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DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Commissioners voiced their opposition to employees teleworking at a regular meeting Monday, April 15, maintaining a view from the Board that has remained consistent since 2020. The brief discussion came up while the Commissioners were revising the Personnel Policies and Procedure guide, which will be updated to say employees shouldn’t be working remotely. “That’s a can of worms you don’t want to open,” Commissioner Rob Coffman said. “You’ll never put that genie back in the bottle.” The Commissio...
DAVENPORT -Prospective showmen and showwomen from around the Pacific Northwest were at the Fairgrounds last Saturday, April 13 for the second annual Spring Showcase. Hosted by WSU Extension, the Showcase is meant as a precursor to the Junior Livestock Show of Spokane in May. 146 exhibitors showed off their prize swine, beef, goats and sheep. Here are all the weekend winners, as shared by Fairgrounds manager Dawn Canfield. Market winners Kyle Taylor of Hayden won overall...
HARRINGTON - Joining the legacy left by her two older sisters, local junior Samantha Crawford was crowned Miss Harrington 2024 in a coronation ceremony Sunday, April 14. Crawford, 16, is the third member of her family to wear the Miss Harrington crown. Older sisters Lexi Crawford and Allie Crawford also wore the titles in 2020 and 2022, respectively. "It's really cool," Samantha Crawford said. "It shows that the Crawfords are a part of the town." Samantha Crawford is the...
DAVENPORT — A Keller woman who was booked into Lincoln County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence was transferred to Spokane County Jail Tuesday, April 16 on a warrant for first-degree premeditated murder. Alyssa Kay Bray, 27, of Keller, is now booked into the jail in Spokane County on a $1,001,000 bond, which includes $1 million for first-degree murder set by Spokane County District Court, $500 for second-degree criminal trespassing by Spokane Municipal Court and $500 for third-degree theft by the Airway Heights...
DAVENPORT — The trial of a Sprague defendant in a criminal sex case has been continued again. This time, the trial of Jonathan Ray Stocker, 42, of Sprague, was continued because he was served with a federal warrant. Stocker is being held in the Lincoln County Jail. Stocker is already 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. The new federal warrant was issued f...
DAVENPORT — A partly automated, partly manned service that would allow citizens to text the City on a myriad of topics while also allowing the City to send text alerts to citizens could be on its way, Mayor Jonathan Chapman told City Council at a regular meeting Wednesday, April 10. The optional service, which would be through TextMyGov, would create a number for the City that would allow citizens to ask questions about billing, alert the City of a street or water emergency and other City matters. The City could develop a...
1 years ago • Mac Weisner, an escaped inmate of the then-described “eastern Washington hospital for the insane” in Medical Lake, was taken into custody in Odessa by Sheriff F.J. Gilpatric. • A barn on the George E. Davis farm 14 miles northwest of Davenport was destroyed in a fire. • Officers and directors of the Lincoln-Adams County Pioneer and Historical association met at the Crab Creek picnic grounds to plan the annual Picnic Program. 75 years ago • Increasing sociological understanding to keep pace with the shorten...
DAVENPORT - The Lincoln County Historical Society, which operates the museum here, held its third annual volunteer luncheon to recognize those who contributed over 50 hours of service to the museum in 2023. After a hearty lunch of steak, baked potatoes, pasta and salad donated and cooked by Todd Guhlke, Historical Society president John Stiles recognized the aforementioned volunteers. Those recognized included Rollie Behrens, Gabe Gants, Lily Green, Rita Guhlke, Tony Hein,...
CHENEY - Davenport, Odessa and Reardan's track and field teams were among the 39 schools that competed at the Van Kuren Invitational hosted by Cheney High School Saturday, April 13. It was the Davenport varsity girls that took home the highest local finish, placing fifth with 39 points. The Odessa girls finished eighth with 35 points, while Reardan's girls tied for 17th with 10 points. Reardan's varsity boys also finished 17th with 21.5 points, while Davenport was 19th with...
DAVENPORT--A Keller woman who was booked into Lincoln County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence was transferred to Spokane County Jail Tuesday, April 16 on a warrant for first-degree premeditated murder. Alyssa Kay Bray, 27, of Keller, is now booked into the jail in Spokane County on a $1,001,000 bond, which includes $1 million for first-degree murder set by Spokane County District Court, $500 for second-degree criminal trespassing by Spokane Municipal Court and $500 for third-degree theft by the Airway Heights...
DAVENPORT — A California woman accused of causing the fatal Interstate 90 crash that killed 22-year-old Angel A. Cuevas of George on Dec. 7, 2023 was arraigned in Lincoln County Superior Court and entered a not-guilty plea on charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault Tuesday, April 2. Litzy Arvizo, 22, of Merced, California, faces the charges after a Washington State Patrol investigation accused her of speeding eastbound on Interstate 90 while under the influence of alcohol and losing control of a gold 2002 S...
ODESSA - The Annual Stumpjumpers Desert 100 race held about seven miles west of town in Irby brings a surge of visitors to the area, and this year was no different. Many local businesses and organizations noticed a surge of customers and business during Desert 100 weekend April 3-7. The Cenex gas station, operated by Grange Supply Company Odessa, sold three times as much gas as a standard weekend. That's according to Grange Supply general manager Greg Luiten, who said this...
DAVENPORT — The 2024 Primary Election may be four months away, but the window is open now for candidates interested in running for open county offices to take the required step of registering their campaigns with the Public Disclosure Commission. The Commission tracks candidate spending and donations received for political campaigns. Candidates are not required to list each donation if they raise and spend less than $5,000 on the campaign trail. Four county and judicial offices are open for election in 2024: • Superior Cou...
