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Around Eastern Washington, Old Glory is proudly flying. Red, white and blue bunting is on display. And fireworks are booming. It's a sign that the Independence Day holiday is quickly approaching. Patriotism here is at peak attention. Indeed, if you're in one of the 20 counties east of the Cascades, you're in one of most patriotic areas of the country. Even the WalletHub website lists Washington as the seventh "most patriotic" state in the nation. I guess the patriotism on our...
SPRAGUE – An Oregon man is facing charges following a high-speed pursuit Monday night, June 29, after crashing his car and being arrested. Eric M. Nelson, 46, of Medford, Ore., is facing driving under the influence, driving while license suspended and felony eluding charges. According to the Washington State Patrol, Nelson was being pursued on eastbound Interstate 90 by police prior to the crash. He took the state Highway 23 exit and turned southbound toward Sprague. Accelerating onto Highway 23, Nelson’s 2021 Toyota CST wen...
COLFAX – Public school students will not be allowed to have a cellphone during the school day if Gov. Bob Ferguson has his way. On Tuesday, June 9, the governor announced his “Away for the Day” proposal which would ban students from using all smart phones and watches, and other smart devices. The measure would apply to all public school students, kindergarten through 12th-grade, from the time the first school bell rings in the morning until after the last bell of the day. “Our kids are missing what’s written on the whiteboar...
It wasn't too many years ago that I would complain about paying an extra 45 cents credit/debit card fee to fill up my gas tank at ARCO convenience stores at the pump. Rather than spend more, I would head to a nearby station to avoid having to pay the fee. It was the principle, not the price. Oh, how I wish it was still that simple today. With the price for a barrel of oil down more than 10% over last month. I was looking forward to filling up my gas tank a little cheaper this...
Lincoln County residents may have to plan extra travel time to reach the greater Spokane area in the coming years. That's because nine roundabouts are being planned on U.S. Highway 2 through the city. Local business and community leaders focused on related issues during a discussion with Congressman Mike Baumgartner on Friday, May 8. West Plains Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jon Wyss kicked off the program by introducing Rep. Baumgartner, R-Spokane, as well as local business leaders including McKenzie DonTigny, the...
Four years ago, state bureaucrats claimed there was a need to end camping at Palouse Falls because of overcrowding. They promised to add camping at Lyons Ferry, just a few miles away. At the time, they didn't tell the public that it would take at least a decade to add campsites because they had to negotiate with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. I have to wonder if that shutdown was a trial run for the closures taking place this year with several publicly owned, state-managed...
It’s filing week for political hopefuls here in Washington state. And this year, candidate filing comes just days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that creating voting districts based on race is unconstitutional. That ruling came April 29 in Louisiana v. Callais, a case about creating of a black voting district. If you didn’t know, Washington also has race-based districts created for a similar reason – carving out two Hispanic legislative districts and eliminating at-la...
TACOMA - Four Lincoln County girls qualified to wrestle this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20 and 21, in the state Mat Classic in the Tacoma Dome. From Wilbur-Creston, Heather Wyborney will compete at 135 pounds and Carson Kuehne at 170. Both girls won gold medals at the state qualifier on Saturday, Feb. 14, at Liberty High School in Spangle. Autumn Cresse of Sprague, wrestling for Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, qualified at 115 pounds and Grace Woosley of Davenport qualified at 140. Bot...
It’s no surprise left wing lawmakers in Olympia have so far rejected hearings on Initiative IL-26-001. Last year, many of these same lawmakers pulled the old “bait-and-switch” on parents and voters who previously pushed through Initiative 2081, the Parents Bill of Rights. A brief history: Voters met the signature threshold in 2024 to force the Legislature to approve the Parents Bill of Rights or allow a vote on the matter. Rather than allow a vote, they signed it into law. The law reaffirmed the parental rights to revie...
More than two years ago, the Eastmont School District serving East Wenatchee took the lead in trying to protect girls sports from gender-confused boys. Then Kennewick, Moses Lake and other districts joined in. There was enough pressure last year to prompt the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association to discuss rules to prevent boys from competing in girls athletics. But WIAA administrators balked; school representatives were only presented a non-binding straw ballot....
POMEROY - A Sprague girl brought home a gold medal from the Christmas Tournament on Monday, Dec. 29. Autumn Cresse, wrestling for Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, captured the title at the 110-115-pound weight class after pinning four opponents. Cresse opened the tournament by pinning Bronco teammate Emiliy Nolan in 3:38. She then pinned Annika Winona of Pomeroy in 1:44, Abigail Lampert of Tekoa-Rosalia in 48 seconds and Izabella Cervantes of River View in 22 seconds to win gold....
Davenport's Faith Bell, Tatum Hupp, and Chloe Hammond with first-team league honors....
YAKIMA - It's tough to come back from a state-opening loss. But the Gorilla girls volleyball team did just that, and in dominating fashion. Davenport swept Kittitas in 3 sets, sending the Kittitas Coyotes home on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 12. Set scores were 25-16, 25-17, 25-19. Meanwhile, the Gorillas survive until Day 2 in the state 2B volleyball tournament, with aspirations for a trophy. "I hate that they put us in the situation of do or die, but man, when the pressure is...
YAKIMA - Gorilla volleyball Coach Jill Morrison knew going into the state 2B tournament that it wouldn't be easy with a No. 13 ranking. She was right. Davenport fell, 3-1, to No. 4-ranked Toutle Lake in the opening round of the tournament Wednesday morning, Nov. 12, in the Yakima Valley SunDome. Set scores were 25-20, 25-11, 23-25, 25-16. "We fought hard," Morrison said of her team. "Coming in as a No. 13 seed is really hard when you have the No. 4 seed. It was a little bit...
CHENEY - The Cascade Curtain apparently divides more than just liberals and conservatives. It also separates opinions on whether state officials should be allowed to invest long-term health care funds into stocks of private companies. Early Nov. 4 general election returns show 589,290 voters statewide, or 56.78%, approved of Senate Joint Resolution No. 8201. On the other side, 448,606 voters, or 43.22%, opposed it. The measure was a straw ballot on whether state officials...
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...
