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ODESSA — The local school district prefers to run its levies on an annual basis, asking voters to assist with funding for educational programs, operations and capital projects. Next year will be no different, as the school district will put two levies on the ballot in a special election Feb. 13. The district is asking voters to approve an educational programs and operations levy (EP&O) totaling $625,000 for collection in 2025. That estimates to $1.89 per $1,000 assessed property value, business manager Staci Claassen said. Su...
DAVENPORT —The Lincoln County Commissioners passed several resolutions, agreements and miscellaneous requests at the annual Thanksgiving week meeting Monday, Nov. 20. After voucher approvals and payroll change increases, the commissioners first approved a resolution to grant a budget extension to the County Fair budget. The following agreements and contracts were approved: • A DIVCO preventative maintenance agreement for the courthouse, public safety building and Public Health building. • An amendment to the Dept. of Healt...
DAVENPORT — While the 2023 General Election won’t be officially certified until Tuesday, Nov. 28, all contested races have been, in essence, decided. There aren’t enough remaining ballots that would swing any race, and winners have been declared in crucial council, school board, fire district and cemetery district races. Precinct data was released after the Nov. 14 ballot tally was updated, indicating which areas preferred various candidates in contested races. These numbers tell a story particularly in school board races...
DAVENPORT — It’s official: a majority of city residents would prefer that J.J. Kowalkowski be the Mayor of Davenport over 8-year incumbent Brad Sweet. The challenger, a former city employee who works grounds at the School District, had an insurmountable 218 votes to Sweet’s 189 after a mostly final count Tuesday, Nov. 14. Just roughly 30 ballots left to be possibly cured countywide after Tuesday’s count, elections deputy Norm Caley said. Now, the only question that remains is whether Kowalkowski wants to accept the role of...
DAVENPORT — After a few months of legal back-and-forth, the city and Lincoln County have reached a franchise agreement for broadband internet in the city. City council approved the franchise agreement at a regular meeting Wednesday, Nov. 8, and county commissioner Scott Hutsell signed the agreement a day later. The agreement grants the county permission to “locate, construct, operate and maintain poles, wires, fiber optic lines, underground cables and appurtenances over, under, along and across all of (the city’s) right...
DAVENPORT - Students of all grade school ages joined teachers, administrators, several community members and military veterans for an annual Veteran's Day Assembly in the high school gym Thursday, Nov. 9. Two veterans with school district connections spoke at the assembly after music teacher Rob Harper led the high school band in the National Anthem. First up was Cpl. Walt Sweetser, husband of district food services director Sarah Sweetser and Marine Corps veteran. Sweetser,...
DAVENPORT — After 239 more ballots were counted Tuesday, Nov. 14, contested 2023 election results were, in essence, decided. And the count brought the total ballots counted to 3,420, a 40.52% turnout for Lincoln County. Around our coverage area, 13 contested races had clear winners after Tuesday’s count. Gavin Wagner secured a spot on Harrington city council with 98 votes to Kelly Foreman’s 58. Jeffrey Smith barely held off RonDel Krauter for a Sprague city council seat with 73 votes to Krauter’s 68. In Odessa, Marlene...
1 years ago Delegates from Davenport, Harrington, Almira and Odessa American Legion posts attended the annual county convention of legion men in Odessa. Henry Scheel was released from county jail after being accused of stealing 14 sacks of wheat from Henry Smith. Two rifles were reportedly stolen from the John Raymer & Company hardware store in Reardan. 75 years ago Beverly Patton of Harrington was honored by the Davenport Assembly No. 99 as the Grand Representative to Connecticut for Washington, Idaho and the territory of...
YAKIMA - The Odessa volleyball team rode their momentum from a thunderous run through the District 7 1B Tournament into the first round of the State 1B Tournament at the Sundome last week, but that momentum was snuffed by the eventual state champions. The Tigers won their first match, but dropped their final two matches at state to conclude their season. First up for the No. 9 Tigers was No. 8 Orcas Island Wednesday, Nov. 8. Odessa got off to a quick 10-4 lead and held off...
