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  • Student of the week: Hannah Bevins

    Jay Gunter, The Record-Times|Updated Jan 8, 2026

  • Student of the week: Hailee Ensor

    Jay Gunter, The Record-Times|Updated Jan 8, 2026

  • Student of the week: Myah Atkinson

    Jay Gunter, The Record-Times|Updated Jan 8, 2026

  • Student of the week: Lucia Abernathy

    Jay Gunter, The Record-Times|Updated Jan 8, 2026

  • Rate Increase City of Davenport Utility Customers

    Jay Gunter, The Record-Times|Updated Jan 8, 2026

    Rate Increase Announcement - Effective January Billing Cycle 2026 To: City of Davenport Utility Customers: The Davenport City Council recognizes its fiduciary responsibility to the customers it serves, and its duty to maintain the water and sewer systems for present and future customers. To facilitate these obligations, the Council finds it necessary to incorporate a rate increase; residential water will be increased by 3% on all monthly service rates. This increase is effective on all bills mailed on or after February 1,...

  • PUBLIC NOTICE Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting Dates for 2026

    Jay Gunter, The Record-Times|Updated Jan 8, 2026

    PUBLIC NOTICE Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting Dates for 2026 January 5, 2026 Monday January 20, 2026 Tuesday February 2, 2026 Monday February 17, 2026 Tuesday March 2, 2026 Monday March 16, 2025 Monday April 6, 2026 Monday April 20, 2026 Monday May 4, 2026 Monday May 18, 2026 Monday June 1, 2026 Monday June 15, 2026 Monday July 6, 2026 Monday July 20, 2026 Monday August 3, 2026 Monday August 17, 2026 Monday September 8, 2026 Tuesday September 21, 2026 Monday October 5, 2026 Monday October 19, 2026 Monday November 2,...

  • PUBLIC NOTICE Martin Hall Board Meeting

    Jay Gunter, The Record-Times|Updated Jan 8, 2026

    PUBLIC NOTICE Martin Hall Board Meeting Dates for 2026 January 22, 2026 Thursday February 26, 2026 Thursday March 26, 2026 Thursday April 23, 2026 Thursday May 28, 2026 Thursday June 25, 2026 Thursday July 23, 2026 Thursday August 27, 2026 Thursday September 24, 2026 Thursday October 22, 2026 Thursday November 19, 2026 Thursday December 17, 2026 Thursday Place: 201 Pine St., Medical Lake Time: 10:00 am - Noon Published Jan. 8, 2026...

  • NOTICE OF L & A TEST February 10 Special Election

    Jay Gunter, The Record-Times|Updated Jan 8, 2026

    NOTICE OF L & A TEST NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the logic and accuracy test of the ballot counting system to be used to tabulate the results of the Special Election to be held February 10, 2026 will be conducted in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act (RCW 42.30). A public meeting will be convened by the Lincoln County Auditor or authorized representatives per RCW 29A.60.160 to conduct certification of the counting system for the aforementioned Special Election. The meeting will be held in the Lincoln County...

  • PUBLIC NOTICE LIC NOTICE The Reardan Town Council invites interested parties to apply

    Jay Gunter, The Record-Times|Updated Jan 8, 2026

    PUBLIC NOTICE The Reardan Town Council invites interested parties to apply to be on the council. You must be a resident of the Town of Reardan and be able to commit to meetings on the 1st Thursday of the month. There will be other meetings occasionally and town events that the council is asked to attend. Please submit a letter of interest with your qualifications to the clerk at: clewis@townofreardan.com Published Jan 1 and 8, 2025...

  • PUBLIC NOTICE: 2026 LCNWCB Meeting Schedule

    Jay Gunter, The Record-Times|Updated Jan 8, 2026

    PUBLIC NOTICE: The 2026 LCNWCB Meeting Schedule is as follows: All meetings start at 10:00 AM. January 20th, March 16th, June 15th, July 20th, September 21st, and October 19th. For additional information or changes see our website: www.co.lincoln.wa.us/weedboard The Lincoln County Noxious Weed Control Board will hold a public hearing to establish the 2026 Lincoln County Noxious Weed List and the rules and regulations. The hearing will be held Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at 10:15 AM, in conjunction with our Board Meeting....

  • REQUEST FOR QUOTES (RFQ) LINCOLN COUNTY FIBER MATERIALS Board of County Commissioners of Lincoln County, Washington

    Jay Gunter, The Record-Times|Updated Jan 8, 2026

    REQUEST FOR QUOTES (RFQ) LINCOLN COUNTY FIBER MATERIALS PROCUREMENT - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of County Commissioners of Lincoln County, Washington that quotes will be received until 10:00 AM on Friday, January 30, 2026 by regular mail to Lincoln County Broadband Office, PO Box 28, Davenport, WA 99122-0028 OR by UPS or Fed Ex to the Office of the Board of County Commissioners Clerk of the Board’s Desk at 450 Logan Street, County Courthouse, Lower Level, Davenport, WA OR in person to the Office of the Board of C...

  • PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS In Re Estate of: Belisle

    Jay Gunter, The Record-Times|Updated Jan 8, 2026

    PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WHATCOM No. 25-4-01189-37 In Re Estate of: Ley Ann Belisle, Deceased. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The Administrator named below has been appointed as Administrator of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the...

  • Be careful, be very careful

    Jay Gunter|Updated Sep 25, 2025

    Like a lot of my generation, I am a movie fan. I grew up sitting in front of movies on the television and movies at kid’s matinees on Saturday afternoons. Because of this, movie lines will come to me at times that seem random and disjointed. A book lover may quote Hamlet’s “Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him well,” when hearing about the passing of someone they knew. My head will fill with a scene of a handful of mobsters on a couch with an open package of dead fish on a bullet-proof vest and think, “He’s sleeping with the fi...

  • Reardan local named rodeo royalty

    Jay Gunter, The Record-Times|Updated May 8, 2025

    AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The May 2 Rhinestones and Rodeo fundraising event celebrated a time-honored Cheney tradition 6 p.m. Friday night. The Miss Cheney Rodeo coronation, held in the Spokane Live Room at the Spokane Tribe Casino, provided fans a chance to meet Cheney rodeo personalities and support the rodeo and the Miss Cheney Rodeo program. Whitney Bjornberg, Miss Cheney Rodeo 2025, was the center of events. The celebration was emceed by Al Parsons, who has been Cheney Rodeo's a...

  • Pot products not just for fun

    Jay Gunter, Free Press|Updated Apr 17, 2025

    DAVENPORT – Feeling good with cannabis may not entirely be what some people think. While many purchase marijuana products for recreation here in Washington State, there are also a significant number who use those products for medicinal purposes. Tyler West, General Manager and buyer for Natural Green at 51 Morgan St in Davenport, says, “What some people consider to be medicinal for themselves would be recreational for somebody else.” West offers for example people who use products that are high in medicinal properties but rel...

  • Unique 'edibles' great for cannabis use

    Jay Gunter, Free Press|Updated Apr 17, 2025

    AIRWAY HEIGHTS – A popular product sold by today’s cannabis stores is the “edible.” Edibles are cannabis-infused snacks that provide similar effects as smoking or vaping. Lorena Guerra, Store Manager of Toker Friendly in Airway Heights, reveals, “Honestly, right now, huckleberry-flavored edibles are taking over the market! It’s a Northwest flavor, so it’s really popular right now.” Guerra continues, “We also have products in a kind of mystery flavor that people are currently loving. And, there’s a flavor that tastes like ‘B...