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DAVENPORT — A 14-year-old boy that made comments about becoming a school shooter at the high school here was deemed to be playing into a joke that other students were making about him, authorities ruled after student interviews Thursday, March 30. According to police reports, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy Jon Evans was told by school safety officer Mike Jacoby that the latter received a report of a student with a “hit list” that was planning a school shooting. Upon being interviewed, the 14-year-old boy told Evans t...
DAVENPORT - While a sudden blizzard of snow in parts of eastern Lincoln County Sunday and Monday forced most citizens to take cover indoors, area ranchers were forced to take the opposite approach: heading outside to make sure their calves and cattle were safe. After all, it is calving season for many, and making sure newborn calves without survival skills stayed alive was top of mind for ranchers. Washington State University Livestock Extension Specialist Don Llewellyn said...
DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Commissioners awarded Spokane-based Zero dB Communications the construction build for the first of three countywide broadband projects bringing high-speed fiber connection to the county. Zero dB Communications will construct the connection for a project through Almira, Creston and Harrington with middle mile up to one gigabyte through Wilbur. The company bid $1,232,501.17, the lowest of five companies that bid. Bids were unsealed at the commissioners’ March 20 meeting and referred to the Eco...
DAVENPORT — A safehouse for domestic violence victims at Willow Ridge will be open soon if everything goes to plan, according to information given at a tour of the complex by representatives from Rural Resources on Wednesday, April 6. Willow Ridge, which has been the topic of some debate and legal discussion in the past three years, was transferred to Rural Resources from Family Resource Center at the end of June 2022. Four buildings sit on the property inside city limits. Two contain three low-income apartments, one contains...
HARRINGTON - Prospective golfers in Lincoln County don't have to go far to get their links fixes in. Three nine-hole courses are available around the county, and all are open for the season. Harrington Golf and Country Club, located at 700 South Second Street, opened April 1 and offers nine-hole and 18-hole rounds. The clubhouse and course will be open from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. every day, general manager Melissa Gilmore said. Round rates vary between $20-$35 depending on the day of...
DEER PARK - The Davenport boys track and field team finished second, while the Odessa girls finished seventh at the 20-school Glenn Wolfe Invite Friday, March 31. The invite, which featured 1A, 2B and 1B schools, saw Logos win on the girls side and Freeman win on the boys side. The Davenport girls finished 10th overall. The Gorillas host a league meet Tuesday, April 11. Here are the local results from the Invite. Boys 100 meters 14. Mason Wright, Odessa, 12.49 36. David Coriel...
ODESSA — After several parents and community members complained about alleged bullying and mistreatment by school district staff members and students at a March 22 board meeting, more community members came forward with further allegations. Residents James Lane and Scarlett Maddock described their experience with the school district as parents and students in an email. Lane and Maddock said their then 14-year-old daughter was threatened with gun violence at the middle school in early 2020. “During band class one day, a mal...
DAVENPORT — The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns came with a silver lining for municipalities around the United States: Federal money being received in the form of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars. Here, that money was put to several uses in 2021, 2022 and early 2023. Some local organizations benefitted from ARPA or tourism dollars, while other monies were used for city projects. The Lincoln County Historical Society was the first recipient of a tourism grant in 2021, receiving $2,000 May 12, 2021. The F...
REARDAN - The risk of cardiac arrest is a scary proposition, but there are now more tools to address an episode in Lincoln County thanks to a series of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) acquired by Highline Grain Growers through a $5,000 matching grant program. The units have been disbursed in the last two weeks by Fire District No. 4 and is a medical device aimed at analyzing a heart's rhythm and deliver an electric shock to the heart without the need of...
EPHRATA - The Odessa girls track and field team tied for 10th place at the Ray Cross Invitational Saturday, March 25. Odessa competed against 20 other schools, including A teams like Richland, Moses Lake, Kennewick and Southridge. Here are the Tigers' individual results from the meet. Odessa was the only local school in action last week. Boys 100 meters 26. Mason Wright, 12.51 40. Jesse Reeves, 13.27 Girls 100 meters 26. Alexis Eden, 14.16 49. Maddy Hawley, 16.65 Boys 200...
SPOKANE VALLEY-Local track and field teams are officially competing. Davenport and Reardan participated in the Fischer Jamboree in Colville Friday, March 17 before the Gorilla boys and girls each got team wins in a meet at Clarkston High School hosted by Asotin Tuesday, March 21. Odessa, meanwhile, competed in the Valley Christian 1B Jamboree Tuesday, March 21. Davenport results at Clarkston Boys 100 meters 7. Tennessee Rainwater, 12.03 10. David Corriell, 12.31 16. Nick Kruge...
ODESSA - More than 30 residents turned out to a contentious School Board meeting Wednesday night, March 22, to hear concerns over alleged mistreatment of students and bullying. Six parents chastised the district; one teacher spoke in support of school administration. Parent Cory Kramer said he removed his two children, including his autistic daughter, from the School District due to constant bullying by students and staff. Kramer now drives his students 30 miles each way to...
DAVENPORT — A resolution in the first-degree murder case of Charles R. Bergman is “close,” defense attorney Dave Hearrean told presiding Judge Jeffrey S. Barkdull at a brief court appearance Tuesday, March 21. Bergman’s trial is currently scheduled for May 17, but discussion Tuesday indicated a resolution is likely before the case goes to trial. Hearrean did note that if “something goes sour” in resolution negotiations, the defense will go forward with a trial. He then requested that Bergman’s readiness hearing be continued...
