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  • Two Reardan middle school boys finish in top five at home XC meet

    Drew Lawson, The Times|Updated Mar 15, 2021

    REARDAN--Colton Lonning and Marcus Durbin finished in third and fifth place respectively in the middle school boys 2,500 meters race Saturday, March 13. The Indians finished in second place as a team with 32 points, behind St. George's with 24. Freshman Kassidy Koch finished in 10th place in the high school girls 5,000 meters race with a time of 25:08. Look for more coverage of today's meet in next week's issue of The Times....

  • Davenport HS boys ties for third in XC race at Reardan

    Drew Lawson, The Times|Updated Mar 15, 2021

    REARDAN--The Davenport high school boys cross country team tied for third place with Chewelah at a 2B cross country meet in Reardan on a sunny Saturday morning March 13 behind Asotin and Kettle Falls. It was the closest meet of the season, as Asotin finished with 58 points, Kettle Falls finished with 60 and Davenport and Chewelah had 61 apiece. Davenport's top finisher was junior Jake Coffman, who finished fifth with a time of 18:33. Meanwhile, Josie Wynecoop and Glenna...

  • Davenport rides strong rushing attack, forced turnovers to Senior Night victory

    Drew Lawson, The Times|Updated Mar 12, 2021

    DAVENPORT--After Northwest Christian (Colbert) scored on its opening drive, the Davenport defense didn't look back, pitching a shut out the rest of the way while the Gorilla offense got rolling with three rushing touchdowns. It lead to Davenport's first win of the season over the Crusaders 23-13. Running backs Ethan Douse and Brenick Soliday and quarterback Evan Gunning all scored rushing touchdowns for Davenport. NWC's second touchdown was a scoop'n'score 55-yard fumble...

  • Gesa buys naming right to field inside Martin Stadium

    Roger Harnack, Franklin Connection|Updated Mar 12, 2021

    PULLMAN — Washington State University has sold naming rights of the field in Martin Stadium to Tri-Cities-based Gesa Credit Union. The university and financial business have signed a 10-year deal naming the field as Gesa Field. The value of the contract is valued at more than $11 million, officials said. "Washington State University was established 130 years ago to serve the citizens of our state," university President Kirk Schulz said today in announcing the deal. "That commi...

  • Inslee announces move to Phase 3

    FROM STAFF AND NEWS SOURCES, Cheney Free Press|Updated Mar 12, 2021

    OLYMPIA -- At a news conference this afternoon, Gov. Jay Inslee today announced that effective March 22, the entire state will enter Phase 3 of its Healthy Washington: Roadmap to Recovery. He also said evaluation of COVID-19 metrics will be transitioning from a regional approach to a county-by-county process. The governor also announced a new third phase of the Roadmap, a return for in-person spectators for professional and high school sports. Phase 3, announced today, includes a return for in-person spectators for...

  • Davenport runs past Reardan for fourth straight win

    Drew Lawson, The Times|Updated Mar 11, 2021

    REARDAN--A standout senior season from the speedy Darby Soliday continued Thursday night against a fledgling Reardan Indians squad facing Davenport for the first time. Soliday scored five goals in the first half and assisted on another goal in the second half and the Gorillas pushed past the Indians 6-1. Soliday now has 20 goals in six games this season. "When she sees a line, she takes it," Davenport coach Monty Soliday said. "She's pretty aggressive. She has a knack to...

  • Bill providing property tax relief for fire victims passes Senate

    Drew Lawson, The Times|Updated Mar 11, 2021

    OLYMPIA – Senate Bill 5454, a bill aimed at providing property tax relief to Washington citizens who lost their homes in Labor Day 2020 fires, passed 49-0 through the Senate March 9 and will move to the House for potential further passage. Originally introduced February 12 by 9th District Senator Mark Schoesler and sponsored by nine others, including 13th District Senator Judy Warnick, the bill would create a property tax exemption for three years to anyone making any physical improvements to single-family dwellings upon r...

  • How to avoid getting scammed

    Drew Lawson, The Times|Updated Mar 11, 2021

    DAVENPORT—It can be an easy trick to fall victim to: A call comes from an unrecognized number. Perhaps this caller is informing someone that they owe money to the bank, or that their child has been arrested and needs bail money over the phone. However, almost always, these calls are not legitimate, and people that give money to these scammers are being duped. But when one has a landline without caller identification, or can’t tell whether a request for money is legitimate or fake, how can they figure out some telltale sig...

  • Clocks "spring forward" this weekend

    The Times|Updated Mar 11, 2021

    DAVENPORT – Another sign that winter is drawing to a close comes Sunday, March 14 at 2 a.m., when Daylight Savings Time (DST) arrives and the clocks advance an hour to preserve more daylight at the end of the day. And yes, that means an hour of sleep is lost, not gained. 48 states observe DST, with the exceptions being Arizona and Hawaii. However, the Navajo nation in Arizona does observe DST. Benjamin Franklin and William Willett were the original thinkers of DST, but the United States didn’t implement summer daylight sav...