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YAKIMA — Lincoln County will be well-represented in the state 1B/2B/1A track meet this weekend at Zaepfel Stadium, with students from Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Wilbur-Creston competing. The meet opens tonight, Thursday, May 29, at the stadium, 704 S. 40th Avenue. Events begin at 3:40 p.m. with the National Anthem. The boys 1B 100-meter dash will start gun at 6:20 p.m. Lincoln County will be represented in that race by senior Chase Lutton of Wilbur-Creston. He enters the state meet with the fastest qualifying time of 1...
YAKIMA — Davenport and Reardan will have athletes competing for a chance to win a state 2B track-and-field medal this weekend at Zaepfel Stadium. Events get underway tonight, Thursday, May 29. In the boys 100-meter dash, sophomore David Coriell of Daventport leads the field in his heat. Corriell qualified for state with a time of 11.17 seconds. He is also among the runners competing for a 200-meter title, entering with a time of 23.01 seconds. In the boys 800-meter, seniors Tommy Furman of Davenport and Gabe Branstetter of R...
The Gorillas boys baseball team remains winless on the season after dropping four more games in the last week. On Tuesday, April 22, Kettle Falls walloped the Gorillas, 30-4. That loss came after consecutive losses to Newport. At Kettle Falls, the Bulldogs set the tone of the game from the first inning, scoring 8 runs. The Bulldogs piled on 7 runs in the second and third innings and 8 more in the fourth. Davenport mustered 4 runs in the third, but it wasn't enough to keep the...
IRBY - It's a three-peat for an Enumclaw-based racer. Unofficial results show Jaden Dahners won the 53rd running of the Desert 100 Sunday morning for the third consecutive year. Presented by the Stumpjumpers Motorcycle Club, more than 1,000 racers entered team, 50-mile and 100-mile races Sunday. With so many dirt and adventure bikes, two startlines more than a mile wide lined up for the main event. Sporting bib No. 1 and riding a KTM, Dahners finished the grueling 2-lap,...
EPHRATA — The Gorillas girls track team brought home a third-place team finish from the 49th annual Ray Cross Invitational meet Saturday, March 29, at Ephrata High School. The girls team scored 54 team points; Richland won the meet with 197 and Prosser was second with 80. Meanwhile, the Davenport boys struggled to gain traction and tied for 17th place with teams from Moses Lake and Wilbur-Creston, all with 5 points each. Richland won the boys title with 136 points, followed by Ephrata in second with 94 and Royal in third w...
Diogenes was a Greek philosopher known for wandering public places during the day while carrying a lantern. His goal was to find and shine a light on an “honest man” with an honest answer. Like Diogenes, today’s print journalists and many residents are searching for honesty — honesty in their public officials and from public agencies. That honesty can only be verified through open and accessible public meetings and records. This week, March 16-22, is Sunshine Week, a week dedi...
LIND - Start your engines. The 2025 racing season kicks off this weekend, March 15-16, with the Northwest Rally Association's season-opener in the Lind Lions Club Arena. "This is rallycross racing," association co-founder Katie Lobkovich said. "It's really, really great fun." According to Lobkovich, rallysport racing pits a driver and their machine against each other and the clock. Racers compete for the best times across a dirt track in the arena, a gravel course and even a...
As you sit at home watching video footage of the wildfires currently burning in California, it makes you wonder could happen here. Well, yes, it could. As California goes, so goes Washington. Our state politicians and bureaucrats in Olympia have a long history of copying California. Our politicos have gotten so lazy, they’ve even sponsored, supported, pushed and/or passed laws that say if California enacts a policy, Washington state will follow (cap and trade, vehicle e...
Unemployment benefits were implemented under the Social Security Act off 1935 to help workers who become involuntarily employed. The idea was that businesses would be taxed to pay for unemployment benefits for former employees who were fired, laid off or otherwise lose their job due to business closures and other decisions beyond their control. The funds would be paid on a limited basis and for a limited time period while a worker actively searched for a new job. A worker who...
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE — An elderly pedestrian on U.S. Highway 2 near the entrance of Fairchild Air Force Base was struck and killed by a car Dec. 28. Roberta L. Isaacson, 75, of Medical Lake, was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the Washington State Patrol, the fatal incident occurred at the intersection of South Dover Road and U.S. Highway 2, just west of the base entrance at about 6:41 p.m. Isaacson entered the roadway, where she was struck by a 2004 Buick Century, driven by William L. Collins, 68, of M...
It’s as simple as X and Y. The question of whether boys should be participating in girls sports in our state may finally be addressed by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association next spring. Among proposed amendments to the organization’s athletic code are proposed rule amendments that relating to so-called “transgender” competitors. The proposals will be introduced to the 53-member assembly during its annual meeting Jan. 27. One amendment would limit partici...
ODESSA — An irrigation contractor and Inland Power and Light Co. were exonerated last week by a jury in a civil lawsuit over failed systems. After a five-day trial and four hours of deliberations, a Lincoln County Superior Court jury in Davenport found in favor of Inland Power and Light Co.; not-for-profit Mitchell, Lewis and Staver Co.; and Foremost Pump and Well Services. The two companies and the not-for-profit agency were defendants in a lawsuit filed by Walter Family Grain Growers Inc., owned by Colley Walter. Walter h...
CRESTON — One man has pleaded guilty and a woman is facing trial in a drug-inspired high-speed chase case that ended with a crash. In Lincoln County Superior Court on Dec. 3, William Ray Beaver Jr., 35, of Spokane, pleaded guilty to driving while under the influence and possession of amphetamine/methamphetamine with intent to deliver. Beaver changed his plea to guilty and was sentenced to 20 months in prison, 20 months probation and a $500 victim assessment fee. The conviction was connected to an Oct. 26 high-speed chase t...
