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  • A Student's Guide To Caring for others

    Mark Bunch, Sprague-Lamont High School student press|Updated Apr 16, 2026

    We all go through hard times... in our personal lives, our school lives and, especially now, our lives online. Sometimes it can be hard to tell one of your peers is having a tough time, and other times it can be a lot more apparent. Either way, it’s important to take the time to understand what your classmates are going through. It’s even more important to be there for them, even if you aren’t friends or you don’t fully understand what’s going on in their life. Sometimes you won’t understand. Sometimes you don’t need...

  • Hoodooville Press: History worth recording

    Mark Bunch, The Record-Times|Updated Jan 29, 2026

    Sprague, formerly known as Hoodooville in the early 1880s, is a small town home to around 525 people right off of I-90. Nestled in the corner of Lincoln County, this town is a place rich with history, both tragic and interesting. Officially incorporated into the United States in 1883, and the original home of the Pacific Railway Depot, Hoodooville changed its name to Sprague after John W. Sprague, a Civil War veteran and railroad executive. Sprague blossomed until a fire burned it down in 1895. The depot was moved to...

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