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DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Fairgrounds is set to receive a large amount of dollars in the state biennial budget to aide in the construction of a new covered arena. 1 million dollars, to be exact. The money will be more than 50% of the estimated $1.9 million cost to complete the project. “We’ve been asking for a replacement for the old beef barn for three (budget) cycles,” Lincoln County Commissioner Scott Hutsell said. “The idea was (from) Gerry Stiles, who used to be the Fair Advisory Committee chair. He had a vision of...
DAVENPORT - The sights, sounds and smells associated with a junior livestock show were in full display at a well-attended Lincoln County Spring Showcase at the Fairgrounds Saturday, April 15. 119 students from around the Pacific Northwest came to show off their swine, beef, lambs and goats and try to take home victories by impressing the Wyoming and Texas-based judges at the showcase sponsored by WSU Extension. 46 youths participated in beef, with 29 for swine, 28 for lambs...
Editor's note: This is part 1 of a 4-part series REARDAN - Sometimes, you just need to take a drive. Whether it's a quick 20-minute getaway or a four-hour day trip, going for a drive is a method people often employ to clear the head and see more of the world. And some of those drives are right here in Lincoln and western Spokane Counties. Over the next four weeks, we'll explore four drives that one can take in The Record-Times' coverage area. The only rules are that the drive...
DAVENPORT - The runs came almost as often as the weather changed in a doubleheader between the host Gorillas and visiting Reardan Screaming Eagles. Reardan took the first game 21-4, then Davenport exacted some revenge with a 20-10 win in the second game Tuesday, April 18. The Screaming Eagles poured the runs on the first game. Jaylynn Nave led the way with three hits, while Colleen Ellis added two. Davenport managed a home run from Katelyn Bell and received two hits from...
CHENEY - Lincoln County track and field teams were out in full force at the Van Kuren Invite Saturday, April 15. The top local finishing team was the Davenport boys, who finished fourth amongst 32 qualifying schools with 48 points. Timberlake took first for the boys. The Odessa girls were Lincoln County's best on the female side, finishing tied for seventh amongst 30 teams with 41 points. Host Cheney won the meet with 86 points. The Davenport girls finished 11th with 23...
DAVENPORT - School district officials here quickly canceled classes and after-school activities Wednesday, April 12, after receiving a bomb threat via email. Statewide, the threat was sent to 44 school districts statewide, including nearby Wilbur, Creston, Coulee City and Hartline. The threat ended up being harmless. Here, no bombs were found in the high school or elementary school after a sweep involving two bomb-detecting dogs from Fairchild Air Force Base. Superintendent...
DAVENPORT - A woman who spent 33 years as a teacher and elementary school principal here died late last week. Jill Wagoner Freeze passed away from complications of myelofibrosis, a form of bone marrow cancer, Friday, April 7. Freeze arrived at the school district in 1989 and spent 10 years teaching third graders and middle schoolers reading, writing and science. She was hired as elementary school principal in 2000 by then-superintendent Dave Iverson, where she spent the next...
DAVENPORT — Four allegations of misconduct made by a local man against city administrator Steve Goemmel and mayor Brad Sweet couldn’t be substantiated with evidence, according to an investigation completed by an Ephrata-based insurance company March 23 and released to The Record-Times last week. Gary Stuckle of Davenport, who leases a hangar at the Municipal Airport, filed four complaints against Goemmel and Sweet. In response, city councilman Jonathan Chapman lobbied Clear Risk Solutions of Ephrata, the city’s insur...
DAVENPORT — A junior livestock showcase once known as the Purple Ribbon Preview is returning this year with a new sponsor and name. The Washington State University Extension office is sponsoring the 2023 Lincoln County Spring Showcase for the first time Saturday, April 15 at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. The free-to-attend all-day event will feature swine, sheep, goat and steer showings and judging. Monday, April 10 was the last day to register to showcase online, but registrations will be accepted the day of show for $15....
DAVENPORT-The Gorillas defended their home turf at a home track meet Tuesday, April 11. Davenport's boys and girls teams won the seven-school meet, while the Odessa girls finished in second place. Here are the local results from the meet, which also featured athletes from Northwest Christian, Kettle Falls, Almira/Coulee Hartline, Lake Roosevelt and Wilbur-Creston. Boys 100 meters 5. Mason Wright, Odessa, 12.35 6. David Coriell, Davenport, 12.40 10. David Strode, Odessa, 12.69...
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...
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...
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...
