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HARRINGTON — Those closely following proposed wind turbine project developments will have a chance to learn more about various community viewpoints and issues soon. The Lincoln County Cattlemen’s Association is sponsoring a community meeting at the Harrington Opera House to help educate the public at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26. Moderator Sue Lani Madsen said the meeting’s purpose is to establish a “baseline of information” and attempt to answer questions citizens have. “We want to establish a culture of being able to discuss...
DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Planning Dept. is in the process of updating Title 17 of the county code to include provisions for alternative energy facility siting, like wind and solar projects. Such language is not presently included in the code. The update comes during controversial wind turbine projects being developed utilizing mostly private, leased land in the Davenport, Reardan and Harrington areas by multiple alternative energy companies. A new chapter, 17.14, would address commercial wind energy facility s...
DAVENPORT — One of the chief promises of the companies looking to build wind turbine projects in Lincoln County is the expected increase in property tax revenue for the county current expense and road budget. Studies show that assessed valuations from wind turbine projects around Washington indeed increase the budgets of the counties projects are developed in. However, the wind turbines are considered personal property, which can depreciate over time. And that could lead to tax burdens being shifted to surrounding t...
ODESSA - The local Chamber of Commerce held its annual banquet at Old Town Hall Friday, March 8. There, prizes were raffled, dinner was served and entertainment was provided. During the recognition portion of the evening, Odessa Golf & RV was named Business of the Year. The business, owned by Dillon and Hannah Jahns, includes a 9-hole golf course and dining options. The clubhouse and restaurant is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Tom Clavel and his family were then named...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County is in the process of updating its zoning regulations to include provisions for the siting of alternative energy facilities, including commercial wind and solar facility standards. But first, a public hearing must be held to hear questions and concerns from the public. And that public hearing is scheduled to take place during the Lincoln County Planning Commission’s meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 28 at the Fairgrounds. Planner Courtney Thompson said the update is simply a code update to add con...
DAVENPORT - Most Lincoln County voters would prefer that former president Donald Trump get re-elected for a second term this November. Trump received most of the county votes in the presidential primary election held Tuesday, March 12. 3,229 Lincoln County ballots had been counted by Tuesday night, with 2,633 votes for Republican candidates and 594 votes for Democrat candidates. Of those 2,633 Republican votes, Trump received 2,169. Four other Republican candidates, who have...
SPRAGUE — The trial of a local man charged with five counts of first-degree possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and one count of second-degree possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct was again continued, this time to May 8. Jonathan Ray Stocker, 42, of Sprague faces the charges after police allegedly discovered over 100 child pornography-related files on a laptop at his Old Sprague Highway Road residence late last summer. The trial was most recently c...
SPRAGUE — A man was arrested and booked into Lincoln County Jail, while an Illinois woman was cited and released after hundreds of tires were allegedly found dumped near the city Friday, March 8. Warren Roy Staves, 53, of Spokane was arrested and booked on a charge of first-degree theft. Amanda M. Stamper of Alton, Illinois, was cited and released for illegal dumping, police records state. According to police records, a caller reported several instances of tire dumping from Ghers Road south to Bob Lee Road, which is about thr...
1 years ago • Two Odessa schoolboys were lodged in the county jail on charges of breaking into the A.W. Birge garage and taking a Ford car. • Revere district farmer John Potts sued Robert MacDonald of Sprague for $25,000, saying MacDonald made slanderous remarks about Potts. 75 years ago • A once denied petition for formation of a cemetery district including 97 sections of land around Edwall hit another snag when a few farmers opposed the district. • New school board members were elected around Lincoln County, includi...
ODESSA - After 14 years as the head coach of high school basketball teams here, Travis Schuh has announced his resignation from the position. Schuh coached the boys team for seven years, then succeeded that with seven years coaching the girls team. His resignation lines up with the graduation of his youngest daughter, Hayden, who was a standout on the basketball team whose season ended after the District 7 1B Tournament this year. "With my youngest graduating, I got to coach...
LAKE ROOSEVELT — Contrary to local legislative opinion, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with proposing to add the Upper Columbia River Site to the National Priorities List for consideration as a superfund site. In a press release sent Tuesday, March 5, the EPA said it will publish its proposal in the Federal Register Thursday, March 7. “Today’s action builds on decades of efforts to clean up the river and protect the health of people who live, work and recreate in and near the Upper Columbia,” EPA Reg...
DAVENPORT —The Lincoln County Commissioners discussed county tax title properties with Treasurer Emily Hansen and Assessor J Scott Liebing at the Commissioners’ regular meeting Monday, March 4. Hansen explained that tax title properties are properties that have gone up for foreclosure. If it is not bought through auction, it gets deeded into Lincoln County’s name and is removed from the tax rolls. There are currently 27 tax title properties in Lincoln County. Hansen said one parcel in Odessa, Lot 4 of Bromstad Plat B-95,...
HARRINGTON — A local man was injured in a one-car rollover crash three miles east of the city on State Highway 28 Monday, March 4. Francis M. Pate, 59, of Harrington was injured after his gray 2000 Toyota Camry left the Highway and rolled multiple times near milepost 120 of the Highway around 5:43 p.m. Monday, according to a release from Washington State Patrol. The Patrol reported that the Camry stopped 60 feet off the roadway and Pate was ejected from the vehicle. He was injured and transported to Sacred Heart Medical C...