SPRAGUE — One of three Oregonians convicted of burglarizing a cell tower site Oct. 22 has been sentenced. Justin Curtis Himes, 48, of Irrigon, Ore., was sentenced in Lincoln County Superior Court to one month in jail and a $500 victim assessment fee, records show. He previously pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary. His alleged accomplices, Joshua Mason True, 44, of Irrigon, Ore., and Jason John Trickel, 44, of Hermiston, Ore., will be tried on the same charge Dec. 18. According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, a S...
DAVENPORT — A man connected to a May 24 theft case will face trial in January in Lincoln County Superior Court. Shaun Michael Willhite, 45, will be tried for second-degree theft at 9 a.m. Jan. 8; a readiness hearing is set for Dec. 17. Willhite was arrested Nov. 14, records show. Deputies had tracked him to Whitman and Spokane counties. Willhite because the subject of an arrest warrant after his DNA was found on a Mountain Dew bottle at the scene of a May 24 theft at 19501 N. Boyk Road, records show. The arrest warrant was i...
DAVENPORT — A teenager charged with a sex crime after kissing a younger girl has changed his plea to guilty. Charged with fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation, the 16-year-old Sprague boy was subsequently sentenced to 12 months of probation and ordered to attend counseling during a Nov. 26 hearing. The Record-Times made the decision not to print the boy’s name even though it is public record. The sentence stems from an Aug. 20 “peck” on the lips between the teenager and an 11-year-old girl, records show. Accordi...
ALMIRA — A local man will be evaluated to see if he is fit to stand trial in a child rape and molestation case. Kenneth E. Burda, 72, is charged with first-degree child molestation, fourth-degree child molestation and two counts of first-degree rape of a child. A status conference last week in his case has been continued until 10:30 a.m. Dec. 17, records show. Burda will be evaluated for competency, with records showing he may have dementia. Arrested Nov. 18, he is being held in the Lincoln County Jail on $150,000 bail. B...
SPOKANE VALLEY - The girls wrestling teams from Davenport and Reardan opened their seasons finishing 18th and 20th, respectively, at the East Valley Girls Mix-and-Match on Dec. 5. Davenport scored 32.0 team points; Reardan scored 29.0. The event was won by Cheney, with 140.0 team points. Emma Cash led the Gorillas with a second-place finish in the 145A class. She opened the league match by pinning Karissa Potts of Waitsburg in 1:21 and then Alexis Rabaglia of Cheney in 1:13....
YAKIMA - The Soap Lake Eagles girls volleyball team overcame Pe Ell to get into the state 1B volleyball tournament. But as the No. 13 seed, the Eagles faced a tough road and were eliminated in the third round of the tournament Wednesday, Nov. 13, in the Yakima Valley SunDome. Soap Lake reached main bracket after sweeping No. 20-seeded Pe Ell, 3-0. Then the competition got real. In their second game, the Soap Lake girls faced No. 4 Walla Walla Valley Academy. Walla Walla...
Ah, Thanksgiving. Turkey, cranberries, pumpkin pie and family. It’s a time to give thanks and celebrate family traditions. But not if you’re glued to a cellphone. As adults, it’s time to set an example and put those devices away. Spend time with your family partaking in longstanding traditions or creating new ones. There’s no need to be spending the day surfing social media. Instead, enjoy real social media with family and friends. Talk together, eat together, enjoy each ot...
MOSES LAKE - Wilbur-Creston and Almira/Coulee-Hartline advanced to the state 1B football semifinals with wins last Saturday at Lions Field. Ranked No. 4, ACH (10-2) topped Neah Bay, 14-12, to advance. The Warriors are on the road this week to Fran Rish Stadium in Richland, where they will face No. 1-ranked Liberty Christian (11-0). No. 2-ranked Wilbur-Creston routed Garfield-Palouse, 56-12, to reach the other semifinal. The Wildcats will be the host team back at Lions Field...
SPOKANE — A Davenport woman has been indicted on 12 charges of embezzlement in U.S. District Court. Tawhnee Willow Colvin of Davenport is accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from the Spokane Tribe of Indians while employed by the tribe. Records show she was employed in the tribal Department of Heatlh and Human Services and Division of Child and Family Services from September 2019 through October 2023. Court records show Colvin was the assistant director of the Division of Child and Family Services. As such, she had a...
YAKIMA - The Gorillas were a long shot to win a state 2B volleyball trophy. However, the No. 11-seeded Davenport girls weren't interested in the odds at the state tournament in the Yakima Valley SunDome. Instead, they focused on one game at a time. And when the tournament was done Thursday, Nov. 14, the young Davenport team brought the seventh-place state 2B trophy home to Lincoln County. "What a way to end our season," Coach Jill Morrison said. "We're going to bring home so...
YAKIMA - The Wilbur-Creston Wildcats were seeded as the No. 2-ranked 1B girls volleyball team in the state tournament. So it wasn't a surprise Nov. 13-14 that they would advance to the state title game. But few expected the Wildcats to beat the Oakesdale Nighthawks, who were ranked No. 1 and defending its 3-consecutive state titles. In fact, Oakesdale had won seven of the last eight state 1B titles. But the Wildcats were ready to beat the odds, rolling through the...
POMEROY - Odessa's Corbyn Neilson put the first points on the scoreboard, but the Tigers weren't able to hold off the No. 6-ranked Pomeroy Pirates. The Pirates eliminated the No. 11-ranked Tigers from the 1B (8-man) football playoffs, 52-12, on a cold rainy Friday night, Nov. 15, in Pomeroy. Neilson scored in the first quarter on a 60-yard carry. Pomeroy answered with a 22-yard TD from quarterback Jett Slusser, who added the 2-point conversion to take an 8-6 lead. Odessa...