VALLEYFORD - Davenport soccer had a hurdle to overcome if it was going to advance to play for the second state title in program history: the team that knocked the Gorillas out of the playoffs last season. And thanks to a game winning goal by Glenna Soliday, No. 3 Davenport leaped that hurdle with a 2-1 state quarterfinal victory over No. 6 Cle Elum/Roslyn at Freeman High School Saturday, Nov. 11. With the win, Davenport advanced to the state semifinals at Federal Way High Scho...
DAVENPORT - Athletes competing in football, volleyball, soccer and cross country around Lincoln County were named to their league's all-opponent teams after fall sports concluded. Here are the local athletes that were recognized. Football In the Northeast 2B league, Reardan senior Aidan Chilson was named first-team all-defense at a linebacker spot, while Jonathan Holdway was first-team all-offense as a lineman. Chilson was on the second-team all-offense as a running back,...
HARRINGTON-Keeping in trend with the primary election, Gavin Wagner had a lead over Kelly Foreman in the race for City Councilmember No. 5 after first ballot returns Tuesday, Nov. 7. Wagner, a local farmer and artist, had 70 votes, while Foreman, a process improvement associate, had 40 votes. The leader in the general election also carried the primary election 58 votes to 31, while Steven Wright collected 21 votes in August. If that result holds, Wagner will take a seat on...
ODESSA-Bill Crossley appears to have been re-elected for another term as Town Mayor. He held a massive lead over challenger Jeremy Smith 196 votes to 48 after first election returns Tuesday, Nov. 7. Crossley has been mayor since 2018, and it seems he'll be carrying that role for four more years. The same was leaning true for incumbent councilwoman Marlene Kramer, who led challenger Laura Caler, an ELA teacher at Odessa High School, 149 votes to 90 in the race for Councilmember...
REARDAN-Lane Collier had a comfortable lead over Brian Benham in a race for the Reardan-Edwall School Board Seat No. 4 after the first election count Tuesday, Nov. 7. Collier leads 392 votes to 280. Both men are running for their first appointment to the Board. Collier, a locomotive engineer, had just a slim 126-114 lead in Lincoln County over Benham, an IT service desk manager in Spokane Valley. But the margin was wider in Spokane County, where both candidates live. There, Co...
DAVENPORT—Incumbent mayor Brad Sweet was losing his bid for re-election to a local School District employee who said in May he didn’t want the job after first election returns Tuesday, Nov. 7. J.J. Kowalkowski narrowly led the 8-year incumbent 142 votes to 126 Tuesday night. Kowalkowski, who works grounds and maintenance with Brian Telford at the School District, said after filing week in May he intended to withdraw from the race. But he appeared on the ballot regardless due to withdrawal rules, and had the advantage to be...
HARRINGTON-Two challengers are leading incumbents in contested races for the Harrington School Board, though one race was more lopsided than the other after first returns were announced Tuesday, Nov. 7. Challenger Britney Wagner leads incumbent Darren Mattozzi 170 votes to 64 in the race for Director No. 1. Wagner, a stay-at-home mother and substitute teacher with the school district, had a comfortable lead over Mattozzi, a School Board veteran. The incumbent Mattozzi, the...
DAVENPORT--More voting results from the 2023 General Election were announced today, Thursday, Nov. 9. Below are the updated totals. There are an estimated 253 ballots left to tally countywide, with the next count coming Tuesday, Nov. 14. Below are the results as of Thursday. Mayor of Davenport J.J. Kowalkowski: 207 Brad Sweet: 181 Harrington Councilmember No. 5 Gavin Wagner: 93 Kelly Foreman: 58 Sprague Councilmember No. 5 Jeffrey Smith: 59 RonDel Krauter: 56 Odessa Councilmember No. 5 Marlene Kramer: 175 Laura Caler: 115...
