Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Sorted by date Results 194 - 218 of 1311
DAVENPORT — The longtime jail superintendent with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has taken another job. Lyle Hendrickson handed in his keys and uniform Saturday, Jan. 13 after accepting a job with the Colville Tribal Police in Nespelem. Hendrickson, a Davenport native, was with the county for 21 years, including nearly 13 years as jail superintendent. “As far as my departure, it was amicable for both of us,” Hendrickson said. “Just time for a change, and the CCT was t...
DAVENPORT--As temperatures begin to climb into the teens from single-digit and negative numbers, precipitation is expected to follow. The National Weather Service has predicted heavy snow totals from Tuesday, Jan. 16-Thursday, Jan. 18. The Weather Service is forecasting between six and eight inches of snow in the Davenport/Reardan in that time span, with Wednesday, Jan. 17 expected to be the snowiest period of the three. Snow is expected to begin Tuesday night. Three to six...
DAVENPORT - It's official: The City has a new Mayor. City council ended a 2-month saga of questions about who would fill that role by nominating Jonathan Chapman to the seat at a regular meeting Wednesday, Jan. 10. Council voted 4-2 in favor of Chapman over 8-year incumbent Mayor Brad Sweet, whose term ended at the end of 2023. The City had been mayor-less for the first 10 days of 2024 after Council first tied 3-3 at the first December meeting in choosing between Chapman and...
DAVENPORT—The state Republican Party is holding statewide caucuses this weekend, and Lincoln County is no different. The local Republican Central Committee will be holding the county caucuses at three county locations at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 13. The caucuses are held every four years to elect delegates and alternate delegates to attend and vote at the Lincoln County Republican Convention. Up to 94 delegates and 94 alternates divided by precinct could be elected, Central Committee chairwoman Mary Blechschmidt said. Any r...
DAVENPORT — A local man will be going to prison for nine crimes committed in Lincoln County. Damion M. Pegram, 20, of Davenport, entered a guilty plea and was convicted of two counts of third-degree assault, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, third-degree theft, possession of a stolen firearm, third-degree rape, first-degree malicious mischief, custodial assault and second-degree assault. Presiding judge Lech Radzimski slapped Pegram with a 108-month, or 11-year, prison sentence followed by three years in c...
HARRINGTON—Better communication between the city and its citizens, improved infrastructure and “prosperous” conditions for new and current businesses are among the priorities the city’s new Mayor is stressing. Joe Armand, 58, took office Jan. 1 from the retiring Jesse Silhan. He moved from City Council into the role for a 4-year elected term after running unopposed in the 2023 election cycle. In an annual meeting with The Record-Times, Armand said many of the changes he hope...
ODESSA-A local woman is opening a new business on the downtown First Avenue strip. Owner Danielle Hardung aims to open Wild Roots Market by Valentine's Day, Feb. 14 at 3 West First Avenue, where she is leasing the space from the same building owners that rent space to The Record-Times. She said the business offers a variety of services, including a hair salon that also offers waxing and hair extensions. "The salon will also retail professional hair and body products including...
1 years ago Lincoln County pioneer and former Auditor J.W. Anderson, who lived in Sprague, Harrington and Davenport, died from complications following a medical operation. Davenport sign painter Jack Lowe was fined $75 and sentenced to 30 days in jail after he admitted to possessing liquor. Nearly half of local schoolchildren missed classes due to a measles outbreak. 75 years ago WSU football coach Phil Sorboe spoke at the annual Davenport Commercial club banquet. A fundraising drive was held to raise funds aiming at...
DAVENPORT - After losing 7 of their first 9 games to start the 2023-24 season, the Gorilla boys basketball team has won two straight games after a 42-20 win over Upper Columbia Academy Thursday, Jan. 4. Offensive production was at a premium, with the Gorillas holding the Lions to just three points in the first quarter and two points in the third quarter. "The kids know where to be, it's just making sure we're in those positions," Davenport head coach Matt Henry said. "I was...
DAVENPORT-The Gorilla girls basketball team won their fourth straight NE2B league game in convincing fashion last Thursday night, dominating winless and outmatched Upper Columbia Academy 57-18 Jan. 4. Davenport pitched a 25-0 shutout in the first quarter as the Lions couldn't figure out the Gorilla zone press. Offensively, Clare Lathrop led the way with 10 points and four rebounds. Seeing the clear path to victory, head coach Stacia Soliday rotated varsity and junior varsity p...
WARDEN — The Davenport boys wrestlers were at the Jeremiah Schmunk Invitational to grapple against 16 other schools from around the state and Pacific Northwest Saturday, Jan. 6. The Gorillas finished eighth as a team with 75 points, ahead of ninth-Colfax and behind seventh-place Kittitas. Tonasket edged out St. Maries of Idaho with 237.5 team points to win the Invitational, while host Warden finished fourth. Individually, Brock Gustaveson once again won the 190-pound class. Gustaveson pinned River View’s Trell Miles in 0:57,...
DAVENPORT -The warmer-than-normal weather that Lincoln County (and much of the country) has been treated to so far this winter will soon be a distant memory. Beginning Thursday night, Jan. 11, temperatures are forecasted to plummet around the region. The National Weather Service predicts temperatures will be as low as -1 degrees Fahrenheit, with wind chill values as low as -20 in Davenport. The same model predicts a low of 6 degrees with wind chills as low as -10 in Odessa,...
DAVENPORT — After originally tabling a motion to approve the 2024 Lincoln County budget Monday, Dec. 18, the County Commissioners approved said budget Thursday, Dec. 28. After using reserve funds to close a roughly $1.4 million budget gap that usually besets small counties like Lincoln, the current expense fund balanced at $22,004,444. That large sum is almost double what it normally is because $11,820,601 in broadband grants were allocated to the non-departmental fund within the current expense budget. Commissioner Scott H...
