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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...
ODESSA-Two incumbents appeared to have secured comfortable victories, but one challenger was the favorite to unseat another incumbent in three contested School Board races after first returns Tuesday, Nov. 7. Longtime Board member Ed Deife trailed Zach Schafer 230 votes to 153 in the race for Director No. 2. Schafer, a relationship manager and loan officer for AgWest Farm Credit, had 211 votes to Deife's 142 in Lincoln County. Schafer led 13-7 in Adams County and 6-4 in Grant...
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...
ODESSA - It's been somewhat of an up-and-down season for the Tigers' volleyball team, but the squad was able to wrap up the regular season with a straight sets victory over Wellpinit to finish with an 8-8 record Saturday, Oct. 28. Odessa topped its visitors convincingly 25-10, 25-13, 25-16. The Tigers started strong and stayed strong, quickly leading 6-1 in the first set before a 25-10 victory. Odessa then scored the first 12 points of the second set before playing back and...
SPOKANE - This season, the Reardan soccer team has rarely had available substitutes and has often had less than 11 players, forcing the Screaming Eagles to play shorthanded in most of their games. Reardan battled through the adversity to qualify for the District 7 tournament, but its run ended with a pair of losses to Davenport and St. George's. The Screaming Eagles fell to the eventual District champion Gorillas 5-0 Thursday, Oct. 26, playing at a two-player disadvantage...
ODESSA - The Tigers came into last Friday's District 7 1B division crossover game looking like a team angry at the uncharacteristic three regular season losses Odessa had suffered. And the victim of Odessa's wrath was the Columbia (Hunters) Lions, who were convincingly tamed 82-0 in an Oct. 27 matchup. The win advanced Odessa to a loser-out, winner-to-state matchup with Wellpinit this weekend. The Tigers scored early and often against the Lions. Chad Strebeck ran into the...
DAVENPORT-For the second straight year, the Gorilla soccer team is headed to state. This year, it's by virtue of a District 7 championship clinched with a 2-1 victory over Northwest Christian (Colbert) in a Halloween game that was eerily like the regular season finale played between the two rivals a week prior. With the win, Davenport clinched a spot in the 1B/2B state playoffs, while Northwest Christian will have to win its way in during District 6/7 crossovers. Like last wee...
HARRINGTON — A local music teacher was cleared of domestic violence charges during a court appearance Thursday, Oct. 26. Seth Michael Bergman, 33, has been cleared of two charges -- fourth-degree assault-domestic violence and malicious mischief-domestic violence. He was arrested on accusations he slammed a door into his girlfriend and injured her forearm during an argument in a Harrington home Saturday, July 29. According to Lincoln County District Court records, the state moved to dismiss the charges pursuant to the a...
DAVENPORT - The high school's first-ever FFA team to qualify for the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis is competing this week. The local FFA nursery landscape team competed Wednesday, Nov. 1 and will learn their outcomes Thursday, Nov. 2. The team qualified with a state championship in Snohomish May 24. Seven students are joining advisor Todd Hargrave in Indianapolis this week, with sightseeing and touring done Tuesday, Oct. 31 prior to Wednesday's competition. The team...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County Commissioners will meet with department heads to discuss the 2024 budget Monday, Nov. 6. The budget talk will be an all-day affair, with appointments scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The meeting will start with an opportunity for public comment from 8-8:15 a.m. From there, the meeting was scheduled as follows at press time: • Farren Reinbold, Noxious Weed Control Board: 8:15-8:30 a.m. • Keith Nelson, Information Services: 8:30-8:45 a.m. • Ed Dzedzy, Public Health: 8:45-9 a.m. • Margie Hall, Broadband...
DAVENPORT — The school district will be asking voters to pass two replacement levies in a special election in Feb. 2024: An Educational Programs and Operations (EP&O) levy and capital projects levy. The district hasn’t decided how much it will ask for but plans to put a resolution with an amount before the school board in November. And that upcoming resolution was a topic of conversation at the board’s regular meeting Monday, Oct. 30. Superintendent Chad Prewitt and business manager Dana Telecky told the board that the EP&O l...
SPRAGUE — Voters within city limits will be seeing an EMS levy for approval or denial on their ballots in this year’s general election. City clerk/treasurer Heather Krauter said the regular six-year levy is identical to that which was passed six years ago but is expiring at the end of 2023. Residents would be taxed 50 cents per $1,000 in assessed property valuation for six years, beginning in 2024. That’s the same rate as the levy passed in 2017. “They didn’t want anything to change,” Krauter said. Elections deputy Norm...