DAVENPORT — City council heard updates on apartments being built in the former Black Bear Motel location and approved an updated six-year street plan at a regular meeting Wednesday, Feb. 28. Before council unanimously approved a conditional use permit at 30 Logan Street to convert the Motel into apartments, Nathan Winch of RGNW Investments LLC answered questions on the units. The 265-square-foot rooms will undergo interior remodeling only. The conditional use permit had been unanimously approved by the city planning commissio...
DAVENPORT — No action items were presented to the Davenport School Board at a regular meeting that was mostly fiscally focused Monday, Feb. 26. Business manager Dana Telecky presented the Board with a spreadsheet breaking down the current school year budget. The District has a budget of $9,643,177 in state and federal funding. Combined with local property taxes, investment earnings and local receipts, the total cash increases amount to $10,626,383. Once the District pays its employees, bills and other expenses, total cash d...
1 years ago • Commercial clubs and community organizations in Lincoln County discussed plans for getting out special advertising material to draw settlers from other states to the County. • Former Sheriff’s Office deputy and current Treasurer’s Office employee Henry Hopp of Odessa suffered a broken shoulder blade while engaged in a friendly scuffle with Clay Chapman that knocked Hopp out of work for six weeks. • Senator Charles E. Myers gave a talk on state geography to a local assembly of high school students. 75 years...
DAVENPORT - A local woman has published her second book. Bonnie Sedgemore, who has lived in Davenport for nine years, had "Conflicting Emotions" hit the virtual and in-person bookshelves Friday, March 1. The fictional book follows the story of Olivia, a woman struggling with illness and the loss of relationships with her children. She meets a "friend," Jolene, who is battling her own demons with alcoholism, and Olivia is forced to navigate the complicated emotions of that...
DAVENPORT — While temperatures refuse to climb above 45 degrees and snowfall lingers as part of “Second Winter,” that hasn’t stopped the sports calendar from turning toward the spring schedule. Davenport, Reardan and Odessa High Schools began most spring sports practices Monday, Feb. 19, though winter weather and precipitation has forced many teams inside for some practices. The county seat high school offers track and field, golf, baseball and softball, while tennis is doing a co-op with Reardan due to low participation. The...
HARRINGTON—A local man was injured in a one-car rollover crash three miles east of the city on State Highway 28 Monday, March 4. Francis M. Pate, 59, of Harrington was injured after his gray 2000 Toyota Camry left the Highway and rolled multiple times near milepost 120 of the Highway around 5:43 p.m. Monday, according to a release from Washington State Patrol. The Patrol reported that the Camry stopped 60 feet off the roadway and Pate was ejected from the vehicle. He was injured and transported to Sacred Heart Medical C...
DAVENPORT - Two wind turbine project builds being attempted in Lincoln County by Omaha-based Tenaska and Toronto-based Cordelio Power aren't the only projects in the works here. Triple Oak Power, a Portland, Oregon-based green energy supplier, is in the process of leasing land for a turbine project of its own north to northeast of Davenport. While CEO Jesse Gronner was wary to offer many details on the project, titled "Great Bend Wind," before such details are finalized, he sa...
DAVENPORT - County Commissioners in Lincoln and Adams Counties are opposed to their counties holding an elected coroner position. Commissioners from the neighboring counties met here Monday, Feb. 26 to discuss House Bill 1326. The bill was passed in 2021 and discusses coroners and medical examiners. Two sections of the bill take effect Jan. 1, 2025. Section 4 states that every county should have an elected county coroner, except in counties with less than 40,000 residents....
DAVENPORT — The Feb. 13 Special Election was officially certified Friday, Feb. 23, confirming that Educational Programs and Operations and Capital Projects levies around Lincoln County all passed. Voter precinct data was released with that certification, indicating which areas of each School District were more in favor of the levies than others. In Davenport, a 4-year EP&O levy valued at approximately $2.30 per $1,000 assessed property value and a 4-year capital projects levy valued at approximately $1 per $1,000 assessed p...
1 years ago • A jury couldn’t reach a verdict and was discharged after one juror maintained their opposing position in the case of Henry Scheel, who was charged with grand larceny. • Davenport City Council granted the Union Oil company a permit to construct a warehouse, garage, office building, pumphouse and four steel tanks where the North Central Highway crossed the Central Washington Railroad. • Clarence Sherman of Downs and Bluestem was arrested in Ferry County on charges of stealing cattle. 75 years ago • Betty Lou...
SPOKANE - After dispersing of No. 15 Tri-Cities Prep to advance to the bright lights of State B Basketball at the Spokane Arena last Friday, Feb. 23, the No. 10 Davenport girls basketball team ran into a buzzsaw from No. 2 Warden that ended the Gorillas' season in the Round of 12 Wednesday, Feb. 28. Davenport topped the Jaguars in the first round 50-40 at Cheney High School and fell to the Cougars 64-49 in the Round of 12 Wednesday. The first half against Tri-Cities Prep was...
WENATCHEE — The Davenport boys basketball team played evenly with the Lake Roosevelt Raiders for over two quarters in a winner-to-state, loser-out District 6/7 Crossover matchup last weekend. But it takes four quarters to defeat the No. 4 team in the state, and that’s what the Gorillas learned as the Raiders pulled away for a 69-47 victory Friday, Feb. 16. The loss ended Davenport’s season. The Gorillas finished 10-16 overall and went 2-4 in postseason play. “The season, with all its ups and downs, was a success,” Davenport...