ODESSA - An alleged threat made by a seventh-grade boy at the middle school Tuesday, March 14 is being investigated. According to law enforcement, resident Amanda Wallace allegedly told 911 dispatchers her 12-year-old daughter related that the middle school boy asked the girl, "When is the day I can shoot everyone in the classroom except (you)?" The threat was not made with a teacher in the room, according to the report. Principal Jamie Nelson allegedly told responding deputy...
SPRAGUE—A Langley man is suing the city of Sprague over a public records request. Court records show Eric Hood filed a civil lawsuit against the city Thursday, March 16, claiming the city didn’t respond to an email request for records regarding a previous lawsuit Hood filed. According to court filings, Hood emailed the city Wednesday, Sept. 14, asking for records of “all costs, including attorney invoices related to the lawsuit Eric Hood v. City of Sprague.” After not repeating the response, he repeated his request Friday,...
DAVENPORT — Former Economic Development Council Director Margie Hall will return to a Lincoln County position. The County Commissioners unanimously approved a motion Monday, March 20 to appoint Hall as director of the fledgling Lincoln County Broadband Office. The motion put Hall in the position effective Monday, April 3. Commissioner Rob Coffman immediately motioned to appoint Hall after fellow commissioner Scott Hutsell mentioned Hall would accept the position for an annual salary of $95,000 with a $5,000 raise after two y...
Since the Davenport boys basketball team won the program's first state title three weeks ago, maybe you've been sitting at home pondering the following question: "Is there a way to compile every news article and several photos from this historic run into one convenient location? If there is such a compilation, will it be available to me before graduation and summer plans?" The answer, fortunately for you, is yes. The Lincoln County Record-Times is planning to create a...
DAVENPORT - The Morgan Street building formerly occupied by Davenport Sporting Goods is now home to 3C Creations and Expressions, a locally-owned business selling designs printed onto items like T-Shirts, water bottles and coffee mugs. Longtime locals Micah and Carmelyn Choate have been operating out of the brick-and-mortar location next to Davenport Motor Company and the Senior Center since Nov. 2022. Previously, the couple operated out of their local home. They began...
DAVENPORT — A 16-year-old boy being tried as an adult on charges of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm had his trial date rescheduled for June 7 this week. Koedi V. White of Reardan appeared in Lincoln County Superior Court for a readiness hearing Tuesday, March 14, where defense attorney Grant Riva and prosecuting attorney Adam Walser told presiding judge Jeffrey S. Barkdull that they expect to reach a resolution before White’s charges go to trial. Riva also asked Barkdull to mov...
DAVENPORT — A noxious weed tax assessment is likely to be brought before the Lincoln County Commissioners later in 2023, according to a discussion at city council’s regular meeting Wednesday, March 8. Noxious Weed Control Board Coordinator Farren Reinbold gave a presentation to council stating the board would propose a $15 tax assessment per parcel for incorporated municipalities, with collected funds going back to the weed board. Reinbold said she expects to make the proposal to the commissioners this fall. A com...
DAVENPORT — Two Lincoln County judges are lobbying to create a rotating indigent counsel list. Superior Court Judge Jeffrey S. Barkdull and District Court Judge Dan B. Johnson addressed the Lincoln County commissioners on the idea Monday, March 6 following a state Supreme Court ruling. That ruling stated that any county without a public defense agency must have an independent rotation of public defenders in cases where the county’s contracted public defender is compromised or in cases with co-defendants. The ruling also bar...
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Lincoln County Record-Times. The opinions expressed in this column don’t necessarily reflect those of the Record-Times’ staff or those of Free Press Publishing. In this same sports section at this same time of year in 2022, I bragged about my boldness in picking Kentucky, a No. 2 seed, to win the Men’s NCAA Tournament. Not surprisingly after such a statement, the Wildcats proceeded to be shocked by No. 15 seeded St. Peter’s on the first Thursday of the tournament… meaning Kentucky...
DAVENPORT - A 37-year-old Carlton man pleaded guilty Tuesday to aiding in the assault of a Lincoln County Jail dispatch/corrections officer and escaping from the jail last August. Cody James Magruder entered a guilty plea on two counts of custodial assault, one count of second-degree robbery, two counts of second-degree escape and one count of first-degree malicious mischief in Lincoln County Superior Court Tuesday, March 7. Magruder was sentenced to 73 months in prison...
SPOKANE - A four-game winning streak game to an end for the Odessa girls in the 1B state quarterfinals. The Tigers fell to the Mt. Vernon Christian Hurricanes 49-36 at the Spokane Arena Thursday, March 2. Both teams had trouble getting their offenses on track to start, and the game was tied 8-8 after a quarter. The second quarter belonged to the Hurricanes. MVC built a 24-14 lead by intermission. That lead only expanded in the third quarter, as Odessa continued to struggle...
DAVENPORT — Heavy construction is coming to three bridges on gravel roads in Lincoln County. Geib Bridge, located north of Wilbur, and Gerald Zellmer Bridge, south of Davenport, will be completely rebuilt and Blenz Bridge, south of Wilbur and Creston, will have its deck and girder system replaced. However, construction is still a ways out for the federally funded projects. “We hope to have them done by the end of construction season in 2026,” public works director Dave Orvis said. Gerald Zellmer Bridge will cost $1,08...