SPRAGUE—Voters here had three local races or measures on their ballots this general election and made their voices heard Tuesday, Nov. 7. In a contested race for City Councilmember No. 5, Jeffrey Smith held a semi-narrow lead over RonDel Krauter 56 votes to 44. City residents were slimly voting to pass an EMS levy after first count, with 60 voters favoring the levy and 43 voters against the levy. In a contested Cemetery District No. 7 Commissioner No. 3 race, Larae Rodriguez had a lopsided 123-36 lead over Thomas Pelley. T...
1 years ago An unknown thief broke into Robert Garber’s farm home southeast of Reardan. The commercial club protested for Sunday trains to resume running through Central Washington. Clay Chapman of Odessa was arrested on charges of selling liquor to a 15-year-old Bluestem boy. The boy was also booked into jail. 75 years ago 4-H members elected President Glenna Landreth of Espanola, vice president Gerald Sheffels of Govan, secretary-treasurer Kay Childs of Davenport, home economics rep. Carol Hein of Reardan, ag rep. G...
ODESSA - One week ago, the Tigers volleyball team was a .500 team hoping to pull off a couple upsets in the District 7 1B Tournament. And today, Thursday, Nov. 9, Odessa is at the Yakima SunDome trying to take home a fifth-place state trophy. The mini-Cinderella run began Thursday, Nov. 2 when Odessa topped Inchelium 3-2 (25-10, 18-25, 25-17, 21-25, 15-9) in the first round of Districts. The Tigers were stuffed by Almira/Coulee-Hartline later that day 1-3 (18-25, 25-27,...
DAVENPORT - The local FFA chapter's nursery landscape team was named a silver emblem finisher at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis on Thursday, Nov. 2. The emblem came with a 17th-place team finish of 43 nursery landscape teams from around the country. Davenport's team of four competitors, one alternate and two other accompanying students consisted of Tanner Zaugg, Chase Zellmer, Jacob Harvey, Ryan Utley, Shelby Hargrave, Kiera Katz and Titus Griffin, who joined...
DAVENPORT — If you hate finances, you didn’t want to be in the Lincoln County Commissioners’ chamber Monday, Nov. 6. But those interested in county budgets and the allotments disbursed to various county departments got a treat at the annual all-day budget meeting. The initial 2024 budget presented, which is not final, projects the following revenue sources for the current expense budget in 2024 that total over $100,000. Revenue sources totaling less than $100,000 weren’t included in the article for spatial reasons. • $2,51...
TELFORD — A chase involving a stolen car, false report of a mass shooting and abducted pigs ended near the Rest Area in a spooky turn of events for the alleged victims Tuesday, Oct. 31. According to police records, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy Kurt Cuzzetto saw a gold 2001 Chevrolet Silverado followed closely by another vehicle in Creston. The driver of the second car said the Silverado belonged to his friend and had been stolen in Chelan, according to records. The Silverado was eastbound on U.S. Highway 2 with Cuz...
PASCO - The Davenport girls cross country team finished fifth, while the boys team finished seventh in their respective 1B/2B State meets at the WIAA State XC Championships at Sun Willows Golf Course Saturday, Nov. 4. The girls team accumulated 119 points, finishing behind state champion Pope John Paul II (45), Garfield-Palouse (51), Liberty Bell (75) and Rainier (101). The boys had 239 points, behind state champion Valley Christian (77), Pope John Paul II (100), Chewelah...
SPOKANE - A District 6/7 crossover game between each league's champion turned out to be a key factor toward deciding which school would get a first-round bye in the state playoffs. Fortunately for Davenport, the Gorillas managed the only legal goal in said crossover to hold off Tonasket 1-0 in a game played at Gonzaga Prep High School Friday, Nov. 3. Two days later, Davenport was named the No. 3 seed in the state playoffs, while Tonasket dropped to the No. 8 seed. The...