DAVENPORT - The Lincoln County Planning Commission placed a 3-month moratorium on updating the county zoning code to include provisions for wind and solar development at the Commission's regular meeting Monday, April 8. Commission members expressed a desire to further study health-related concerns and reasonable turbine setbacks from residences before recommending code updates to the Lincoln County Commissioners for approval. A draft code update has been written, based...
DAVENPORT — The trial of a man facing alternative charges of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter regarding the death of an infant boy was continued to Monday, July 22. Jordan Russell Mills-Jay, 30, of Spokane and Reardan, is accused of causing the death of 5-month-old “Zander” in a Euclid Road home after medical officials allegedly found evidence of child abuse that caused the infant’s death. The baby died from his injuries at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane 16 days after being airlifted to the hospita...
DAVENPORT—Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies were forced to deploy spikes to stop a vehicle attempting to elude police during an attempted traffic stop Tuesday, April 9. Eventually, Alyssa Kay Bray, 27, of Keller, was stopped about three miles west of the city and arrested on charges of attempting to elude and driving under the influence around 11:07 p.m. Tuesday, jail records show. Sheriff Gabe Gants said a citizen called the office about a car driving all over the road three miles north of the city on State Hig...
1 years ago • Oscar Luchs of Odessa won the Lincoln-Adams County oratorical contest. Elsie Gibson of Davenport took second, while Violet Stolph of Sprague was third. • The Harrington Manufacturing Company sued W.L. Talkington while seeking to recover $1,575 for a note executed by the defendants in return for a harvester sold to the company. • A delegation of Egypt farmers asked the County Commissioners to construct a road from State Road No. 22 near Inkster Lake to the Jim Bell Corner. 75 years ago • Judge Robert P. Hunt...
DAVENPORT-The Reardan boys and Davenport girls were victorious in the first track and field meet since spring break concluded Tuesday, April 9. On the boys side, Reardan scored 121 points, eking out second-place Northwest Christian (116 points). Davenport finished third with 85 points, while Odessa was eighth with 21 points. The Davenport girls comfortably won with 166 points, ahead of second-place NWC (117 points). Odessa was third with 96 points and Reardan fourth with 47...
IRBY-The Annual Stumpjumpers Desert 100 brings thousands of riders, family members, spectators and pets from around the country to the scabland fields seven miles west of Odessa, and this year's 52nd iteration was no different. By Friday morning, hundreds of RVs lined the Irby fields, with no end in sight. Folks stood in line for registration, to buy t-shirts and to mingle with other campers despite pouring rain, blowing winds and sopping mud. Tommy Larm of Vancouver brought...
MEDICAL LAKE - It was another week of mixed results for local baseball and softball teams. The hottest team in the area is the Odessa baseball team, which has won six straight road games after dropping a doubleheader to Almira-Coulee-Hartline in the season opener. Odessa swept Republic in an all-Tigers matchup in Ferry County Tuesday, April 9. The road Tigers won the first game 13-6 and the second game 23-6 to improve to 6-2. The Tigers have two more road doubleheaders this we...
CHATTAROY—The Odessa girls track and field team finished in third place with 70 points, while the Davenport girls weren’t far behind with 68 points at the Glenn Wolfe Invite hosted by Riverside High School Friday, March 29. The Davenport boys finished 16th of 22 scoring schools, while the Odessa boys didn’t place. Here are the local results from the Invite. Up next is an April 9 meet in Davenport, where most Lincoln County schools are participating. Boys 100 meters 29. Nick Kruger (Davenport), 12.54 40. Jason Lee (Davenport),...
DAVENPORT - Company representatives, landowners, pro-turbine speakers and anti-turbine speakers all made public comments at the Lincoln County Planning Commission's regular meeting at the Fairgrounds Thursday, March 28. The comments were intended to be made in response to the county updating its zoning code to include chapters related to wind and solar development. The Commission, which consists of Sue Lani Madsen, James Johnson, Margie Hall and Keith Nelson, is currently...
DAVENPORT — City Council discussed pending negotiations with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement services in the City and a proposed 19% rate increase from Sunshine Disposal, which provides the City waste disposal services on a sub-contracted basis, at Council’s regular meeting Wednesday, March 27. The police/fire committee met prior to the regular meeting for the third time with the City’s current contract with the Sheriff’s Office set to expire after the calendar year. The Sheriff’s Office has propose...
1 years ago The Davenport commercial club endorsed a proposed road from state road No. 22 at the head of Inkster Canyon through the Egypt country for 6.25 miles. George Ekins was nearly electrocuted to death in an accident at the Washington Water Power station outside Reardan. 75 years ago Frank Reinbold was re-elected president of the Parent-Teacher Association of Davenport. Odessa hosted 4-H Club Day, which featured six clubs from around Lincoln County. 50 years ago Davenport city councilmembers approved purchase of an...
SPRINGDALE - It was a mixed bag for local baseball and softball teams in the past week in final action before spring break. The Odessa baseball team was the most dominant of the bunch, getting two convincing wins at Mary Walker Saturday, March 30. The Tigers dominated the Chargers 22-9 in the first game of a doubleheader, getting extra base hits from Bo Walter, Dakota Steward and Zach Claassen. And the second game was also a 13-run margin, with Odessa getting a 16-3 win as...
