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SPRAGUE - An investigation is underway in Sprague following concerns that city council documents, including a budget-related ordinance, may have been altered, prompting the resignation of the city's clerk-treasurer. The inquiry began after a recent city council meeting where questions were raised about the authenticity of certain official records, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. "Recently, there was a council meeting and it appeared that some documents had be...
SPOKANE — A tribal official who diverted tens of thousands of dollars intended for foster children was sentenced Wednesday to more than a year in federal prison. Tawhnee Willow Colvin, of Davenport, was convicted on 26 counts of bank fraud and embezzlement from the Spokane Tribe of Indians. She will also serve five years of supervised release and must pay $100,830 in restitution. Colvin was assistant director of the Spokane Tribe of Indians’ Department of Health and Human Services and Division of Child and Family Services. Be...
DAVENPORT - Ballots for Lincoln County's upcoming levy-only election are landing in mailboxes this week, and voters may notice they look a little different from those in years past. About 4,200 ballots were mailed last Friday afternoon, according to Lincoln County Elections Manager Norm Caley. There are no candidates on the ballot, only levy measures. The change comes after state legislation passed last year requiring uniform ballot envelopes statewide, replacing what had...
DAVENPORT — One Lincoln County town logged 1,360 police calls in 2025. Another had just eight. The county’s latest crime data reveal sharp contrasts, both in total incidents and per-resident activity, showing how population, location, and local law enforcement shape who interacts most with police and the sheriff’s office. Davenport, the county seat and largest town, with about 1,703 residents, recorded the most calls. Traffic offenses, domestic violence investigations, and suspicious person reports dominated. That works out t...
Harrington kids teamed up with reading buddies and lined the halls with free books during National Reading Day, proving that reading is better when shared...
OLYMPIA — School board members statewide may see a pay raise if Senate Bill 5860 passes and is signed into law. The bill raises pay from $50 to $100 per working day, reimburses child care costs during meetings and requires finance training. The proposed bill and companion House Bill 2366 do not require compensation for school board members, but would raise the maximum that they could be paid. Senate Bill 5860 passed the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee and has been sent to the Ways & Means Committee to discuss...
ODESSA — Residents may notice a stranger walking through neighborhoods and taking photos of homes, but county officials say there is no cause for alarm and no automatic increase in property taxes tied to the activity. The Lincoln County Assessor’s Office is conducting routine property assessments in the Odessa area to determine current market values, County Assessor Scott Liebing said. The work is part of a regular cycle required by the state and is not connected to tax increases. “We are assessing in that area,” Liebing said...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. DISPATCH LOG Jan. 18 Traffic Stops: 1 12:23 a.m. — A driver reported that two vehicles were racing while traveling toward Spokane. One was a Ford Focus and the other a Subaru WRX. 1:32 p.m. — An employee at Nat...
OLYMPIA – State lawmakers want to rein in how license plate cameras designed to track vehicles can be used. During a public hearing Jan. 20, Sen. Yasmin Trudeau, D-Tacoma, said federal immigration authorities are accessing data obtained by automated license plate readers and that's a major reason for regulating them. Trudeau is the sponsor of Senate Bill 6002, which would create a regulatory structure for license plate reading camera systems and the data captured by them. "...