CHEWELAH - The Davenport boys and girls cross country teams each qualified for the WIAA state championship with their respective performances at 1B/2B Regionals on Friday, Oct. 27. The Gorillas also had an individual regional champion, with Josie Wynecoop winning the girls race with a time of 20:16.15. Sisters Charlotte and Glenna Soliday finished fourth and 13th respectively and would have qualified for state individually if the team had not advanced. As a team, the...
DAVENPORT — A trial featuring a second-degree rape charge was dismissed last week after most people summoned for jury duty failed to appear. It’s an instance that’s becoming a Lincoln County trend, local officials say, and it has many within the county concerned. Damion Michael Pegram was charged with second-degree rape and agreed to have his case go to trial, which was scheduled to begin Wednesday, Oct. 18. The case was dismissed by county Prosecuting Attorney Adam Walser due to a lack of available jurors. County Prose...
DAVENPORT — The city and Lincoln County are close to an agreement on a telecommunications franchise for broadband internet, city administrator Steve Goemmel reported at council’s regular meeting Wednesday, Oct. 25. Negotiations have been ongoing since July, but after discussions between city attorney David Bingaman and county attorney Adam Walser, the city has just a couple details left in the contract to clarify before being ready to sign an agreement, Goemmel said. “I think we’re in the final stage,” Goemmel said. “It...
DAVENPORT —Halloween is coming up Tuesday, Oct. 31, and organizations around Lincoln County are ready to celebrate with candies, costumes, carnivals and other popular activities for children and adults alike to enjoy. Here’s a breakdown of everything Halloween-related going on around Lincoln County. Reardan This weekend, ghosts and goblins will provide a blood curdling experience to all who dare visit the Haunted Train at the Inland Northwest Rail Museum. The event will be Saturday, Oct 28, from 6 to 9 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 29,...
HARRINGTON - The longtime chief of Fire District No. 6 informed his district he'll be retiring soon. Scott McGowan is stepping away from his role after 35 years as District chief. McGowan has been a fireman with the District for 39 years, almost simultaneous to his 40 years with the city as maintenance superintendent. "I started just after the ash cleanup (from Mt. St. Helens," McGowan said. He said he's retiring due to health issues and "not doing what I should be doing."...
1 years ago Davenport city council adopted a resolution to pave Morgan Street from 15 feet east of Fourth Street to the west side of Eighth Street. 75 years ago Bernard Schoen earned a $5 bounty for shooting a bobcat north of Davenport while out hunting deer. 50 years ago Edwall locals planned a Lion’s Club carnival themed after the Spokane Expo ’74. 25 years ago Larry Lindbloom and Ted Hopkins prepared to square off for the District No. 3 County Commissioner seat. 10 years ago Sprague Mayor Mike Evans resigned but sai...
ODESSA - The Tigers got a win and a loss in the last week, defeating Chesterton Academy in straight sets before a Senior Night sweep at the hands of Wilbur-Creston. Odessa defeated Chesterton Academy 25-10, 25-14, 25-11 to improve to 7-6 this season. Then, on Senior Night, the Wildcats came to town and swept the Tigers 25-19, 25-20, 25-23 as Odessa dropped to 7-7 this season. Seniors Hayden Schuh and Melloney Deife led the Tiger attack. Schuh notched 15 kills, while Deife had...
DAVENPORT - A regular season NE2B title and homefield advantage through the league playoffs were on the line when undefeated, 13-0-1 Northwest Christian visited 12-1 Davenport. And the Gorillas secured both prizes, coming out with a 2-1 victory to give the Crusaders their first loss of the season Tuesday, Oct. 24. Davenport will host both games it plays in the league playoffs this week. The win over NWC was the Gorillas' eighth in a row. The Crusaders proved they wouldn't...
DAVENPORT - After dropping its first match of the District 7 Tournament to Chewelah Tuesday, the Gorillas kept their season alive with a three-set sweep of Upper Columbia Academy Wednesday, Oct. 25. Davenport's 25-12, 25-19, 25-18 win Wednesday advanced the Gorillas to the final day of District action and ended the Lions' season. The Gorillas started strong in the first set and kept the pressure on in the second set, jumping out to a 14-8 lead. That lead grew to 19-10 before...
DAVENPORT-After a season-opening loss to Moses Lake Christian Academy, the Gorilla football team has rattled off three straight victories in a strange, independent, 8-man 2023 season. The most recent victory was a 28-6 handling of Oroville on Senior Night Friday, Oct. 20. The visiting Hornets, whom Davenport previously defeated 24-6 on the road Oct. 6, struck first with an opening quarter touchdown. The first half proved a slugfest, as Davenport equaled the score 6-6 by...
