023 third place finish at the WIAA State Golf 1B/2B Tournament with a second-place finish in the 2024 iteration Wednesday, May 22. Deife's finish is Odessa's best since Kira Powell won the state championship in 2012. The senior entered Wednesday's final round tied for second place, one shot off the lead, after shooting an 88 in the first round Tuesday, May 21. She matched that total by shooting another 88 Wednesday. Deife...
ODESSA - A Ritzville boy who is graduating from the high school here was one of five students in the state to be named a 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Jacob Scrupps, who carries a 4.0 grade point average and plans to study ag systems management at the University of Idaho, was named a Presidential Scholar in CTE Thursday, May 9. Scrupps joins Ashwin Joshi of Southridge, Lexi Molnar of Goldendale, Siddharta Dylan Pant of Lakes and Kosha Upadhyay of Bellevue as the five...
DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Planning Commission set a goal of presenting an updated zoning code with additional sections regarding wind and solar development to the County Commissioners by the Commissioners’ regular meeting Monday, June 3. In a regular meeting Monday, May 13, The Commission discussed the portion of the current draft that discusses solar provisions and offered suggested edits largely centered around slight adjustments to wording. No official draft was reviewed, and the meeting was tabled to 9 a.m. Tue...
DAVENPORT — Over 120 candidates relevant to the citizens of Lincoln County filed for public office in anticipation of the Aug. 6 primary election during filing week Monday, May 6 to Friday, May 10. County voters will see federal, congressional, statewide, legislative, countywide and judicial candidates on their ballots this summer. Locally, incumbent County Commissioners Jo Gilchrist and Scott Hutsell filed for re-election and won’t be challenged. Victoria Iverson and Adam Walser will both advance to the general election as t...
1 years ago Lincoln County Pioneer Sheriff John Level died after a battle with cancer. Mrs. Rose Landers of Sprague began suit against her husband, J.H. Landers, who had been arrested for allegedly marrying another woman before getting a divorce from Rose. The Lincoln County game commission placed a bounty of five cents each for offed magpies. 75 years ago Nearly 300 head of horses were sold at the annual Davenport Auction company event, with auctioneer Bill Hutsell crying from the truck in the center. Pioneer Sprague...
RITZVILLE - For the first two innings, it seemed like a bit of small ball on offense and some solid defense behind Bo Walter might allow the Odessa baseball team to fight for an upset against the favored DeSales Irish. But a nightmarish third inning for the Tigers unraveled the game, leading to a 17-1 route by the eventually state-bound Irish in the District 7/9 1B Tournament Saturday, May 11. The loss ended Odessa's season in the District tournament for the second straight...
SPOKANE - The Davenport softball team was quickly eliminated with two losses at the District 7 2B Tournament played at Merkel Sports Complex Tuesday, May 14. The seventh-seeded Gorillas dropped a quarterfinal game to second-seeded Northwest Christian 16-1 to open the Tournament. That loss forced Davenport into a loser-out matchup with Kettle Falls later Tuesday, which the Bulldogs pulled off 7-2 to end the Gorillas' season. Davenport finished the season 6-16 overall. "The...
RITZVILLE - Some athletes have already qualified for the WIAA State Championship meet, while others advanced out of preliminary heats into Saturday's finals during the first of two days of District 7/9 1B and District 7 2B Regional action Wednesday, May 15. All field competitions and some running events held Wednesday were finals to determine state qualifiers, while other running events were preliminary heats to qualify for final heats on Saturday. At the 2B level, where...