DAVENPORT - It may be hard to believe, but another year has come and gone. As usual, there was plenty going on in Lincoln County in 2023. Here's a look back at the top news items from the year, July to December. January to June was covered in last week's newspaper. July Howard King was named superintendent of the Harrington School District. Nate Lathrop opened 410 Burgers in downtown Odessa. Jordan Mills-Jay pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree manslaughter and...
HARRINGTON — City council adopted a final budget for the 2024 fiscal year at a meeting Friday, Dec. 29. Some funds have more expected expenditures than revenues, but the final budget balances with about $15,800 to spare. Projected revenues are $1,035,705.65 and projected expenditures are $1,019,828.17. The ratified budget came in the final meeting for now-former Mayor Jesse Silhan, who retired from the position. Joe Armand took office Jan. 1. The city’s 15 funds are projected to have the following revenues and expenditures in...
1 years ago • A fire starting from a furnace in the boiler room burned down the First Presbyterian Church in Davenport. • J.J. Janke, a farmer south of Odessa, froze to death after an automobile accident three-fourths of a mile from his home. Area temperatures in the area were as low as 11 below. • The Davenport Times-Tribune office was backed into by the Allen Grocery company delivery car after delivery boy Leo Allen left the car parked on the top of the hill, where it slid into the building. 75 years ago • A record...
ROYAL CITY - Wrestlers from Davenport and Reardan spent part of their winter break at the Royal Christmas Tournament Friday, Dec. 29. And the Harrington wrestlers that are part of the Lind-Ritzville athletic co-op were further south, competing in the Pomeroy Christmas Tournament Saturday, Dec. 30. Davenport's Brock Gustaveson was the lone local champion. Wrestling at 190 pounds, Gustaveson pinned Jayton Caddy of Tonasket in 3:43, Valentin Juarez of Warden in 4:51, Tazrik...
DAVENPORT — The city won’t have a mayor for at least the first 10 days of 2024. City council unanimously voted Wednesday, Dec. 27 to table a second tally for its mayoral selection until the first meeting of the New Year. Two weeks ago, city council was split three votes apiece between incumbent Brad Sweet and current councilman Jonathan Chapman. That split vote pushed further discussion to the final meaning of 2023, which was Wednesday night. After a roughly 40-minute executive session, councilman Lance Strite motioned to...
DAVENPORT - It may be hard to believe, but another year has come and gone. As usual, there was plenty going on in Lincoln County in 2023. Here's a look back at the top news items from the year, January to June. July through December will be covered in next week's newspaper. January Odessa was left without a police chief after Leslie Jimerson's quiet resignation. The town didn't "advertise" the vacancy for a short time due to concerns of sparking a rise in crime. Julie Murphy...
1 years ago • Reardan residents petitioned Northern Pacific to improve passenger and freight service on the Central Washington railroad branch, with a specific request for a gasoline car service from Almira or Wilbur to Spokane. • Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies fired shots at a fleeing car containing two Reardan women who thought the officers were actually road bandits. The Sheriff’s Office had to settle the damages done to the car. • Davenport city council voted to pave Morgan Street from about Fourth Street to...
DAVENPORT - In their lone home tournament aside from the A.S.B. Rumble on the calendar for this school year, the Gorilla boys grapplers took fourth place out of 10 schools participating in the Gorilla Invitational here Saturday, Dec. 16. Davenport scored 97 team points, behind Northwest Christian's 137, Kittitas's 127 and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington's 110.5 points. Individual results for the Davenport boys were as follows: In the 165-pound class, Brody...
DAVENPORT — The School District joined 11 other school districts in making an appeal to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) last week, and it will be making a separate, independent appeal this Friday. Davenport is appealing Friday, Dec. 22 to move down to the 1B level for athletics, either for football or all sports. The Gorillas are currently a 2B program in District 7’s NE2B league. The school is joint appealing to either move down for all sports, or to just move down to 8-man football at a 1B lev...
1 years ago Robert Cress, who was charged by Lincoln Co. officers with breaking into the Sheriff’s Office and stealing 26 cases of bonded whiskey, was apprehended in British Columbia for stealing liquor from a whiskey runner. Evan Wyatt of Tyler was fined $200 and given two months in jail for selling moonshine at a dance in Tyler, even though he claimed he was just making a little Christmas money with the sale. The Davenport High School debate team of Phyllis Wilson and Clifford Halfhill defeated the Reardan team of Iris L...
REARDAN - Last weekend, the Screaming Eagles' boys basketball team got two big wins over Chewelah and Northwest Christian. Tuesday night, the fun was interrupted with an 85-50 shellacking at the hands of Brewster. The 2-1 week brought Reardan's season record to 3-4 as the non-conference season draws nearer to an end. Reardan started off with a 19-14 lead against Chewelah before building that lead to 32-21 behind 17 points from Rysen Soliday Friday, Dec. 15. Soliday would finis...
REARDAN - The Screaming Eagles' girls basketball team had a 4-game winning streak snapped with a pair of losses to league foe Northwest Christian and non-conference opponent Brewster this week. Reardan topped Chewelah 41-21 Friday, Dec. 15 behind 14 points from Tenice Waters and 12 points from MacKenzie Bjornberg, then fell to the Crusaders 58-54 in a nail biter Saturday, Dec. 16. The Screaming Eagles started off guns ablazin' against NWC. Reardan went up 18-2 behind...
